Modern day gaming and feeling like a pavlovian dog

I’ve been video gaming for a hobby for well over a decade. I’ve played every genre of video games out there. Recently however, I’ve fallen into the trap of MMO’s and the whole “battle pass” scheme. What I’m trying to say is, I can’t enjoy playing video games anymore unless I know I’ll be rewarded for it in game. Whether that means my game time will amount to a skin, emote, an exclusive weapon, etc etc. I feel like I’m wasting my time and it honestly sucks.I hate feeling this way and wish I could go back to enjoying a video game for the sake of having fun. It all seems like a job to me now. Currently I’m heavily invested in Destiny 2 and nothing against that game, I love it a lot, however now I feel as if I can’t break out of that mentality. In Destiny, my time is rewarded with XP, triumphs, rare weapon drops, skins in game, all of which I enjoy. However, after awhile that sort of gaming gets very exhausting and starts to feel like a job. I start to dread wanting to play sometimes and I end up just not even turning on my computer after work.I was wondering if anybody else has been experiencing this first world problem lol and how you’ve either broken out of it or dealt with it. via /r/Games https://ift.tt/2Q6vSEk