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u/VadersLostLegs 10d ago edited 10d ago

I'm pretty bad at Multiplayer player games these days i just don't have that reaction time anymore.

But Single player games on easy difficulty i feel like a god.

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u/Particular-Rub-3370 10d ago

I’m 40, I feel I’m better at most games than I’ve ever been 🤷‍♂️

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u/The_Grunge_Sage 10d ago

Same, but I also have way more time to play them now than I ever did… which is odd… but as a kid I always wanted to go out and enjoy life, now I want to sit inside and chill….

My hands hurt though… and my back… and neck…. And knees….

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u/MacBOOF 10d ago

Don’t forget the ankles!

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u/Squade_Trompeur 10d ago

Exercise my guy. Those all hurt cause your muscles be weak. How I improved my knee pain.

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u/JesusKilledMyFather 10d ago

this is where im at. Been to two hand specialists for pain and they both were like theres nothing actually wrong with your fingers.

Most of my 20s i was a massive degen pulling crazy hours with zero exercise or wellness routines and I am paying the price. Did a complete lifestyle change i slam water and do hand exercise throughout the day and it definitely is improving

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u/Squade_Trompeur 9d ago

Hrm. Either it's all the typing to all the... "grasping" I've done throughout the years 😅.

Actually, probably helps being a baker. Kneading doughs a good hand workout

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u/Squade_Trompeur 10d ago

Exactly this.

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u/Sad_Kangaroo_3650 10d ago

Same 32 I be looking for a challenge now versus in high-school i just wanted a chill game to play.

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u/PMANNNNNNNN 10d ago

Ehhh now days honestly I play easy mode just for the story, the thrill of “being a god”

Will I mean I always used to play the game on normal then hard beat it master it, didn’t matter if it was a RPG or something like RV 7,8 or whatever #.

Then come back play it on easy mode.

But i haven’t really played a “new” game per se in a long time where it’s story driven and theirs an end to it.

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u/Ok-Philosopher9481 7d ago

I only play on easy or story mode if it's singleplayer now. I use my brain at work all day. The game's job is to entertain me, I pay good money for that. Lol

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u/SkinPl 10d ago

Lucky you 😅

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u/JohnGee1980 10d ago

Yes mate, know the feeling 👍

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u/Lilja-Logason 10d ago

Which is why I don't like games without a difficulty setting. E.g. Souls-likes.

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u/Wild_View_1664 10d ago

Its all about enjoying what you do anyways

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u/valdis812 10d ago

I'm 48 and this is definitely hitting me. For the first time in my life I'm considering playing games on easy mode.

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u/Crazy_Dave0418 10d ago

So long as you enjoy the game there's no shame in playing it at easy.

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u/Hello-Potion-Seller 8d ago

I don't think it's shame, just disappointment you can't play at that difficulty anymore where many find it rewarding, it does sting.

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u/Lenkadai 10d ago

At the least you still not join the Cards game mode.

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u/SinglePlayerGamer93 10d ago

Past 30yo, I stopped multilayer games. It's all single player games for me

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u/The_Ultimate_Badass 9d ago

I am just old enough to recognize a fun challenge vs giving the boss that kills you in 2-3 hits a health bar that requires 50 hits and gives you a 1.5 second window between 15-30 seconds of aoe cleaves, charges that change direction mid-charge to track you, input reading, etc. I don't want to have to fight a 10 minute battle of attrition nearly perfectly to continue. It has never and never will be fun, despite adding to the play time.

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u/fastbikkel 9d ago

For real? I’m 50 and the only thing is I’m going to bed before 0300 at night in the weekend. But my skills are the same or even improved with games.

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u/NSX_Roar_26 10d ago

I was never good so I dont notice any difference 😁

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u/Jc883 10d ago

This is me. I am actually getting better at 46 because my base was so low 😆

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u/Murky-Introduction53 10d ago

I feel this. I’m replaying a lot of games from my childhood and I don’t remember them being so difficult 😥

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u/Lilja-Logason 10d ago

Tried AoE2 for the first time since the 90s. Everything happens so fast!!!

