Memes

Don’t optimize the shit out of the game, just play them for as long as they are fun and ditch them afterwards.

A lot of modern games just adhere to a basic formula and as such, I tend to get bored of them after a while. First Horizon? Nice. Second Horizon? More of the same. Horizon DLC? Even more of the same. It gradually got a bit more boring with every new entry.

So what I did was...I got an Xbox 360. Loaded it up with 5TB of games. And then I just picked something random to play. It made me discover Catherine, such a weird and awesome game.

I think, getting out of your comfort zone can refresh your enjoyment of gaming.

Let's see what else I can find on that thing...

I stopped being as interested in video games and gravitated toward board games. It’s an activity I can do with friends around a table instead of sitting alone staring at a screen. And the same puzzles are present in board games plus you get the social aspect.

Getting into Quake Champions helped cure this after realizing how bad most competitive fps games are now

I had stopped gaming for about 5 years to focus on my career and starting a family. I'm now turning 40 this year and have been dabbling with games again but nothing really stuck until I started the Trails in the Sky trilogy. I ended up playing it a few hours every other night. Something about it was so refreshing that I'm now about to wrap up the 3rd game.

Like others have mentioned, perhaps your mood or perspective changes as you get older and it's just about finding the right game to play.

That's just burnout

As a child who grew up with nothing but a family computer I dreamed for the day we would have free games everywhere. Boy did I get my wish

Comes and goes in waves for me. I find games wbere me and my friends are just having fun still brings that feeling.

Coming from pc gaming, both multiplayer and single player i felt at a stage I was just not into gaming anymore. Went and got a Switch, turns out I just needed a change. Maybe try some indies as suggested. I had 65 hours on stardew valley, man that game is like crack.

I love chess and card games

Single player board games. Sounds lame but look up hunt a killer stand alone..

I feel personally attacked

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan this hit hard

When I feel like this is just crack open

Red Alert 2: Yuri's revenge

Master of Olympus Zeus

Anno

Games were better in my day.

But tbh my love of gaming has died since you had to pay for online consoles and your can't have bants on COD anymore.

Me for the back 98.5% of Tears of the Kingdom

I've had this problem(?) a few times in my life. Having a several month break from gaming helped me ignite the spark once again.