>tfw getting to the age where I have to put difficulty setting to easy now
>>722650229Yeah, you're fucked, hard is the sweet spot for me
>at the age where I try to finish a game as fast as possible to minimize time wasted>feel restless when there are no games to play
>games get more and more piss easy each yearunc in his 60s
>>722650229what age is that?and not normal but easy?>34 and still plays everything on the hardest difficulty
zoomers are niggers
And what age is that?
Happy 13th Birthday
>>722650229I don't 100%.I don't New Game +. I don't get the best weapon. I don't get the secret cutscene. I don't feel happy. I don't check every drawer. I don't talk to every NPC. anymore
>>722650229I always try to explore every bit and cranium whenever I play a new game, which is why BioShock took me over 20 hours to complete. I just want to get the most out of my initial playthrough.
That age doesn't exist, or rather it's until your fingers literally stop working properly. I just finished playing older DW on Hard(and Chaos for 5). Some months ago I was getting 1ccs in shmups and other arcade genres.I handle high difficulty way better than when I was younger, better pattern recognition et all.
>>722650337>>72265030338. I just don’t have the reaction time anymore. I also now forget every characters name as im playing so I can hardly follow the story in most games (and movies)
I hear yat. 76-year-old gamer
>play on the hardest difficulty setting>take my time instead of trying to blaze through the game like a retard with burnt dopamine receptors Just stop being gay, OP
i play on easy mode because its more fun for me :D
>>722650664>reaction timeonly degrades if you don't use it
>only play games in easy difficulty>game has an achievement for beating it in the hardest difficulty
>>722650664I'm also at that age and I think Silksong is not a hard game and people are just whiny.
>>722650664I'm 38 and I've been knocking down a few arcade games here and there and getting some 1CCs.
>>722650664That's a dogshit lifestyle issue, you're still drinking soda, let me guess
>>7226502296?happy birthday, big boy!
>>722650664>38>I also now forget every characters name as im playing so I can hardly follow the story in most games (and movies)this nigga speedrunning Alzheimers
Pretty sure noahs flood made us all half retarded permanently
>>722650229Don't really understand this. Video games feel pitiful if it isn't on hard/harder difficulty.
>>722650229>am old now>have to put games on hard to even begin to have a challengeI am only getting stronger
>>722650229The age? 21
>>722650229I just straight up cant play games anymore.I'm replaying san andreas and it's kicking my ass so bad I'm thinking of stopping.What happened man
>>722650229oh no...you turned 21? RIP
>ace sans in 2015>can barely get through deltarune, let alone the secret bossesIt comes for us all
>>722650664I'm 45 and this shit ain't nothing to me man. How are you having this much trouble? The most I understand is quitting a game that doesn't respect my time like most mmos
>>722651097yeah pretty muchas I kid I would play on easy and bumble my way through games.as a teenager I just picked the default and played the game not really caring or considering difficulty or how the experience changed, I just wanted to have a good time.as an adult I pretty much always play on the hardest difficulty or the game is trivialized by actually engaging with the mechanics and not being retarded.couldn't imagine playing on anything that doesn't actually require me to think.
>>722650664I can't even be ass'd to even bother trying to follow the story anymore. Complicated stat mechanics? Fucking forget about it. I find myself just watching the same 3 TV shows and playing the same 5 or 6 games every year now.
>>722650229How old are you? I'm 35 and I'm finding games easier as I get older but I mostly play turn-based and strategy games.I can still play games of other genres about as well as when I was a teenager.
>>722651269I don't care for playing RPGs on hard difficulty that said, since it's such a crapshoot on if its balanced or not or if it'll even attempt to not be a grind fest
>>722650664Unless you're doing competitive games or something, there's no way your reactions aren't good enough unless you're also drunk/high.
It really doesn't seem like you guys are getting old. I mean that in a way that lots of the shit you're bitching about doesn't happen from age alone.You're just stagnating and your brain is going to shit. Age didn't do that. You did.
