What is wrong with me? Bore gaming doctors enter.

[Damian79]

I bought a ps3, bought the 2 ffxiii's, WKC 2 and Dark Souls.  I didnt liek the 2 FFXiii games nor did i like WKC2, I am goign to try Dark Souls soon but i am not hoping at all since i didnt liek Demon Souls.  I thought Xenoblade chronicles was just OK, didnt like tales of vesperia on the 360.  The majority of handheld rpgs are trash to me aswell.  I never felt this way about pc rpg's.

Perhaps i am gettign more selective in my 30+ age.  I am really looking forward to Risen 2 for example since i loved Risen 1, yet most people think that is average.  But I am definitely nto looking forward to KoA Reckoning.  I didnt even like ME 1&2.  What is wrong with me?

[MrAngryFace]

Youre thinking too hard about a hobby for escapism. Maybe take a break and put some time into other stuff?

[Great Rumbler]

You like trashy Euro-RPGs? Not much help for you then, sorry. It's FATAL.

[Damian79]

Youre thinking too hard about a hobby for escapism. Maybe take a break and put some time into other stuff?

Maybe i will stick to Dota style games for a while.  Play LoL until Dota 2 comes out.

You like trashy Euro-RPGs? Not much help for you then, sorry. It's FATAL.

I dont know why but somthing about them i like a lot.  I also liked Dragon Age 1 and hated #2.

[cool breeze]

[EmCeeGrammar]

Damian
Where do you work?  What are your extracurricular activities?  Are you alone all the time?

Because it sounds like (based on your posting history) that you don't do much but horde rpgs for the mere sake of it.  It would seem deep down there is NOTHING wrong with being suddenly disinterested.  You just need to accept it and find other stuff to do.

Or buy Pokemon White.

[demi]

Burnout from playing too much of the same thing.

[Damian79]

Damian
Where do you work?  What are your extracurricular activities?  Are you alone all the time?

Because it sounds like (based on your posting history) that you don't do much but horde rpgs for the mere sake of it.  It would seem deep down there is NOTHING wrong with being suddenly disinterested.  You just need to accept it and find other stuff to do.

Or buy Pokemon White.

I am schizo and on disability support.  I am always alone because i cant get myself to go outside becasue of my illness.   I have a disinterest in almost everything.  RPG's are like one of the last few things I enjoy.  It would suck to lose interest in RPG's too.

And FYI i tried pokemon black, i didnt like that either.

[cool breeze]

I'm serious about Infinite Undiscovery, btw.  Try some other jank rpg if you're into Risen.  Or Resonance of Fate and or whatever for jrpg.

Also Two Worlds 2 and I think the second release of Divinity 2.  A lot of those games aren't nearly as polished as the games you listed.  Sometimes that could be nice.

[Akala]

Divinity 2, Arcania/Gothic 4, Two Worlds 2...ain't nothing wrong with the jank, bro.

Witcher 2, Amalur...gotta get on somehow now that jrpgs are dead.

[EmCeeGrammar]

I really think everyone needs to stop suggesting ANY games.  Its obviously an escapism tool that has ceased effectiveness.

Damian?  You're on disability, are you receiving counseling or evaluation by chance?  How about medication?  It seems you've been avoiding this problem and if you're in your 30s you're at risk of being less elastic when it comes to modifying behaviours/attitudes. 

[Acosta]

Try Divinity 2, The Dragon Knight Saga Edition (I assume you have a PC for playing, I think there is no PS3 version). Itīs has a lot of hack'n slash, but is also funny, absurd and interesting, with tons of nice details.

Another tip, get into GoG and get some old RPG you may have missed, if you are only interested in RPGs right now, there is a proper chance you find something you have not played and is right up in your alley.

[EmCeeGrammar]

Stop enabling avoidance you ENABLERS!

[Acosta]

Sorry EmCee, your message was not there when I posted. I'll shut up.

Best wishes Damian.

[demi]

Dont listen to that loser, Acosta. Emcee is mentally broken himself. Or salty that Pokemon bores even people with aspergers.

[Damian79]

I really think everyone needs to stop suggesting ANY games.  Its obviously an escapism tool that has ceased effectiveness.

Damian?  You're on disability, are you receiving counseling or evaluation by chance?  How about medication?  It seems you've been avoiding this problem and if you're in your 30s you're at risk of being less elastic when it comes to modifying behaviours/attitudes.

I used to but they gave up.  Lately there are so many peopel with mental illness atleast in Australia that counsellors are overworked so they have to be selective on who they see now.  My schizo medication is good but it makes me a little slow, my anti depressant work but they dont work to the point that they put me in a happy mood it just makes me stable nto too happy or too sad.  As for modifying behaviours and attitudes, yeah i am a lost cause with that.  They haev tried for 10 years atleast with that stuff all failed.  The problem is that i dont want to do anything.

