How to Enjoy Games Again

growing up i was obsessed with video games i remember getting my first ever game boy and playing pokemon red non-stop or laughing my ass off with my family playing tennis and bowling in wii sports getting absolutely dunked on in halo 3 by my friends and spending way too much time building the ugliest houses you've ever seen in minecraft i loved immersing myself on all these different worlds and as time went on i just played more and more different games i dreamt about the day where i could afford my dream pc and have the time and

money to spend towards any game i could ever want and yet as i got older and began to achieve that dream my motivation to play those video games started to fade i had so much more time now and an amazing pc as well as an absolute chunker of a steam library so why do games no longer feel fun i had to force myself to open new games and even then i wouldn't actually play them i just sit there not enjoying myself nowadays it seems like a lot of people are going through the same thing as

they reach the end of being a teenager and kind of head into their 20s their love for something that once dominated their childhood is now wavering if that in any way sounds familiar then this might be the video for you recently i've been trying different ways to reignite that passion for video games so they can feel fun for me again so in this video i'm going to be going through five tips that i believe will help you to once again be able to enjoy video games this is a super fun way to get back into

games that you're already really familiar with maybe that passion for a game you've played for years is still there and you're just looking for a way to mix things up to give yourself more incentive to continue playing the best thing about this tip is that you can pretty much apply to any game you'd like to play pick a game or even a collection of games and just go into it with a specific challenge in mind it could be trying to win a game using only one specific weapon or attempting to beat the hardest difficulty in

that game it could be limiting what characters you use or what controls you're allowed to use or just try to complete it within a specific amount of time one of the best examples and most popular forms of making a game more challenging to make it more fun is probably pokemon nuzlux implementing all of these new rules has made the game so much harder but also created this new wave of relevance for a franchise that difficulty wise is pretty obviously aimed towards kids another example is that i'm currently trying to beat terraria on master mode within

100 in-game days and knowing that i'm doing everything with that challenge in mind has made me way more excited to sit down and play the game every single day the thing is they don't even have to specifically be challenges something else that you can do is to just set specific goals for whatever game it is you're playing maybe it's the goal of the entire run of the game or it's just for the specific session in my newest minecraft world my goal is to build my base almost entirely within the new biome that just came out

even though i've been playing this game for years and i'm pretty much just doing the same things i always did the entire vibe of what i'm doing is different because it's all inside this one brand new area or you can sit down after work or school and say hey today i'm gonna beat this specific boss or finally complete that one building project or i'm gonna beat my fastest time sometimes the act of just playing the game can be too vague to get excited for so making the actions you want to complete within the game more

specific can help you get more focused on just getting through the game this one might sound a bit weird but hear me out playing games isn't necessarily immersing yourself in just the game there's quite a lot that you can do outside the game to get yourself in the mindset of winding down and relaxing humans are creatures of habit if you get yourself into the habit of getting your gaming environment to be more comfortable it'll make you feel more excited when that time to chill out finally comes pick out your coziest clothes plan a dinner or

some snacks that are fun to eat while you play and make sure you have some more and other drinks so that you don't have to get up in the middle of a session maybe hype yourself up with some music from the game or from something else before you play if you make this a huge big deal over getting to sit down on your chair or couch and just getting to play some games for a few hours all your favorite snacks it'll feel way more fun not only during the session but all the way up to

whenever you planned it for maybe you plan to play games on a saturday after a long week of work don't just come home and go on your phone and then sit down open a bunch of random games and stuff plan what you're going to play what you'll eat and the most comfortable clothes to wear during that session it's kind of like planning a date with yourself only it's not sad i promise my mindset is if you're gonna do it you should do it right i think one of the hardest pills to swallow when it comes

to gaming is that maybe the game that you put all those hours into every single day is just not that fun any game can be someone's favorite but it would be a lie to say that every game ever created was just created to be a good game if the games you play make you feel frustrated annoyed or like you're just wasting your time on them it might be time to try some new games and trust me this is coming from someone who used to think legal legends was fun i mean like it can be but

most of the time it's not leaving your comfort zone can help you to immerse yourself in worlds that maybe you've never tried before recently i just tried this random free game on steam for the sake of just making a video on it all i really wanted to do going in was give myself a proper chance of trying it and then i found myself thinking hours upon hours into this game because i was so determined to beat it it was genuinely so fun sitting down and just going through the motions of the game over and over