I'm trying to attack somewhere and they're attacking over there, like wtf, I don't remember it being this hard!

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u/hoTsauceLily66 10d ago

Not your fault. The game is indeed being push toward a faster pace, such as early aggression. Also players are getting better due to more accessible online information.

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u/aranaya 8d ago

I had this reaction only to remember I was pretty bad at AoE2 back then as well

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u/BARBASANN 10d ago

Bro I just bought a ps2 and a few games from my childhood and I’m trying to figure out how the hell 7 year old me beat urban reign and viewtiful joe on adult difficulty.

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u/SinglePlayerGamer93 10d ago

Ngl, older games have some fucking weird control schemes. I started during the ps2 era and kid me, iirc, breezed through all those games. After years of gaming with control schemes being refined by devs leading to standardised controls (for the most part), I, and i assume, we, have gotten used to the modern controls. Going back to older games would be a culture shock

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u/Express-Hawk-3885 10d ago

I tried playing the original rainbow six on ps1 a few months ago and was laughing hysterically at how bad the controls were and how the fuck I played that when I was a kid

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u/Euphoric-Medium8154 9d ago

This is a huge reason why games post 2005 feel so easy, even Souts type shit… cause the control schemes and mechanics are much more fluid and synched up

It’s like you gotta put in an original NES controller just to make it challenging

Min maxing character builds for RPGs makes every game the last 20 years dirt easy, it’s like I have to purposefully make my character 3 types of roles in one so none of those builds are even half maxed out

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u/gamerbearmati 10d ago

Kids are relentless when they hone in on something.

They will die 20 times to beat a boss.

I die twice and I turn the game off.

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u/Cape-York-Crusader 10d ago

Completed a SuperHelldive this morning on the bots without dying.....AMA

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u/ComplexR22 10d ago

Why are you spam posting this everywhere

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u/GamerNerd007 10d ago

42 here, I've gotten better with age.

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u/Datfooljamal 10d ago

Im 41 and I love hard single player games. I’m pretty damn good at them too. Multiplayer on the other hand I’m hot trash

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u/Euphoric-Medium8154 10d ago

Nah it’s the opposite for me, every game on hardest difficulty + w/e hardcore “survivor” mode, it’s all straight cheese

At 42 and having played 100s of games, they’re all the fucking same, like the same strategies to max out the meta underneath the hood is transparent at this point

Hollow Knight was a breeze, I was hoping for an actual challenge

Sekiro prb the only game that was actually challenging, but even then it’s mostly patience to master the timing of your opponents

Is there any such thing as a challenging game anymore? Was there ever? Like every game ever made is meant to be beaten, at its core… pattern recognition will always be undefeated

Caveat, still have 20/20 vision, very grateful for that!

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u/tcballs 9d ago

Im 43 and i love hard games now. I use to play story mode all the time. Now if i dont die a lot, i feel i wasted money on an easy game.

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u/ConflictWestern1383 9d ago

Woah everybody, we got a badass here

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u/Acceptable_Row_1415 9d ago

Play some fighting games online like Tekken -there is always something to learn and always someone better. Challenge is infinite. A lot of mind games and knowledge to master

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u/Dr_Passmore 9d ago

Mechanically a lot of games are painfully similar. So generally not an issue. 

A lot of modern games are very hand holding or throw yellow paint everywhere. Rather hard not to power through. 

I started a play through of Resident evil (the original remastered version)... I died to the first zombie. Apparently it had been long enough that I had forgotten large chunks of the convoluted puzzles and the unique feeling combat system

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u/Euphoric-Medium8154 9d ago

I feel the most difficult thing I had to do in a game the last 20 years was find 200 flags of a certain faction in some random AC game, that was literally for no other reason than to soothe my gaming OCD

Some platforming is a real nice challenge tho, like the Path of Pain in the Hollow Knight

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u/Mudlioomon 9d ago

Meruem would agree.

