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Nintenjoe64

I will play games until they stop making games I can play

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NinjaWaddleDee

Also, is it just me, or do you guys feel like 100 percenting a game isn't important anymore? I literally just beat the final boss of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, sat through the credits, tried to unlock some of the secret levels, then gave up, because I just didn't care anymore. I used to get soooo much time out of my games. I would make that hard earned money I spent on it last a loooong time. Now I just buy games, beat the final level, and then put them on the shelf. It's not that DK wasn't a great game, I just didn't feel compelled to fully complete it for some reason.

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TeeJay

NinjaWaddleDee wrote:

Also, is it just me, or do you guys feel like 100 percenting a game isn't important anymore? I literally just beat the final boss of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, sat through the credits, tried to unlock some of the secret levels, then gave up, because I just didn't care anymore. I used to get soooo much time out of my games. I would make that hard earned money I spent on it last a loooong time. Now I just buy games, beat the final level, and then put them on the shelf. It's not that DK wasn't a great game, I just didn't feel compelled to fully complete it for some reason.

I have to admit I don't feel as inclined to do things like get all the heart pieces in a Zelda game anymore. Oftentimes I'm left missing that last quarter of a heart and don't bother with it.

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NinjaWaddleDee

TeeJay wrote:

NinjaWaddleDee wrote:

Also, is it just me, or do you guys feel like 100 percenting a game isn't important anymore? I literally just beat the final boss of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, sat through the credits, tried to unlock some of the secret levels, then gave up, because I just didn't care anymore. I used to get soooo much time out of my games. I would make that hard earned money I spent on it last a loooong time. Now I just buy games, beat the final level, and then put them on the shelf. It's not that DK wasn't a great game, I just didn't feel compelled to fully complete it for some reason.

I have to admit I don't feel as inclined to do things like get all the heart pieces in a Zelda game anymore. Oftentimes I'm left missing that last quarter of a heart and don't bother with it.

I'm just satisfied when I beat the final boss. Which kind of makes me sad, because I used to replay games religiously back in the day. Now that I'm on the internet all the time, I've found out about so many different games, that I just feel like I don't have time to devote to just religiously playing one.

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CM30

As long as possible. I play games less because of work related issues now, but I don't have any real plans to stop completely, regardless of my age. I just worry about whether my reaction times will keep being good enough to do well in all the new games coming out...

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NinjaWaddleDee wrote:

TeeJay wrote:

NinjaWaddleDee wrote:

Also, is it just me, or do you guys feel like 100 percenting a game isn't important anymore? I literally just beat the final boss of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, sat through the credits, tried to unlock some of the secret levels, then gave up, because I just didn't care anymore. I used to get soooo much time out of my games. I would make that hard earned money I spent on it last a loooong time. Now I just buy games, beat the final level, and then put them on the shelf. It's not that DK wasn't a great game, I just didn't feel compelled to fully complete it for some reason.

I have to admit I don't feel as inclined to do things like get all the heart pieces in a Zelda game anymore. Oftentimes I'm left missing that last quarter of a heart and don't bother with it.

I'm just satisfied when I beat the final boss. Which kind of makes me sad, because I used to replay games religiously back in the day. Now that I'm on the internet all the time, I've found out about so many different games, that I just feel like I don't have time to devote to just religiously playing one.

Nail on head there. The sheer volume of gaming options and online literature bamboozles us. We've likely all got backlogs to last us the rest of our days if we 100% them all. It's similar to what happened with TV - until the 90s everyone watched the same few channels and there was a real sense of 'event tv', but the arrival of satellite diluted that atmosphere with choice and suddenly we're feeling a lot less a part of 'something bigger'. And now the internet has done that with video games. Barely a week after the most-hyped game ever launches and there's something else being talked about instead, taking the shine off our latest big idulgence. Damn that zeitgeist.

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ricklongo

NinjaWaddleDee wrote:

Also, is it just me, or do you guys feel like 100 percenting a game isn't important anymore? I literally just beat the final boss of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, sat through the credits, tried to unlock some of the secret levels, then gave up, because I just didn't care anymore. I used to get soooo much time out of my games. I would make that hard earned money I spent on it last a loooong time. Now I just buy games, beat the final level, and then put them on the shelf. It's not that DK wasn't a great game, I just didn't feel compelled to fully complete it for some reason.

