anecdotally, i blame voice acting.
I have no problem replaying chrono trigger, FF6 - 9 but games with cringey VO makes the anime-esque soap opera even more cringey.
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Have you ever lost complete interest in a genre you previously enjoyed?
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anecdotally, i blame voice acting.
I have no problem replaying chrono trigger, FF6 - 9 but games with cringey VO makes the anime-esque soap opera even more cringey.
Definitely racing games because I find the genre lack any substantive purpose within the campaign modes. Also sports — specifically FIFA / PES.
- Fighting games: They kept piling on so many complexities and systems over systems and complexities it's like they increasingly made those games to appeal only to the very hardcore fans instead of your average Joe.
- JRPGs: Why did they all turn into fanservice anime garbage?
- RTS: Haven't liked any of them since StarCraft 2. Kinda gave up after a while.
- Open world: I haven't lost *complete* interest, because I'm hoping the next GTA will turn out good, but boy have most developers failed at making them not feel like repetitive chores.
- JRPGs: Why did they all turn into fanservice anime garbage?
- RTS: Haven't liked any of them since StarCraft 2. Kinda gave up after a while.
- Open world: I haven't lost *complete* interest, because I'm hoping the next GTA will turn out good, but boy have most developers failed at making them not feel like repetitive chores.
For people who said JRPGs, is there anything that would make you like them again? Is it just that the ones being made don't interest you or is it total dislike of the genre? Asking as someone who makes indie JRPGs that are generally bite-sized (longest one is about 14 hours, but most are in the single digits).
For me, I'd probably say Point & Click adventure games (loved them as a teenager, but other than Ace Attorney, I barely touch them these days) & 4x strategy games (was a huge Civilization fan, but bounced off the latest one and none of the other series I've tried have really grabbed me). Also MOBAs (was a huge LoL fan, but I was getting too competitive, plus there's so much toxicity in the fanbase) & to a lesser extent RTS (liked the Warcraft series, especially 3, but nothing outside that has really grabbed me).
For me, I'd probably say Point & Click adventure games (loved them as a teenager, but other than Ace Attorney, I barely touch them these days) & 4x strategy games (was a huge Civilization fan, but bounced off the latest one and none of the other series I've tried have really grabbed me). Also MOBAs (was a huge LoL fan, but I was getting too competitive, plus there's so much toxicity in the fanbase) & to a lesser extent RTS (liked the Warcraft series, especially 3, but nothing outside that has really grabbed me).
I was an FPS nut as a teenager but I just find it too repetitive now. It also doesn't help that genuinely great FPS campaigns are so rare these days.
I don't think much has changed. Like yeah I play less multiplayer games, but it's not like I don't want to play them anymore.
LotV was 4 years ago though - and it was an expansion pack. That's not that common at all.
Stardock is vaguely more common, only 3 years ago, but stuff like Ashes more like...hmmm...real time grand strategy than something classic close-in macro/micro like Starcraft/C&C/Warcraft/etc etc.
Yeah. I used to love fighting games back in college. And I have absolutely no interest in them now.
Tie between MMOs and JRPGs.
MMOs - Played EQ1 & 2 across 10 years of my life and just got tired of the BS surrounding them (especially the toxic MMO communities). Also, that's a monthly payment that could otherwise be going toward something more useful.
JRPGs (meaning the more traditional JRPG) - I think the paradigm shift that Western RPGs offered enticed me more so I switched and just never went back. Although I have dipped my toe into Disgaea and Ultra Sun (if Pokemon counts as a JRPG) recently.
MMOs - Played EQ1 & 2 across 10 years of my life and just got tired of the BS surrounding them (especially the toxic MMO communities). Also, that's a monthly payment that could otherwise be going toward something more useful.
JRPGs (meaning the more traditional JRPG) - I think the paradigm shift that Western RPGs offered enticed me more so I switched and just never went back. Although I have dipped my toe into Disgaea and Ultra Sun (if Pokemon counts as a JRPG) recently.
-Fast intros and non-craptacular pacing
-Enough of this recent trend of "control one character and AI controls the rest of the party" stuff. If that *needs* to be there, the combat system better be real involved and the AI control needs to be, bare minimum, FFXII caliber.
-[Side]quests need to not be terrible. MMO quests were phased out of MMOs years ago for a reason.
-More reactivity in the battle system. More spell interactions, more attack combinations, more chemistry systems.