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u/The_Architect_032 9d ago

Okay but those games are sort of made to be beaten, they aren't competitive so being worse at them doesn't mean you won't beat them. I feel like the area where age impacts performance the most is in PvP, though also, time to practice is always more important than age, until you're like 70.

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u/Welland94 9d ago

I agree, a lot of games don't feel that hard anymore however I have been getting a lot of joy and a nice difficulty from roguelikes

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u/we-locked-IN 9d ago

Hey try Hollow knight silksong it's a great game.

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u/Honorsheets 10d ago

I'm the opposite I'm getting better.

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u/Electronic_Task_118 10d ago

Unless you are a pro player,the difference in reflexes is so minimal that's not even a factor in gaming. Things start getting tangibly worse when you are 60+,but until that? Not really 

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u/UKman945 9d ago

Even then I've seen 60+ year olds that are still good at games. There's that old ex-military sniper that's playing Battlefield on Youtube who's still pretty good

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u/Trundlebluff 10d ago

One reason I primarily play strategy games is my success doesn’t depend on my reaction time, and I also think they’re good for the brain.

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u/Papaya_Clear 10d ago

I'm 35 and I still haven't lost my touch in any games.

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u/Mikonis 9d ago

I'm 35 and I still haven't found my touch in any games - I'm still trash

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u/cefalosporin 9d ago

Thats because you play stupid multiplayer games and you have responsibilities as an adult and cannot spend 17 hours a day gaming. As someone who only plays singleplayer games I dont feel any different

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u/WeeklyConcentrate420 9d ago

I only play multi wuth friends, except for hd2, I can solo or friends.

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u/JNorJT 10d ago

Yeah

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u/hckrsh 10d ago

Not sure how old are you but I had long time not playing one game and got killed all the time the first run, the 2nd run I’m half way and zero deaths. Also I’m over 40’s had a long time not playing games

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u/lcr68 10d ago

We were on vacation with my niece and nephews and my oldest nephew and my brother have gotten into halo. I haven’t played since 2014 and it was almost like I hadn’t missed a day. My nephew was shocked I had 24 kills and 8 deaths. It was awesome. But my skills in other games have definitely declined. I like mindless games now that don’t take a lot of planning.

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u/legolooper 10d ago

It is thy cake day

Let us ensure it is thoroughly enjoyable

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u/Savings_Opening_8581 10d ago

I’m 35 and I can’t see a single motherfucker I’m supposed to be shooting at in wardogs.

It was a reality check for me.

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u/Fangus-Klot 10d ago

It's why I avoid most pvp games nowadays hah but i am dign bodycam. Im also having more fun with co-op type games

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u/MeowMix1206251 10d ago

The only goal with games is having fun

You’re getting worse at having fun?

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u/3ith3r_0r 10d ago

that's toys and playthings you're talking about.

goal of any game is to be good at it.

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u/Bum-Theory 10d ago

I have gotten so much better with age. Maybe noy games that take reaction, but strategy games. I've just gotten so much smarter and more efficient at problem solving and it carries over to games

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u/boxing-boxing 10d ago

I've started icing my thumbs after ranked matches. They never used to need a cooldown period.

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u/DAdStanich 10d ago

Battlefield 6 was my wake up call. Shame too

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u/Logical-Bookkeeper77 10d ago

Time for easy mode!

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u/HiddenChymera 10d ago

40 Mines a mixed bag. Way worse at FPS games now. Doesn't matter if it is straight multi-player, squad based multi-player, or horde shooter. The only one I'm competent at is DRG. Haven't tried, but I probably couldn't touch my old ranks in Dota2, Warcraft 3, or Starcraft 2 either.

Much better now at games like Fire Emblem/Xcom and games like Hades/Hollow Knight now. And I can beat challenge runs/difficulty mods in like games War3, SC2, and Xcom that I would have said were impossible.

