No.60983[Reply]
>build cheap PC to play the same old games i've been playing since i was 13
>PC died
>score a free new one from dad's friend who for some reason wanted to give me his high end PC for free
>rated as UFO on PC benchmark
>download tf2, l4d2, gmod, and a few other unnoteworthy, 10+ year old games
>Realize i can play any modern game at high settings
>wow, MK1.
>but its shit.
>doesn't look fun at all, looks even worse than the last
>in fact. all games look like shit
>load up gmod.
>yep. thats gmod.
>play for 12 mins.
>bored.
I've even thought of stooping to trying out anime games. Why is gaming so dead, bros? Everything is just chasing the shadow of the original IPs of the 2000s (halo, cod, gears, far cry) minus the soul, community and meta that made them good. Modern gaming is a sterile, soulless, monetized no-funfest.
How much longer can i play the same games? Where is the hope?
45 posts and 3 image replies omitted. Click reply to view. No.61042
So why not play older games? There's a lot of games from the past that you can play, you don't have to play newer games if you don't like it. Honestly I had this sort-of angst about newer video games too but it's just useless to care about when older games aren't gonna go anywhere. Even old online games have communities, some are still thriving even.
And I wouldn't chalk this feeling that you have up to nostalgia, trying to do is too reductive and completely ignores a lot of the change that has come to define modern day games. Change is not the same as progress. In this day and age I think there's so much excess in computational power that I feel goes to complete waste, which is why I have a sense of unease seeing newer games with "ultra-realistic game-changing" graphics that end up just feeling like an incredibly expensive novelty.
No.61043
>>60986OP here. I tried naraka: bladepoint. Its alright i guess. Don't know if i'm gonna stick with it.
i've been wanting to play squad for like 4 years now. ill try it when i can buy it.
No.61046
>>61043>i dont know if i'm gonna stick with iti'm not. It's just pubg for chinese mythologists. It's combat is not my style either. I like chivalry and mordhau for melee combat.
No.61052
Gaming has been getting worse for a decade at the very least. Mainly because of heavy, heavy monetisation. People are literally paying a 1/4 of the price of a full game for a fucking skin.
No.62456
>>60983Well, maybe you're just depressed, OP. How's life going outside of video games? If you're really struggling, not having fun with things you used to like is quite common. I'd suggest playing shorter and easier video games to start off your return into it, with something like a spreadsheet to keep track of what you've beat, it's what I do and it motivates me to play, even if it's autistic.
I wish you the best.