Looking back, I was way too harsh on Gen 8

[BraLoD]

Depression is no joke.

And yeah, what is happening in your life can massively affect even the things you enjoy and would likely make you happier.

I was in a bad period between late 2018 and mid 2020 (before the pandemic and it extended into it) and it was only when The Last of Us Part 2 came around mid pandemic that I got back into gaming.

It could have lasted longer as the state of the world was in was horrible, mid 2021 it was taking lives of my coworkers and it was a really scary time, but then it was gaming that was helping me a lot now. The Last of Us Part 2 into Ghost of Tsushima into the release of Genshin Impact was such a incredible time for gaming to me.

But yeah, the 8th gen was great. As is the 9th as well, and people will start agreeing with it when the 10th come and the cycle starts over where 9th gen is now great and 10th sucks...

Ever since the 3rd gen gaming has never stopped being great, stuff change and varies, but there was always and still are a lot of great games to play.