I find myself playing less and less video games, but playing flight sim off and on for years at a time. Something about the joys of flying in the sim make me not appreciate other games and get bored with them easily. Anyone else suffer from this problem? I have a dozen games I've been meaning to play on the playstation and pc over the past 1-2 years but find myself always flying somewhere instead!

Yes, I have the same. I hardly play other games anymore. I think I bought only 2 or 3 games last year and I hardly played them. Some were nice for a few days but then I started flying again and that was it.

 

I wouldn't call it spoiled though. I call it wisdom.

Same for me too. I love the relaxing feeling of taking off and flying peacefully instead of dying and getting stressed on other video games. I don't know if this comes with age but even combat sims bore me a lot these days. What a relaxing pleasure to fire up the sim late night with a hot cup of good coffee.

 

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Me too ...

I'm very fast bored with other video games.

 

I'm too slow and to foolish for ego shooters

So, mostly I play strategy games - if any.

 

SimCity is one title I await now ... for most people similarly boring as flightsim ^_^

Same. Hours I use to spend peeking out of cover shooting or knocking down creatures with my sword are now spent planning a route, delivering cassette tapes (Air Hauler) or reading how to work a Bendix/King KLN90B.

 

Games just seem so much the same and don't hold my interest i.e. not enough depth or thinking needed.

Yep, I've noticed the same thing. Although, sometimes I wonder if it's just not a matter of prioritization. I still enjoy other games, but I fly on three different platforms now plus mess with scenery creation. It seems there's always something that I want to fool with in one of my sims, so I never have time for anything else!

 

I could clone myself, and still not have time for all of my other interests. I have no idea in the world why some people complain of being 'bored'. :lol:

Same for me too. I love the relaxing feeling of taking off and flying peacefully instead of dying and getting stressed on other video games.

 

That's exactly it for me. I used to play other games - enjoyed some of the submarine simulators like Aces of the Deep and the early Silent Hunter series, and I was a Harpoon regular for a while. Also tried air combat games. But my gaming time is usually late at night, and I found with those others that I couldn't come down off the adrenaline rush, adrenaline being about the last thing I needed right before going to bed. So I was sleeping badly and churning and feeling dragged out the next day. Flightsim for me is a whole different experience - mostly quiet, mostly peaceful. Of course, I try to avoid "white knuckle" airplanes - I'll take something slow like the A2A Cub or something methodical like a big transport over something exciting like the Legacy, great airplane though it is. All of which makes flightsimming a different corner of the universe for me, not like gaming at all. So if you asked me, I'd say that I don't game, I flightsim.

Of course, I try to avoid "white knuckle" airplanes - I'll take something slow like the A2A Cub or something methodical like a big transport over something exciting like the Legacy, great airplane though it is.

 

Haha, yep, I rather enjoy flying older military jets like the Milviz F86 (or the great SectionF8 version in FS9), but definitely not when I want to relax!

As I get older I like sandbox type games and flight simulation is one massive sandbox.

Absolutely not. I still spend more time playing other games than I do with flight sims. I tend to stay away from multiplayer these days though, unless it's sim-racing. I guess age is making me less tolerant towards my fellow human beings, especially those who are like I used to be. ;-)

Well, I actually never played video games too much, just one or two good titles over a year. Basically, I own HL complete pack, portal 2, BF3, few strategies and like a dozen indie titles. With flight simulations its a different story, very active in civil and military, and yea, my dad made a biiig mistake when he bought me first flight sim; if he bought me a cocaine he would probably rehabilitate me by now, but for flight sims there is simply no cure (nor will to cure myself).

Anyone else suffer from this problem?

 

Yep, I was just thinking about that. I have a box full of great PC games, but never use them anymore. Still using FSX almost daily it's amazing!

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Happy flying!

My time has been consumed by work.

 

As I often WANT to fly, I also HAVE to follow RW procedures. So that 90 minute flight is actually more due to "doing it right". (WX, flight planning, PC setup etc...)

 

I recently have been playing WoW and Tera and might even consider Rift again. I'm looking to play the StarCraft sequel and one day I'll finish Diablo...

 

So in short: Not i!

Wow! You hit out of the park with this thread. So true. Between work, kids and whatever else I don't get to spend a lot of time "playing". I own DCS, and love the ARMA series. I also love sim city and I am wondering about the upcoming release. Not to mention all the XBOX titles sitting on the shelf. Not only that with every year I get more obsessive with flight planning and pre flight checklists and boarding so one flight can take up a lot of time. In the end if I have to choose I will always choose flight sim over the other stuff. When I was in university I would start a long haul and then start my thesis research and keep an eye on the flight. :rolleyes: