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- Jan 24, 2011
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- Zebulon, North Carolina
I just want to talk, most people on here are willing to listen.
I'm not sick of all games, i'm sick of MMO's mostly. I won't sit here and bash any of them... to hard but i have been between 3 or 4 MMO's undecided which one to stick with for the last 4 years, let me expand on that.
Let's start with Final Fantasy XI, originally i enjoyed it to bits and pieces i spent sleepless nights on it leveling and just playing for fun, but as time went on people began to fizzle out the players who didn't spend 24/7 on it, which i didn't by that point since i work 8-5 M-F. I got little to nothing done and now i get even less done with a Baby, and awife that expects me to read her mind, you ladies out there know what i'm talking about.
After quitting that i looked around for a game that has more Solo focus, i came up with Aion, Level 1-30 was pretty fun, 31-50 was not, My first MMORPG was Final Fantasy XI and it had no PvP elements to it so i wasn't particularly used to fighting other people, at first i felt bad for attacking them, i was passive if they hit me i hit back but generally whoever gets the first hit has the upper hand, something i learned later on, in most cases it didn't matter since i was either outnumbered, or outgeared. There again the person who spent a ton of time on the game can flick me out of their way. Beyond that i should of quit long ago when i heard people complaining about how bad the PvP balance was. Sadly this is one game my wife thoroughly enjoys, she hasn't had to face PvP yet, she is still in her 30's so it hasn't slapped her in the face.
I'm not completely opposed to PvP games though, the stupidest looking game at first glance, Cosmic Break, has an arena type thing where really you are based on skill rather than how much time you spent in the game. Besides if you die, it's not like you really loose anything, it works a lot like a FPS.
-But ont he other hand, i'm tired of FPS games, the market is saturated with them and they get pretty bland fairly quickly for me, no offense to those who do enjoy them but i have my own high caliber rifles right beside me and it just doesn't compare to being out in the field or range sending rounds down.
-It's also not just MMO's-
I recently bought Final Fantasy XIII, i had it once before and beat the story but didn't get the platinum trophy, lost my game save since i did a HDD->SDD Swap and didn't feel it was needed anymore, but i was going through it again and it just didn't feel fun or satisfying to play, it felt more like a waste of time.
I bought Hyperdimension Neptunia a while back, i aimed to finish it, poped it in and within 15 minutes i was wishing i could turn it off, i used to really enjoy it.
So i logged into Steam and jumped on Skyrim, been about a month since i last played it, still haven't beat the story since i focused on all my crafts to 100, which i did. Yet again within 15-20 minutes i felt like i just didn't want to play, i had no goals, wasn't interested in making any and felt literally overwhelmed.
I know it isn't attention span because i can sit down and watch My Little Pony all the way through every Saturday with my wife and kid, the daily show, misc other shows 30mins to an hour each back to back no problem.
I'm even playing a game on a private server that isn't even released and won't be for NA for atleast another year+ (mostly to get a leg up) and that i can play for an hour at a time, beyond that though and i start to get that stale feeling.
I'm feeling literally confused that i cannot find a game that i want to sit down and play for hours on end anymore. The progression feeling a general RPG gives isn't something i 'feel' anymore. The desire to uncover content in a game is no longer anything i thrive for. When i sit down to play any game i sincerely get a sick feeling like i'm wasting my time... This is something thats been going on for the last 4-5 years.
Am i?... Getting old?
EDIT: I want to expand to another topical setting that makes me cringe.
All you WoW players need to just hear me out before you blab.
When i jump on a forum and start discussing a game, like Tera, FFXIV or even some free to play game, people respond with words like "toon" "troll" or "Raid" 10 years ago these terms were not used in my gaming world, admittedly we all come from different backgrounds but every time i see those terms i immediately label you a WoW Player like it's a bad thing, because ultimatly complainers from WoW ruined what used to be a challenging MMO: FFXI.
Now before you go rampant, i have met 2 WoW players from Aion that used the terms but i did find them to be very nice guys, so i do understand there are goods in the "bads" (another term from wow) It's the complainers about how hard a game is or the people who just can't be opened minded to an art style other than dwarfs and men that look like wrestlers.
It's these same complainers that didn't want to accept Tera's Elin race for the Loli-girls they were meant to be, just because American culture is different most western audiences think everybody else should bend to their ways, SOPA = proof. I am an American but i also grew up in a racist, one track minded family that put anything down that wasn't "manly", this has made me open minded more so than i normally would have been since i do like the anime style arts.
So end-all, the community of 99% of the games iv'e taken an interest in has destroyed that interest within a short few days, alot of people on the internet now days go nuts on forums attacking people just to make them react.