>>722650229>>722650664>38>still posting wojaks
>>722650664Reaction time helps but a golden rule of most games(including multiplayer) is that if you need to react often, it's because you are fucking up the strategy part of the game.
>>722651465>38>likes and emphasizes with catcher in the rye
>>722650664>>722650229This is a LARPer threadhow dare you make fun of boomers, OP
>>722652004>implying this isn't an entire website full of Holden Caulfields
>he doesn't use his vast life experience to predict the future and react in advance, seeming like he has godlike reflexesWhy does it seem like people only get dumber when they grow older, when it should be the opposite?
As long as you are having fun Anon...it's all good.
>>722650664Get yourself together dudeBut for now you'll live with the monkier "skill issue" until you stop acting like a void
>>722650664mate that 20ms delayed reaction time doesnt mean jack, you were always a shittert. 35 year old god gamer
>>722652004Anyone who sees themselves in Holden is a faggot ass phoney
starting to think people who complain about mechanical skill or attention span arent just old theyre mentally dulled in general.there are surgeons, sport/combat veterans and chess players that are mentally or physically adroit well into their 50s- not to the same degree as when they were 20 but still more than capable within high tiers. For you to be complaining that you have to put a videogame on easy means youre a untaxed retard whose been sitting around doing jack shit and expected to maintain speed and clarity of mind "just because".
>>722652096this is exactly what happens, the issue is that proficiency and exceptional skill was was rare even when they were young, so the older people get in general the less exceptional individuals there are going to be for any reason in that bracket. Theres a reason why people talk about being in their "prime" so much despite the tutors and instructors for anything being considerably older and yet more skilled and knowledgable
>>722652004*Empathizes
Protip -- Learn piano, buy some shitty electric cheap keyboard and learn. It helps with keeping your hands dexterous. It's also a good idea to keep fit, preferably through arm and hand eye coordination sports, like Tennis. Also consider taking up some kind of mental hobbies like daily crosswords or reading everyday. But learning a language or two will do you wonders.
>difficulty to easy>only start games that are shorter than 20 hours>Check every few missions how many hours are left Why am I like this now
>>722650229>His gaming skill hasn't increased with ageKWAB
>>722652367>Theres a reason why people talk about being in their "prime" so much despite the tutors and instructors for anything being considerably older and yet more skilled and knowledgableFunny, I never thought about how paradoxical that is
>>722650229I don't see why that's necessary. There aren't that many games coming out that's a test of agility and reflexes anymore. They either don't have difficulty settings in the first place like Elden Ring or Silksong, or are competitive multiplayer games.
>ITT zoomers larping
>get to the age where I play games to fill time, rather than to have funI'm tired
>>722653232You don't know what larp means
>>722653332Unless you are retired , where do you find the time?
>>722652273The meme that /v/ doesn't play videogames might not be that much of a meme. It reads like people who haven't touched them in like one decade and somehow expect to retain the same skills without a lot of warm up
>>722650664I'm 41 soon and i do fine. Get a brain checkup maybe
>>722650664Man you should be playing mario kart with your kids by now, stop fucking around.
>>722650292>haven't played a single player game in a while>start making a mod for one of my favorites>other people say they're interested>have fun playing through a couple times while testing it>looking forward to releasing it and just having a normal playthrough with it after
>>722650229I mean you're setting it to easy because of your enormous backlog right? anything should be doable. It's about how much time you're willing to invest because of other commitments. Having your backlog obligations does sometimes force you to cheese games sometimes if you want to prove that you didn't buy a whole load of games over steam sales for no reason.
>>722652096>>he doesn't use his vast life experience to predict the future and react in advance, seeming like he has godlike reflexesYeah right, Janeway, we all know you cheated
>>722650664i'm almost 35 and my reaction time has never been betterjust stop being depresed lol?????
