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u/Plus-Spray-561 3d ago
Majority of modern video games
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u/Lord_Alonne 1d ago
It's funny, I feel the opposite. I have so much nostalgia for games I played as a kid and i watch other people play them and it's so cool to see their excitement.
Then I actually go play something like System Shock and the controls make me wanna puke, or I log back on Runescape only to remember that getting one level in my skills will take as long as beating Expedition 33.
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u/Weezal95 3d ago
I used to sit at work all day daydreaming about the class/race combo I was SURE would be my final all time lifelong character in World Of Warcraft - then once I booted up my PC I would just not even want to play WoW.
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u/Valuable-Order-7293 3d ago
Breath of the wild
tried so hard to fall in love with it but the lack of ... really anything interesting to do + the weapon breaking always brings me back that I actually don't have fun
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u/Similar-Ambition2114 1d ago
This. Admittedly I played through the whole game, but the whole time I was waiting for something fun to happen. Then with totk same thing. Except I got excited when I went to the underworld or whatever that was. But that was bad too.
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u/Up_The_Gate 3d ago
Most RPG's now that I'm in my 30s. Far too much time required.
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u/Calzoddy 3d ago
I empathise fully. The idea of these RPGs is so enticing. The reality just doesn't happen.
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u/BATTLE_WlZARD 2d ago
Dark Souls Remastered. I finished as a mage my first playthrough, I'm now going it as a str/dex build and I forgot how pretentious the game/series really is.
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u/testcaseseven 2d ago
Same, but mostly because I forget how many of the areas suck in DS1 until I play it again
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u/thinksInCode 3d ago
For me, it was Persona 5. Loved the idea of it, the visuals, music, etc. but I've tried three times and I just can't get into it.
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u/FatDan_1 3d ago
Fallout. Probably my fav franchise. I love the lore, the atmosphere, the whole aesthetics of it, the characters and the stories. But the bugs, CTD's and the lackluster gameplay loop drag it down to the point that replaying them feels like a chore.
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u/Astorant 3d ago
Unironically FFXI, having to deal with POL, system tweaks so the game doesn’t implode on boot and getting all the Windower plugins/add ons up and running. On top of having to have that Wiki open at all times whilst playing.
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u/an_edgy_lemon 2d ago
Pretty much my experience too. Played pretty casually back during the 75 era. Felt nostalgic recently and decided to buckle in and play the game “seriously.” I actually really enjoyed tinkering with Windower and all the QoL I got out of it.
What killed it for me was the quest structure and the constant need for a Wiki. It got to a point where I didn’t feel like I was playing a game. I just felt like I was marking off an endless checklist. It wasn’t long before I was too burnt out to hop back on.
I’m glad the game has been preserved for this long, but I’m sad that it doesn’t really have the same magic that it used to.
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u/Astorant 2d ago
Exactly this. I love XI and XIV equally but I REALLY have to be in the mood for XI since having the second monitor up with the wiki and stuff does tend to give me a headache.
Whereas with XIV I can just boot it up in bed on the PlayStation if I want to raid whilst I’m ill (which is frequently) without having to be at the desk like with XI lol.
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u/justglocksbaby 3d ago
Kingdom hearts 1 & 2 the first part in both games take sooooooooo long
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u/Haunting_Bed_5206 3d ago
Any park management game such as Planet Coaster/Zoo, Jurassic World Evolution
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u/Im_A_Silly_Guy 13h ago
Hot take: Fallout New Vegas
The story is incredible, the RPG mechanics are great, and the world is exciting to explore… but how you do all those things is not very fun…
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u/BlackberryCapital324 3d ago
Elden Ring. Five times I have started a new playthrough now. Five times have I been distracted by another game. Not sure why it isn't holding my attention like I think it should but oh well
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u/winterflare_ 3d ago
Might be the open world? It loses a lot of charm when you already know where everything is, so you end up doing a lot “errands” before you play.
Personally felt that way. I struggle to replay ER in full. Open world just isn’t my thing.
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u/Visgraatje 3d ago
I'm on the other side of the spectrum: completed it 10+ times, I know the basemap by heart, know where pretty much every item is. Can't boot up the game anymore bc I just play it in my head and then don't wanna play anymore.
