Post: Have your gaming habits changed as you got older?
06-03-2015, 02:02 AM #1
-Luke
Former Staff
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Ok, I know that most of us are still pretty young, but for those of you that are, do you think your gaming habits will change when you get older?

First off, I'm 22, and when I was a teen, I mainly played the PS2. I played Spyro, Driver 2, GTA, etc. didn't really play CoD much, but I know I played the hell out of the PS2 until it crashed. Before I had the PS2, I played Nintendo 64. Mario, and 007 Golden eye when I was like 8 or so.

I eventually got an Xbox 360 when I was 14 or so. I know the 360 had been out for a while and that and the PS3 was still the number one thing. That's when I really got into COD. I think black ops II was out. I played the shit out of it, GTA 4, WAW, and mw2.

I really use to be into games but not so much anymore. They just bore me now, but when I was a teen, I told myself games would never bore me. If a game really didn't grab me and hook me, I would keep playing it for a while to see if it got better. Now, I just stop playing it.

Like I purchased far cry 4 because I absolutely loved 3, and i played it for a little bit, and might have done 5 missions on it. Probably 3 hours of play time, and I haven't touched it sense.

I bought a PS3 during Christmas and about 2 months ago I bought an Xbox one. I've played the PS3 maybe for 5 hours and it is literally just collections dust and its brand new. I get on the Xbox one to only watch movies and tv on Hulu, netflix, and Xbox video. Don't really talk to my friends anymore on Xbox. A lot of them have removed me because we just stopped talking. I currently still have all those consoles. (360, PS3, one, and I even still have my 64 and it still works)

In conclusion, it kinda makes me sad that I don't play games hardly at all anymore. I guess I just grew out of them. Don't really know why either. I literally played games non stop. I was a nerd and was ALWAYS in my room. Lol :p

So what about you guys?
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06-03-2015, 07:50 AM #11
As a kid I played Spyro and Crash Bandicoot, through my young teenage years the defining game for me was GTA VC, older teenage years 16 - 18 I moved onto CoD and played that a lot.

Now the only games I play are Fallout, S.T.A.L.K.E.R and Dark Souls and not that frequently to be honest, I find most games boring or just can't be bothered to start playing something new.
06-03-2015, 10:30 PM #12
-Luke
Former Staff
Originally posted by Fwosty View Post
When I was a kid, I played Gameboy Color/Gameboy (I've always wanted a Gameboy Advanced, but oh wells...), and my PSOne (Can't beat Spyro!) I had Dexter's Laboratory, the three Spyro games, the four Crash Bandicoot games (My friends and I would play CTR for hours!! Never played it? You missed out. Too bad "couch" co-op is basically dead, with the emergence of online co-op. I had Tomb Raider, but the wolves killed me, and I never really cared for her games till now :p I had Blato (Good game, tricky platforms), and GEX 3 (Sucks, but w/e)

When I was about 10, I got a PS2. All I remember playing is God of War and Prince of Persia, and my PS1 games. I guess this was my step-up to more mature titles. I just remember how much PS1 and PS2 would show up the error screen (no disc inserted or w/e) :/

2011, I got my PS3. It is currently my OFW. The first game I got for it would be Midnight Club: Los Angeles (sucks), God of War 3 (Wanted forever, main reason I got PS3), Black Ops 1, and Arkham Asylum (Fucking love the series). All I use the OFW for is playing pirated movies, or once in a blue moon, playing legit zombies to get my stats higher. This would be my step up to FPS (Black Ops 1 being my first CoD -- never heard of Call of Duty whilst on PS2, definitely heard of SOCOM and MAG), parkour (Tomb Raider -- love it!), emotional and intriguing storyline (The Last of Us), glitches (Black Ops Zombies), etc. With the PS1, I played for fun, and barely understood the games' storylines. With PS2, the "couch" co-op was fading away, bringing about solo gaming. PS3, I gained some love for glitches (literally, the first zombie game I played was "Five" with somebody doing the window glitch to get out of map) and modding. :/ I play more now than I ever did when I was younger. There's just a more expansive library of games to play (Portal 2, The Last of Us, Tomb Raider, Call of Duty, etc.)

As for PC, I would play those kiddie games from discs, long before Steam came about. Services like GameSpy. Or I'd just play online. I had the Lion King game for PC, among others. I heavily preferred online games, like Batman Beyond Evolution of Evil, etc. That being said, even if I wanted to play PC games, my laptop could only play games like Team Fortress 2. It's not worth the effort to raise thousands of dollars for PC games, just to have to keep upgrading. I've been with Sony since I was little, and I doubt I'll ever move to PC, unless somebody's going to buy me an Alienware computer. :p Unlike Toke, some of us aren't 'ballin' with money. I can't even afford a PS4, much less a decent gaming computer, xD.

I know how it is when it comes to money and buying expensive games. Not everybody had $1500 to spend on a gaming PC or something like that.

