I'm cutting back on gaming.

[loves2splooge]

I can understand how you feel. I signed up with a mail rental service recently so that I can just ship back what I don't like and not have to worry about backlog management. I probably might not buy many games from now on. For $20-ish/month, I'm pretty much covered except for the rare stuff (ie. imports like Futari).

I had a habit of buying lots of stuff at bargain prices and building backlogs but now that I'm renting, I feel liberated, "boring... fuck it... back you go in the mail box. I have no obligation to you." I was playing through SO4 some, I just can't seem to get into it. I think I might just send it back. I don't know. Apparently the gameplay is supposed to be great but I just can't get into it. I'd rather play my PGR (got it recently with 12 months live and chatpad) and Torchlight right now than SO4 (and I'll be getting Futari v1.5 soon, can't wait for that. The Miles Edgeworth game is coming out next month too. Ace Attorney games have always been good relaxing games for me. And with Bayonetta out and lots of great games out Q4 2009, I feel my time and money is wasted if I'm not having fun with a particular game). Seems like a waste to send the game back so soon but I can't force myself to play what I'm not enjoying right? Especially when I don't even own the thing. Especially with the stresses of college getting in the way, I feel that playing jrpgs aren't exactly the best way to unwind and relax. PGR, Torchlight or some TV episodes, movies or even animu are good ways for me to unwind after a long day. Not jrpgs. They feel like work. A project of sorts.

Just like your passion for gaming in general has died down recently, so has my passion for jrpgs (not completely but for the most part). I decided to play SO4 thinking I had a good enough break from jrpgs to be cured of jrpg burnout. Well that didn't turn out to be the case. lol.