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[Olengie]

I said goodbye to Pokemon after Ruby/Sapphire

 

[muteki]

Definitely aged out of TF2.

So much fun back before I had full time job/kids. At least it had enough silly stuff going on towards the end that made it easier. I still would love to go back to those low-grav open maps as scouts and shotgun a bit though.

 

[Fractapixels]

I feel like I've aged outta a lot of games but I think the first one that leaps to mind is the Sonic Series. I remember pouring countless hours into the Adventure games and 3 when I was younger. After playing through them again recently and then playing later on Sonic games nothing really keeps me interested anymore.

 

[Sotha_Sil]

Elder Scrolls, it was never a hardcore franchise, but now it's near the pinnacle of streamlining and appeasing the masses. Also, losing Kirkbride definitely hurt their lore-building, which can was once God-tier.

 

[MegaSackman]

League of Legends, I used to play tons of hours from beta to Season 1 but then I lost my track and now even if I watch some tournaments every time that I think about coming back I see so many new champions that I get discouraged.

Resident Evil, it was the best thing in the world when I was younger, and now I feel like every game in the series is trash and I liked them back then because I was a puber.

Metal Gear could fall into the same idea, it all falls down to The Phantom Pain, we'll see.

 

[Ryouji Gunblade]

I said goodbye to catching them all after Ruby and Sapphire. Does that count?

I feel like I played enough Tales games to not have significant interest in new titles.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

After playing World of Warcraft since open beta in fall of 2004, Warlords of Draenor showed me that Blizzard has no interest in making WoW the game I fell in love with. The legion stuff was all brilliant and shiny but it's just not what I want in my world of warcraft.

WoW going from my main thing to a kind of passing thing was a steady progression but WoD has elimated all hope I have for this franchise and honestly lowers my expectations of blizzard greatly.

HotS isn't a genre I'm interested in
Hearthstone is RNG bullshit
Diablo 3 is eh, but at least it feels like it's getting better with each update
Starcraft 2 is a fucking disaster

Fuck you blizzard you're an awful developer

 

[atomico]

The N64 era pretty much marked the end of the Nintendo franchises for me.

I grew up on the SMB games (1, 3, and Land, rather) and Super Mario World is one of my top 5 favorite games of all time, but after that, I progressively lost interest. Getting the 120th star in SM64 was kinda bittersweet, as if I knew I was never gonna buy another Mario game again.

Similar deal with Zelda. Ocarina was the end of the line.

Metroid Prime almost dragged me back in. I imported a GameCube just for that game. Then again, after completing it, I sold the console.

 

[m_dorian]

World of Warcraft for me too.
Nothing was the same after WotLK, the game's gotten worse over time.
However, i had great memories from the game and made some new friends so it served its purpose, i guess.

Spoiler

Still i miss my WotLK Retri Pally

 

[SoundsOfScience]

Pokemon lost me after Gold and Silver and I never fully went back until X and Y. I really enjoyed the past gen so I'm pretty excited for the next one!

Halo for me, I'm really not sure I like the way it's evolving so far.

Holding my breath for Halo 5 as I want to still love it (I love 1, 2, and 3 still), but I'm not sure it'll be the case. Halo 5 may very well be my last Halo game.

After talking with a friend who is a massive Halo fan, I'm gonna give Halo 5 a chance... But man, I really wasn't sold on Halo 4. I have so many fond memories with the first three and its such a bummer I have almost no interest in Halo 5.

 

[RoKKeR]

Assassin's Creed. Brotherhood is probably in my top 10 favorite games, but it has taken a sharp nosedive since. (only held up really by AC4 and some of Unity's co-op missions)

Does anybody give a shit about the one coming out this year?

Also Bad Company 2. The slow realization that there will never be another BF game light it is really quite sad. It was the peak of console, non-arena FPS. Wish they would do the series justice and make a proper sequel.

 

[Jotamide]

I'm close to doing this with Nintendo games, especially with them forcing Amiibo into everything. I can't stomach the thought of missing out on content because I didn't buy some rare toy.