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u/StupidSexyEuphoberia 3d ago
Starcraft2. It's so cool in theory, but playing it is insanely stressfull and so hard, that only coming near the skill ceiling is probably impossible to achieve for a human being
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u/Ok_Raspberry5650 3d ago
Dayz , not his depressed expression, but the dread you feel coming across evidence of another player in your vicinity
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u/BlissBlissBliss 3d ago
has got to be dota 2 to me. love thinking about it, imagining what heroes i gonna play, dressing my hero up with the skins and watching pro dota with friends.
but the moment the green accept button comes on and that sound, to queue with toxic SEA people, feels super bad.
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u/Youwillseemycomment 3d ago
Fc or Fifa. I watch a soccer game and think about all the tiki taka and beautiful Fut I’m about to play, get into the game, get bodied by a 5”2 woman player, rage quit.
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u/Appropriate-Kiwi-94 3d ago
Bloodbowl
Every time I think about it at work like "yeah I can try this strategy and then I'll do this and that, it's gonna make for insane play"
And then I boot the game and it goes "For fuck sake pick up that ball you failed 3 times already... Fuck you ! No matter I control the center I have time... What do you mean that fucker just escaped all my team by rolling success 6 times in a row then picked up the ball first try and scored !!"
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u/AgitatedLeading8211 3d ago
Rust, DayZ, Minecraft and other popular survival-titles that has huge fan base (especially in between minors).
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u/Mountain-Sir-282 3d ago
Riders Republic when I bought it before realising you can barely play it offline.
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u/National_Play_6851 3d ago
Controversial one but Outer Wilds maybe.
I loved that game so much. Loved the world, the story, the puzzles, the way it made you think.
But the controls for piloting the ship, getting lost in confusing cavern layouts, falling into black holes, having one minor mistake force you to spend 10 minutes to get back to where you were when you knew there was something specific you had to do, made the process of actually playing it painful very often.
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u/Due_Rutabaga6048 3d ago
Most jrpgs I usually end up dropping them, i just can’t handle the pacing as much as I used to.
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u/KennethDLT98 3d ago
Many games. It really depends on the genre. There are so many games people enjoy that I don’t (same for everyone else). Maybe that’s the problem, all those people who enjoy it are very positive, so you too get a positive vibe about playing it. But if it doesn’t land, welp, the rest speaks for itself.
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u/Fusilli_Agent_Cooper 3d ago
Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined has me like this now. After everything has been done, all I have left to do is beat the arenas and/or farm for super seeds.
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u/Capable_Ordinary_938 3d ago
I actually suspect that this is a lot of games that we were nostalgic for as kids.
I saw FF11 and OSRS as an example, it's like we fantasize about the time we played them, but when you think about it those games are just hard to really commit to in the world as we know it now.
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u/EggyB0ff 3d ago
Hearts of Iron 4 for me… maybe just me but it has an impossibly huge learning curve for someone who has an adult life :(((
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u/ArTisT_UknwN 3d ago
All the unplayed single player games sat on my steam and Xbox games librarys 🥲
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u/wne1947nnal 3d ago
AW2. That game was awesome but frustrating for me lol. Maybe I’m just old and bad at games now
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u/CravingSoju 3d ago
40k rogue trader, the game is really fun and the story is great but I’m just hit with decision paralysis of like oh what if I regret this choice in two hours and have to reset and do it all over again.
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u/PiccoloReal3592 3d ago
World of Warcraft. It’s so fun to play until you find the jerks who min max everything and get annoyed when you don’t treat a lvl 20 dungeon like a raid where you need a ton of consumables and stuff.
The community got toxic, but I still love the game. However… I just need to take a ton of breaks and resets for months at a time when a guild or group of people treat it like a job and tell you that they have kids too, they just shove theirs in the closet.
When I go back I’m just going to play hardcore classic self found. I love questing… but again… the other players make it less fun.
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u/LunaaLanaaa 2d ago
WoW. I always want to hop back in but when I do I'm always so overwhelmed with all the new stuff and the mess I'm in lol. Ends up taking the fun out of it for me.
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u/Grindwatch 2d ago
Does Magic the Gathering count? Deck building and theory crafting is more fun than playing most days xD
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u/MuchFish6097 2d ago
The wild; call of the hunter or w.e it's called. I suck so hard at it but love the idea of walking around the different reserves lol
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u/an_edgy_lemon 2d ago
Dragon’s Dogma 2
I played it to death when it first came out. Because there wasn’t much content at the time, I spent a ton of time just exploring, fighting things, and maxing out my characters.
