I'm having a case of gaming ADD or something. Games are my life, pretty much all I do in my spare time, yet every time I've sat down to play one lately, nothing looks appealing. I currently own 562 games that I haven't beaten, so you'd think that something would grab my interest. But nope. I know that I want to play a game, I just seem unable to pick...
Now, I forced myself to start Dead Space 3 the day-before-yesterday and, after playing about fifteen minutes of it, I was hooked. I played through it in two sittings. I had to force myself to start it though, and that's the problem. Once I did, I was great! Up until that point though...
I don't know if I've got gaming-specific ADD, if I'm burnt out, or maybe I'm getting depressed? Bleh. It's annoying though.

This ever happen to anyone else? If so, how have you combated this effect?

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Either take a break from gaming altogether, or give yourself some limitations for a considerable amount of time, and be faithful to it. A good example: get an oldish console (or a 7th-gen one if you suck) and a few games to it that you've never heard about, and don't know what they are. There should be about 5 games for you, and those must last for a month. Next month, rinse, repeat (only the games part), right until you get to feel the urge to play something from your collection, whether it's an old game you loved or something new you tried for some time. Now, at THAT point, man up and do the same routine for 2 more months, and then you can allow yourself to your wanted games.

If it works, then hooray, you're a human being. If it doesn't work with a select few games or just one, then they suck or just aren't for you at all. This method worked for me way back, and even rather recently too, so if you have the discipline necessary to it, then give it a go. You can thank me later.

P.S. the problem is not with the games you're trying or the fact that you play a lot. It's in the fact that you have access to too many of them and can't bring yourself to choose one. That's the root of this psychological state.

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I made a group to try and focus on my backlog with others, now I just spend time in the group chat... I would suggest to keep changing genres, mix it up as much as you can.

Either that, or get others to suggest you games or play co-op with friends; kinds forces you into it when someone is waiting for you to join up :)

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You've probably overdosed. Go do something else, for real.

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Being a person that was actually diagnosed with ADD - i really dislike it when people use it to describe situations like this

  • "I currently own 562 games that I haven't beaten"

Well that clears it right up, it's like a kid in a candyshop.. give them unlimited amounts of money and they won't know where to start

when it comes to games, i can't keep focus for more than 15-20 minutes TOPS.. so i often only play 1-2 rounds of a FPS game and then go on to do other stuff.. never play any singleplayer games really, well i did play Bastion recently.. but in like 10 minute segments over 2 weeks

TL;DR don't use the term ADD so lightly - and try and focus on genres you like first and play those through

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beat Binding of Isaac. it's a game like non other.

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This actually happens to me as well, and as they've already told you, it's because of the amounts of games you have. Before I had I barely got new games, maybe two or three on Christmas and birthday, and two or three bought during the year, so I played them all to completion. Now with steam, its sales and bundles you find yourself with more games that you can play, and it starts to feel like an obligation.

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Closed 11 years ago by TheRealBeauregard.