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Originally Posted by DoubleF
The amount of times I've picked up my PS5 controller thinking I'd love to play a game, and then feeling too mentally burnt out, so I stream a movie or series... very high.
Maybe I'm getting older and I'm looking for something specific, but I enjoyed games like Death Stranding where I can easily do stuff at my own pace and things are straight forward vs something like Returnal where following the story makes my brain melt down and game play wise I'm closer to throwing my controller at the TV vs actually decompressing. The same occurs with games like Demons Souls and Sekiro... I often swear at myself wondering why I chose to torture myself with stuff like that.
I do mindlessly dumb games on my phone a lot more, but I can agree there's something less satisfying about the complexity of those games vs console. I can't even bring myself to spool up games like Death Stranding or Star Dew Valley. It's just too much. TBH, unless I figure out this video game burnout/video game ennui, I think I might end up going into a sort of video game hiatus again for another 3-5 years within the next year or two. I'm honestly starting to feel more excited to do other hobbies than video games.
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There's nothing wrong with that really, gaming is supposed to really just be a fun distraction. I think you need to try and be in tune more with your own tastes and stop trying to force certain types of games you obviously don't enjoy just because they got great reviews / have lots of people talking about them.
I was in a similar spot last year, still buying lots of games but having trouble really getting in to anything. I've really changed my perspective this year and given up on keeping up with the AAA game machine -- stuff I would've never missed in previous years like RE4 and the new Star Wars I'm just letting pass me by. I've also focused a lot more on my health and getting in shape and fitting gaming in as more of a free time activity than all my spare time type thing. Now I have a game that really appeals to me (new Zelda) and am in a very good spot mentally and it's re-motivated my gaming time and kind of affirmed that I'm in a good place.
But there's also nothing wrong with just taking a whole break and pursuing other hobbies. Games are supposed to be fun! If you're bored, unengaged, or just not feeling it, don't force yourself. There are tons of things to do out there!