Is anyone else in their 30s experiencing gaming fatigue? Lately, no game seems to entertain me anymore. I've poured so much time and money into this hobby, worked overtime to build a high-end rig with a 5090 GPU, an 8K TV, VR headsets, and all the bells and whistles. But now, I just don’t feel the motivation to play. Even the latest AAA games barely spark any interest.

>>712423340 (OP)
I play old shit so no not really.

>>712423340 (OP)
Not really

>>712423340 (OP)
Play Expedition 33 and Stellar Blade.

So do something other than play a fucking game, why do you retards insist on only playing games and trying to force yourself to do it even if you aren't enjoying it? Read a book, go for a walk, watch a movie, go visit some family, go see a museum, stop trying to force something you aren't enjoying to be enjoyable again.

>>712423340 (OP)
Triple A will never satisfy
Old games or indie are all i can stand now. I play less than i used to.
Try smoking some weed too, that always immerses me.

>>712423604
The real world sucks

>>712423340 (OP)
>Even the latest AAA games barely spark any interest.
They aren't supposed to. They are designed to milk your wallet and appeal to as many normalfags as possible

>>712423340 (OP)
dead whore

>>712423751
Yeah it sure sucks taking a walk in a park or looking at some art in a gallery

>>712423340 (OP)
Your fucking depressed nigga, get sunlight

I notice people who play games like souls, metroidvanias, horizon zero dawn, spiderman, capeshit, gacha games, shooters, last of us, uncharted, tomb raider, control, etc tend to complain about not liking games more than people who allow themselves to enjoy games with variety, color, etc and not worry so much about how mature they are for playing x game.

Demoralization thread.

>>712423773
>posts a whiny bitch
Fuck Kagome

>>712423340 (OP)
I just pick a game, if it doesn't feel satisfying then I'll drop.
Sometimes I might not even play 30 minutes, sometimes I'll spend an entire evening.
Coming back to games I know and love, also works.

I thought I had gaming fatigue, then I simply forced myself to stick with 1 or 2 games at a time instead of going "but what about OTHERGAME" after 3 hours of playtime
Shit's great, I play like 40 games a year now

>>712423340 (OP)
Touch sex and have grass.

>>712424123
I've had tons of sex in my early twenties. It ain't as fulfilling as you think it is

I don't know bros. I feel so gimped and behind. I never thought it would get this bad, but it is definitely tumbling, my nigga.

I think I'm just gonna wait here for a little while and see what happens.

>>712424291
lol unvirgin

>>712423340 (OP)
I still like to play Titanfall 2 and lots of other older games, so no. For example I recently finished MGS1 again with my kids, showing them retro games is a really cool experience. My PC is an old potato that barely manages to run properly Elden Ring and Expedition 33 in 1080p though. Most AAA games are shit nowadays, don't bother, there are enough old games to entertain you for your whole life.

>>712424397
Do it

>>712423810
>muh art in a gallery
just fuck off poser

>>712423340 (OP)
Nope, I'm 34 and I still love video games. Let me guess, you're a neet with 0 (zero) other hobbies, no kids, don't cook?

>>712423604
wdytwa

>>712424397
Take a drink bro, you'll feel better.

>>712424805
30 years old
WFH job (Salesforce Dev)
Never been in a serious relationship because was a sexpat in my 20s
Live alone
No hobbies besides gaming

>>712423340 (OP)
I am having a blast playing FIFA, Initial D arcade, and GT7. I've even won some local tournaments

>>712423340 (OP)
>Even the latest AAA games barely spark any interest.
You don't say.

>>712423340 (OP)
If your not fit then squeeze in an hour of exercise every other day. be the best version of yourself

>>712424939
Guess you need to make a choice of whether you seriously shake up your routine or not. For me I hit that slump especially with vidya at 27 and packed everything in to move to the other side of the world. It doesn't have to be that drastic but why not at least join a local sports club, who cares if you're shit, everyone starts at the bottom.

Idk, I know I still loved Video games.
But everytime i stand before an PS5, the thing on my mind is not i need to get it. I try to justifying myself to get it, but FF is not FF that i remember, game is more of cinematic experiences, the character look boring, the promotion these days doesn’t sell me the game but only show the staff saying a lot of thing that not the game.