I'm not sick of all games, i'm sick of MMO's mostly. I won't sit here and bash any of them... to hard but i have been between 3 or 4 MMO's undecided which one to stick with for the last 4 years, let me expand on that.
Let's start with Final Fantasy XI, originally i enjoyed it to bits and pieces i spent sleepless nights on it leveling and just playing for fun, but as time went on people began to fizzle out the players who didn't spend 24/7 on it, which i didn't by that point since i work 8-5 M-F. I got little to nothing done and now i get even less done with a Baby, and awife that expects me to read her mind, you ladies out there know what i'm talking about.
After quitting that i looked around for a game that has more Solo focus, i came up with Aion, Level 1-30 was pretty fun, 31-50 was not, My first MMORPG was Final Fantasy XI and it had no PvP elements to it so i wasn't particularly used to fighting other people, at first i felt bad for attacking them, i was passive if they hit me i hit back but generally whoever gets the first hit has the upper hand, something i learned later on, in most cases it didn't matter since i was either outnumbered, or outgeared. There again the person who spent a ton of time on the game can flick me out of their way. Beyond that i should of quit long ago when i heard people complaining about how bad the PvP balance was. Sadly this is one game my wife thoroughly enjoys, she hasn't had to face PvP yet, she is still in her 30's so it hasn't slapped her in the face.
I'm not completely opposed to PvP games though, the stupidest looking game at first glance, Cosmic Break, has an arena type thing where really you are based on skill rather than how much time you spent in the game. Besides if you die, it's not like you really loose anything, it works a lot like a FPS.
-But ont he other hand, i'm tired of FPS games, the market is saturated with them and they get pretty bland fairly quickly for me, no offense to those who do enjoy them but i have my own high caliber rifles right beside me and it just doesn't compare to being out in the field or range sending rounds down.
-It's also not just MMO's-
I recently bought Final Fantasy XIII, i had it once before and beat the story but didn't get the platinum trophy, lost my game save since i did a HDD->SDD Swap and didn't feel it was needed anymore, but i was going through it again and it just didn't feel fun or satisfying to play, it felt more like a waste of time.
I bought Hyperdimension Neptunia a while back, i aimed to finish it, poped it in and within 15 minutes i was wishing i could turn it off, i used to really enjoy it.
So i logged into Steam and jumped on Skyrim, been about a month since i last played it, still haven't beat the story since i focused on all my crafts to 100, which i did. Yet again within 15-20 minutes i felt like i just didn't want to play, i had no goals, wasn't interested in making any and felt literally overwhelmed.
I know it isn't attention span because i can sit down and watch My Little Pony all the way through every Saturday with my wife and kid, the daily show, misc other shows 30mins to an hour each back to back no problem.
I'm even playing a game on a private server that isn't even released and won't be for NA for atleast another year+ (mostly to get a leg up) and that i can play for an hour at a time, beyond that though and i start to get that stale feeling.
I'm feeling literally confused that i cannot find a game that i want to sit down and play for hours on end anymore. The progression feeling a general RPG gives isn't something i 'feel' anymore. The desire to uncover content in a game is no longer anything i thrive for. When i sit down to play any game i sincerely get a sick feeling like i'm wasting my time... This is something thats been going on for the last 4-5 years.
Am i?... Getting old?
EDIT: I want to expand to another topical setting that makes me cringe.
All you WoW players need to just hear me out before you blab.
When i jump on a forum and start discussing a game, like Tera, FFXIV or even some free to play game, people respond with words like "toon" "troll" or "Raid" 10 years ago these terms were not used in my gaming world, admittedly we all come from different backgrounds but every time i see those terms i immediately label you a WoW Player like it's a bad thing, because ultimatly complainers from WoW ruined what used to be a challenging MMO: FFXI.
Now before you go rampant, i have met 2 WoW players from Aion that used the terms but i did find them to be very nice guys, so i do understand there are goods in the "bads" (another term from wow) It's the complainers about how hard a game is or the people who just can't be opened minded to an art style other than dwarfs and men that look like wrestlers.
It's these same complainers that didn't want to accept Tera's Elin race for the Loli-girls they were meant to be, just because American culture is different most western audiences think everybody else should bend to their ways, SOPA = proof. I am an American but i also grew up in a racist, one track minded family that put anything down that wasn't "manly", this has made me open minded more so than i normally would have been since i do like the anime style arts.
So end-all, the community of 99% of the games iv'e taken an interest in has destroyed that interest within a short few days, alot of people on the internet now days go nuts on forums attacking people just to make them react.
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