Video Games Are Getting Boring

Video Games are boring. An opinion.

[Knushwood Butt]

Go play Returnal.

[Orbilator]

Yeah that's truly unique, to many company's plays safe, so most of the time you feel your playing the same game with a different skin.

Still the good games are out there if you look. For example I played The Touryst and while it was hardly a massive game I enjoyed it immensley. There's lots of little classics out there that aren't from big publishers that are awesome, exciting and far from boring.

[neutralgamer1992]

Pialadovious

Average Sony game isn't really a bad thing though when games like days gone and order 1886 are considered average

[deleted]

VR has made gaming exciting for me again. Now imagine games of Returnal's quality hitting PSVR2 and other headsets!

[S2Killinit]

Exactly ^

[Dirty_Lemons]

All down voters can 🖕 off, that game is a masterpiece.

[Inverno]

Returnal is just another tps in a genre that is over done by indies.

[Silly gameAr]

Tell everyone you haven't played a game without telling them you haven't played a game.

[ED-E]

I did, Returnal was the very first game I played on the PS5 and currently the only exclusive I can't find any love for. I even tried it again after half a year later, because the idea intrigued me. But still, after a couple of hours I again dropped it in favour of other games.

But i appreciate that Sony let at least some of their Studios experimenting with new IPs instead of just make a safe bet with another sequel/remake.

[Mobis-New-Nest]

Returnal? No way. Back4Blood, greatest first person zombie shooter that puts the Left4Dead series to shame.

[shinoff2183]

Not everyone is into online multiplayer games so back 4 blood is a big eh in my world.

[HeliosHex]

Lol I think that's the last game this guy wants. Though returnal has unique qualities the repetitive nature might kill this guy's gaming habits entirely.

[Knushwood Butt]

True. Still, that way we wouldn't have another article moaning about boring games. They should get a new hobby.

[fr0sty]

Returnal is great... it brings back the old school gaming concept of death having consequences.

[saint_seya]

Damn im doing horrible in the game, but i love it, only got to the second (dimension/world?) boss, and havent killed it yet, but this game is so much fun.

[S2Killinit]

Video games getting boring?

Enter VR

[SoulWarrior]

There just seems to be a big rise in F2P, battle passes, co-op focused looters, and just live service in general, they all just look and feel the same to me.

Luckily there are still plenty of games I like, but I'm not liking this live service boner the industry has developed in recent years.

[BlackDoomAx]

And yet I can't find many good co-op focused looters. Any recommendations?

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

Returnal is coop now, assuming you can find a ps5 for yourself AND a friend.

[MadLad]

I put off playing it, but Outriders, despite anything you may have heard, is actually a blast.
Especially once you level up a bit.

Got a few friends to get in on it as well, and we're playing every other night now.

Other than that, the Division series is great, and always on sale.

[dumahim]

There's that, but I avoid games like that but still feel like games are getting a bit boring. For me, they just seem to put in more and more time wasters than actual quality content. Looting stuff for crafting. Making overly large worlds that lack stuff to actually do in most of that space. More and more unoriginal and uninteresting side quests that distract you from the quality main quests.

[AndrewM]

Dude harvesting and crafting in games is great, just cause you don't like it doesn't mean others don't as well.

[dumahim]

@AndrewM

I'm pretty sure I said "for me" and never said others don't enjoy it.

For me.....

[Rapture13]

Not a looter, but Deep Rock Galactic is great co-op game with a nice progression system and classes that play wildly different but compliment each other perfectly.

[Kurt Russell]

AA and Indies is where it is at.

[MadLad]

Obviously there's still great AAA games coming out, but I've been focusing on smaller studios and their works for about 10 years now.
Pretty much since I switched to PC gaming as my main.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Most modern western games feel the same to Me.

[Christopher]

Most modern Eastern games also feel the same to me.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Most games feel the same to us.

[anast]

The west is fairly expansive. Do you mean English games? American games? French games? Swedish games?

[XiNatsuDragnel]

I mean just western games industry European, Americans etc...

[anast]

@X There are some diverse games just within the 4 countries I mentioned. Do you mean AAA games? AA games? only certain publishers? Indie games?

[XiNatsuDragnel]

AAA games in general

[anast]

@X I get it. makes a bit more sense.

