#FeelingLost #SearchingForInspiration #NeedNewPassion
Hey there! 🌟 It sounds like you might be experiencing a bit of a creative rut, and that’s totally normal! But don’t worry, because there are plenty of ways to reignite that spark and find something that truly excites you. 💥
Finding Inspiration:
1. *Seek out new experiences:* Sometimes all it takes is stepping outside of your comfort zone to discover something amazing. Whether it’s trying a new hobby, exploring a different art form, or even traveling to a new place, the world is full of opportunities to inspire you.
2. *Connect with like-minded people:* Surrounding yourself with individuals who share your interests can help reignite your passion. Attend workshops, join online communities, or even start a creative project with others to get your creative juices flowing.
3. *Take a break:* It’s okay to step away from what you’re doing and take a breather. A little time off can help you recharge and come back with a fresh perspective.
Exploring New Avenues:
– **Art:** Try your hand at different forms of art such as painting, pottery, or even digital art.
– **Music:** Pick up a new instrument, attend concerts, or explore different genres to find something that resonates with you.
– **Writing:** Start a blog, write short stories, or dive into poetry to express yourself in new ways.
Remember, it’s all about experimenting and finding what truly speaks to you. Don’t be afraid to try new things and push your boundaries. You might just discover a passion you never knew existed! 🌈
I just turned 41, still game on the regular, but like anything there are slumps. Maybe I read more for a while, or spend more time on the Lego backlog, but I always come back to my pc games. It helps a lot that I have a very long running group of online gaming friends.
People’s interests sometimes change as you get older. I still love gaming at 43, but if you’re bored then taking a break would probably be good.
I think it’s a two-pronged issue
First is that you’re an adult with limited time and lots of responsibilities, so games that require huge time investment to get good or ask for long uninterrupted play sessions are toast. In my adult life singleplayer games that you can play in bursts of 15-30 minutes at a time have been the ones that stick.
Second is that you’ve been around since the baby steps and CRT fuzzed sprites and jagged polygons, nothing is new under the sun. Developers and publishers don’t take risks very often, so almost every game that comes out feels an awful lot like ten games you’ve already played. You’ve killed more German soldiers than the Red Army, and you’ve tossed Bowser into a lava pit fifty times.
As a reccxomendation, all the 40 year olds I know seem to really love survial games. Not dumb crafting Build base ones, like ones where the only goal is to stay alive. Would highly recommend the long dark specifically but these sorts games are easy to pump loafs of fun into an endless fight to survive.
Yes, and I have 16 years less than you. It got nothing to do with age really…
Vr subnautica
One of the best gaming experiences of my life at late 30s. Unforgettable. Truly scary.
Maybe it’s time to explore other hobbies? The gaming industry isn’t going anywhere. If you’re not interested in games at the moment, why force feed yourself?
Try different genres of games. Maybe what you used to ignore might be fun for you now
I’m 29 and feel the same way. My 4090 PC and PS5 are collecting dust most of the time. Games just don’t hit the same nowadays.
Sounds like you need a break
Do another hobby then come.back
I have taken breaks from gaming thru out my life but yeah, always came back to gaming
Maybe you have to much to play? I reduced my pile of shame to ashes and I only play one game at a time and finish that one. Also, shorter games and different genres helped a lot.
*”Why would you like to report this post?”*
*• I’m in this post and I don’t like it.*
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For me it’s different. I find that good gameplay can and does engage me, but I have little patience for an unbelievable story.
Example at hand: Cyberpunk. I love the world building, the gameplay, the atmosphere. But I find the main quest to be so convoluted that I ignore it and after 100+ hours I’m yet to finish a playthrough.
In a similar vein, I didn’t like BG3 because I don’t care for the game world at all.
In contrast I find the story and setting of KCD completely believable, and it is my favorite game despite having started it at 36yo when I already felt like this.
I am with you!! 50 here. I played the shit out of Skyrim for about 5 years. But nothing has really held my interest since. I will start a game and get about an hour in … then meh. I find games so interactive and at the end of the day kinda just want to veg. So I have been binging shows on streaming services or going through the top 100 movies on IMDB.
I´m turning 36 and I feel the same with gameing today.
And always when I think to have found a decent and interesting enough game, I mostly end up uninstalling it after a few days. I really think that it has to do with us well getting old.
Just take a long break, come back, try some new games and be super casual. I’m back enjoying warframe again after a number of years. I can’t bring myself to play anything else.
Welcome aboard captain…
Are you a parent? As Kobe often said, it’s more mileage than age.
Take a break until the mood strikes or you get excited about something again. Nothing causes hobby burnout faster than forcing yourself to do it because it’s familiar.
Try and play challenging games, and rather than focus on just relaxing and enjoying the whole ride try and wrack your brains over how to overcome a difficult challenge. Whether it’s jump king, getting over it, dark souls, find a mountain to climb and overcome it. And when you hit the summit, tell yourself you still got it, and find the next mountain.