again to try and beat it and i never would experience that if i didn't force myself to try a new game and like i said that game was free so you don't necessarily need to spend money on new games just to try them i mean that's why demos exist right not that many games nowadays have demos but you get me there might even be a good chance that you're like me and you've bought games over the years just to never even try them so maybe give one of them a chance because any game has the

potential to suddenly be your new favorite it doesn't even need to be a new game maybe there's a specific game mode and your current favorite that you avoid there have been many times where i tried different maps or modes in a game years ago and decided they weren't fun just because of one negative experience then i come back to them and realize that they're some of my favorites this is definitely the hardest tip on the list and i fully acknowledge that making friends can be hard i've recently been trying to branch out online to find

people who play the same games as me but nowadays the internet is so saturated with so many different types of people and figuring out who you'd get along with or who plays the game the same way as you is a challenge in itself but it still pays off once you finally find them for me i use discord servers created for specific games like minecraft or destiny 2 or phasmaphobia and then i went into the looking for group channels and just kind of scoured people out eventually i saw someone who i thought looked cool poster request

for phasmaphobia and by forcing myself to join that one session with that person it ended up leading to me having a blast for hours and eventually making three new friends to play that game with we even have a new group chat dedicated to planning out new games to try together reaching out at all is difficult and not everyone you meet will be the right person for you this tip itself might not even be for everyone you could be very comfortable playing games on your own which is completely okay i too really like the single player

experience sometimes but if you've been avoiding sending that game request message because you're worried it'll all go wrong sometimes you just have to force yourself worst case scenario it's not fun and you can just leave but best case scenario you make some long-term friends to play that game and maybe more with okie dokie i'm adding this extra bonus tip because although i think it can be extremely helpful for a specific type of person i also understand that it's very situational nevertheless a tip that i think could help you enjoy games more is to simply live

stream it if you know you enjoy the games you play and mostly just have a hard time with committing to them or focusing on them then streaming them live could help with adding a little bit of pressure for you to just focus on the game you'd also be surprised how fun it is to talk alongside playing the game you don't even have to commentate if you'd like instead just focusing on streaming the game specifically knowing that someone could be watching is just enough anxiety to make you actually play a game without being genuinely distressing my

partner has a very hard time focusing on video games so she recently decided to try live stream a new one she wanted to try out and it went great she was able to actually focus on the game and outwardly vocalize her inner monologue for a whole two-hour session of gaming again i know this tip will not be for everyone it's a very specific thing to suggest and if you're just not comfortable with streaming then there are plenty of other tips in this list to try but maybe it's something you've already considered and if so this

is some encouragement from me go ahead and try it if you're just doing it for fun you don't need to be worried about having the best commentary or gameplay or getting views or having people chat if it helps you to focus on your gaming then that's great if not don't worry this last tip might be for you while the other tips on this list might seem hard this might be the only one that you're upset to hear that's why i kept it for last but unfortunately it's just true sometimes the best thing to do when

you don't enjoy something you used to is to take a break i believe the reason this doesn't work for a lot of people is because they don't commit to it if you want to try to take a break from gaming you should really try to focus on the other things in your life such as hobbies or spending time with friends and family if you keep trying over and over to enjoy the same games and it's not working then what harm is there in taking a week or two to spend that time on something else of

course it's not that simple but maybe you can combine it with some other tips on this list to make it easier you could reach out to some friends and plan to play this new game together on the weekend or maybe a fun challenge in a game you already play together then take a break from games up until that day and on the day make sure to get loads of snacks and make your space more comfortable so it'll be even more fun and there's a good chance you'll spend the whole time taking a break being excited

for that one day and of course there are so many factors as to why games can be hard to enjoy nowadays there are problems such as having too many options not being able to access or run the games you enjoy or even problems like depression and adhd can get in the way of you enjoying yourself however nine times out of ten burnout is the biggest factor and taking a proper break can help you to take a step back and re-approach games with a new mindset i hope that this video can help you reignite that passion

for gaming these tips come straight from my experience but i'm also still figuring out how to enjoy all the games everyone's crazy about but if you enjoyed this video please leave a like and consider subscribing as it really helps me out maybe share this video with someone you know who's struggling with enjoying games recently and if you have any thoughts on what i talk about in this video good or bad or suggestions please let me know in the comments below anyways i hope you enjoyed and i'll see you next time