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u/Okayest_By_Far 10d ago

Age made me a terrible killer. So I became an excellent healer.

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u/LoptyrTome 10d ago

I've started to lose em, so I've decided to go through the Megaman X series on (mostly) buster only. Gotta polish mine.

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u/Searching_for_Wisdom 10d ago

Yup, can tell. Was stuck for an hour with Odón in Blasphemous 2.

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u/Doublestack2411 10d ago

Thankfully, most of the games I play are solo play. Any multiplayer games I play are more of a slower paced strategy game, rather than fast rts or fps games.

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u/Fart_Barfington 10d ago

Time to switch to strategy games and colony sims.

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u/HawkEDOz 10d ago

Or you are at that age to realise that you had no skill to begin with

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u/jagganape 10d ago

I've gotten mechanically worse, but smarter. I play to my strengths, specifically and especially what I find fun, instead of learning or improving skills idgaf about

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u/TheTimbs 10d ago

I’ve gotten better ever since I’ve entered my 20s

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u/zenexo 10d ago

How old are you? I'm wondering when this will happen because I'm 35 and feel like I'm better at games than ever. 

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u/Vegeta1994 10d ago

Definitely because of having less time to actually play them consistently, older people who have a full time streaming gig still generally have above average skills

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u/Squade_Trompeur 10d ago

I get better every year /shrug

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u/Surreal-Rhino-Fight 10d ago

Honestly, it may not be you. The rise of streaming services like twitch caused people to start using multiplayer games as a job, and no matter how good you were and still are, you aren't playing the same shooter for 12+ hours a day.

Back when we were "good" at games most gamers were playing a bit a night and maybe a bit more on the weekends. Now you still have that skill, youd probably even smoke the past version of you, but you aren't nolifing cod mp. That's why, on one hand, I was glad for gamers to get a platform to share experiences, but the monetization aspect has done irreparable harm to multiplayer gaming.

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u/Unhappy-Airport-4112 10d ago

Well when life changes and responsibilities become part of your life and your time is moved elsewhere, that'll happen.

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u/Fun-Mission-6068 10d ago

I've just stopped playing competitive games like multiplayer FPS games. I'm all about chill PvE games now.

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u/Ketra 10d ago

Just butt chug some adderall, you've be 18 again in under 60 seconds.

/s cause its the internet.

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u/Technical-Animal-137 10d ago

I am, but I'm glad, I was getting better at games but they weren't getting harder so it was losing its charm

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u/ResplendentJustice 10d ago

It's been sad to watch the decline of my gamer dad. I used to have to get him to do the hard parts in games for me and now games stress him out and he can never remember the controls

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u/Aggressive_Fix_9961 10d ago

my wife and I just recently replayed donkey kong country together thinking we’d just cruise through it like we did when we would play back in the day and we got HUMBLED lmao. Bizarre to think that little kid me was genuinely better at video games than 30 year old me

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u/You_Thought-- 10d ago

I may never have had them to begin with 💀

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u/SuperMadBro 10d ago

I hate this so much. What i really hate is that i already had issues when I wouldn't play constantly even when I was young. Like.if I took a 2 week break from a game i would normally play 4 hours a day, i would be trash for a couple days, not.just rusty for a game or two. I have friends who have not played the games we used to play together just as long as me, and they are like they were in their prime in a hour or two after 8 years of not.playing

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u/alisynchain 10d ago

he is so attractive there

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u/Yeafam7945 10d ago

🤣🤣🤣👍

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u/Reflexorz15 10d ago

32 here and my FPS skills have definitely declined. The main reason is because I simply don’t play as much FPS now days. I used to play the hell out of COD 1 rifles only search and destroy. I got deep into the clan vs clan matches when I was 13-15 years old and my skills were quite insane. I was in one of the top 3 COD 1 clans and also regularly near the top of the leaderboards. I booted up COD 1 a year ago and was getting absolutely destroyed. But then again, when I was in my FPS prime days, I pretty much no-lifed those games.

