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I've been thinking about this, but I feel myself going through a change of "taste" as of late.
Past two years, I made it my mission to finish a game I started. If I had free time, its that game.
This contained a lot of action adventure games. Handheld or console, 10-20hrs in length.

I'm turned off by complicated systems, too much story or stressful action/puzzles now.

Recently, I've been super ADHD when it comes to "getting into a game", especially if I know there is a huge time investment involved.
Now I gravitate to what I like to call "disposable games".
Games I can pick up, play, enjoy and then turn off without really caring what I accomplished. I just like move around and input an action.
IE: Noby Noby Boy, Spelunky, Super Hexagon, Dots, Eliss Infinity, Tetris, WarioWare, Mega Man, Rhythm Heaven, Hohokum, older 2D Zelda entries, Fez, Lovely Planet, Animal Crossing, Proteus and Luftrausers. Mountain is a new favorite, for obvious reasons. ;)

But, I do go the opposite way- old JRPGS. Where I can, explore the "world", but there is an underlying quest. And in this case, I've been slowly treading through Dragon Quest I & IX and Earthbound, along with some Shin Megami Tensei IV. Which I've been playing since the start of this year.
30mins to an hour at a time, maybe sometimes more with the portables (which is my preferred way to play these), and just take my time and enjoy. I find the grind in these old games to be meditative. Attack, Magic, Item, and that's about it.
Explore, talk to strangers, and proceed with the story at my own pace.
Playing Earthbound, for the first time, and I think I finally found my favorite game of all time. The world, music, and action is just perfect for whatever pace your going at. I don't have to think about where to go next, or complicated battling/job systems. I just do. Kind of like a book.
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I guess elaborating more on games that I find "exhausting" are open world games, current JRPGS, certain puzzlers, and various action games.

GTAV. The amount you can do, see and explore is just overwhelming, and I just have to stick to the main missions. Otherwise, I just check out.

Ni No Kuni. Great world, but the battling, fetch quests and story set up just turn me away. And I want to like the game so bad!
I recently purchase Okami HD, which I never really played back in the day. And boy to I not miss the days of Banjo Kazooie speech bubbles. Okami's text-to-speak sound fx are atrocious. Still want to play through the game... Sort of...

Metal Gear Rising. The over-the-top ridiculous plot and cinematics.
Add Lollipop Chainsaw, Killer Is Dead and DmC to the lists.

Persona 4 was another one.
The constant "talking" and time-investing story with Persona, along with the school-sim stuff, well, definitely made me feel old. If I was still in highschool, like 10yrs ago, I would have had all the time and interest in the game. And I should have played it back then.
Now, I just don't have the patience.
Which I why I like Shin Megami Tensei IV. Short on words, and all grind.

Oh and TellTale's The Walking Dead.
I've only played through 3 episodes, but they felt SO LONG! I just can't get into it. But I appreciate what its doing, though at the same time I'm shocked that there this much of a fanbase around the games. Then again, after reading the comic book, watching the TV show, maybe it just chalks up to burn out from the franchise.

So pretty much games with too much story set-up, fetch quest, and open-"You can do anything"-worlds.
Which is why I haven't gotten into WatchDogs, Assassins Creed, Far Cry, Destiny, or the Mass Effect series.
It all just seems like "work".


Speaking of racing games, I've been craving some Ridge Racer lately...
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