If I truly enjoy a game, I'll definitely go after 100% completion (or 200%, in the case of Tropical Freeze). If Ithink it's merely okay, chances are I won't bother.

In the case of Donkey Kong Country games, going after all the collectibles is pretty much what made me love the series in the first place (well, that and mr. David Wise), so I'd guess I'll always feel inclined to do so. Gotta unlock them secret worlds.

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rallydefault

NinjaWaddleDee wrote:

Gamecubed wrote:

NinjaWaddleDee wrote:

I'm almost 19. Lately, I've been buying games just to buy them. I bought tropical freeze, and thought it was fun, but not mind blowing. I haven't felt that about a game in many years, and I wish the feeling would come back. Until then, I just keep buying games, hoping I can feel that same excitement that I felt a couple years ago.

I know exactly what you're talking about.

I feel like it's almost more fun to talk about games on here, than actually PLAY them. I hate that feeling. Few games really excite me any more. I guarantee, most of my game purchases this year will be based upon reviews and recommendations. Not because I'm EXTREMELY hyped for anything. Even my most hyped game this year (Splatoon) looks really really cool, but I'm just not feeling the hype like I used to. The last time a felt ABSOLUTE HYPE for a video game, was Mass Effect 3. Oh my gosh. That game... wow. The wait killed me, and the pay off was just mind blowing. Nothing that has came since even compares to the hype I had for that game.

Not even Smash Bros. this year had me as hyped. It had me hyped at first, but as it came closer to release, and the 3DS version came out, I just didn't care any more. I've played Smash Wii U for about 15 hours max... compared to how much I played Brawl and Melee, that's NOTHING. I just feel like I'm buying games, and for what? Because people say they're good? Why am I buying half of the crap that I buy, if I'm not excited for them? Maybe I just want to discover my next "mass effect". That next game that makes me obsessed. I used to feel like that with Nintendo, and gaming in general, but now... its just different.

Gosh, I'm feeling almost the same way! Nothing has been truly interesting to me lately. I find myself mostly playing Heroes and Dota over and over again. I'm even burnt out on Dragon Age: Inquisition after a measly 10 hours of playtime or something like that. I LOVED the first Dragon Age - I played almost 100 hours of that thing. But now I just can't get into it. Everything just feels so darn similar these days. Sigh.

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I'll be gaming till I drop...but I'm more of a Ninty/Retro gamer nowadays so the longevity of my gaming hobby is dependent on how long Nintendo stays in the business. If they are around in 100 years then I'll definitely be a lifelong gamer.

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NinjaWaddleDee

ricklongo wrote:

NinjaWaddleDee wrote:

Also, is it just me, or do you guys feel like 100 percenting a game isn't important anymore? I literally just beat the final boss of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, sat through the credits, tried to unlock some of the secret levels, then gave up, because I just didn't care anymore. I used to get soooo much time out of my games. I would make that hard earned money I spent on it last a loooong time. Now I just buy games, beat the final level, and then put them on the shelf. It's not that DK wasn't a great game, I just didn't feel compelled to fully complete it for some reason.

If I truly enjoy a game, I'll definitely go after 100% completion (or 200%, in the case of Tropical Freeze). If Ithink it's merely okay, chances are I won't bother.

In the case of Donkey Kong Country games, going after all the collectibles is pretty much what made me love the series in the first place (well, that and mr. David Wise), so I'd guess I'll always feel inclined to do so. Gotta unlock them secret worlds.

I enjoyed everything about DKTF, and judging by your profile pic, I'm sure you are a DK fan To me though, there was just something missing to make it feel really great. I can't put my finger on it. Maybe I'm just jaded. The only games that I've played recently, that have ALMOST made me feel less jaded, were Earthbound, Super Metroid, The Wolf Among Us, and Mario Kart 8. Earthbound especially. Such a fantastic game.

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rallydefault

Approaching 30 (gasp) and still going. Going strong on PC especially with Dota and Heroes lately, along with almost every major Wii U release since its launch. I own all of the current gen consoles, and I plan on spending some solid time with TLUO: Remastered next.