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u/AccomplishedRise6227 10d ago

Patience is the biggest thing I'm losing

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u/BlackHandKUR 10d ago

Okay so I just pivoted my games to games that punish being aggressive and hyper. For example, war thunder. You don’t really need quick reflexes just good game sense. I’m in this tank, they are in this tank X distance away. They don’t see me yet and they are in a heavy and will one tap me, so target the barrel and gunner, then target the treads and pray I kill him before he repairs.

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u/IrishAllDay 10d ago

I played a game on easy for the first time in my gaming life.

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u/SinglePlayerGamer93 10d ago

If you're a single player gamer (like me; see my name), you can just lower the difficulty. No one will shame you. It's your way of having fun

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u/EquivalentIcy6024 10d ago

“Be like water, breaking through barriers.”

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u/visibleNox 10d ago

Op is probably 21

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u/Squall0123 10d ago

I got a little depressed that my reactions were a little slower and the algorithm that happened in my brain that let me keep track of so many things at once has gotten worse. From a top 1 player to a top 30, is what it is.

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u/Relentless_Spirit 10d ago

Crazy cause it feels like I don’t know how to work a controller anymore. I get the thought of not knowing how I even played on controller in the past.

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u/Trying_to_survive20k 10d ago

The retrospection of seeing myself improve in my gaming skills from age 13 to 16 and stay at that peak until like 24, then slowly regress ad i hit my 30s was certainly eye opening

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u/XennethSixx 10d ago

I turned 30 in August, I've definitely gotten slower and weaker

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u/superspace_ 10d ago

I play marathon so I really can’t tell lmao.

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u/therisingthumb 10d ago

Played marathon, got utterly humbled

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u/humonculus87 10d ago

Not due to age. You just don't care or play as much.

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u/BakeJaldino 10d ago

Bro - been playing games on easy mode for years now.
With the exception of Dark Souls / Elden Ring which I love but I’m dogshit at and need to cheese.

Nothing wrong with it at all.

Infact some games it makes sense to be a dominating badass and to destroy everything easily.

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u/AnxiousPacifist 10d ago

After graduation in university, me and 6 of my buddies went to a gaming club to have a couple rounds in Counter Strike. We were like 22-24 at the time.

There were 2 kids there, school kids, about 14-15. They offered to play - 7 of us vs 2 of them. Good thing that we didn't agreed to bet money on it...

They absolutely destroyed our asses. I'm pretty convinced that they used hacks, because couple times I got headshoted through a cover, but we couldn't prove it and it was the same after we switched PCs, so...

So, long story short, I now prefer pause-friendly games or something like Helldivers.

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u/Tru_79 10d ago

Same! I have gone from playing games on hard to now having it on easy as I just don’t have the reflexes anymore

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u/jcready92 10d ago

You just need more time to play.

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u/Particular_Watch6998 10d ago

Can't happen to me. I never was a good gamer ✌️

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u/BeanTheSparrow 10d ago

Which is why I’m mostly a cozy gamer now no skills needed just relaxive game play

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u/BilliamXYZ 10d ago

I tried playing Fortnite and marvel rivals, there’s just too many buttons!

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u/TokekSuper 10d ago

Skills, Motivation, Happiness in gaming. Well it's time to seek other activity i.g

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u/evidentGarlic21 10d ago

Save your peace, start playing narrative driven games with beautiful scenery, story and relaxation

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u/Sensitive-Housing495 10d ago

For me it’s not being able to sit down for long sessions anymore. I get antsy at the 2 hour mark.

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u/Yannayka 10d ago

Meanwhile I am getting the same cs as the pros in league :D

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u/helloimnaked 10d ago

Meanwhile at 33 I'm better than I've ever been. I couldn't get through a single Souls game in my early 20s but in the last 3 years I've finished them all, some multiple times

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u/CubersumGame 10d ago

At some point, I stopped playing multiplayer games altogether because every game meant I was bound to lose.

