This isn't a thread about bashing particular companies, or wanting to rant about particular games being bad such as Alien: Colonial Marines. Nothing like that, but rather it's the concept of all video games and how none of them are entertaining me.
I've been a gamer since, forever.. or when I was four years old thus got my hands on a Sega Genesis console and grew to enjoy games. I remember playing Super Mario 64 on the Nintendo, along with getting the Playstation 1 and 2. Now I have mainly my Xbox 360, playing video games from time to time ether spending loads of hours or catching a match before doing something else.
However .. lately.. no video game has given me joy nor the element of fun.
Even the upcoming games of 2013 don't get me excited. I've lost interest in playing Skyrim (I have a level 54 Nord who's done every mission and completed the DLC missions included), gotten to prestige 5 on Black Ops II, unlocked the majority of characters and guns in Mass Effect 3's multiplayer (not to mention playing missions non stop, 3 total each to earn 99,000 credits to unlock rare stuff in crates) and beat all Dead Space games even though the 3rd one was quite awful.
I've also played Pokemon games, God of War games, Team Fortress 2, Magic the Gathering, Dragon Age, Aliens vs Predator, Grand Theft Auto games, Indie games like Minecraft, Katawa Shoujo, Anime games like Naruto Shippuden, Slender, Silent Hill games, Borderlands 2, Left 4 Dead games, Soul Calibur games, The Walking Dead, Fallout 3, Assassin's Creed games, and so forth. Let's not forget to mention the old games that were playable on the Nintendo, Gameboy, Playstation, and PC included.
Still .. despite that I love video games, now I feel distant from them. No matter how much I try to get back into one of these titles, I just don't enjoy them anymore. Perhaps I overdid my playing time in mutiplayer and need a break to start missing video games again, or perhaps the fact is: There aren't any video games out that live up to my expectations or those that do.. once I have completed them, they're no longer enjoyable to start over again (Skyrim especially).
TL;DR: I've played countless games over 21 years. Recently, i've struggled getting any enjoyment out of video games. Despite loving Mass Effect 3's multiplayer just a few days ago, now I don't feel like playing it again. No game actually takes up my interest nor does the games coming out in 2013 ether.
Question: Despite that you're a gamer, do you enjoy video games as much as you did beforehand (counting back months, a year ago, or since the beginning of your video game career)? Why or why not? Are there any video games that you want to recommend me so that my gaming spirit can be lifted? Also I should try out Muv Luv Alternative, I hear novel games are amazing at story telling.