Originally posted by xkoeckiiej View Post
You have got to try rocket league when it comes out for pc / ps4 , it will get you insta addicted again

Lol, what is that? I've never heard of it before. :p

Originally posted by Madison
As a kid I played Spyro and Crash Bandicoot, through my young teenage years the defining game for me was GTA VC, older teenage years 16 - 18 I moved onto CoD and played that a lot.

Now the only games I play are Fallout, S.T.A.L.K.E.R and Dark Souls and not that frequently to be honest, I find most games boring or just can't be bothered to start playing something new.

I played the shit out of Crash lol. I hated the batman games, but loved the movies. lol.
06-04-2015, 02:55 PM #13
DrZepto
Who’s Jim Erased?
Originally posted by Luke View Post
I know how it is when it comes to money and buying expensive games. Not everybody had $1500 to spend on a gaming PC or something like that.


I can tell you now that it is definitely worth it in the long run. Main thing about custom PC building for me is that it feels really rewarding to have a complete system which you know is superior to any console :P
06-04-2015, 06:18 PM #14
ResistTheSun
In Flames Much?
Stopped pre ordering titles and avoided DLC content more these days.
06-04-2015, 09:29 PM #15
xkoeckiiej
At least I can fight
Originally posted by Luke View Post
I know how it is when it comes to money and buying expensive games. Not everybody had $1500 to spend on a gaming PC or something like that.


Lol, what is that? I've never heard of it before. :p


I played the shit out of Crash lol. I hated the batman games, but loved the movies. lol.


Idk if im allowed to post to other forums so ill say just search for psyonix since theyre the developers.
Have you ever heard of supersonic acrobatic rocket powered battle-cars? Cuzz its the sequel to that. Basically its soccer with rocket powered battle cars and its highly addictive.
The game will come out on 7july and theyll come to e3 as well. When you play it (for several hoirs) you will get addicted , its just a plain fact Smile.
06-05-2015, 03:45 AM #16
MLB
Former Moderator
I have basically quit gaming. Sometimes will play GTA V.
06-05-2015, 05:20 AM #17
-Luke
Former Staff
Originally posted by DrZepto View Post
I can tell you now that it is definitely worth it in the long run. Main thing about custom PC building for me is that it feels really rewarding to have a complete system which you know is superior to any console :P

Yeah, I know it's worth it, but damn, it's just so dang expensive :lol:
Originally posted by ResistTheSun View Post
Stopped pre ordering titles and avoided DLC content more these days.

I don't pre-order games anymore either. One time I purchased a game for $65 on the first day it came out, and come to find out, it dropped to like $30 in stores everywhere in like a month. MAN I was pissed off. So I don't buy games right when they come out anymore. I like to wait a bit, unless I REALLY want it. Don't feel that way about many games though anymore anyways.

Originally posted by xkoeckiiej View Post
Idk if im allowed to post to other forums so ill say just search for psyonix since theyre the developers.
Have you ever heard of supersonic acrobatic rocket powered battle-cars? Cuzz its the sequel to that. Basically its soccer with rocket powered battle cars and its highly addictive.
The game will come out on 7july and theyll come to e3 as well. When you play it (for several hoirs) you will get addicted , its just a plain fact Smile.

I'll have to look into that, thanks. Smile

Originally posted by MLB View Post
I have basically quit gaming. Sometimes will play GTA V.

wat Doesn't play games, is a Moderator on one of the worlds leading gaming forums. :lol: MLB I love you. xD
06-05-2015, 05:22 AM #18
Yeah. I have more of a social life as well as a job that I must attend too. I game but not that much I only have a Ps4 with a few games.
06-05-2015, 09:14 PM #19
Mr Grumpy
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well the first console I played on was the sega mega, I used to play the shit out of sonic until my family got a ps1, from there it was crash bandicoot and tekken. Tekken being one of my first 'violent' games, i used to love tekken 3, especially the bowling extra game bit haha. After that, I got a ps2, which again had crash, but it was also the first time I played GTA, which was GTA SA. I loved this game to bits. My family wasn't that rich, so it wasn't until 2010 that I got a ps3, I was stuck with a ps2, playing GTA SA since, and a few other games such as tekken or NFS MW. On the PS3 I purchased W@W as my first call of duty, I didn't know at the time, but the online even for a beginner was awful. However the zombie mode was something that I really enjoyed, and have played CoD Zombies ever since, back in 2010 I used to be a part of a group/clan which mainly played CoD and FIFA, I wasn't really into sports, so it wasn't long before they stopped playing CoD religiously and moved to Fifa leaving me behind. Now I don't really play any games with anyone apart from GTA, but anything else and its pretty much on my own. Obviously because I got bored of playing the same games (again not wealthy) I just decided to go outside more, go clubbing, partying etc. I do feel like there's still a bit of a 'nerd' in me, I still go to a few gaming cons every now and then, so I hope I still remain a somewhat active gamer. It's truly saddening however that I've basically grown away from gaming, But I have met 1-2 people from online gaming that I still actively talk to till this day, not from this forum but still :P. If I hadn't of updated my ps3, or maybe didn't get banned on blops 1, then perhaps I would of still been close to my old group.

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