What to play when gaming isn't fun anymore? Is it over? Tell me about a game thats worth a damn.

Grim Fandango

Check out The Stanley Parable....in my opinion it is the best video game ever made.

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In all seriousness, try playing a game you'd never consider playing before. You may be pleasantly surprised.

Binding of Isaac and FTL. I'd think Super Hexagon could get boring quickly. If you want a beat 'em up, Foul Play caught attention. It's similar to Castle Crashers, except not at all in any way except the movement of the characters. And it's really fun

I don't mean to be mean, but try to read books. Try with Khaled Hosseini, he has 3 amazing books. I've read all 3 during summer and those books sure make an impact. The Graveyard Book is also nice by Neil Gaiman.

You can take a break for a while and do something else. Gaming won't be fun if you are forcing yourself into it. You may also want to try some highly "addictive" games or genres that you usually don't play.

I'm with Lake. When I get burned out on games, I look at a different genre. For that reason, I have a large selection of stuff I wouldn't normally play when I could get them cheap. Flight sims, card battling, rhythm games, etc.

Take a break. Though if you want unadulterated fun I suggest Rayman Legends

Just Cause 2 is terribly great for burning your whole life... Or a part of it anyways.
Great game if you enjoy parachuting across a 400 square miles tropical island. Oh also, destruction. Lots and LOTS of destructive explosions.

Play Spelunky and all will be good

I suggest you to play/read mystery games/novels since for me all it does is to continue playing since I want to solve the mysteries.

If you want a good, linear and self-solving game: L.A. Noire. On the contrary, if you want to solve the mystery by yourself, I would suggest you to read a mystery "game" novel called Umineko.

Just got Mafia 2 for free from Golden Joydtick awards, didn't think much of it but figured since I got it, I might as well play it, and then spent the next week only playing that game until I finished it. There's just something about it that is amazing, I was just really into it. It was loads of fun. :)

OLD SCOOL GAMES !!!! go for it, no need to look for smth fancy

Storyline? Go for Suikoden 1 & 2!

Try something original that makes you feel like it has never been there before or done in the same way. Mostly you will find those in indie games today. I'd highly recommend Antichamber for that.

I highly recommend trying rougelikes. They're a bit challenging, but they lead to hours of fun.
Once you go dwarf, you grow a beard.
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Indie Gaming.

Try playing DOTA 2 if you like/want to try that kind of thing; I was getting those kinds of feelings before I began reaching out to other genres. Also try indies, some games that really stayed with me were Hotline Miami and McPixel.

Try World of Tanks. A nice free tank battle game.

• Based on the age old concept of "Easy to understand, hard to master"
• A game where you can jump in for 15min-1h every day to get your gaming taste satisfied
• A game that has progression so you always feel every battle goes towards something more awesome

gaming industry has streaks at the end and beginning of each decade if you think about it. it's not about console generations. early 90s games were awesome. as well as late 90's and early 00. and 2008 and 2010 had some very neat games. The relatively new games i never get tired of playing are Resident evil 4 (not the pc version), dead space 2, bioshock. but old games are the way to go. can't go wrong with classics. grim fandango, as Eephus said, or any LucasArts adventure is good, for that matter. good old-school shooters like duke nukem 3d and half life. if you wanna go full retro, the original prince of persia and duke nukem platformers are great. you could also try to look for some underrated gems. it was kind of alarming that you said you get depressed after gaming and you think you wasted time. if you feel like you are wasting time with a game, the don't play it. try demos and if you have FUN, then buy it. it's about having FUN, not even about having good games. you can have fun with games that are really bad as well. like killing sims in the sims!

I know many people will disagree with me, but I love this game.

Mafia II

Gameplay isn't the best, and the game has quite a few bugs. Although the story is purely amazing, I just loved it. Even though it was "free" doesn't mean it's a crappy game.

Some people have already said it, but I'll say it again: play The Stanley Parable. The most I'll say is that it is kind of like a narrative, choose your own adventure style game, and I typically hate that kind of thing. But it is just so utterly brilliant and breaks what you would expect from a game.

Play the Stanley Parable Demo first though! It's all completely different content from the main game and gives you a taste of what the narration/humor is like.

As with anything in life too much of a good thing can be bad. I often find myself completely turned off of gaming for a couple days and then I get back in. Personally I become overwhelmed by the prospect of starting a new game mostly because I have too many in my library to choose from that I will often just do something else. Unless I have a game in mind that I want to play through I usually just play an hour here or there of several different games and then get bored by my indecisiveness.

Have you ever played Stronghold or Stronghold Crusader? Both games are fantastic, with a huge Fanbase & free HD Patchs. :)
Currently my fav. games are: Worms Series, Dota 2 and Tactical Intervention. Singleplayer Games I enjoyed: The Walking Dead, Dishonored, Bioshock Infinite, Alice Madness Returns.. but yea I know that feeling, I hate the most AAA titles.