Yeah, these days anything Nintendo-related makes me bitter and mad mostly. The Metroid Federation Force announcement and this E3 in general left me really disappointed.

 

[CJCW]

GTA for me. It's not growing out of it as much as it's that I've had my fill. I sunk hundreds of hours into Vice City and San Andreas years back, then when I played 4 I basically had to force myself to finish it. It was probably the biggest letdown I've encountered in gaming, though maybe it wasn't the game's fault. Now, I could easily play my brother's copy of 5, but I haven't even given it a thought. I just have no interest in the series anymore.

 

[JuanLatino]

assassins creed - too modern, miss the mystery/story behind the assassins and templers
since 3 the franchise went down for me - i liked black flag (but more because of its gameplay - not because of the assassins and the story)

I was looking forward to unity since it was going back to the roots (dense city) but the game felt empty...like something was missing

Maybe its because patrice desilets left the studio

 

[FireBeaver]

Sonic.

God, I used to be such a fanboy of the series but slowly over time I began to lose interest in it, especially because of the declining quality.

 

[Phediuk]

JRPGs. The whole genre.

Last one I liked was Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door on Gamecube lol.

 

[ChrisDM]

I'd probably agree with Sonic, but honestly, I still love a lot of the same franchises today that I did as a kid which I find interesting. Not entirely sure why. Gotta keep that inner kid alive.

 

[MGrant]

The Final Fantasy series. It was my favorite series as a kid (started with 4 back on the SNES), but the games are so long and so far deviated from my interests that I just can't use up my two-ish hours of daily free time on them anymore. FF12 was a nice last hurrah for my enjoyment of the series, though. What a wonderful game.

 

[ScaryMonsters]

For me it was Lineage 2. It was my very first mmorpg and I played it with friends over the course of 8-9 years. But then it become f2p and too many things changed for the worse or it was change I didn't want to happen. I still think it's one of the best online rpgs but it's not for me anymore.

Remember Giran, overpopulated with traders and thus taking forever to load in... good times.

 

[JimmyRustler]

I thought it was Resident Evil, but Capcom keeps playing me.

Loved the series to death, hated 5. Couldn't play 6 more than an hour. Then the re-release the REmake and announce RE0 remaster and REmake 2.

Just when I thought I was out...

 

[GamerJM]

The only time I can think of this happening to me was with Mario Party. And even then I might get back into it if Nintendo ever decides to add online.

 

[.Anema]

Final Fantasy...
I was really hardcore playing the Final Fantasy games in the SNES/PS1/Final Fantasy X era, I loved the gameplay, the music, the characters, everything... EVERYTHING! But after finished FFXIII and XIII-2 I'm done. And sometimes I think that I'm done with the whole JRPG gaming.

Also, not a game itself, but all this "open world" shit is killing the gaming experience for me :/. WHY EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE SO HUGE!!!, it's pointless!! Today I reached 90 hours in The Phantom Pain and I still can't understand or justify why this game has a open world setting. I'm ok when they justify the open world (GTA, RDR) but Metal Gear? WHAT?

 

[Caramello]

I said goodbye to Pokémon after the release of Gold and Silver. Ruby and Sapphire released when I was 14 and I completely skipped the GBA generation. I returned to Pokémon with X and Y and also played Alpha Sapphire. I love the series even after that 10 year break.

My point is, don't think that you're done with a series or genre just because you're saying goodbye now. You may find that it creeps back into your life 10 years into the future.

 

[Beren the Empty-Handed]

Pokemon.

I stopped after Gen II. I still go back and play those old games, and Snap, and the Stadium games, but I just can't do the newer games. I recently tried Emerald just because, and I forced myself to finish it. It wasn't compelling to me anymore.

 

[Dr. Buni]

I feel that those who stopped Pokémon on Gen II could at least give Platinum and Black & White a try, because those are the best games in the series. Or maybe they shouldn't...

Sonic.

God, I used to be such a fanboy of the series but slowly over time I began to lose interest in it, especially because of the declining quality.

Funny you say that with a Fire Emblem avatar, which is another series that keeps declining in quality. x)