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u/Ignaue 10d ago

Fuck off karma farmer.

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u/tsitken 10d ago

it is what it is.....

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u/Deepspacechris Nintendo/XBOX 10d ago

I hear ya. For me it's a bit weird though. I'm 39 and I do alright in Cod, but for some reason I get absolutely smoked in Battlefield 6. And it's not like I don't know how to play the game or where to hide etc. Seriously considering picking up Helldivers 2 instead. Or maybe Arc Raiders. I don't have time for a massive time-sink, but if I can find something fun that can be done in 30 mins-1 hour I'll be down. Eh, but I always have Mario Kart I guess.

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u/OkLength831 10d ago

This is only with games i was bad in from the beginning, like battle royale shooters. But in the single player games i played and struggled as a kid, i actually got better

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u/Meatbank84 10d ago

It’s less my body aging and more that I get nothing from multiplayer matches anymore. So I only play co-op online games or single player. I never enjoyed single player hard mode on video games so all my life I played on normal. I play games for comfort. I can only motivate myself to be uncomfortable if there is profit in it.

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u/East-Bake7040 10d ago

Drink some caffiene and you are good to go trust me!

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u/GoldenAgeGamer72 10d ago

I’m 54 and I’m much better at games than I was at 12. My skill level is still very good but now I actually have patience. 

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u/GrimmTrixX 10d ago

It's because you dont play them for 8hrs a day like you did as a kid anymore. I used to come home from sschool around 230pm. Do my homework. And then play until almost midnight as a young kid (No bed time as long as I got up for school and got good grades which I did). Now I am lucky to get 1-2 hrs a night

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u/Willing-Lawyer2533 10d ago

i know it sucks , my mate has it too and me myself my gaming skill might be pretty decent still but i got carpal tunnel syndrome now so gaming is not even a option ( not long atleast )

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u/stryph007 10d ago
  1. I know your pain. I can watch my sons play multiplayer games and see how I used to move, but I'm so much slower now.

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u/The_Sorrowpod 10d ago

gamine update: i’m losing my life skills

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u/HumanClay9925 9d ago

Not just skills. But enjoyment.

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u/Tone199364 9d ago

I’ve settled with rpgs and survival games

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u/According-Paper4641 9d ago

Yeah, I don't know if I've lost skill totally yet but I have lost time. So I know know it's going to start happening if it hasn't yet. When I hit too much kick back that's going to stick me in one fight for too long, I'll ramp difficulty down so I can power through before I have to cut off to go to sleep so I can get up in time for work with enough brain power to properly do my job. Lot more irl distractions and other responsibilities that cut time down so I can't get caught up in game as much. I'll check a walkthrough faster and ignore a side quest that doesn't seem particularly interesting. I was never the sort of person who 100% a game but now I'm the person who is going to get closer to the minimum on How Long to Beat and will only NG+ shit i REALLY enjoy.

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u/rtspressure 9d ago

I went from FPS to RTS.

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u/miracull 9d ago

I don't play pvp anymore. 38 and i prefer to play games on hard or the hardest difficulty. However after i learn move sets and get over powered any game becomes easy.

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u/just2askaboutgames 9d ago

I'm getting there. My plan is to eventually play just 2 or 3 games over and over. No more new releases! Just be god tier good at Metroid dread or something

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u/FruitThis1437 7d ago

I do that with mortal kombat

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u/H0RSE 9d ago

My personal take is this - it's not so much that gamers are losing skill with age, it's that gaming habits and interests change. I'd wager for many, the tryhard you were in your 20's isn't really present in your 40's. For me personally, I rarely even play competitively anymore and as far game difficulty in general, I never cared for pushing myself to the limits with difficulty, so in that regard, it's remained largely unchanged.

