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NobleTeam360 on 07 January 2016

Used to love racing games when I was a kid but now I find them extremely boring to play.



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Platina on 07 January 2016

Not too much for me, but I usually pick one game and settle with that for a longg time..
PC wise, it was Age of Empires 2 > Team Fortress 2 > Minecraft > Nothing

Console wise, I've generally always liked JRPGs but my tastes also expanded a bit



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Blob on 07 January 2016

I've always played whatever game takes my fancy. However I used to love long rpgs and short games were the worst.
While I still love long rpgs, I don't play many due to time constraints that occur with growing up. On the other hand I've learned to appreciate short but sweet games due to those same constraints.



SpaceLegends on 07 January 2016

My tastes haven't changed too much, they've certainly matured and been refined over the years. For example, I'm not very likely to tolerate a bad platforming game just because I want a new platformer, or similarly, play a poorly designed game because of the theme or series that it covers (Batman or Star Wars as an example). The playtime that some of the game types get has changed.

I play a lot less Madden and combat sports (boxing. MMA) games, but I still enjoy them when I do play them. Platformers don't get as much action, seemingly because they aren't quite as prolific as they used to be (many adventure games like Tomb Raider and Assassin's Creed have platforming aspects, and if you factor those in, maybe the playtime hasn't changed as much). I still love RPGs of all types, but I don't feel as though I have the time to invest in them as much as I used to and would like to.
I've always played shooters, and didn't always enjoy the deathmatch aspect of them, and yet, that is undoubtedly where the majority of my playtime goes now, and that's probably the biggest change. When I started gaming, online gaming didn't even really exist. Even after it did, I only used it sparingly, and yet now I'm nearly addicted to it.



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Cloudman said:
Probably the main that has changed is since becoming an adult, I'm not as shy play certain games. So I'm fine playing games now that star a cast of pretty girls and ripping peoples' clothes off, and not really feel a shred of embarrassment xD

When I was 13, I used to be into PC hentai story games. One game could last me a couple of sessions. That is until one day, my hot cousin walked in on me and I had to cover up real quick. After that, I lost interest in hentai and my interest shifted to cousin porn. 😈

arcaneguyver said:
I dabble in digital content, where previously I was physical only and played games to death.

I used to be all physical and hated digital. Then when digital games became so cheap and the convenience of not swapping discs really persuaded me to go all digital. But, I still buy rare games and collectors editions and don't open them. Just play the digital version I eventually buy when cheap. I'm not losing out on easy money. 😈

Augen said:
I still lover platformers and beat 'em up style games. Main shift was liking RPGs which when I was younger were too complex for me to understand the "meta game" of building a character or properly equipping.

You are like the reverse me. 

SvennoJ said:
I still like building things, but have no interest in destroying stuff anymore.

You sound like a good candidate for Disney Infinity

LipeJJ said:
What a sad story man... I'm depressed now!

You're cute 😍

pokoko said:
Well ... maybe.

I grew up playing platformers and beat 'em ups and such on the NES and SNES. However, I won't say that they were my taste as gaming very seldom "hooked" me back then. It was just that the selection of genres was so limited at that point that I had no real choice. It was only the rare RPG that really grabbed me.

The RPG boom during the PS1 period is what made me a gamer, really. However, at the same time, genres that weren't really viable before were getting better and better. Over the next several generations, FPS games went from giving me a headache to being one of my favorite control schemes, as well as branching out into several new sub-genres. Gran Turismo made racing games more interesting.

I feel more like my tastes have always been much the same, it's just that the gaming industry needed time to catch up.

I love where gaming is at now, for the most part. The technological limits of the early days is not something I'd want to experience again. My only real complaint would be the fall of turn/party-based RPGs.

A+, Great essay

NobleTeam360 said:
Used to love racing games when I was a kid but now I find them extremely boring to play.

Not even Forza Horizon? Forza is a bore fest for me. But Horizon is like unlimited fun.

Blob said:
I've always played whatever game takes my fancy. However I used to love long rpgs and short games were the worst.
While I still love long rpgs, I don't play many due to time constraints that occur with growing up. On the other hand I've learned to appreciate short but sweet games due to those same constraints.

Another prime candidate for Disney Infinity 

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outlawauron on 07 January 2016

I think I branched out a lot more into other genres as I got older and started to lose interest in some of the genres that I played with in the beginning. Not half as interested in racing and platformers as I once was.



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oniyide on 07 January 2016
JRPGfan said:

My earliest gameing was platformers/beat em ups, on the snes.
Then fighter games.
I remember in my mid teens, strategie games where huge.
Abit lateron it was all shooters.
Lately its mainly MMOs & Mobas & RPGs... and the occasional platformer.


I cant remember the last time I played a beat em up style game, its like that genre died on the Snes.

FPS took a huge hit.. I basically dont play that genre anymore.

I want to say Ive always loved RPGs though, even way back in the day, so that aspect hasnt changed.

the Warriors, TMNT remake, Scott Pilgrim, Dragon's Crown most recently. It didnt die it just moved on to the online stores





Mike321 on 07 January 2016

Not really, as a kid I always loved the type of games I play now, the only thing that changed is that back in the day sometimes I was too scared to finish some games and some rpg's were pretty hard for me to finish.

I can still play and enjoy most of the games I used to play as a kid, like pac-man world, looney tunes sheep rider, crash team racing, etc.



                                                                                     

armodillo17 on 07 January 2016

When I started playing games, I couldn't understand why in the world people liked RPGs, and turn-based combat in particular. That just seemed so dull to me. Many years later, Advance Wars turned me onto turn-based combat in a big way, and I've since really enjoyed the original Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior.

I also used to be a sports games nut when I was in middle school: NBA Jam and NBA Live '95 at friends houses, and Football and Baseball on my Game Boy. I now can't bear to play most sports games unless they are really arcade-oriented like NBA Jam.



ZoSo104 on 07 January 2016

Mine taste have definitely changed as I've gotten older and I have less time to play games. I used to love Halo more than any other video game series, but I've fallen out of love with it and other shooters in general except for Bioshock. Playing less games has actually helped me, because I just play the games I enjoy and I don't force myself to push through games that I burn out on.