Infact, that's one of the things about PC gaming that's at first a blessing but can end up becoming a quick curse. I get caught up with internet junk and all that. Now, it's a tremendous excercise to get me to beat a game ONCE. I even beat Cave Story 3 times back when all I had was an underpowered terrible Laptop. I beat Freedom Planet 3 times with 3 different characters in under a year back when I first got it on wii U, and Beat Shantae and the Pirates Curse 4 times back when I played it for the first time too. My tendency to replay games is much lower now, than it was back in the day. But ultimately realized that choice paralysis is a bitch, and it makes actually playing and enjoying games much harder. I used to think having lots of games in your library was awesome, back when i was much younger and didn't have much other than 3 or 4 at a time. Then I realized that not every FPS game needs to be a lightning fast reflex test that requires hours of practice to get a single kill in order to be a fun time I used to not understand why people played games like Halo when Quake was so much faster and more frenetic. I'll always love bikini armor though! Or less. I get the sentiment still, but it is definitely an ignorance I'm glad I've shed as some great stories and experiences I've had have come from them. I was one of those ignorant kids that would say there wasn't much of or any game at all. While I'm still not totally keen on the former, I'm far more invested now in VN's. My last genre opinion change would be on Adventure games and Visual Novels. Which is funny too since those things I fussed over were so influential to developers and fans across a broad swathe of palettes and tastes.
I am really glad I was able to overcome my hurdles as I'm much more able to enjoy things in life rather than force myself into certain positions to justify some stance on perceived superiority of one thing or the other. It can be anything, music, art, books, film or tabletop. I think its often a sort of sharp dissonance that drives people away, especially if they aren't in the mood for something. I was so off of the Jrpg bandwagon yet I'd keep an eye on them and eventually caved and would buy them to show support and know that one day I would get back into them proper. Then late 90's western fantasy took hold(though I have always been drawn to and love the styles of western art ala Frezetta, Luis Royo, Heavy Metal etc) of me and I was mainly focused on sandbox or at least more choice in story and even obsessed over character creators in games. More linear but sometimes better stories and art design. On one hand I really dug the Japanese stuff. On rpgs I flipflopped a few times throughout the years. Mainly stuff that stemmed from wargaming's past. When I was a kid, strategy games in general were a disappointment but I always loved the box art and idea. Some for me were genre, I'd say most actually lol.
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