Violent games don't cut it

[ComradeMeow]

For the record I am 21 and am not promoting any Sarkeesian ideology or feminism here. 

I have enjoyed video games for a long time and until recent years have not been able to stand them that much. What I loved about games were their entertainment value and their illusion of being in another world. All of that has become erased thanks to FPS games and the increase in creating sensational pseudo militaristic shooters. 
The genres I mist enjoyed growing up were stealth games and of course I am an avid Metal Gear Solid and Tenchu fan. I liked the games for their difficulty and sense of choice they provided. Now video games are about pitting the player against swarms of enemies and killing as many as possible, giving him the sense of being a "badass" or "hero." This shtick is entirely annoying and also boring as it does not make me enjoy the game since their is no immersion or point of interest. 
I do not connect to killing people or taking lives. I prefer to solve things in the best solution possible, I enjoy challenges and a sense of choice. I guess this is why RPGs have the biggest allure to me over any genre of game. 

How do you guys feel about excessive violence ruining games? Or do you enjoy it as many others do?

For me it has almost killed my gaming interest.

I think since the late 90s video games were as violent as they are now but just more pixelated, and you still have a choice to pick less violent games if you want them.

I only have 2 games for my ps4 and they're both fairly violent, GTA 5 and COD but I do want Mortal Kombat too.

The thing that shocked me the most for some reason is that you can kick a cat to death in GTA 5, I felt so bad after I did that, murdering prostitutes and random members of the public wasn't that shocking to me though.

I remember some games from my teenage years were GTA1, thrill kill, doom, goldeneye so my tastes haven't changed much towards violent games but I don't pick them because of the violence they're all quite strategical in some ways.  I like metal gear solid and RPGs aswell but some of those involve constant killing to gain XP.

GTA is an incredible game, because it is one of the least violent. If you consider it a violent game then you are mistaken. It is nothing like COD which has violence as the sole aspect of the game. GTA you can just go into free mode and do as you please, no pressure or worry. It is one of my favorite games.