[LordoftheCritics]

Eastern games came from the same daddy,

[anast]

Yes, we all came from a "warm pond"... The stuff is still different.

[Snakeeater25]

Most jrpg feel the same or Pokémon game.
Nothing original since the 1990’s

[Eidolon]

I was about to say, a lot of cookie cutter jrpg's out there, just like the open world fatigue and FPS western games

[shinoff2183]

Most jrpgs are different though. I personally think way to many action jrpg and not enough turned based ones. World maps are pretty much a thing of the past which is all a shame. Just action action action.

[FPS_D3TH]

Lmao youre acting like JRPGS have changed much at all in the past 25 years

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Rather play elden ring than another loot box simulator tbh

[isarai]

At the risk of sounding like someone stuck on nostalgia, most modern games are just too safe and soulless to me anymore. Where are the bombastic ideas, the 12hr stories built around the fact that someone just had a really cool concept and ran with it. Every game seems like they are trying to win some best story/actor/writing award and honestly it's beyond saturated at this point. Games just take themselves too seriously, and there's certainly a place for that, but not EVERY game needs that. Bring back high budget dumb, corny and creative games, so tired of all the tryhards. Not to mention the massive amount of neglected genres, hell i would even like more GTA clones at this point, and where tf did hack and slash games go lately?

[monkey602]

For these very reasons Evil West has my interest

[Pepsi_Man3000]

I feel this comment so hard. I can only name like 5 upcoming games that actually stand out: Wanted Dead, Bayonetta 3, Evil West, Slitterhead, and Wo long fallen dynasty. That's it.

[H9]

That's one of the reasons why I always want to play games by kojima, good or bad he does crazy things that others don't so it's refreshing

[Knushwood Butt]

I'm getting Stray.

[shinoff2183]

Hack n slash is all over. Most games these days are hack n slash though with rpg elements. Look at final fantasy its pretty much a hack n slash.

Theres alot of indies doing some pretty cool stuff still. They are just gonna get better.

[Destiny1080]

3 days after xboxes most anticipated event, xbox websites are back talking about gamepass, its like as if nothing even happened, it was so shockingly average that all xboxes sites have been silenced, gamers should not take this event as the industry being dead

[ApocalypseShadow]

Not only that. But journalists (??? game pass users), acting as if they are neutral, writing PlayStation articles(??? are they) downplaying Sony's tiers while throwing in advertisement for game pass.

But I guess it all goes under the same umbrella of talking about game pass.

[Old McGroin]

As opposed to Sony revealing a remaster of a remake of a 9 year old game as their headliner and... Resident Evil 4. Again.

[TheColbertinator]

Capcom is the one promoting Resident Evil 4 not Sony. And I say let them. Resident Evil 4 is still a better game than all these new games anyway

[anast]

Take a break. Do something else.

[GoodGuy09]

Very much this. Ever since finishing elden ring, I've tried going through my backlog and even try some new games but it just didn't click for me. I got so bored out of my mind just sitting doing nothing at home that I found new hobbies, looked for new media, and even excersise etc. Really helps out and does make you feel better going back to gaming after a hard days of work. The first half of this year was very dry unfortunately.

[anast]

It definitely good to mix it up.

[badboyz09]

1 GTA game in the past decade

[shinoff2183]

Thats only cause they are milking the hell out of gta5 online.

[badboyz09]

duhhhhhhh thats my point and sums up the title.

[chicken_in_the_corn]

So nothing to do with the fact Rockstar had all of their studios working on RDR2?

[ChasterMies]

The author of this is getting old. Simple as that. We have more games of more genres than ever and new genres opening up all the time. But when you’ve played a lot of games you feel like you seen it all, that everything is derivative. Even the surprising ways people play multiplayer games becomes old.

[Rocosaurus]

Nonsense, there is more variation in gaming than ever before. Anyone willing to to some digging on Steam, etc can find something interesting.

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

He's specifically talking about big budget games.

[ApocalypseShadow]

The problem with that is his expecting every big budget game to change the world. It's why I have a problem with Edge Magazine and many Eurogamer articles. I don't buy the magazine and mostly avoid that website because of that.

