Anyone else have trouble getting into "new" games?

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I can't pin down why exactly, but for whatever reason I find that I have little to no interest in a lot of newer video games. I think that some of the reasons behind this for me are:

- older games have less hype attached to them, and I don't feel as "pressured" to play them as a result
- older games can often be obtained more cheaply than newer games (or through *ahem* less than legit methods ), so I don't worry as much about buyer's remorse
- older games with high price tags usually have them because they are known to be really good, and I'm more willing to splurge on them than I am to splurge on a modern game of around the same price
- older games seem more familiar to me, and I'm more comfortable about trying them than newer games
- older games tend to have better online communities
- older games tend to seem less "overwhelming", for lack of a better term.

I have enjoyed "modern" games before, and there was a while where I was actually somewhat "in the loop" and played stuff on my 360 and my Wii all the time, though nowadays I would much rather load up Super Metroid than the latest uber-realistic military shooter.

Most "new" games are so hyped up that you have no assurance of actual quality.

That's why I like to hold out for a few months post-release to get a new game. By then, the fans/players have hashed out the good and bad of the game, and I can make a better informed choice on if I should buy it and for how much.

I play mainly first person shooters. Unfortunately, the genre hasn't grown that much as a whole. I do play Metro Last Light, Shadow Warrior, Dishonored and Medal of Honor: Warfighter but I still love me some Fallout 3 because of its open world feel.

Yeah, but it's about the quality of the games and the skills involved in them. That and ever advancing graphics that come at a cost of rendering overhead because things are rushed out the door. Not to mention budget graphics on games that were supposed to have fantastic graphics. Nooby additions like throwing knives, personal (rather than team) vehicles that are overpowered, many rpgs to choose from.. yeah, not what I call games of skill or challenge. W: Enemy Territory forever.

Pfft - Masters of Orion and Baldur's Gate forever!! !! !! !

Oh thank god! I thought it was just another effect of my recent behavioral changes.

No, I can't find new games that excite me quite like they used to. Perhaps because there's so little that's actually new, as opposed to the rehashed, re-imagined, and regurgitated swill they're offering us lately.

Up until about a year ago, yes. I think the recent indie wave helped a lot in that respect, and though it may be a coincidence, even some of the more recent AAA titles, like The Last of Us, are more creative than the majority of what we got prior to that, IMHO.

Granted, if you're looking for creative titles, I would say you're better off sticking to indie titles. The advantage of AAA games is that they have studios and bigger budgets behind them, and with high production values comes things like exceptional graphics and cinematic cutscenes. However, big studios often like to play it safe, and release titles they think the most people will want to play, and can end up avoiding taking any risks, so we often end up with a lot of AAA titles that aren't that different from what we've played before.

Indie games tend not to have big budgets put into them, and they're not the place to look for pretty graphics and stuff like that. However, indie devs seem to be more inclined to produce games based on what they, themselves would want to play, regardless of what the mainstream market is like at the time. Indie games are a great place to look for originality, if that's what you're craving from modern titles.

I will admit that I haven't played a lot of indie titles, because few have made their way onto ps systems, but that should change in the next year with Sony's new pro-dev initiative. Regardless, my New Years resolution will be to play more indie titles. I personally enjoy games of all shapes and sizes, but I don't know very much about indie games, and I want to change that.

i have recently just purchased Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and Skyrim, for some reason I put off getting them for absolute ages.

One reason why i procrastinate with certain games is the price.

I really want to play Uncharted 2 and 3, still not got round to buying them. Having a glossy new PS4 under my TV doesnt aid that much.

^^ I agree, expectations for new games are much higher. Paying a lower price for an older game lets me approach it with a more open mind...

Speaking of indie titles, the other day I played Terraria with one of my friends for about the first time in 2 years, and it was pretty fun. I still wish it had an XP/leveling system though.

my biggest gripes with modern games are the insistence on adding multiplayer to everything, intrusive DRM, always-online requirements and the glitches...I can still play EarthBound, Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid, Super Mario All-Stars or Jet Force Gemini with no issues but try to play Skyrim or Saints Row and BAM the Xbox crashes like a drunk on black ice. Hell, wrapping up the 40 hours for the last achievement in Saints Row IV today I had my save randomly go from 100% to 99% and remove some of my purchased clothes & 2 of my upgrades ( note on the % drop: it has nothing to do with DLC as I have all the DLC achievements as well ). Plus, a lot of modern games have gimmicky touch or motion controls...ffs game developers, just let me use the d-pad, analogue sticks & buttons on a traditional controller like a normal person!

That said, though...I still get excited for new games. I even bought both a 3DS & a Wii U at launch and largely for the upcoming Smash Bros games ( as well as most Nintendo titles....even though I will still likely complain about stupid shtako they do to the games )