So, yea. I got my NES when I was 3 years old, and by this point, it's such a big part of me that gaming will never go away.

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sirleiland

EvisceratorX wrote:

As long as there are new, innovative ideas and gameplay is always kept at the forefront. This is why I love Nintendo so much, they keep the gameplay experience front and center where it belongs. I recently tried out The Order: 1886 on my PS4 and what I played worried me. It was an excellent visual and narrative experience, but what I played could hardly be called a game. At its core; it was a movie, though an excellent one, with some sloppy shooting sections. The problem with many studios in the modern gaming industry is that they try to be something they aren't. Gaming studios are not, obviously, movie studios, but you tell that to executives over at Ready at Dawn or Quantic Dream and they'll argue with you. Cinematic qualities can certainly enrich games, just look at the Uncharted series, but they should never overshadow the gaming qualities.

What I look for in games is not just an audiovisual experience, but an immersion factor. All other mediums have you experiencing the material from the outside, gaming is the only one that lets you in. Beyond that, though, it's one of the few that you can just lose yourself to and escape. For example, Super Smash Bros. doesn't enrich me with any sort of deeper undertanding of society or convey any emotions or try to plug some agenda, its sole purpose of existence is to be fun. It's colorful, it draws inspiration from a rich library of games, and its gameplay is tight. That's it. To some self apponted elitists, it could be considered "simple", but that's precisely what sets it leaps and bounds ahead of popular "mature" games like Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty.

It's when games try to really push the envelope and reinvent the wheel that they fall flat. The secret is no secret at all: simplicity is perfection in gaming because through it, complexity can be found. The reason why Super Mario Bros. is still fun to this day is because it has ageless, simple gameplay. B is to run and throw fireballs, A is to jump, D-pad is to move. We don't ask why Mario does what he does, we don't spend more time watching the game play itself than we do actually playing it, and we don't have to pay $9.99 to play through World 8. It is what it is, and you either take it or leave it. Yet a game that appears so simple on the surface is actually quite complex. There are invisible blocks and warp zones everywhere and timing jumps can mean the difference between life and death. It takes a real master of the game to make it all the way to the end of World 8 because the challenge presented is real.

The day that gaming stops focusing on that type of experience is the day that I will hang up buying new games. I will most likely never stop, however, as the sheer volume of games that have released up to this point in time far exceeds the amount of time I'll ever have in my life to play through them all.

I agree with most everything EvisceratorX said.

I'm in my mid-30s, and my gaming time has seen peaks and valleys through the years. I'm actually currently in a high period. But I pretty much completely skipped last generation. I didn't even have a Wii. I had a PS3, but pretty much only played Rock Band and MLB The Show. Now I have a Wii U, PS4, New 3DS XL, and a Vita. And I still have a lot of last gen games to catch up on (the Mario Galaxies, the Arkham games, Red Dead Redemption, the Operation Rainfall games, etc.). I'm sure I'll go through more periods in my life where I barely touch video games, but just as sure as I am of that, I'm positive I'll pick them up again. A lot will just depend on family and work obligations.

I imagine my retirement, when not being spent with family and friends, will consist of consuming all the video games, books, and movies I never got around to.

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NinjaWaddleDee

topperware wrote:

EvisceratorX wrote:

As long as there are new, innovative ideas and gameplay is always kept at the forefront. This is why I love Nintendo so much, they keep the gameplay experience front and center where it belongs. I recently tried out The Order: 1886 on my PS4 and what I played worried me. It was an excellent visual and narrative experience, but what I played could hardly be called a game. At its core; it was a movie, though an excellent one, with some sloppy shooting sections. The problem with many studios in the modern gaming industry is that they try to be something they aren't. Gaming studios are not, obviously, movie studios, but you tell that to executives over at Ready at Dawn or Quantic Dream and they'll argue with you. Cinematic qualities can certainly enrich games, just look at the Uncharted series, but they should never overshadow the gaming qualities.

