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

Crusader Kings 2!

There's still fun to be found in gaming if you had fun with it. I'd suggest get away from the ones you've tried & go look at a few sites (ie. Gamespot, IGN, GiantBomb) and pull up the games on the console of your choice by review score & give the other ones near the top of their rating scores a try. Also look on places like steam & grab every demo you can to see what you might find fun. Good luck & have fun:)

Saints Row The Third made me feel that joy I felt when playing as a kid. No deep storyline, just pure fun.

Also, first Bioshock made an impact, excellent story and setting that makes you want to know more and more.

And Red Dead Redemprion, I really sunk into its world (for the first time since Morrowind I think)

I noticed now I prefer simpler games than before, like Painkiller, Serious Sam or arcade racing titles. I'm deharcorizing (or casualizing) more and more each year. I just want to have fun now, no big stories, rich lores, complex mechanics and steep learning curves are needed anymore. They often scare me away. I simply need good and working gameplay mechanics.

Just check some games and if none of them makes you wanna play it so you know. It's like being gay, if no girl makes you excited, you know.

However, in my opinion, retro games are more fun than actual games. When I look at an old platformer as Ristar or Joe & Mac I just can't resist to try it.

I'm 31 and go through this once in a while. I go through months of not playing anything.

MMOs that are not free to play/pay to win

Anna is an awesome game, even thought I don't really like those puzzle-style games. It's actually enough to creep me out in some places, which doesn't happen often!

Civilization V

I enjoyed "bastion" and "the last of us". i think you might too, since i love those games that "did it for you".

Mark Of The Ninja, great stealth game, from the makers of 'Shank' and 'Shank 2'

Probably I know what you're talking about. That syndrom is called a "NO GAEMEZ" syndrom, which makes you see each and every game as a pile of Sh*t =P

Seriously, the main problem personally I'm experiencing now, that besides having less time to play games, I also have less time to immerse into a game, to dive into the world and leave my problems and personality behind. Also besides having less time for immersion, I simply can't make myself LOVE a game. For example, I'm playing Torchlight from time to time, and I do like it. But I can't say that I'm just going CRAZY about it, like I did when playing Diablo 2. The absence of immersion is killing all the fun behind the game and I'm just mechanically running and killing monsters.

Unfortunately, that happens with other "AWESOME" (as they said) games. When I was a kid I would be happy to play just any game, while now I can't say that I really enjoy playing each and every game I try.

The last time I've managed to forget everything and just enjoy the game from the very beginning till the end was with Bioshock (I've played all three games in a row through February-March-April this year).

The game I'm thoroughly enjoying at the moment - Dark Souls. Probably one of the best RPGs in years with pretty strong lore and deep sense of immersion.

In the end, it's not only the gameplay that matters, but characters and story as well. Thus I prefer story driven games.

I have also already made a list the MUST PLAY games I am still to play some time later in future (like Daedalic Entertainment games (namely their Deponia and "Edna & Harvey" series) and some RPGs like Fallout New Vegas or Legend of Grimrock)... hoping not to get disappointed in the end.

• note - I'm not talking about online multiplayer games (like Killing Floor, TF2 or Battlefield cause such games are endless).

New Vegas is definitely one that made an impact on me. I just got back into it and beat through the final DLC in about two sittings. But seeing as you already know about that, I'd recommend Risen, Knights of the Old Republic, and Darksiders. I generally find RPGs to be very immersive which tends to keep me interested.

Time for you to get all self-examining, as it all rather depends on what you feel is missing from your game experiences. So, your list of games were a story game, an exploration game, a story game, and a storybook game. What all of these have in common is shallow gameplay. For many people, what makes a GAME game fun is that it challenges something - reflexes, cleverness, ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances, etc. Story games throw all that out the window and focus on emotional engagement. If, then, what you feel is missing is any kind of challenge, switch genres. Immediately. But if, instead, you are looking for better emotional engagement from a better story, you can do the read-a-book thing that others have mentioned, or ask a different question than the one you posed: What are the games with the best story? You will get a good list of games that way.

One element that I lost by time from childhood times is community among friends. What made games more special on those days were that everyone else were playing em too and were excited about em. Now most have moved on and the spark ain't there anymore.
Had a lot more to say, but just wanted to point this one out. Friends really mean a lot, even if it is a single player game.

dwarf fortress.

That is unfortunate. It sounds like a fate worse than death when no game is fun anymore. D:

It's not really a huge impact game but Transformice is a game I always enjoyed for years when I just don't feel like playing anything else.

But as other people suggested, doing something else rather than more games seems like a better idea.

Too much of anything just gets you burnt out, not just gaming. You can have a job you love to go to everyday, but you can still feel the stress of not wanting to go to work sometimes. You may love working out but we all need rest days when we aren't feeling it.

Just take a step back and try not to focus on gaming too much. Moderate it and reintegrate it back into your life as something fun and manageable

It sounds from your list like you enjoy open-ended style games? If you like sci-fi perhaps give X3 a shot. Has a very steep learning curve, and can be daunting to get in to but has a huge payoff in depth.

go get an old console emulator and try to beat some of the best old games that you can remember, those "change of pixels" are good enough when you dont feel like having fun with games

someone might have said this.
but morrowind of the elder scrolls series, if you havnt played it.
the combat isnt very note worthy, but ive probably spent 800+ hours in that lore packed world, and i plan on going back for more.
ive made such a diverse range of characters its rediculous.
i was honestly disappointed with skyrim. but hell. i still spent 300 hours in that as well.

PLEASE play swords & sworcery. That game has stayed with me more than any other game I've ever played in my life. It's very simple, but atmospheric and deeply moving. It's best on an iphone or an ipad, but I bet the PC version is great too, provided you use headphones.

Journey on the PS2 is also worth checking out, as is "30 flights of loving." All 3 games are equal in artistic achievement to any novel I've every read-- you won't feel guilty for playing them.

Maybe take a break and rewatch old movies or movies you haven't seen yet, or tv shows, plenty of them

Beer + Garys Mod + Friends. That's all you need.

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total annihilation kingdoms....

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