-More to do outside of the battle system, and I don't need just quests. Minigames(FF7), puzzles(Golden Sun 2), wacky item crafting and pickpocketing stuff (Star Ocean 2) - stuff to do to make the game seem more than just a big map with monsters on it being broken up by having a bad story being yelled at the player.
-Battle system needs to expand more beyond "now do more damage"; the enemies should similarly ramp up their own tactics.
-Open worlds, for the love of god.
-Substantial secrets, side stuff and endgame stuff. I mean secret continents, tournaments to enter, multiple dungeons, a dozen or more hidden bosses (and not just stuffed away in some "coliseum").
Racing games
But I'm not sure whether it's me or the games.
When I was a kid, it was easily one of my favourite genres. The likes of Outrun and Chase HQ were my favourite arcade games. I had an absolute blast playing GT3 on PS2, and PGR2 on Xbox. But in adulthood I drive 50,000 miles per year and clearly the magic of driving in a game simply isn't going to be there like it was when I was a kid.
I really want to enjoy the likes of more serious sims like GT Sport or the less serious stuff like FH4 but struggle. MK8D didn't do much for me either.
However, I was recently lucky enough to play KartRider Drift at X019 and it was genuinely the most fun I've had with a racing game in years and years. Which means that perhaps there's life in the genre for me yet. Can't wait for the beta in a couple of weeks.
But sure I don't have any real interest in the genre like I used to, and it makes me sad. We need blue sky arcade racing games. I wish Suzuki was doing that instead of wasting his time with Shenmue.
But I'm not sure whether it's me or the games.
When I was a kid, it was easily one of my favourite genres. The likes of Outrun and Chase HQ were my favourite arcade games. I had an absolute blast playing GT3 on PS2, and PGR2 on Xbox. But in adulthood I drive 50,000 miles per year and clearly the magic of driving in a game simply isn't going to be there like it was when I was a kid.
I really want to enjoy the likes of more serious sims like GT Sport or the less serious stuff like FH4 but struggle. MK8D didn't do much for me either.
However, I was recently lucky enough to play KartRider Drift at X019 and it was genuinely the most fun I've had with a racing game in years and years. Which means that perhaps there's life in the genre for me yet. Can't wait for the beta in a couple of weeks.
But sure I don't have any real interest in the genre like I used to, and it makes me sad. We need blue sky arcade racing games. I wish Suzuki was doing that instead of wasting his time with Shenmue.
Oh yeah, JRPGs for me, too. I think Final Fantasy 12 was the last one I finished when it was new. I started Persona 4, but holy shit, that three hour intro just burned me out.
Haven't really touched one since. Everything looks like the same anime horseshit these days, anyway.
Haven't really touched one since. Everything looks like the same anime horseshit these days, anyway.
Sort of. One of my most played genres when I was younger was fighting games. When I was at school etc all my friends and I would literally devote countless hours to fighters, both at home and when we'd hang out socially.
These days however, I barely play them. The only time I do is when we want a quick party or multiplayer game to play whilst people are around, but even then I tend to gravitate more towards things like Cooking Mama, DRIVECLUB (lap times), Gran Turismo Sport (with the wheel) or Mario Kart.
These days however, I barely play them. The only time I do is when we want a quick party or multiplayer game to play whilst people are around, but even then I tend to gravitate more towards things like Cooking Mama, DRIVECLUB (lap times), Gran Turismo Sport (with the wheel) or Mario Kart.
I feel like our games are strong on these points.
I feel I can definitely work more on these.
Thanks for the response!
Sports game, i was really into soccer games and FIFA as a kid... now i just don't care about the genre at all
4x games. After 100+ hours with civ 5, and 200+ with 6, every run started to feel like a variation of the same 3 early, mid and late games
Need to expand outside of Civ some. RPG/4x hybrid is a new genre developing, you might like that.
Used to love racing games. I poured so much time in to GT3 A-Spec back in the day. Flash forward to now, and i can't remember the last time i played a racing game for more than an hour total that isn't called Mario Kart.
Runner Up: JRPGS. The melodrama I thought was high art as a teenager is just annoying as I approach 40.
Runner Up: JRPGS. The melodrama I thought was high art as a teenager is just annoying as I approach 40.
