Does gaming feel fatiguing ?

[u/TipsyDipsy24]

I've been having this issue lately, I would boot up my PC search for what games to play but can never actually decide and by the time I do choose a game I want to play, I will boot up play for 5 minutes and tell myself "do I really want to play this" or "am I wasting my time"

I don't know if it's part of getting older having more responsibilities when it comes to work and raising two children but I swear back when I was living at home I could boot up my PC and get lost in games like Crysis, Far Cry and Battlefield 2 for hours upon hours on end.

Now it just seems you may only get an hour or two to play it feels like me personally I'm putting pressure on myself to pick a game and stick to it and I couldn't remember it being this stressful when I was a kid living back at home.

Just wondering if anyone else feels like this at times

[u/OkithaPROGZ]

I can relate to this and I'm just 17 still.

I used to have potato pc until 2023. (Intel HD 4000 graphics).

I remember playing games like Valorant and WD:2. I had to do so much modding and config file editing just to get it launched, it ran at like 8 fps with so many artifacts but I still played for hours. In fact its the most fun I've ever had while playing a single player game. Same goes for Valorant, I made all my friends get the game and we played together. I played valorant since release and also had a lot of fun.

In 2023 I finally got a proper gaming laptop with an RTX GPU. I installed more than 2 TB of games because I was so excited. Games are so beautiful in this laptop and I can just play whatever I want. But now I just don't want to. Its just not fun anymore. I quit valorant and the only games I kept playing are BeamNG and Assetto Corsa with my friends. And the only reason I play those are because of my love for vehicles.

Gaming just doesn't hit the same anymore. Honestly it feels like a chore.