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jason1637 on 05 October 2015
Sprash said:
jason1637 said:
Sprash said:


He has a wiiu so thatwon't help him that much.


I said play nintendo. So i mean nintendo nes snes gcn wii wii u gameboy color and advanced ds 3ds virtual boy.

"I've been a gamer since the late 80s and have thoroughly enjoyed every gen until the last one"

so, I guess he also played on a fair share of nintendo consoles in the past (?), but even so, I think your comment is a bit to simple and useless if you really want to help him you have to write more than just "ah well play nintendo"

Play destiny or an mmo bec uz when u play an mmo you have to be comitted to it and its fun.



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danielrdp on 05 October 2015
Goodnightmoon said:

Play Nintendo, you will recover yourself instantly, it happened to me before.


I know that people tend to look down on the Wii. But if it wasn't for games such as Zack and Wiki, Muramasa, Mario Galaxy, Wii Sport etc, I wouldn't be gaming today. I hadn't played games for about two years, before getting my Wii.  



alabtrosMyster on 05 October 2015

Personally there are periods (sometimes years) where I barely play, I just do other stuff... however, I always keep myself informed of what's going on in the industry and even during those periods I will play 1 or 2 new games a year (or replay some old favorites)...  It's not a job you know, you can leave it and nobody will hold it against you...



Augen on 05 October 2015

Take a break, six to twelve months. I did this twice in my life to rediscover love of gaming. Sometimes you just burn out on things you enjoy.



Sharpryno on 05 October 2015

just play dota 2 and play it a lot.



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Blob on 05 October 2015

The constant release cycle of new games, and the ability to buy all of them, hurts the love of gaming sometimes.
I go through this as well. To rectify it I often play a game I love and have played before so that I can just relax. Or I'll start a really long game like fallout (mgsv currently) that I can get lost in and not even think about other games.



Zeroroute on 05 October 2015

Find some like minded streamers to watch/interact with.



AZWification on 06 October 2015
disolitude said:
AZWification said:

What WiiU games have you played, disolitude?


I have played the following:

Sonic Lost World, ZombiU, Super Mario BrosU, Bayonetta 2 and Mario Kart 8.

Not many as of late. 

I see. Are you a fan of Smash? You should definitely give the WiiU game a try! It's tons of fun, specially with friends. Other games which are fun with friends are 3D World and Rayman Legends! Splatoon is also worth playing. This year I felt very meh about gaming, but then I played Splatoon in August and I completely forgot about that! I'm not saying it's going to work 100% for you, but it's worth the try!



                
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AlfredoTurkey on 06 October 2015
disolitude said:

I need your help here guys.

Gaming isn't as fun as it used to be and no matter what I try to do I just don't enjoy it...Its something that has been slowly building up for the past 2-3 years and I am finally at a point where I do not enjoy gaming at all.

I have all the money necessary to buy consoles and best games that the industry has to offer, but ithe concept of gaming just isn't engaging to me anymore. It's either too tedious, too slow, not fun, too stressful or a combination of things. When I have spare time that I used to dedicate to gaming I usually find myself reading books, watching sports, even doing house work...all before I would consider booting up a game or two.  

Is the party over? Has anyone lost their gaming mojo and somehow eventually got it back? Should I just accept its over and move on?


It's probably because of the state of the industry. It's not pushing things to the extreme like the PS2 era was. We aren't seeing very many genre defining games and experiences. Most of it is just treading the waters of last gen, with slightly better results... if you get my drift (hehe).

My advice? Take a break! Don't even think about gaming. Put all of your consoles away. Stop coming here. Stop thinking about it. Take a good long break and don't come back until you feel passionate for it again. If that happens, you'll thank me. If not? Then the party really is over... over rather, the old party is. The thing about life is this... one thing ends, another thing begins. 

You'll find something to replace gaming if it's truly the end. No worries.



S.Peelman on 06 October 2015

Play old games. They're better. It's not like the 8th gen has been inspiring me much either (Super Mario Maker as the sole ray of light lately, but likely because it's based on old games), but there's always the classics to play.