What I look for in games is not just an audiovisual experience, but an immersion factor. All other mediums have you experiencing the material from the outside, gaming is the only one that lets you in. Beyond that, though, it's one of the few that you can just lose yourself to and escape. For example, Super Smash Bros. doesn't enrich me with any sort of deeper undertanding of society or convey any emotions or try to plug some agenda, its sole purpose of existence is to be fun. It's colorful, it draws inspiration from a rich library of games, and its gameplay is tight. That's it. To some self apponted elitists, it could be considered "simple", but that's precisely what sets it leaps and bounds ahead of popular "mature" games like Assassin's Creed or Call of Duty.

It's when games try to really push the envelope and reinvent the wheel that they fall flat. The secret is no secret at all: simplicity is perfection in gaming because through it, complexity can be found. The reason why Super Mario Bros. is still fun to this day is because it has ageless, simple gameplay. B is to run and throw fireballs, A is to jump, D-pad is to move. We don't ask why Mario does what he does, we don't spend more time watching the game play itself than we do actually playing it, and we don't have to pay $9.99 to play through World 8. It is what it is, and you either take it or leave it. Yet a game that appears so simple on the surface is actually quite complex. There are invisible blocks and warp zones everywhere and timing jumps can mean the difference between life and death. It takes a real master of the game to make it all the way to the end of World 8 because the challenge presented is real.

The day that gaming stops focusing on that type of experience is the day that I will hang up buying new games. I will most likely never stop, however, as the sheer volume of games that have released up to this point in time far exceeds the amount of time I'll ever have in my life to play through them all.

I agree with most everything EvisceratorX said.

I'm in my mid-30s, and my gaming time has seen peaks and valleys through the years. I'm actually currently in a high period. But I pretty much completely skipped last generation. I didn't even have a Wii. I had a PS3, but pretty much only played Rock Band and MLB The Show. Now I have a Wii U, PS4, New 3DS XL, and a Vita. And I still have a lot of last gen games to catch up on (the Mario Galaxies, the Arkham games, Red Dead Redemption, the Operation Rainfall games, etc.). I'm sure I'll go through more periods in my life where I barely touch video games, but just as sure as I am of that, I'm positive I'll pick them up again. A lot will just depend on family and work obligations.

I imagine my retirement, when not being spent with family and friends, will consist of consuming all the video games, books, and movies I never got around to.

Definitely. I buy at least 10 to 15 games a year, so my backlog is going to be HUGE if I make it to 70.

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VanillaLake

TeeJay wrote:

So I assume everyone here likes gaming, or Nintendo games at least. Well when do you think you'll stop? It has to happen sometime, no? Do you think it'll happen when life begins to get in the way, or when you're simply too old to have the required dexterity and reaction time?

And what do you see yourself doing when you finally drop gaming altogether? Scary questions, I know.

Too scary indeed. I don't like thinking about that! I usually play more when I have more free time and there are times when I am not able to play at all. I believe most of us started playing when we were little children so for us it's just part of our lives and a natural thing to do.

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Gamecubed

I think it really comes down to what's going on in my life. I have a modest income, so I can buy all the games I want, but now I'm finding new hobbies I want to spend time on. I've noticed this with books as well.
And yet, I still buy these things and never really get into them. I have to be in the right mindset to get into certain types of games, and now I feel like a lot of the games I play are exactly the same as something else I've played, and I really don't like that.

Ten years from now, for all I know, I could be married and have a little baby and a career. I don't know how some folks out there manage to find time for gaming. I really admire those who do. A lot of time management, I imagine.

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Todd102030

I'm 20 now, been gaming for at least 3/4 of my life. I already feel like I'm getting to that point to be honest. Very few games excite me any more, and it's rare for me to even get 5 hours out of a game before I stop playing it. I'm up to like 700 games on steam (I buy a lot of indie bundles), and over half of them have never even been installed. With the exception of my 2DS, I really just don't play games any more. I hope it's just a phase, since I have a lot of hobbies and tend to cycle between them, but it's starting to feel like games are stagnating, and the only ones I do enjoy, I don't enjoy for long. I just hope VR is enough to spark my love for games again.

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Geonjaha

It's one of my biggest hobbies, one that will always have new experiences and is very easy to drop in and out of, so I don't think I'll ever really stop gaming. It's like saying "When do you think you'll stop watching TV/Videos or listening to music?" Well, never. Even if I'm not watching/listening to something right now there's bound to be something that interests me in the future.

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As long as I will.

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I'm playing video games till the day video games kill me.

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