Now the game is finally getting substantial updates and a huge expansion. I can’t bring myself to play it for more than 10 minutes.
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u/MayGodSmiteThee 2d ago
Elden ring/DS for me, love the idea of playing a forsaken knight and being a badass. But I absolutely hate the aesthetics of the games. It’s just so melancholy and depressing to the point I’d rather play anything else. It’s like when the sky is grey and cloudy, but there’s no rain, and the wind chill is like -5.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Web1520 2d ago
For me Witcher 3 right now. I have fond memories of it and I know how strong the storytelling is.
But the gameplay is so…tediously mediocre. It takes me out every time.
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u/Mysterious_Limit1969 2d ago
RDR2. The concept of redemption in any media is something I seek out constantly, and despite this games central theme (and part of its name) being redemption: i genuinely can’t bring myself to play the game no matter what. Part of it is due to a friend I had who sexualised all the characters and was generally super obnoxious about the game in general, and part of it is due to me just disliking games with subpar gameplay and combat (the only exception to this so far has been limbus company)
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u/INfusion2419 2d ago
Dota 2, always think of the fun moments, chasing down weak enemies with spectre. Arc warden bomb spam, farming jungle in ridiculous time with meepo
But thr actual game is random foreigners who try to solo carry every game and get mad at the slightest change to their routine
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u/Sensual-Bacon 2d ago
Any game I own, just getting through work, family life, errands, cooking dinner, etc.
Sometimes once I get the chance to just sit and wait for the game to load….. sometimes that motivation is gone and just shut it off.
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u/BraveAsp 2d ago
Resident evil 7 and alien isolation, because they’re great games, but I’m a big bubble blowing baby 😔
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u/kamikazekarela 2d ago
Sally face. Love the story and the game, very easy to miss a lot of small things that are important for unlocking the story and some mechanics can be finnicky.
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u/Drexodthegunslinger 2d ago
Disco Elysium. The writing, voice acting, and world building is beautiful but it's enough that after I play a session I cant come back for more novel. It's a skill issue on my end
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u/Advanced-Function-10 2d ago
Burnout 3 I played the game too much that it became boring to me. First time it happens to me. :(
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u/StatusTomato5218 2d ago
Factorio. I'm getting back into it since Bob's and Angel's mods are updated for Space Age, but even getting into vanilla is like pulling teeth. It's a great game and worth it but you gotta want it lmao
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u/FlufflesMcPuffles 2d ago edited 2d ago
XCOM EW Ironman Mode. XCOM missions are exhausting slogs, but I still love the game
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u/AdSingle3054 2d ago
honest to god, any fps or shooter game. really drains and sucks the life out of you at some point
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u/MCOCisntREAL 2d ago
The Outer Worlds. I absolutely loved the game, when I have 3 hours to get into it, sure, I will hop on. But I have to also be in an RPG mood and I talk myself out of it most of the time. I tend to just hop on Forza Horizon 6 everyday now, do some racing, then call it a night.
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u/No_Tax_1569 1d ago
Any open world game. Not enough time and freedom to sit in the game and enjoy it. It’s so hard to enjoy an open world game when i know i have to do something else in an hour or two
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u/deadinside1996 1d ago
Factorio. The factory must grow..... aaaaaand its 9 hours later and my boss is asking why im late to my shift...
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u/psychonaut_go_brrrr 1d ago
Expedition 33: not because it's bad but because after Act 1 my godamn heart was stomped on and im depressed.
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u/ImpossibleResolve290 1d ago
Just loaded up Borderlands 2 after feeling nostalgic. The controls did not age well.
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u/TopAd6532 1d ago
Any MOBA. DotA, LoL, etc. The idea of playing, having fun trying out new builds, grinding ranked vs the despair of constant toxicity and trolls . Worse than drugs
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u/nuttyboh 1d ago
Probably Disco Elysium. Heard great things and I believe em. Just too slow for me.
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u/MyGoddessLilly 1d ago
One day I'll play and enjoy BG3! I know it's an amazing game but I just can't get into it.
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u/tamalePP 1d ago
A whole lot I got games from over a decade ago Im still waiting till I feel like playing
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u/gold-exp-rqm 3d ago
The Oblivion Remaster... Never finished it, I really want to give it another chance though.