>>712424738
not that anon, but grow up faggot

The only fatigue I have is from losers posting the same god damn pathetic threads every day

>>712425203
>the promotion
>the staff

just play the game jfc

(literally) have sex, incel

>>712423340 (OP)
Your dopamine is burnt out. Get more sunlight, drink water, stop jorking it, lower the amount of things that you do that feel good immediately. After 30 days, drink some coffee before playing and just play it.

>>712425203
You grew out of it

it sounds like lame government mandated advice, but take a break. if there isnt a game you have a burning desire to play then wait a week

>>712423340 (OP)
No, dude. Actually I can't wait for my shift to be over so I can play some vidya

>>712423340 (OP)
like many others have said before me.
play old games, there is nothing to find in modern garbage

>>712423340 (OP)
2025 is best year in gaming history and renewed my interest, so no

>>712425425
>2025 is best year in gaming history
Lol. Child.

>>712425425
>what is 2007

>>712423340 (OP)
Get a girlfriend, go out with her, pick flowers, catalog the flowers you picked together

>>712423340 (OP)
>expresses clear signs of depression
>"durr am I too old for gaming?"
You have depression.

>>712425336
I’m still buying games on PC, but these days i pick either chill game or wuxia game like the movies and book i read before.
Wuchang falling feather and where wind meet seem good

>>712423340 (OP)
nah
still like battlefield (most other shooters are tiresome and tedious to me now, though)
otherwise i play racing games, MP and SP, and just got into snowrunner
just replayed through GTA IV and V, was fun
played disco elysium for the first time a couple months ago and was pretty enthralled once i got into it, commie memes aside it was pretty good

i do take a lot of breaks while gaming though, probably every hour or so, i'll fuck off and do something for 15 or 20 minutes and come back. that's probably more ADD than anything though. i can't think of the newest AAA game i've played, aside from cod black ops (which is grating to play after a few matches thanks to SBMM frustration)

having other hobbies and going outside and doing shit helps. vidya is a lot easier to play when you've just got home and can just chill and play till sleepy time

>>712423924
i notice fags who post like this are usually insufferable weebs with superiority complexes

>spend your entire day browsing 4chan
>wonder why you're depressed and hate everything

>depression
>depression
>depression
>depression

You brainwashed faggots.
Environmental factors is not depression.

>>712425680
>30
>gf
Too late for him lol

>>712423340 (OP)
Play something with GAMEPLAY DENSITY. Literally force yourself to clear something like Crimson clover or Touhou 12. If you get pissed at your inadequacy, its working.
>>712423485
Dont do this

>>712426007
I got my first gf a week before my 30th bday but honestly I compare it to winning the lottery

>>712425425
I don't even know what came out this year...

>>712426446
>play some shitty weebnigger game!
Go back

>>712426479
sounds like you don't play video games then

>>712423340 (OP)
I'm 37 and having a fucking blast with Hundred Line, it broke me out of my gaming fatigue.
I can't recall putting 100+ hours into a singleplayer game in like 15 years. Besides this I've just been an MMO logger.

>>712426502
Enjoy eating 90 hours of sawdust (AAA Games) just to say it was "alright". Mongoloids like you deserve what you get

>>712426574
I don't play new games but I play a lot of Wipeout

>>712423340 (OP)
Playing simpsons hit and run + minecraft right now and having a great time. Maybe you're too busy worrying about not having a gf / "wasting" your life / other pointless shit. I stopped thinking about that and my gaming satisfaction sky-rocketed exponentially

>>712426732
I don't play every new game either but I could still name a few

>>712425425
The only correct answers are 1998 and 2017
Eat a dick, zoomoid

>>712425906
looks like the redditor got angry for being called out. criticism of one extreme is not defense of the other extreme.
but you tried.
>i play battlefield, gta, disco elysium, call of duty. i have add and need breaks from games like going outside
jesus reading the rest of your message makes you 10x the faggot i originally thought you were. genuinely leave 4chan, it is not for people like you.

>>712423340 (OP)
Hot. Was she just impregnated in the missionary position?

>>712426905
She's a ghost

>>712426905
Why do you care? Are you a cuck? Sick bastard

>>712423340 (OP)
No because I have other hobbies I also indulge in to prevent burnout. Skill issue basically.

