Happens to me too. The only game I play a lot now is vanilla WoW (and mostly for the social aspect during raids and to talk with English speaking players). During the last few days I find myself enjoying doing difficult projects with Arduino, because it's more nuanced that gaming: there's a need to do physical stuff, to program, to debug, so there's higher level of engagement. The videogames felt great for me in my childhood, when they were something new and unexplored. Now I pretty much understand where each game plot goes, what the limitations if the games. I don't feel like I discover something. Also I do a hydroponics project. And I ride a motorcycle once a week. And workout regularly. All this replaced gaming, and in my childhood I played like all my free time, and didn't want anything else.
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Games have changed a lot in the last decades, from intuitive to counterintuitive (requiring extensive tutorials, forum research and mods), from game to work. You need to put a lot more effort (and time and money) into them to have a positive experience. This can feel overwhelming and draining to someone who's used to old games. There is also a large focus on online multiplayer games which means you're facing plenty of opponent players who cheat, reducing the game itself into a hunt for the best bot. Personally I don't find the design of modern games appealing either, they look and sound more and more similar.
Games are entertainment, and like any other piece of entertainment, they aren't for everyone. If you don't like games, you don't have to play them.
Ignore everything I wrote below. I somehow missed your last line, that it happens with every kind of genre, but since I already wrote all that, going to keep it here. :-D
That being said, there are tons of different genres in gaming, you can try different games to see which ones you like most. If you like CoD (Call of Duty), but don't play enough to get good for PvP (Player vs Player), maybe try some single player FPS (First Person Shooter) games. CoD also has single player campaigns, or Zombie mode in which you fight horde of enemies while completing missions.
Cyberpunk 2077 is a big RPG, with lots of systems and freedom to what you want, so of course it has tons of tutorials. If you don't want hand-holding, there are many games like that. Soulslike are famous for these. Try Demon's Souls and see if that is something that may interest you. Remnant 2 is also somewhat like that, but with shooting, instead of melee weapons.
You can also take a look at some indie games, that's where most of the innovation is these days. You can also try strategy games, or side scrollers, or deck builders, or management games, or fighting games, or social deduction games, or sports games and so on.
If you have some friends, you can also try some casual PvP game, like Fortnite, and just play while hanging around. Fortnite gets lots of hate, but it's great for something like this.
Actually I'm playing https://www.twilightwars.com/ with some friends who are all in a 8h different timezone. Because it's a turn based game we still can play together. It's kind of fun but remembering all the mechanics is difficult and the build in help is worthless, so I often have to chat with my friends to ask about how to do things.
Nice. Glad you found something you are enjoying.
You can try board games, or video game version of board games.
Same here. I don't care about games. And you know what? You don't have to! I Iike computers, i love networking, but i'm not in to games! I tried, but it's not for me, and that's just fine. You really don't have to.
I bought CP2077 and had the same experience as you, didn't want to continue. The tutorials are terrible. Even after finishing the tutorials I didn't find the gameplay/story insteresting enough for me to keep going.
The Witcher 3 is even worse, super long tutorial and forcing me to learn about spells/skills with its confusing UI.
It is like CD Projeck Red wants to gatekeep games to hardcore fans only.
I completely stopped gaming after the PS3 generation, hibernated for a decade and only started playing games again when I discovered Stadia. I still prefer older games.
People's tastes change over time.
Embrace it. Go out and look for new stuff.
Find a coop mate, try coop games, if possible? TBH I ran into similar issues, but the interest returns with the engagement of someone else.
It’s also possible you just aren’t tripping your interest. Maybe you’d be more into management/sim stuff like Rimworld instead of CoD, as an example.