I don't think I have FoMO or anything; I just find it weird because my taste in music, film, or art/media in general is usually fairly broad. I guess I just wonder why my taste in games is aggressively limited.

It's not for the lack of trying new games; I've tried more or less anything I could find, sometimes because it's popular, other times because it looked interesting, but nothing really hits the mark like my favorite games.

I just don't like what most developers create, I guess?

I'm hoping, by posting this, maybe I can find others who are having a similar experience, and we can share thoughts.

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[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 56 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

I've found that as I got older, my taste in games has narrowed significantly. I used to be able to play pretty much anything, or especially any popular or critically acclaimed games. But these days I just don't give a shit about most of what's out there. I do have certain genres and developers that interest me though, so I know there are occasionally going to be some new games that I really like. And every now and then I might get surprised by something too.

[–] natecox@programming.dev 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I suspect this is a natural result of having much more limited time as we become adults. I used to love all kinds of games too, but today if I feel like a game doesn’t respect my time it gets thrown right onto the “no thanks” pile.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It's limited time, but also the selection these last few years has felt very uninspired. Everything is extremely derivative and been done to death.

There was a mass consolidation of developers/publishers recently, on top of further extended development cycles that has really limited any kind of variety we might have seen.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yep I just go to indies now. The AAA studios feel just samey.

[–] Mammothmothman@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

You can only play reskins of essentially the same game for so long. Not to mention recycling gameplay loops microtransaction hell toxic multiplayer experience (cheating griefing), makes for a minefield of unplesant game experiences. Sticking to what you like and know is how you get enjoyment out of playing.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

The last few games I was looking forward to have all been pretty disappointing.

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I’m retired and have basically unlimited time. I still don’t like most games.

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