>>712426961
Even better. Makes impregnating her all the more satisfying.
>>712427078
They're fictional characters, they can't cuck you. But obviously I like to imagine myself as the guy doing the impregantion, that goes without saying.
The sick one is you if you're mind goes to that.

>>712423340 (OP)
>Even the latest AAA games barely spark any interest.
shit bait

>>712423340 (OP)
Sounds like you're depressed.
>Even the latest AAA games barely spark any interest.
AAA has been fucking trash for like over a decade at this point. They sometimes get a decent game out but that's more coincidence and accident coming from the AAA industry, the default is trash that's hardly even worth looking at, let alone buying or playing.

>>712423340 (OP)
In my thirties too and my gaming time has actually been increasing a good deal in the past few years. It's rare that I pick up a recent game but there no need to when there's a seemingly endless amount of unplayed stuff made decades ago with sensibilities that appeal to me. I keep finding niches I've never explored before.
Having some other hobbies probably helps too though, I suggest picking up an instrument or something.

>>712423340 (OP)
I too have a 5090, top VR headset etc and only play Elite in VR , Skyrim in VR, AMS2 in VR. Along with Elden Ring, Dragon's Dogma 2, Far Cry 5 and Division 1 and 2 on PC

>>712427259
That is not the image I meant to post, whoops.

>>712427210
Nah, you are a cuck. I impregnated her and you were watching

>>712423340 (OP)

Not a problem when you have kids on only 1-2 hours a week to game.

>>712426479
beyond citadel
that's about it

>>712423340 (OP)
try different kind of games you never play before

>>712423340 (OP)
>those specs
you're probably shitposting
Just change the game genre, try something different and stick with it for a few days

i still have lots of fun playing Pokemon, as if it was the first time. Sucks to be you.

>>712427557
Pokemon is one of those game that you pick up now, you still have mostly the same experience as your first game desu.

>>712423340 (OP)
maybe its time to make babies instead unc

>>712423340 (OP)
Sounds like you just like interior design and building computers. Maybe take up building cheap PCs as a hobby?

Anyone who knows anything about T'au mind telling me if this list is a supremely dumb idea? If it's not god awful I might start hunting down second hand stuff to try put it together.

No, just regular fatigue

>>712423340 (OP)
Video games are a dogshit hobby, you're not supposed to be playing vidya in your 30s anyway. At least, not as much vidya as you did when you were younger.
Think about it logically, you spent thousands of hours on pushing buttons and you've got nothing out of it. Most people don't even have fun playing vidya, they just play it out of habit.

>>712423340 (OP)
>30s
>bored of games
>chasing AAA slop still
I hate my cohort so damn much. You don't like games, you're just too socially inept to belong to any other space. You go through the motions of what enjoying games should look like, and then get depressed when doing those motions doesn't magically make you happy.

>>712430458
>you're not supposed to
Naturally, you are not supposed to live.

for me after you get old it's hard to ignore all the bullshit that only exists to waste your time in games

>>712432102
I stop playing games when they stop being fun instead of forcing myself through them
Quite a few games where the endgame was absolute bullshit and I just stopped. That way I get to remember the fun times I had with the game, not the dumb timewasting shit

>>712423604
>stop forcing yourself to do something you hate by forcing yourself to do something you hate.

Also let's be real, once you hit 30 doing shit by yourself is both boring and amplifies that feeling of loneliness.

>>712432504
>once you hit 30 doing shit by yourself is both boring
Why are normalfags like this? Just go get friends and a gf then if you're so needy for attention

>>712432601
Because I want an actual connection with someone not a bunch of vain clout like a Disney Channel queen bee in high school.

>Get gf
>Desire to play games goes away completely

>>712432779
lol no
you're just a coomer

>>712432991
Seeing her smile feels better than getting a #1 victory royale

>>712433150
You can have both if you lead a balanced life. There's more to a relationship than the honeymoon period and obsessive people pleasing.

>>712433150
Nta but genuinely happy for you. We all seek human connection, something that games will never be able to fulfill. Just remember that all relationships die at some point.

>>712423751
This attitude is exactly why you're experiencing, "gaming fatigue".

