Am i getting old if i feel the same way, i get really excited to have some time off to finally game only to then realize its really exhausting and i’d rather just watch some series or stream
At some point you recognize the game is just giving you another to-do list.
Yeah instead of playing an RTS game I started my own business. Grinding out some turns harvesting puts real gold in your pockets. But the angry villagers can be a problem sometimes.
Nah, I think that starts happening when you first get a job. Jobs take longer than school and generally are more labor intensive, and there’s also the commute, and when you get home you have to do chores and either make healthy food or eat something garbage for your body, and that’s just as a single person or a couple. It’s no wonder everyone’s tired, the 9-5 grind can be really exhausting, and when you’re tired anything that takes effort feels like a grind.
Just to be clear, I don’t mean to sound hopeless. There are things you can do that make life feel meaningful and to allow you to enjoy your time, I just mean that life can be tiring.
If you’re completely exhausted after your day it’s possible something deeper is going on
Not really that deep, just tired at the end of the day it’s normal stuff really. I can’t game when I get home I need to give my self breather before any of that plus gaming tried is never a fun experience
I feel like my steam library is just an ode to all the game streams I’ve watched.
I feel you, fellow player. That, plus kids…
Finally get home from work and get a chance to play Zelda TotK! —Start falling asleep while playing…
Then try to figure out wtf I was doing the next time I start up the game
Can we have antiwork back
Y’all are allowed to only do things you enjoy. You know that right? …right?
I still game whenever I have time, it has just shifted to less hyper-competitive fare. I mostly play games I can mod to suit my preferences, CyberPunk, Skyrim, Fallout 4, etc. Combat difficulty set on high.
I used to be very competitive in Halo, but just like most of gaming, I got turned off when the act of gaming turned into a microtransaction sales pitch. Also, even in competive gaming, I always needed to play something with a story I could enjoy, and Bungie’s Halo was it before Microsoft fucked the lore up beyond all repair. Destiny is a little too vague and ethereal for my tastes.
As long as my eyes work and my hands don’t get arthritic, I will game.
Can’t play tired I need a coffee and a nap to be In good shape to game and even then it’s always mind shut off games no story stuff.
4hour limit is effecting the way I play but oh well I’m still playing the stuff I love and not forcing my self to play so all is good
I’ve realised there are games I just want to watch cut scenes and know the story now.
Super Hexagon keeps me awake.
I hear you. Still love gaming but relationship with it has evolved as I got older. Too many responsibilities to have all day game days anymore. When I have an hour or two I feel like it’s not enough to really enjoy my time and half the time I don’t even bother to start. Plus all the games I think I really want to play are either unreleased or unfinished messes when they are, so I don’t even buy them.
Accepting that basic bitch games helped me a lot. They’re fun and have shitloads of people playing them for a reason. Looking at you Fortnite and Diablo 4.
Also list your installed game icons by order they should be played in on the desktop helped a lot. If I’m not sure what to play I load whatever is furtherest on the left
It’s currently Dave the Diver, Diablo 4, and Osu! is permainstalled these days.
Hardspace Shipbreaker is hella relaxing if you play it on untimed mode, btw.
Playing multiplayer games with the bros solved this for me. Currently we’re playing through a Minecraft modpack and after that we might start playing Battlebit.
I worked in games for a number of years, so on top of being exhausted coming home, it was near impossible to not fall into work mode when I tried playing games for fun.
Finally successful enough to buy systems, buy every system, never play anything.
