Slowly not gaming as much

[GeTecknics]

so i noticed a few days ago that according to raptr my gaming time especially on weekends has gone down about 22% in the past 2 months i dont know if this is due to work and school but i've have also just gotten to the point to where i cant sit down and play most games for more than an hour i guess i just need another skyrim to draw me back into marathon sessions again and all nighters playing games and talking with friends again. i dont know why any thoughts on what i should do to get back into gaming again

[Guest]

I know the feel

[whatthe_fuzz]

Same....

 

So I modded the h*** outta skyrim and boom. Its even better. 

[ANUPLUCIFERGAMER]

sometimes i miss my classes just for gaming. We bunk classes ( social and work experience and art)

[Damikiller37]

To be fair I'm in the same spot... there just haven't been many games that I look forward to as much or once that would keep me busy for an extended amount of time.

[cjeffcoatjr]

My gaming life: Play one or two AAA titles a month, then go back to modding Skyrim and playing CS: GO

[helping]

I don't know how you guys keep playing Skyrim. My drive for that game disappeared after I accidentally finished the main story line. 

[cjeffcoatjr]

I don't know how you guys keep playing Skyrim. My drive for that game disappeared after I accidentally finished the main story line. 

Mods.... So many mods....

[GeTecknics]

Same....

 

So I modded the h*** outta skyrim and boom. Its even better. 

i know im in the process right now thinking about getting seasons of skyrim and the new sharpshooters enb and getting some christmas time missions

[TheMissxu]

I still need to get Skyrim, but ESO might be enough

[ManOfDisguise]

same. getting Skate 2 back(after lending it to my cousin...for like 2 years lol). Cant wait to get back to playing that game! And Im not even into skating or sports that much! Also gona grab Burnout Paradsie from him(also lend him that and didnt care to get it back at that ime). You know what they say...You never know what you have until it's gone. So true. So true..

[GeTecknics]

To be fair I'm in the same spot... there just haven't been many games that I look forward to as much or once that would keep me busy for an extended amount of time.

i think for one nobody is really doing anything different the last game i loved was gtav and then just stopped playing it one day and dont want to anymore  the only game i really want now is ESO and maybe titanfall

[StitchMonkey]

Take the break.  Honestly the best is to not get burned out.  A healthy individual is going to very their behavior a bit from time to time.  So right now you are not gaming as much, it happens, just enjoy the break.  Don't force yourself to finish a game just to finish it, let yourself start to miss it. 

 

If you just let it been, you will find you miss games and likely go back and enjoy them more than if you worried so much about not playing as much.  I think it is very normal to go in phases. 

[xox]

Gaming just gets boring. Everything does. That is why you need to achieve the perfect balance. My own balance is mostly taken up by socialising, watching TV and on the internet (LTT Forum and chatting on Facebook). I play games only when necessary now because otherwise it gets dragged on and superfluously boring.

[gill2k]

I've been like this too.  I found out there's a name for this symptom.  It's called "Getting Old"

[Bluejay0]

Same here. I have been listening to music, working out, sleeping, cooking and just strolling around the forums. I do anticipate to game once more as I will upgrade my GPU.

[SirReallySam]

I have to much work to Game and Forum at the moment... I chose Forum

[JupiteL]

Every other games are getting just like the same now days, even AAA games can only hook me for 2 hours of game play.

[tobben]

I don't know how you guys keep playing Skyrim. My drive for that game disappeared after I accidentally finished the main story line. 

that is how you roll with normal games not open world games or any game of the elder scrolls series.

 

who cares about the main story line? it's just a small accessory to the game, it's not game breaking to finish it because you shouldn't feel like you are done with the particular universe nor should you feel that you have accomplished that much, main story is just a part of the game, in short you shouldn't get any feelings of "closure" from it, and make more characters than 1!.

 

theres just so much to do!

[helping]

Every other games are getting just like the same now days, even AAA games can only hook me for 2 hours of game play.

That's why you hunt for different games, like Contrast, Reset, Strike Vector, Beat dodger, Super hot etc.

 

that is how you roll with normal games not open world games or any game of the elder scrolls series.

 

who cares about the main story line? it's just a small accessory to the game, it's not game breaking to finish it because you shouldn't feel like you are done with the particular universe nor should you feel that you have accomplished that much, main story is just a part of the game, in short you shouldn't get any feelings of "closure" from it, and make more characters than 1!.

 

 

and im like that too btw .. i have a hard time sitting down to play a game regardless of how much i want to.

I actually did a lot of the side quests and wasn't rushing story at all, it's just when I beat the main story line I was kind of like... oh, alright

what's even the point anymore. Though Skyrim is the only sandbox game I've ever liked.

[gill2k]

For me these days it has to be a title that I'd be so hyped up for to fully get into it.  The last one that did that was The Last Of Us because of its movie like productions and it didn't take that long to finish either. 

 

I guess this is how it goes.  The older you get, the more real life grabs a hold of your time - even more so if you have kids.

 

These days my gaming is relegated to at most 2 hrs. a day, and even after grabbing a controller or mouse + K/b, I lose interest right away.  I'm just forcing myself to finish Assassin's Creed III right now, only starting it last weekend getting it a year late.  I don't even know what the hell is going on with the story.

[CameronUK]

Same thing happened to me. I've only just completed gta v and I got it on release day. Most games don't even appeal to me. It has to be in the top ten games of the year to entice me in any way. Or super good offer like humble WB. I've never played the batman series - been told it's good

[Altecice]

Most of my time is spent studying or Reddit

 

my eyefinity and two 290x's cry in pain

[ultimatemythbuster]

so i noticed a few days ago that according to raptr my gaming time especially on weekends has gone down about 22% in the past 2 months i dont know if this is due to work and school but i've have also just gotten to the point to where i cant sit down and play most games for more than an hour i guess i just need another skyrim to draw me back into marathon sessions again and all nighters playing games and talking with friends again. i dont know why any thoughts on what i should do to get back into gaming again

If it's because of work and school, make sure that you are managing your time.  I don't mean spend all your time working, take some time to play (just don't take too much time).

[WereCat]

After I stopped playing LoL My gaming time droped to 50% ... Now Im just taking a rest preparing for Witcher marathon.

 

And I am still waiting for Divinity: Original Sin and Sui Generis

 

Now I find myself playing like 1-3hours a day instead of 6-8 and I am mostly stucked on LTT and Youtube