[tiesto]

I try to mix up my game playing between classics and newer games, RPGs and shmups/action/fighting/sidescrolling, portables and consoles... that, plus a lack of time to really get much gaming in, seems to keep me from getting bored. If you only play RPGs, then i don't really know what to say, it's my favorite genre (well, Japanese ones at least...) but if that was all I played, I'd probably get burnt out too.

Also if you haven't, played Resonance of Fate.

Worse comes to worse, put the video games down, go to a rave, and have a cliche life-changing experience (I don't recommend the drug aspect though, especially with your condition). Travel to a foreign country. Or even do something simple like ride bikes through trails.

[pilonv1]

Play what you want to play, what not you think you should play. That's why I've spent the last week playing Defense Grid instead of Skyrim or Batman AC

[Himu]

Put down the video games and try something new.

Do you have any hobbies besides games, Damian?

[cool breeze]

Play what you want to play, what not you think you should play. That's why I've spent the last week playing Defense Grid instead of Skyrim or Batman AC

yeah, treating games like work will sour your on games. 

Even though I have a massive backlog, I usually just go with what I feel like playing.  A lot of times that's just flying around in Just Cause 2 and listening to music.  There's nothing to accomplish but it's fun to me.

[Damian79]

Put down the video games and try something new.

Do you have any hobbies besides games, Damian?

Gaming, eating and sleeping are my 3 main hobbies.  Nothing else really interests me. :/

[Damian79]

Worse comes to worse, put the video games down, go to a rave, and have a cliche life-changing experience (I don't recommend the drug aspect though, especially with your condition). Travel to a foreign country. Or even do something simple like ride bikes through trails.

Raves jsut arent my thing, i went to a foreign country last year, and i cant ride bikes, no balance, used to eb able to but now i just fall. :/

[Reb]

Guys, let's just fix Damian and get it over with, k?

[Damian79]

Guys, let's just fix Damian and get it over with, k?

You want me dead?  DX

Given the presented options...

pick an old RPG you loved a lot that you haven't played in a long time.  Play it.  Might help kick-start your joy again.

But I'm kiiiiinda with Himu here in that I think you need to put down the games and do something different.  There really isn't anything else?  Reading?  Drawing?  Movies?  Playing with Lego?

Really nothing.  :/

[Himu]

How do you not enjoy movies or whatever? Do you want some suggestions that you can sit down and enjoy? I'm currently doing  a read 52 books in 2012 challenge. I'm on book 5. You should join me.

[Damian79]

How do you not enjoy movies or whatever? Do you want some suggestions that you can sit down and enjoy? I'm currently doing  a read 52 books in 2012 challenge. I'm on book 5. You should join me.

I get bored very easy these days.  I could watch some tv shows but movies make me restless these days.  I should really finish off Song of Ice and Fire and buy that damned book.  THoguh i shoudl skip the parts that bore me.

[Himu]

If you get bored easily, then the answer is to find something you enjoy! I know there's something! What do you enjoy about rpgs? I'm sure it's present in other media. The rpgs I prefer tend to involve war, and historicity, and politics because my actual interests outside of gaming are those three things. My favorite things to read are history books, historical fiction, (like say, Les Miserables or Romance of the Three Kingdoms), biographies, period pieces, drama with heavy intrigue. rpgs have helped enhance and formulate these interests growing up.

I also like adventure! That's another aspect of rpgs I love. So I've been rewatching Doctor Who!

[Damian79]

Its weird but the thing i like most about rpg's is the unique combat systems.  I guess thats why i like Chrono Trigger, there is still yet to be another game with a combat system like it.  :/

[Himu]

You don't enjoy the sense of adventure, the thrill of going to a new timeline, the time travel story or anything? I find CT's combat very simplistic, and sometimes even forgettable.

[cool breeze]

Given the presented options...

pick an old RPG you loved a lot that you haven't played in a long time.  Play it.  Might help kick-start your joy again.

Problem with that is if you don't end up liking it, it could make things worse.

It's best to just explore more in the gaming space.  A lot of the games mentioned here are rpgs, but the kind that're broken in the sense that they're not super focus tested.

Its weird but the thing i like most about rpg's is the unique combat systems.  I guess thats why i like Chrono Trigger, there is still yet to be another game with a combat system like it.  :/

try Grandia 2 (Dreamcast, PS2 and I think PC) or Grandia 3 or Grandia Xtreme

imo that's far and away the best turn based rpg battle system.

[Damian79]

You don't enjoy the sense of adventure, the thrill of going to a new timeline, the time travel story or anything? I find CT's combat very simplistic, and sometimes even forgettable.

CT's combat has genius in the not just attacking one or all enemies but the area which you are attacking.  I remember waiting sometimes so that i hit all the enemies at once.  Its is definitely not simplistic.

[Cormacaroni]

I've eaten nothing but hot dogs all my life but now I can't seem to work up an appetite for them anymore WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME

[Robo]

They've been making some really shitty hot dogs lately.  Just not what they used to be.