RTS games, it was basically my first genre to play when I got a PC back in '02, played the hell out of Age of Empires back then....but now, I hardly manage to play an RTS game for more than 5 minutes before uninstalling, just isn't interesting to me anymore...
i loved stealth games in my teens-early 20s.
But now, for whatever reason. In my old age....i can't tolerate them. I hate it in Horizon. I tried to play MGS 5 ground zeroes, because i want to start MGS 5 (since i loved 2/3/4) couldn't stomach it.
I can take like pseudo stealth in Ubisoft games. Thats about it
But now, for whatever reason. In my old age....i can't tolerate them. I hate it in Horizon. I tried to play MGS 5 ground zeroes, because i want to start MGS 5 (since i loved 2/3/4) couldn't stomach it.
I can take like pseudo stealth in Ubisoft games. Thats about it
Yeah, but now we have stuff like SpellForce 3, War Party, Ancestors: Legacy and Homework: Deserts of Kharak; and even more on the horizon like Iron Harvest, Age of Empires 4 and Homeworld 3
Not to mention all the remakes/remasters of classics like Cossacks, Age of Empires, WarCraft III and Command&Conquer.
RTS genre may not be "booming" right now, but it's certainly in a renaissance state.
i used to play FPS games like there was no tomorrow. i still play some (Doom) and excited for Cyberpunk. but as far as games like Battlefield/CoD go...nope.
I don't play nearly as many shooters or racing games as I used to. Shooters have gotten very samey and most racing games are trash except forza and gran turismo. And they are loosing their luster because they give you too much money and too many cars from the start, there's no actual progression.
JRPGs... I was very into them in the late 90s and the newest one I played was Final Fantasy IX
Point'n Click adventure games. I used to play these a lot in the eary to mid 90s. Loved the Lucasfilms/Lucasarts games but by the time Grim Fandango came out, I was done.
Point'n Click adventure games. I used to play these a lot in the eary to mid 90s. Loved the Lucasfilms/Lucasarts games but by the time Grim Fandango came out, I was done.
My answer too, was a big PC RPG gamer at the time of Baldurst Gate and before, Might and Magic series, Drakan, Realm of the Five Elemental, Ultima series, etc. But not anymore there 3 thing i don't like anymore, long dialog, level scaling and missable stuff and most of WRPG right now use that all the time... so i usualy avoid them.
Definitely JRPGs the last one I truly even enjoyed was Lost Oddysey on 360 way back in the day. WRPGs simply offered way more for me and completely overtook my interest where i don't even bat and eye at a JPRG anymore. FFVII Remake is pretty much the only one i'm fucking with this entire console generation.
Fighting games are also a genre that i'm considering dropping for good with companies cutting characters and charging for them later and releasing unfinished products to resell DLC and relying on shitty guest characters, not to mention 3D fighters being my favorite are now succumbing to what i hate about 2D fighters and including shitty meters, supers, and comeback mechanics in a attempt to appeal to scrubs and casuals. The complete disappearance of the VF series is a crime because the direction other 3d fighters went just isn't for me and only a modern VF without all the bullshit gimmicks will get me back into the genre.
Fighting games are also a genre that i'm considering dropping for good with companies cutting characters and charging for them later and releasing unfinished products to resell DLC and relying on shitty guest characters, not to mention 3D fighters being my favorite are now succumbing to what i hate about 2D fighters and including shitty meters, supers, and comeback mechanics in a attempt to appeal to scrubs and casuals. The complete disappearance of the VF series is a crime because the direction other 3d fighters went just isn't for me and only a modern VF without all the bullshit gimmicks will get me back into the genre.
It hasn't happened yet but I'm increasingly just getting tired of open world games and all the busywork dressed up as content. It's just meaningless fluff that ultimately doesn't add anything substantial to the experience.
Point & Click Adventures. Loved them as a kid but I think Sam & Max was the last one I truly loved.
I am also kinda burned on turn-based Strategy RPGs. They often feel too slow for me. But I still play them occasionally.
I am also kinda burned on turn-based Strategy RPGs. They often feel too slow for me. But I still play them occasionally.
Atleast combat-QoL wise, Jrpgs nowadays are infinitely superior to the ones from the "golden era", in a general sense. People disliking the genre nowadays probably has to do more with the form rather than the content itself, right?