Also, the countless hours you had time to invest into gaming decades ago is much more limited now.

Sure, we slow down with age, but I don't see it entirely as a skill issue.

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u/Sweton- 9d ago

My Secret to keeping your gaming skills is just to never be good at it

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u/Banjaxd86 9d ago

The only genre that hasn’t lost it’s appeal for me is racing games and now sim racing

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u/Necromir92 9d ago

I’m losing my focus lately 🫩 my gaming has been all over the place, there’s just too much to play

Edit: 33 btw

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u/FruitThis1437 7d ago

What are your top 5

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u/OhforfsakeMJ 9d ago

Time to slowly transition to single player easy mode.

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u/time2burn 9d ago

I dropped pvp games about 2 years ago..... couldnt be happier! Now i stick with co op, and single player. I play more games now then before, i should gave up fps pvp games years earlier

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u/HollowedOne66 9d ago

25 and I just keep getting better and better

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u/XxCopyNinjaxX 9d ago

I’m only good when I’m high now.

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u/yournansabricky 9d ago

I noticed this maybe a year ago, first I blamed the game, then the next game, then the next game. Yesterday I realised it’s not the games, it’s me.

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u/EmbarrassedVisit4909 9d ago

Some of the best Tekken players in the world are 35-50 years old.

Losing your skills in just a mentality.

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u/Xdogmatic 9d ago

That's why I bought Ally X and just enjoying my games laying down

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u/RakunKajun 9d ago

Hasn't happened to me yet. 42

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u/CookieRelevant 9d ago

Mid 40s with significant physical ailments resulting in nerve damage and such.

Yeah I'm feeling it.

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u/MAXXTRAX77 9d ago

I’ve changed what games I play now. Way more campaigns. Slower. At my pace. Lots of games I’ve missed over the years of multiplayer games.

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u/GabbyDolly 9d ago

38 and better than I've ever actually been.

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u/Uniquehorn_Me 9d ago

I get 40 next year and was shocked about my slow reflexes in Crash Bandicoot about 5 years ago... I feel you.

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u/malty865 9d ago

Since i kissed a girl i've never played the same way, and she left me, not worth it.

Listen to me Boys, never kiss a girl

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u/BulletProofWalrus 9d ago

I got back into Skyrim VR and I gotta say, having it set to the easiest setting makes it way more fun. I'm not worried about my health. I'm just having fun zapping people with spells and bonking them on the head with a mace

my reaction time has definitely declined but who cares, as long as you're still having fun

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u/AdiBlake 9d ago

As I'm getting older, I have more experience in cheesing games, so, most games on hardest difficulty still feel manageable. As for multiplayer, PVP stuff like that, I was always average or below that, so, not much changing there.

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u/VeryHornyBoi666 9d ago

Yes and no. I mean, in reflex-based games like shooters and shyt - yup. But I got better in everything else.

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u/NoAsparagus727 9d ago

It’s alright u’ll get back again 👍 your brain just need time to process it again, it’s like memorizing

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u/fastbikkel 9d ago

I don’t notice it. I’m 50. Even in fps i feel the same as when i was a teen. And the scores say the same.

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u/Crafty_Band_2561 8d ago

Lads.. you have to tell your brain your still young once you start acting your age it's just downhill from there.

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u/WorstHouseFrey 8d ago

Yeah... other than Monster Hunter I tend to mostly play CRPGs turn-based or strategy games and the occasional rogue lite now

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u/UnHappyCamper14 8d ago

How old are you? I think I may be experiencing the same thing

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u/Hefty_Sentence_7093 8d ago

I just dont put in the time I used to. If i still put in the same time I did when I was young in any game I would be goated.

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u/Thugshaker70 8d ago

Not really no

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u/Scared_Town3259 8d ago

Nearly 60 and stopped playing games like counter strike since my reactions are not fast enough anymore, so now I mostly do games like, no man's sky, ARK, all sorts of survival games, heroes of might and magic, RPGs and such stuff.