You've been putting off neurological depression by escaping the world with video games through artificial dopamine feedback loops, and you're finally experiencing burnout and you don't get the same emotional release.

You should've added variety, challenge and joy to your life, but instead, you ran away from it.

>>712433150
>fortnite kid
What you're feeling is the honeymoon phase.

>>712433326
What if I play vidya 6 hours a day on average but am having fun

>>712433387
You're emotionally and intellectually childlike most likely.

>>712423340 (OP)
The opposite, I'm experiencing gaming renewal. Probably because I didn't game much during my 20s so I'm catching up on stuff I missed either during that time or just things I didn't play when I was younger

>>712423340 (OP)
Probably because you play too much and are burned out. I go to the gym 4 times a week + have a gf so I don't play 10 hours every day like I used to do

>>712433507
Awesome

Cant relate since I'm not a burned out cuck
Also in my 30s
Been playing beat em ups, ps2 games I missed and reading visual novels to chill out since the anime season is weak

Get good you toon

>>712433326
This is meat head social constructivism

>>712423340 (OP)
I'm 34 and no. Stop playing new slop

30 old gamer here
The problem is, you spoiled yourself. You have too much.
I have a nice simple rig with a 1050ti in it that cost me £250. I buy around 2 games a year at max

You're now in a position that you can't not justify playing some repetitive over the shoulder multiplayer shooter AAA trite with ray trace bullshit etc

Those games are dull and uninteresting, and you are spoiled for choice with a library that's far too big to chose and you have guilt about not using it now you have it

>>712425234
Your idea of growing up is like a child. Going to art galleries is faggot teenage shit

>>712423340 (OP)
VR saved me from giving up on gaming and I pretty much only play standalone shit on the quest store.

>>712435236
All vr games are trash though

>>712423340 (OP)
Play Doom the Dark Ages. It’s the best video game game in a long time.

>>712423340 (OP)
Any time I spend money now I end up regretting it. The new monster hunter is shit, and I paid $70 for it.
Expedition 33 got really annoying in act 2 and I don't want to finish it.
I couldn't make myself play fire emblem three houses for more than an hour.
I just go back to old monster hunter and old fire emblem games. That's my life now.

I’m depressed and mostly play games out of habit, it is what it is

>>712423340 (OP)
I used to be like this too. Then I built my own PC (switched from console gaming) and played more games in a single year than I played on PS4 in its entire lifecycle. But since you've built your PC too, try playing older titles or something you never played before (platformer if you never played platformers for example).

>>712436536
Recommending Project Jade and Andaron Saga on an emulator for you lad. They're solid FE8 romhacks and Jade is still easy on difficult so play on maddening.

>>712432779
>get gf
>can really only go on dates every other weekend
>play even more games than normal

>>712423340 (OP)
Modern games have little to no depth to them so they get boring very quickly.

I try to stay away from vidya. Whenever I boot up one I end up playing nonstop for a couple weeks. I recently got Bannerlord and I have 90 hours in 2 weeks.

>>712435334
>Source: My gaping VRless asshole

I like video games more than ever after 30. I didn't play them for most of my 20s. Just take a break for 5-10 years.

>>712423340 (OP)
I'm in my 40's. The last game I played that I thought was really good and worth the time was Kingdom Come 2 which I almost 100% completed. Recently I tried playing Deltarune, Expedition 33 and Stellar Blade demo and I simply found them all boring and stopped playing after giving them a try for about an hour. It's not you and I doubt you're depressed, many games devs just don't know how to make good games anymore and much of the online space is overhype and astroturfing. Bottom line just play what you want all the time and don't feel like you're missing out, gaming should never feel like a chore.

>>712423340 (OP)
>Even the latest AAA games barely spark any interest.
This is your problem, you didn't like games you were just looking for an escape and putting AAA on a pedestal like they're not abhorrent low quality garbage 99% of the time is a tell tale sign.

Meanwhile I'm here at 31 playing all those PS2 and dreamcast games I missed with an indie in between.

I have been replaying old reliable and have been having fun. You can't expect every game nowadays to be good and catered to you. it is simply no fisiable.
However we do have decades of vidya available at any giving time and other hobbies exist. You can also just do other stuff. I have been learning Japanese on the side and also started my post graduate course as well.