What gaming related trends or favorites have grown off of you?

[BLUEVOODU]

What gaming related trends or favorites have grown off of you?  In other words... what did you absolutely love as a kid or even not that long ago that you just don't love anymore?

This could be a certain game, certain game style, or multiple other angles... it doesn't have to be negative as sometimes it's just a part of growing up, moving forward and getting older.

Thoughts?  Comments?  Post it up!

[targetrasp]

Side scroller beat em ups!

These started hard in the 80s and really peaked in the 90s. I could ramble off dozens of titles I played through on the NES, SNES, Genny, and in the arcade. Back then it was my favorite genre. Technology got better, and devs shifted towards making 3d games and the genre just stalled out. Occasionally games like Viewtiful Joe showed up as a reminder of their glory days but going back just didn't hit the same.

There's been a small resurgence with some decent game (Streets of Rage 4 comes to mind) and some good compilations but I just don't get the mileage out of them I used to. 

[CreepinDeth]

For me it's online multiplayer. I started out playing some NBA 2K1 on Dreamcast over a 56K modem. Then Halo 3 and Left 4 Dead came about. COD4: Modern Warfare is where I truly got hooked. Put in tons of hours on Xbox 360. I then moved on to Street Fighter 4 and Battlefield 2: Bad Company.

I just couldn't take the toxic online communities any more. Granted, there are some good people online and it's not everyone, but it just got so exhausting having to hear these people. Now there's at least more online controls to keep games fun but it just doesn't interest me much these days. I'll jump on something here and there on occasion, but it's not my main form of gaming anymore.

I'd rather just play a game on my own time with just myself and at my own pace. Feels good.

[retro junkie]

This is not so much about "gaming trends that have grown off of me," but more of what I've grown into. When I first started gaming I stayed clear of RPGs. Reading about them sounded boring and dull. I thought to myself, yuk, who in the world would enjoy something like that? I am not sure what RPG that I tried first, or what came over me to even purchase one. But once I tasted of that genre, I was hooked by the story and the turn based gameplay, and of course the grinding. It was more like it expanded my gaming field. Final Fantasy 3 on the original Gameboy, Chrono Trigger on the SNES, Lunar 1 & 2 or FF 9 on the Playstaion 1, all of these set the standard for me. And I might be leaving some out, but not intentionally.

[targetrasp]

@CreepinDeth

I think you're on to something. Online gaming isn't nearly as fun as I once found it to be. For me, It's the combination of sweats and trolls that's the turn off. At my age video games are something I do in my ever-shrinking leisure time to turn the noise from the adult world off. It's my choice of escapism. I'll still play a sports game or coop something with some friends but its typically private to keep the rando riff raff out.

[retro junkie]

I happen to think of something that I have really grown out of...........
The cycle. I started gaming on the Commodore C64. Then I grabbed up a Sega Genesis, excited. I saw so many games that I wanted to purchase and play. Then the SNES came along. Then the desire for those games grabbed my wallet. My interest became divided. I ended up sacrificing games wanted, money weighed between consoles. Then Gameboy, then Game Gear, then Atari Lynx, Turbe Grafx 16, Sega CD, Sega 32X, Sega Saturn, PS1, GB Advance, GB SP, Atari Jaguar, Dreamcast, PS2, DS, DS lite, GameCube, N64, DSi, Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, 3DS, Xbox One, Wii U, finally the NES, and this is where I found myself willing to break the cycle. I never got the full line of games for each console that I desired because the gaming addiction monster was consumed by each new "better,: "bigger," "more powerful," "you need this," successor gaming system.

I have grown out of the desire, or need, to continue believing the gaming companies sales pitch of what I cannot live without. I have grown satisfied with the past gaming consoles and what they offer. Finally grabbing up games I missed. The continuous hype no longer affects me. What games I had fun with in the 90's are still fun. The high cost of modern consoles and their games is a great deterrent that helps you to stop and examine your gaming hobby. In the past I often haunted bargain bins and clearance shelves, for example picking up a 32X from Kay Bees for $19 and its games for $9.99 each. It doesn't take long to learn that you wait for the sale and not for the release day.