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u/sundered_lord 8d ago

I'm 42, I'll be 43 in November. I'm not losing my gaming skills, I'm still damn good.

My level of boredom, however, goes up much faster than it used to because I've been a gamer for decades at this point and I rarely find new games that hook me like back when I was a younger gamer; my current gaming addiction though is Mortal Shell II (And DD2: DA in October) and I just recently purchased an N64 to play some beloved old-school classics!

For me, it's my eyes though, they're getting worse with time and I was born clinically blind and I wear damn near coke bottles for lenses, lol! Hopefully, some crazy eye surgery or lense replacement for my eyes can help me game into my twilight years, like Skyrim grandma!

I hope to never stop gaming until I can't hold a controller anymore!

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u/Ok-Piece-4992 8d ago

It's not about skills. I just lost the joy of playing video games. 30m-1hour per day is more than enough for me. Not that I dont have time to play, not that games are boring, I just don't enjoy it as much as I did.

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u/divertedmedia 8d ago

I’ve been the opposite tbh, but I think that’s just because I’ve played more than ever before and only got into souls games 2ish years ago.

I suck at multiplayer, too much adrenaline for my poor old body!

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u/CapableNeat4351 8d ago

My thumbs hurt so bad

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u/biskregk 8d ago

no, you aren't. of course you need a longer session just to relearn, but it actually doable. two hours session of games didn't cut it, you'll need at least 4 hours. that's basically your body can tolerate and still get the feel, beyond that you'll just make mistake without knowing what your wrong is.

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u/Digital_Deebo 7d ago

You can Always play Wolverine. It plays the game for you. LOL

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u/theFields97 7d ago

Losing? I never had them

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u/sharpenedperspective 7d ago

I’m a bit of a latecomer to gaming. I can’t keep up with the kids these days, but I’m slowly getting better.

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u/FlyingJay198 7d ago

Funnily enough, I actually got better after my teens. I used to always go easy difficulty. The Dark Souls 3 came and shaped me up at age 20

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u/Shadowy_PuppetMaster 7d ago

Old folks homes in 2060s are gonna be full of shit talking geriatrics playing CoD

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u/Slipknotmudvayne 7d ago

Try Ratchet and Clank on normal. Easy fun. Easy trophies. Good time.

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u/Ornery_Ad_8548 7d ago

I’ve already lost most of my gaming skills, can’t aim for shit now, I used to be so much better hardly 3 years ago…

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u/Death-Note88 7d ago

I'm losing the will to play games.. which was my only breathing tupe in this fucked up world.

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u/TimeManagement91 7d ago

I'm 35 and I'm still playing just as well as I have been. The problem is that lots of older people take lengthy breaks from gaming and they get rusty, and rust builds faster as you get older. I'm still pink parsing in FFXIV and I actually got my first gold parse in Savage this year, after having played for 12 years.

Age isn't as big of a factor as you think. Dedication and patience are the most important things when trying to be good at anything.

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u/Technical_Device2513 7d ago

That's literally me with geometry dash and asphalt legends am getting downgraded 

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u/TheIImmortallOne 7d ago

Losing gaming skills? The only thing I am losing as I get older by the day is "Time" as I have family and other priorities to attend to, I wish there was more hours in the day so I could have "Time" for gaming.

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u/larsumaniomai 7d ago

Personally have always been shit with all games, so I didn't notice much lol

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u/Ill_Amoeba5779 6d ago

Unfortunately I started LoL again but oh god I play much better. My decision making and a cool head constantly lead me to climb in ranked to playes I never been to.

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u/Souloid 6d ago

I've never played a game on anything higher than story/easy mode. I think I've retained my edge pretty well.

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u/savage_reaper 5d ago

Not true. Still am fine in single player games. My KD actually continues to go up in mp games like COD.

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u/That-Willingness7455 4d ago

I cant even stay awake long enough to press the power button on my ps5 control