Cheap anime voice acting and overall creepyness are probably the number one motives. Unfortunately, stuff like Chrono Trigger or Xenogears would be at the same level of fanservice of a Xenoblade 2 if they were released nowadays, so maybe the hardware limitations at the time were essential for the genre broader popularity in the 90s.
Thread: There's no genre i lost interest completely nowadays, but i don't play a RTS since like 5+ years, but it's more because i'm too lazy to engage in super complex systems than lack of interest.
Cheap anime voice acting and overall creepyness are probably the number one motives. Unfortunately, stuff like Chrono Trigger or Xenogears would be at the same level of fanservice of a Xenoblade 2 if they were released nowadays, so maybe the hardware limitations at the time were essential for the genre broader popularity in the 90s.
Thread: There's no genre i lost interest completely nowadays, but i don't play a RTS since like 5+ years, but it's more because i'm too lazy to engage in super complex systems than lack of interest.
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Lootgrinder.
I played a lot of Diablo 2
I enjoyed Diablo 3 a lot
But then hit the point where I thought to myself: "Why am I doing this? Am I really enjoying this meaninless grind?"
And then I stopped and haven't touched a game of the genre since.
I played a lot of Diablo 2
I enjoyed Diablo 3 a lot
But then hit the point where I thought to myself: "Why am I doing this? Am I really enjoying this meaninless grind?"
And then I stopped and haven't touched a game of the genre since.
MMORPGS. For a long while it was the only genre I played since I had no money and most of them were F2P. Nowadays I just don't have the dedication to sink my life into one game so I've largely dropped off the genre. Still love FFXIV but between the sub fee being almost $20 CAD and the amount of time investment required I'm not likely to ever play it again.
Still love RPGS and JRPGS though. I avoid the overly fanservicey ones as much as possible now and can still find enjoyment in the genre. There's plenty of older ones I still haven't played and modern ones like Dragon Quest are still good.
Still love RPGS and JRPGS though. I avoid the overly fanservicey ones as much as possible now and can still find enjoyment in the genre. There's plenty of older ones I still haven't played and modern ones like Dragon Quest are still good.
Fighting, racing and sports games were never among my favorite type of game to play (although NCAA was a go to), but I've barely played any of those sorts of games in the last ten years.
I think it's a combination of being hard to get into because of the competitive scene (I don't have the time or desire to "dedicate" myself to a single game/franchise or genre) and because those types of games rarely if ever have a story that will get me invested.
I think platformers are immune because there is nobody to compete against, so even though many don't have much of a story I can still enjoy the pure gameyness of it.
I think it's a combination of being hard to get into because of the competitive scene (I don't have the time or desire to "dedicate" myself to a single game/franchise or genre) and because those types of games rarely if ever have a story that will get me invested.
I think platformers are immune because there is nobody to compete against, so even though many don't have much of a story I can still enjoy the pure gameyness of it.
Not really, but I do play less FPS games now than I did before. Cod just doesnt interest me anymore, and outside of some exceptions there isnt a lot out there thats interesting. At least Halo and Titanfall are still there.
Western open world nonrpgs. Games where you are dropped in a giant space and go wherever. Skyrim comes to mind, i know it has quests but they are so damn basic i just feel bored.
Only Zelda gets a pass on this one and i can not replay it. Its a game with 0 replay value
Only Zelda gets a pass on this one and i can not replay it. Its a game with 0 replay value
FPSes; I went right off them around the time of Halo - played through that, really didn't enjoy it all that much.
I've swung back around, I think in part it was due to the overwhelming quantity of games in the genre in the late nineties and early noughts, and in part due to me not being good at finding an appropriate difficulty level to be an enjoyable challenge, both of which are less of an issue these days.
I've swung back around, I think in part it was due to the overwhelming quantity of games in the genre in the late nineties and early noughts, and in part due to me not being good at finding an appropriate difficulty level to be an enjoyable challenge, both of which are less of an issue these days.
JRPG's I guess. Played a lot more of those in my teenage years. That said I still play some but I'm more picky about my purchases.
used to love fighting games as a kid, but not love that anymore
i still play it casually though, usually play it for the story (single player), the last 2 fighting games that i played were Dead or Alive 5 and Mortal Kombat X, i bought both of them at really cheap price $5 or something
i still play it casually though, usually play it for the story (single player), the last 2 fighting games that i played were Dead or Alive 5 and Mortal Kombat X, i bought both of them at really cheap price $5 or something
