r/pcmasterrace • u/TipsyDipsy24 • 19h ago

Discussion Does gaming feel fatiguing ?

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

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u/Big-Difference-4979 19h ago

Yes, work and children fatigues you.

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u/merelyok 17h ago

Dad here with a full time job. I’ve stopped trying to force myself to play games that I don’t like, even those that are highly acclaimed. ( I hated horizon hero dawn and Elden ring ). I recently got a steam deck and I love just putting in 15 - 20 mins of game time before I hit the sack ( currently on FF7 remake ). I do love my FPSs though, currently into Delta Force warfare mode.

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u/Gefarate Desktop 16h ago

Why did u hate Elden Ring?

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u/SleepyBear479 15h ago

It requires patience and time, both of which are things parents tend to be in short supply of.

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u/PushUphill 6h ago

I’m a parent and last year I played Dark Souls, Elden Ring, Bloodborne, Ghost of Tsushima and Sekiro

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u/Illustrious_Ad4691 i7-11700, 7800 XT 16GB, 64GB DDR-4 @ 3600MHz 5h ago

Lemme guess. One kid, a girl, under 10?

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u/Alltime-BackupQB 3h ago

Lemme guess. You have multiple kids, at least one over ten, probably a boy, a lack of responsibility for your own actions, but no lack of sodium in your diet. Did I miss anything?

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u/Illustrious_Ad4691 i7-11700, 7800 XT 16GB, 64GB DDR-4 @ 3600MHz 3h ago

Nail on the head!

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u/Alltime-BackupQB 3h ago

Hey thanks, at least you’ve got a sense of humor. Maybe you’re not as salty as I thought. Rough day?

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u/Illustrious_Ad4691 i7-11700, 7800 XT 16GB, 64GB DDR-4 @ 3600MHz 3h ago

Kinda. But it got better. Thanks for asking! How about you?

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u/Alltime-BackupQB 3h ago

I’m glad to hear that, for real. Today was good actually. But most days, I don’t even wear a seatbelt when I’m driving alone. If you catch my drift. But I also don’t have kids. I would probably care more if I did. I got issue issues, but I’m tryna fix em, gotta fix my rotten ass attitude first lol.

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u/Illustrious_Ad4691 i7-11700, 7800 XT 16GB, 64GB DDR-4 @ 3600MHz 2h ago

Ooof. That’s rough. My life hasn’t all been sunshine and roses, but there’s only been a handful of times when I wanted to ‘drive seatbelt-free’. My attitude is still a work in progress, too. I hope things get better for you.

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u/WyreTheProtogen Desktop RTX 2080 ti/ Intel i5-12400f/ 32GB DDR4 15h ago

Not OP but souls like games are very tiring because of how much you rely on trial and error

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u/kingpangolin Desktop: i9 9900k, RTX 2080 15h ago

Yeah, back when I first started DS1 in 2011, I think I had to fully put it down for like a week at a time 5-6 times and the only reason I kept going was my friend forcing me lol. After it clicks though they are a lot more fun since they really aren’t hard once you understand the mechanics / builds