If a game doesn't change the medium, they will tear down or lower their reviews of anything else not Mario or Zelda or something that pushed other developers to copy that gameplay while not critiquing the games they hold in high regard. They will give that game on a pedestal a pass.

But many games, even if using certain games as inspiration, are good games. Should a game like Ghost of Tsushima be lowered in its score because it's not the first open world game? No. But some gamers burned out on open world will overlook the game and call it me too. If I never played Assassin's Creed(I haven't), then Ghost's gameplay and open world is brand new to me. And it didn't have to change the world doing it. Just be a good game in a genre I like.

Once a gamer let's themselves become jaded, or are selectively okay with one game but tears another of the same style that's just as good, their opinion on some things just aren't reliable.

[boing1]

I have something similar. But it's because of how old I am. I'm 43 years old and I'm a gamer since I was 5 years old. I've played so many games, that new games do not feel new anymore. They now feel like an iteration of games I played a thousand times before.

[Stanjara]

If you are 43... play Crosscode, Hollow Knight, Hyperlight Drifter and Eastward. TMNT are also fantastic.
Those games made me hopeful that there are still people with passion for gaming.
These are exceptionally good.

From next gen I'm waiting for Unreal 5 games. These cross gen titles up until now are the same crap. Oh yeah and the rise of gatcha and mobile mt with diabro are making me thirsty.

[Phoenix76]

I get what you're saying there boing. I'm 46 and I've been playing since the Atari 2600 and space invaders were popular. And yeah, a lot of new games feel like takes on older games.
We saw the days of true innovation when programmers had far, far less to work with. Yet somehow managed to find work arounds to create something special. Now it's like gaming has entered the "middle ages". Nowadays a program does most of the work really, so it becomes more copy and paste with far less innovation. Just stagnation.

[shinoff2183]

Ever hear the saying theres nothing new under the sun its not about what you do its how its done.

There really isnt alot of new to do. Some mix around sone of this some of that. Thats where were at right now. Im fine with it. Its a game by game basis. Always has been. Lets not act like half the nes library wasnt trash because it was. Im also 39 so ive been down since atarii

[anast]

Everybody needs a break sometimes, even from the things we enjoy. It's probably that time.

[boing1]

So true, dude.

[neutralgamer1992]

I recently started playing older games because IMO xbox360-ps3 generation truly had some game games

Issue with today's gaming is too many companies are doing very similar experiences, if a game is successful for one publisher than others try copying the same thing

Recently I tried playing halo infinite MP and it truly felt like a mobile game when it comes to generating money. Halo use to be a premium IP but now it's being treated so badly by Ms it's unbelievable

That battle pass crap is front and center, missing modes and features even so long after release

And this is just one example, battlefield 2042 is another example

[Youngindy21]

To be fair, the gameplay of Halo Infinite is as fun and addicting as ever. The whole F2P/Microtransaction business model is what ruined it. I agree with the whole copying thing though. It seems like every company wants to do a Dark Souls-like game now. They did the same with the open world trend.

[toneblanco925]

Having the most FUN from a Ninja Turtle game with sprites

[Inverno]

They've been boring. A sea of third person action adventure games with guns on the AAA scene and indies constantly complaining about how hard it is to sell their wholy unique pixel art game in a sea filled with pixel art games. A focus on pretty graphics all over again to sell you games that are otherwise possible on previous gen, and constantly talking about dual sense as is it isn't the exact same controller since the first Dualshock.

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

Play better games?

I bet you played every AC game, and that was your choice to support their efforts.

You should’ve played Returnal.

[EvertonFC]

List of great games nobody bothers with;

Lost in random
Oxenfree
Golf club wastelands
Kena
Returnal
The last stand
The last campfire
Observer

Just a small list and many more, the problem I find is gamers just play what there friends play and don't try new genres.
Oxenfree, lost in random and golf club wastelands in particular are awesome

[monkey602]

I loved every game there but Observer

[Knushwood Butt]

+ 1 for Last Campfire

It didn't change the world but was a nice little package.

Also, A Short Hike is also highly recommended, and low price point too.

[EvertonFC]

Will give "a short hike" a look, not heard or seen that one ?

[Knushwood Butt]

It's a charming little indie game with nice pixel graphics and soundtrack. Great for chilling out. The writing is good too; often witty and funny. Also, stickball !!!

