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The great slump, the long break; a period of time a gamer experiences when they have little interest in gaming. It can happen to any gamer and probably will more than once in their gaming life. For some it can occur every couple of weeks or months, maybe just once a year. The variance in how long it lasts is great too although I believe all gamers eventually go back into gaming sooner or later.
The reasons for the slump are also quite varied and personal. For some the lack of anything new on the market can drive them into the slump. For others it can be a case of too much repetition in the games they’re playing or perhaps the trophy hunter who needs a break from the tedious hunting.
I’m experiencing a sort of slump at the moment. It all started when I decided to try and finish Mercenaries 2… again. Everything was going well and I was enjoying the game; who doesn’t love blowing up buildings or running through sheds with tanks? Unfortunately I always get to the middle of that game and my interest dries up. I don’t get why but it’s happened twice and it remains unfinished. It’s a shame but there you go.
It didn’t matter too much, however, because we’d just picked up Gran Turismo 5. So I threw myself into that and I was loving it. I was doing great in A-Spec and I even better in B-Spec. I was building up a great fleet of black cars and finally managing my money a little better. It was all going so well and then my interest peaked and went; again I don’t know why. I guess the game just couldn’t hold me.
This left me in a crap position. Ideally I would’ve liked to play Red Dead Redemption, collect all the trophies possible, then follow it up with Undead Nightmare. Unfortunately with it being so close the Christmas investing in a new game just isn’t viable. In about a week and a bit I’ll be heading away to spend Christmas with my girlfriends family and when I get back I’ll have Final Fantasy XIII which I’ve been looking forward too; RDR and Undead nightmare will have to wait.
So here I am in the slump but unlike many slumps this one has some gaming in it. While I can’t start anything new I can fall back on old reliables to get me through. I love a game with a great storyline so I’ve fallen back on GTA IV: Episodes from Liberty City. Why? Because both episodes and, indeed, GTA IV have well written storylines that are just fun to play without the worry of trophies or any such thing. I’m hoping these will carry me through the slump to Christmas and after that… a new year of gaming.
