So I was stoked beyond belief about Baldurs Gate 3, Alan Wake 2, Starfield, Assassins Creed Mirage, Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty and played them all and loved them but every one is about 50%-75% finished. At this point my computer has nothing installed on it but The Talos Principle 2 (which is great) and I just can’t seem to find something to hold my attention. Is there anyone out there that is a lifelong gamer that just can’t seem to keep your interest all the way through? I built a brand new PC for these games and they all worked and looked beautiful but man I just can’t keep it going.
TLDR - Old school gamer can’t seem to keep interest in games to finish them anymore, anyone else?
Open world, runtime padded, chore ridden games are no fun at all. In the 2010s players became so obsessed with how long games are and level design scope was increased so much that it started taking the fun out of games.
Play shorter games
play repeatable multiplayer games
Stop playing every big AAA title that comes out. They are getting to the point where you would have to play games for most of the day every day to complete everything good that comes out.
Learn to cope with the fact that you’ll never be able to play everything you want to.
play longer open world games with the goal of finishing fast and not doing all side quests or having to experience the entire story.