[aquamala]

Nah games are more fun than ever. You are getting boring

[MadLad]

Can only speak for myself, but I've been playing a lot of different games lately and really enjoying myself.

[GamingSinceForever]

To me this is why Sony excels because of the story element to their games. An interesting story makes up for the lack of innovation in gameplay.

[ApocalypseShadow]

The problem with this guy's premise is that there are no games to play in a sea of hundreds, thousands of released games. He downplays a sequel of a franchise that just started and throws away the rest because he keeps playing the ones that are being milked to death. And, he needs to stop expecting these games to change the world. They just have to be good. But mix it up.

As a gamer, I never get tired of gaming. Only thing that holds me back is responsibilities and my physical body becoming tired. He should also curate his choices of games. When gaming started, I tried playing every game on early computers and consoles because there weren't many games. Since then, I only play quality games of different genres because there's too many to choose from. I don't need to play them all. I also go back to play old games to refresh my appreciation for what we have now in new games.

There's plenty good games to choose from. He's just not looking.

[EvertonFC]

He's looking alright, but sadly he just assumes its shite case it's an indie, cheap price or pixle art etc.

[ApocalypseShadow]

He seems to believe a new game has to have gameplay never before seen in previous games released. That's just not going to happen. You'll see twists on gameplay. But he's not going find racing games not be any different than other racing games. Platformers are going to be platformers. Puzzle games are going to be puzzle games. It's almost impossible to come up with gameplay that's never been done in an ocean of games.

[Muigi]

Lol I’m having a blast playing Death Stranding: DC I guess I’m super boring!

[WiiU-Dude]

It is not that games are boring per se. It's that we have been spoiled by great content for several gaming system generations. It is truly hard to reinvent the wheel with each new game. Gamers need to accept this. I am not suggesting we accept bad games because of this, but be a bit more accepting that plenty of gaming ideas and conventions will surface on subsequent games. The onus is on the game developers to try to create a unique experience from well worn and familiar game parameters as well as a compelling story. Will new completely fresh games come along, of course, but they will be more and more the exception rather than the rule. I am 50. I've been gaming since the Atari 2600. I still marvel at where games have come. I don't allow myself to get jaded or entitled. I try to approach gaming like a kid on Christmas morning. I love gaming. Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony etc. I don't care. I love them all and thankful for what the magic they and game developers bring us.

[ApocalypseShadow]

Correct. That's the point I was making too above.

[WiiU-Dude]

Yes I think we think pretty much similarly on this. Keep a proper perspective and expectations in check and you'll likely enjoy gaming infinitely more.

[jdoe]

"That or I’m getting old." LMAO make a guess FFS. I'm not even reading this.

[Father__Merrin]

The golden age was ps360wii era best hands down. It was the gen where consoles had proper cpu and gpu with hardrive and large storage for game discs.

What you see today is bigger and better versions of what was done then. Wish I could go back to 2007 😔

So in that sense it's a case of not as much new in comparison

[sourOG]

I get kicks out of a Jurassic park management sim so…. Lmao

[Ashunderfire86]

If games are truly boring I blame it on Call of Duty, because a lot shooters play like COD smh 🤦‍♂️ Half Life 2 back in the early 2000s should have been the standards for innovation! Even 360/PS3 generation could’ve had more innovative games, and it wouldn’t be just about high framerates and resolutions. We have gamers saying higher framerates makes a game next gen, especially when it has been done to death on PC with the same unchanged gameplay that is no different than the console versions of a third party game.

There needs to be more games like Alien Isolation with the hide and seek horror element, Breakdown from the original Xbox that had an awesome hand to hand combat in first person, and even the game Condemn which is a first person survival horror with a detective 🕵️‍♀️ element to it. These type of games are so few and far between. We need games where you are chased by massive a giant around a big building trying to survive, as the giant's break through the wall trying to grab you. This would have a lot of destruction physics(it’s and idea 💡).

After playing The Quarry the movie like QTE game with horror, SuperMassive Developers should have made a Final Destination game in is style! I guarantee it would be there best game ever with all the survival elements to avoid death! As a matter of fact Final Destination 3 DVD had an alternative version where you can choose who survive! That should have been a game doing that smh 🤦‍♂️

[jwillj2k4]

We just need a healthy dose of good arcade style games to come back. Daytona USA/Time splitters/etc.