I’ve hit that point too and my solution is to finish all of those games I enjoyed but dropped to play something else. There’s at least like 50 of em, gonna be a while
Just take a break from gaming. Find another hobby.
What have you been playing? I went through something similar at 40 and eventually found the spark again in games completely different from what I grew up playing.
What do your friends play?
I have a library of around …*checks collecting app* 864 games. I often feel this way too. probably fewer than a dozen games from the previous gen and up have really gotten their hooks into me and they are all in line with my preferences. Castlevania Lords of shadow,Ni No Kuni 1 & 2, Tales of XIllia, FF16, FF7R, Zelda BOTW,TOFK. But besides these I often find my self playing the comfort games from childhood on NES/SNES/PS1. Sometimes i feel bad about playing a game ive beat 10+ times. But when I complete it i never feel that way.
I’m still gaming pretty strong and I’m about to turn 38 this year. My tastes have changed though and I am far more particular about what I enjoy playing now. I used to be huge into competitive FPS games but over the last few years I’ve more or less grown to dislike competitive FPS games and have moved over to sim racing to scratch that competitive itch.
Yeah, it’s like porn. When you were a kid, the underwear section of a catalogue was more than enough to get you going. These days if it doesn’t contain at least two midgets and a horse, you can’t even get a semi.
Not sure what kind of games you like but check out Strangeland on Steam, I really enjoyed it and have played it over and over
I thought I had this problem.
But then **The Wonderful 101 got remastered** and I realized that it’s not a me problem, but the industry trends. Everything is a post-apocalypse, everything is serious, everything is cynical and boringly meh.
And then this game came out and my mind blew the hell up over the level of sheer energy and optimism it was completely overflowing with, filling me with glee only a wee lad could feel, I thought. It’s AMAZING, truly, actually, positively **Wonderful.**
Now I know for sure that a gamer NEVER gets old. It’s kind of worse, actually – it’s just that the kind of games this gamer used to love to play don’t come out anymore.
Believe me – this not about you. This is purely and completely on this industry.
Same. I turn 37 this year. I thought I’d be hyped to play FF7: Rebirth. Now I’d rather watch my wife play. Tried playing Helldivers 2 but after two missions I have to tap out. I agree with the others, interests have changed. I’m more interested now in listening about Warhammer lore and building figures. I still love video games but nothing is keeping me playing anymore.
I’ve had this problem but it’s not usually the games that are the issue. Not finding the same joy in something you used to could mean that you just need a break from it or maybe you are not feeling great outside of it. Might be worth taking stock of how you are feeling about games and other life in general.
For me, I just needed the ‘next step’ been playing games since 1990 and for me VR has given me that new fresh fun for gaming.
Gaming first and foremost is supposed to be fun. If you’re not having fun, go find something else to do. Plenty of other hobbies. I personally started playing guitar and shooting archery. Still game sometimes but not nearly as much.
(Also 40 here)
I had this exact same issue not too long ago. I would sit down to play some of the games I loved and would then just sit there and not do anything. I realized that the genres that had got me through my teens, 20’s, and 30’s just didn’t interest me at all anymore and trying to play them just made me dislike them even more.
What got me out of it was starting to play games I never considered as being for me in the past. Started with a bunch of retro rpgs that didn’t interest me when I was younger, found some I loved and just invested a ton of time in those. Then moved on to some old school platformers that I had never played before and found I was enjoying them.
Most recently I started playing the Kingdom Hearts games, a series I had zero interest in when I was younger because they looked childish to me. I absolutely love them and it’s really reignited my passion for gaming.
Once you find some new genres to enjoy you can then move on to more modern titles that fit those themes and you’ll be back into gaming in no time.
I have the same thing and then I’d suddenly find that one game (Rise of the ronin right now). I think, like other said too, we’ve seen it all at this point and have many other responsabilities. It takes a mix of timing, nostalgia and novelty for a game to grab a “veteran” gamer.
Taking a step back can also help to rekindle the flame.
May i recommend the cure?
Baldurs gate 3
Not going to lie this was me before dragons dogma two. Got it because it was single player and I can hit that pause button to do my parenting/husband duties. Even with short session I felt like I achieved something. Every fight is rewarding. And the exploration is top tier. It can be difficult at times but way more approachable than Elden ring. But give it try might tickle that itch!
I went through a similar period in my 40s. I kind of felt like I’d seen and played it all, and all the games were basically the same – mainly FPS, RTS or MMORPGs.
Ended up barely playing anything and got back into coding and sunk more time into freelancing.
Not sure what changed or when it happened, but eventually I got back into it. One thing I have noticed in recent years is that I’m a lot more forgiving of games if I can see what they’re going for. It might be the story or the voice acting, it could be mechanics or control system, or the art style, or even just how immersive they are.
Whatever it is, I appreciate games a lot more than I ever used to do. I also have a lot more patience with their flaws. I don’t know how universal this is, but I wonder if the nature of your passion for things change as you get older – the instant gratification gives way to appreciating everything that goes into making them possible at all.
I also have this problem, I just call it “depression.”