W3 Hype has rendered me incapable of playing other games

[Ouroboros612]

W3 Hype has rendered me incapable of playing other games

This is kinda crazy. I'm 30 years old. I've been a hardcore video-game addict since I started with Super Mario on Nes when I was like 7-8 years old. I've been ultra-hyped for games before (Skyrim, Fallout 3 etc) but this is the FIRST time this has actually happened to me;

I am incapable of enjoying any games due to the W3 hype.

Recently I've been playing dota 2 (3500+ hours played total), D3, pillars of eternity, SC2, hearthstone +++. But right now I can't even log into them.
I'm sitting here with a bloodstained F5 key and 12+ tabs up reading Witcher news, forums and so on. The mere thought of having fun playing other games are drained out of me.

I need a support group, someone share their pain or give me a hug before I lose my sanity

 

[spookypuppy]

I thought I was the only one. I've been gaming since Pong & this is the only time I remember that I had 0 intrest in playing other games while waiting for a release.

 

[RyukenQ]

It is a good pain

 

[braindancer12]

 

[tekkenbat]

*hugs virtually ouroboros612 ^___^

 

[The_Blog]

For me it is the opposite. I am trying to kill the time to finally play The Witcher. I am playing through Darksiders 2 now and I am basicly done with my S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of Prypjat playthrough.

 

[guilhermecn]

Same here mate. I only finished GTA V because of its story, but I can't go into online mode anymore . Mother Creatrix have mercy...

 

[shtempik]

Haha same feeling here... I am trying to play something to pass time but simply can't, it's all sitting in the witcher, hearing Witcher soundtracks, checking posts and being hyped 24/7

 

[guilhermecn]

CD Projekt RED created a very powerful drug, not a game hahahaha

 

[bannedbrother]

yeah man i feel ya and am suffering of the same condition....no amount of alcohol helps either so i reckon this is terminal....best we support each other the best we can...i cant eat, sleep, game .....

 

[RedFire01]

The same for me, i'm a quarter of the way through The Lady of the Lake and i really want to finish re-reading it and then play through The Witcher 1 and 2 before The Witcher 3, but here i am sitting on the forums procrastinating.

 

[Mohasz]

W3 Hype has rendered me incapable of studying. That's much worse, believe me.

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I'm ready to cry you a river anytime.

 

[psychopigeon]

i waited in anticipation for years for gta v but i havent played it for 2 weeks, now i wait for witcher 3

 

[Ouroboros612]

W3 Hype has rendered me incapable of studying. That's much worse, believe me.

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I'm ready to cry you a river anytime.

I'm lucky on that part thankfully.

My first exam is done (introductionary course in psychology).
My assignment in pedagogics is done and can be delivered the 22nd.
Only remaining part is a course in ancient rhetoric in which the assignment is given the 25th.

So I have exactly one week to finish W3 at release, I have to play 15 hours a day

This year is such a great year for gaming that I only took optional subjects this year. Studying japanese language and culture regularly. Non-native English speaker btw incase someone question how I got into uni with this horrible english grammar lol.

But hey Cry me that river maybe it will help, how much is your studies crashing with the W3 release?

 

[Cathulhu81]

I thought I was the only one. I've been gaming since Pong & this is the only time I remember that I had 0 intrest in playing other games while waiting for a release.

I too started with Pong - made in CCCP console, brightly orange with two joystics. Lately i'm unable to play anything - there is absolutely nothing to grab my attention. Maybe pillars of eternity, but i truly hate active pause combat and it seems PoE will share the same fate as Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights or Dragon Age - i've stopped playing them roughly in the middle of story. Last game i've finished was Wasteland 2. I had great hopes for Raven's Cry but unfortunately game was too ambicious and dev went bankrupt. I guess i'll have to wait for Akella for another pirate themed game..

 

[PrinceParadox.372]

W3 Hype has rendered me incapable of studying. That's much worse, believe me.

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I'm ready to cry you a river anytime.

I had to try and force myself to study for finals. Thanks god I got them over and done with. Just relaxing, reading Lady of the Lake.

 

[Ouroboros612]

I too started with Pong - made in CCCP console, brightly orange with two joystics. Lately i'm unable to play anything - there is absolutely nothing to grab my attention. Maybe pillars of eternity, but i truly hate active pause combat and it seems PoE will share the same fate as Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights or Dragon Age - i've stopped playing them roughly in the middle of story. Last game i've finished was Wasteland 2. I had great hopes for Raven's Cry but unfortunately game was too ambicious and dev went bankrupt. I guess i'll have to wait for Akella for another pirate themed game..

Pillars is fantastic imo, but its a game you have to savor and have time / patience to play properly. Its not the kind of game you can enjoy while hypedrenaline is coursing through your veins like a black-blood potion ^^

 

[shtempik]

Pillars is fantastic imo, but its a game you have to savor and have time / patience to play properly. Its not the kind of game you can enjoy while hypedrenaline is coursing through your veins like a black-blood potion ^^

Exactly! I am unable to start any serious game (Have a huge backlog) because Witcher 3 is out in 5 days! And all the games that aren't serious and I play just for gameplay and funs, just don't drag my attention too much to want to play them

 

[Sainur]

Yeah kind of feeling the same, I played M&B: Warband quite a lot but haven't played it for about a week now. I am now "trying" to play Skyrim. I've spent a good 1000 hours on that and I've modded the crap out of it, but half of the time I'm alt tabbed out or I just close the game and browse forums and read up on the Witcher 3.

4 days... I must... survive...

 

[TheGobbomage]

Im an really bigg Dark Souls fan! But just thinking about playing that game makes me sick...i want Geralt! I want my Signs! Iwant the big open world! I want the 80 monsters! And I want the great Sory! NOW!