[GamingSinceForever]

I think a lot of these games are too long. That is more of the issue. Short and sweet is the better formula.It’s to the point where I find myself pushing to get through a game because it over stayed it’s welcome.HFW, Elden Ring, and Cyberpunk were good examples.

Sifu, Returnal and Deathloop were just right.

[WiiU-Dude]

I agree. There are so many games and choices from different system generations that are still viable that long games are almost a burden to me. A long game is not usually a plus for me.

[Youngindy21]

It depends. If a super long game is filled with interesting things to do, it's great. But too often game lengths are padded with meaningless side quests and filler and you just end up quitting them before the credits roll.

[anast]

It's possible to have long and short games. I prefer long games. I have 100 + hours in Elden Ring and I'm still having fun. I wouldn't be happy if you were the king of game town. I'm an older gamer too.

[fitofficial]

IMO it's in part because most good ideas for games have already been done and done well, and what we see now are just derivatives of other things or combos of things. Dev teams are also generally way too large and disconnected from themselves to deliver a cohesive, fun experience. Unfortunately that's a side effect of chasing that "AAA" experience for so many years as well as the warped, vapid, superfluous standards that most "gAmE jOuRnAlIsTs" have inflicted upon the industry.

[Gamer75]

I've been playing videogames for over 4 decades and don't find them boring

[RosweeSon]

Depends what you are playing there are many great original games out there or you could buy Fifa/cod/assassins creed every year 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣 ✌🏻

[RoseSapphire]

Looks at the astonishing mass of high quality and original Indie titles that people like to ignore...

Oh yeah... so boring...

[Youngindy21]

I actually have to agree. It's like in their quest for more money, game companies forgot to make games actually fun and interesting. For instance, the other day, I started playing Scarlet Nexus and was bored out of my mind playing it. There are still some good game companies, notably Capcom, Insomniac, Nintendo, etc. But a lot of games aren't addicting like they used to be and many feel like a chore to play.

[sdplisken]

Im trying to platinum elden ring twice. I disagree

[whitbyfox]

Article stated that Nintendo have the best rated games, so play them and don’t be bored.

[Hedstrom]

I feel like the gaming industry is going to crash! Its to greedy and always trying to push bounderies of what people would accept. When the economy as a whole is going down i think we are set up for a reset.

[brewin]

Is this a joke? Maybe some games, like those that try to be too realistic. Those are kinda boring to me. But games like Mario Odyssey, Zelda Breath of the Wild, Spider Man (and Miles Morales), Witcher 3, etc etc etc are all a blast to play. One game I recently played that I had a ton of fun with is Sifu. It was short and sweet, but I immediately wanted to play it again and get better. That hasnt happened to me Ina while. There's so many great games out now it's ridiculous! We are spoiled! Maybe the writer should find a new hobby.

[Retroman]

Video games are getting Boring

No shit , have Not played a good game since Need for Speed The Run and Call of Duty 2 , Street
Fighter 5
Now games filled with DLC and micro transactions.
Half completed games and greedy money hungry developers.
No thanks......

[CrimsonWing69]

Oh geez...

Maybe, go find another hobby?

[rlow1]

I can see some of what he is saying. It seems there is always a dominant genre that is more glacial in change. But I see with engines like Unreal 5 and it’s more accessible nature. Opening up more innovative titles,

[HeliosHex]

Try vr porn games. They've come a long way. I recommend honey select 2

[GoodGuy09]

Depends. As an adult now with so much more responsibilities, life happening, having experienced many games already, standards rising because of AAA gaming, a lot of games just don't click with me any more and many that I try, I always drop quickly. The last game I fully enjoyed was elden ring and it's been months now lol. Have tried going back to my backlog and even trying new games but I just get too sleepy and drop them. Its kinda just hit or miss for me nowadays sadly, I used to play tons of games back to back on the snes, n64, ps1 gamecube, psp, and vita.

However, I have many games I am looking forward to pretty soon. Its kinda just hit or miss for me nowadays sadly.

[frostypants]

Get other hobbies. Take up a rec sport. If all you do is play video games, yes, you'll wake up one day and discover you're bored.

[TheColbertinator]

Play something different then. I went back to PC and played Expeditions Rome, Crusader Kings 3 and Anno 1800. Surprisingly good experiences

[GenWorld]

Not playing the right games or you just don't really game like that. Too many unplayed classics exist!

[ChiefofLoliPolice]

No it's alot of the mainstream games that are getting boring. A Western open world RPG follow the same formula (Ubisoft....), no innovation across multiple game genres I mean i could go on.

Almost every flagship game now even established and beloved franchises have turned into money grabbing, lootbox, live service, battle royale filled pieces of absolute DOG SHIT.

Look at Madden, Fifa, Diablo Immortal, Sonic Origins, Star Wars BF2, Gran Turismo 7, Battlefield 2042, Ghost Recon Frontline, Apex Legends (no Titanfall) I can go on and on.

Hell even Sony wants to get in on it they want 10 live service games on the next few years.

Problem is alot of big publishers and devs from time to time don't want to innovate, they don't want to make interesting games and new ideas they just want to chase trends and the casual gaming market because they see the success of mobile games and want to chase trends.

This is why I am so grateful for games coming out like:

Calisto Protocal
Hell Is Us
Lies of P
Instinction
Spider Man 2
Wolverine
High On Life
Hogwarts Legacy
Plague Requiem
Zelda BOTW2

Hell even remakes I'm happy about

Max Payne 1 and 2
Splinter Cell
FF7 Crisis Core and Part 2
Dead Space (SUPRISINGLY FROM EA)

and I'm greatful for games that have already come out that at LEAST try something new and feels fresh and amazing to play

Elden Ring
Cyberpunk 2077 (yes even with all the problems before still a great game)
Zelda BOTW and much more I can't name.

Publishers don't innovate anymore thank God we can still nowadays get some fresh new experiences but better hold on to the good games we have now and appreciate them and don't take them for granted because there is no doubt at this point... in some 2ay or shape live service, putting out the same shit every year with a new coat of paint is going to become more of the norm then it already is.

Casual gamers and game streaming sellouts are ruining it for hard-core fans of games and established franchises.

[Petebloodyonion]

I'll tend to agree with the article because the majority of AA and AAA games don't respect my time.
I have done probably Streets of rage 4 at least 15 times because in less than 2 hours I can have a complete and fun experience.
Now, what do you get out of the majority of AAA games in 2 hours?
The tutorial level? half of a chapter? Escort mission 11 and fetch quest 28 for the side mission 02?
How many AAA games like Cyberpunk, Horizon Forbidden west, Assassin's Creed, etc.. do PPL replay after completing the game?

It's the why now I focus mostly on VR games cause they don't try to sell you 60 hours + with half of the tedious fetching quest, the collect 100 feathers, etc.

[anast]

I replayed Cyberpunk more times than I can count. I'm on NG + 3 Edlen Ring and my second playthrough HFW. So, there is at least one. If I like the world, I tend to stick around for a while.

[Angyobangyo]

Truly an “interesting” opinion. The only time I’ll accept that opinion is if the person has played every game and came to that conclusion which is impossible. The opinion piece comes off as object, rather than subjective.

[Dwarrior]

Well when I was young, video games looked like games. As we near true photo-realism, they look closer and closer to reality. A lot of games out there don't feel like escapes from reality anymore.

[FPS_D3TH]

While PC is certainly not immune to this problem, this is a big reason why I went pc with this new gen and have been enjoying lots of older titles again but with fantastic mods. Not a lot of love in these new games with too much corporate greed.

[gold_drake]

the f2p games definitely are getting out of hand, most of them feel like a cashgrab.

[willbillbill]

Nope you're probably just getting older and need a change of genre.

When I was younger it was CoD, Halo, Battlefield and Gears. Now it's mainly single player that interests me.

[GrmpyolGamer]

When I start to get sick of the usual cookie cutter AAA games I delve into the massive amount of indies that come out every month. Always something new and interesting there

[LucidIllusion]

U TOO?! Cause people like the same old scrap and won't take risks. All forms of media are bland and stagnant. Our reality is slowly crumbling.