(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Well, quite recently I've realised how much gaming has changed for me, and I'm not too sure why. I don't mean competitive, but the 'boy gamer' that would have a sleepless night playing a campaign game, and feel like a total boss because you've completed the game.

Now this side of me must of left a while back (probably 5months after I found CoD4). Around the time I started playing rather competitive. This could be a coincidence, but there is a possibility that competitive play ruined 'the fun' in gaming for me. Ever since GameBattles on CoD4-Mw2 I can't seem to get into any campaigns anymore, all I want to do is get online and try and show my dominance.

The time I've put into gaming could be another factor, I've played so much CoD for the previous two years which could have drowned out all the fun I use to get from gaming. It's quite a feasible reason to why gaming could of got boring. It's the same with anything, if you do too much of it, it becomes repetitive and boring.

Addiction, obviously something I don't see, but it's quite possible that I've grown a slight 'addiction' to Call Of Duty/Shooters meaning I don't get my 'fix' playing campaign games or platform games.

This is just a quick write up to why I think gaming has lost it's fun for me, and I hope I can hear some sensible replies and have a good overall discussion to why gaming has become boring to some/most of us.

The question is, why did the enjoyment of gaming disappear for you?

yea your one of those people i will NOT miss when your on MW3 and im on BF3 .

BF3 will be better im just saying the cod series is getting boring. BF3 will be where its at

The appeal of playing your game with/against other people is much more appealing than playing on a campaign by yourself...kind of like playing on your PS1 with your mates round was so much better than your single player

For me I've also gotten over the whole 'gaming' thing realising how pointless it is playing with any deal of seriousness...GTA IV got me back into really enjoying the games again I reckon and that had a pretty cool campaign too

It just happens when you play competitive and just try to be the best, all the little things start to bug you. Try not to play as much CoD and play some REAL video games, like RPG's and such.

I discovered Portal today, well, I've heard of it before and saw it in the game marketplace and thought "why not?". This game is absolutely awesome, it's a game that has brought out the kid in me, I can't stop playing it. If Portal 2 is supposedly better, I'm going to be ordering that asap.

Probably the best 1200 msp I've spent on xbox to date, I'd even go as far as saying it beats CoD, who'd think that a game that you purchase for 1200 on the marketplace can bring so much more enjoyment than a game you spend £80+ a year on. The simplicity, yet strategic level of the game just makes it really enjoyable.

I got laid

Too many smart arse,foul mouthed kids with their friggin high pitched voices.
Then their parents get on the mic asking why we're cursing at them.

Cuz we felt boring from these kind of games, We need a real game that we ar the players

I have yet to find a game that keeps me coming back to my PS3 because of the story line not the online. It sucks really because the last time I was really into a game was on PS2.