>hit 30>start playing games on easy mode>have fun again
>>729505814I'm nearly 40 and haven't done this
>38>smashing noobs in cs with the lads at faceit10>having fun
>>729505814why?
>hit 30>pick normal mode instead of hard on brand new game>feels like gay baby easy mode>feel such immense shame that I swap to hard after a few hours
>hit 30>stop using cheats and start enjoying playing games normally again
>>729505814>mid thirties>wife and kid>full time job>still enjoy hard gamesI dont get this meme. Just watch a fucking movie.
>>729505907And you're also not having fun
>start new game>story difficulty>open dev console>godmode: ON>all weapons: ON>infinite ammo: ON>enemy AI: OFFit's gaming time
>>729506231you're too normal
>>729505814I did the opposite, I'm more likely to Google if a game is too easy and bump up the difficulty.
>>729506272I am even if you say otherwise
>>729505814>hit 30>start making simple toys in unity>never loved videogames moregamedev is the ultimate sandbox
Yeah it's a stupid meme, i've never stopped getting better at games in my late 40s
>>729505814nigga you are not an old man you are 30if you're seriously debilitated enough that you cannot function properly it is a health issue, not an age one
What was yours?
>>729506767Shoulder injury.Then balding at 35.
>>729506767I was born with a debuff
>>729506767My debuff from a starting build is anxiety. It's like a negative trait that you get at the start of a game.
Moving my left arm the bones or whatever in my left shoulder cracks around making a sound like when you walk in fresh snow
the needs of older people with less time are already filled by normal difficulty modes. the absolute bare minimum of an activity where you need to engage with cookie cutter streamlined skills is normal mode. you might as well just watch youtube videos.
>>729505814>35>Game mode: whatever the second hardest one is>Volume: off>Noclip and speedhack: keybound for any time a game wants me to access something two inches above me by spending 30 seconds walking to a staircase or climbable ledge>A generic christmas romcom instead of whatever bingbops the game would've tried to make me listen to: on my second monitorYep, it's gaming time
>>729505814>almost 40>start playing beat em ups, run and guns, and shmups>have fun again
>>729505814difficulty levels aren't even a thing in modern games. they just change the damage numbers and that's it. instead of making a game more skill based they just make them more tedious to play.
>>729505814it's fake fun
>>729506767Not sure which of my many defects I picked up at 25 but having ED at 30 is making me feel like my life is already over.
>>729505814I just stopped fast paced games that rely on reflexes, like Dark Souls, Street Fighter and Overwatch. Turn based games are the best experience for old people like me, I had a lot of fun with Baldur's Gate 3. Expedition 33 was the right level of challenge, hated the reflex based QTEs, but it was mostly fun.
>>729508651>having ED at 30Unless your nuts got blown off in an explosion you need to stop watching porn and using a death grip
>>729505814I started gravitating more to strategy game and turn based as i got older. Fast paced games just don't do it for me anymore.
>>729505814I actually get a lot of mileage out of setting games to easy, enjoying it, then going back to hard again when I'm ready. More people should do it.
>hit 30>hit 31>hit 32>hit 33>hit 34>It just keeps going
>>729505907What's your completion rate?
>>729505814>Urr durr I'm so OLD!No you aren't you spastic, come back when you are 50, not even being 40 seems to stop people from playing hard games.
>>729505814>30+>easy or normal>offline>make up elaborate stories for my character and build fun or wacky cities>zero fomo and grinding, the moment it stops being fun i'm out of there or i just cheat past the bad parts
>>729505814>hit 30>start new game>google "GAME how long to beat">after the play sesh, look up longplays and check how much i've progressed>have fun
>>729506767I stepped on a nail in my early 20s that went through my shoe and deep into my foot.After about 5 years the scar tissue has solidified into a permanent nail in my foot that will hurt so bad after hours of walking that I will limp as though I am injured.
I literally can't beat the Paintress. Mechanically it's just beyond me even though the individual parts are fairly easy, despite the bullshit delayed attack that punishes you and is fucking garbage in the 2nd phase. I would ban this type of fight completely if I had my way. It's completely ruined the game for me.
>>729507616>any time a game wants me to access something two inches above me by spending 30 seconds walking to a staircase or climbable ledgeMan I had no idea how much I hate this until you mentioned it.
>>729505814always pick the difficulty below hardest
>>729509902Paintress is easier than Renoir though.
I beated my first Touhou (and first Shmup) on Lunatic after 30.Worse reflexes after 30 is the worst meme I've ever heard.
>>729505907bitches ain't shit
>>729510007Renoir took me like 6 or 8 tries on expert. Paintress fight I don't know, there's something about it that fucks with me.
>>729506767I cut my pinky really badly one time I got drunk on rumCan't play guitar now without having an extreme pain there or not being able to press the strings properly
>>729506767I'm 30 and my fitness and workout rates are better than ever but I get all these weird new illnesses all of a sudden, especially when I'm already sick I keep getting another illness which hasn't happened before
I firmly maintain that the old god of war games should only be played on easy. The whole fun of the game is smashing through pathetic weaklings while being a literal god. That feeling is diminished when I have to spend one minute wailing on a generic skeleton enemy.
>>729505814The last few years have been ruined by devs listening to screaming autists too much.
>>729510092Dodge first, then when you know the dodges parry.Also, use shields. HP is pointless in this game
>>729505907>playing on a projectorenjoy that 200 ms latency
>>729510185I miss power fantasy games like Prototype. Sometimes i just want to treat the world as my playground. You rarely see games like this anymore.
>>729510451Saints Row IV unironically
>>729510489That came out 12 years ago.
>>729506767I’m 32 and my decline has been purely emotional. My hair is thinning I guess
nearly 31still god tierhands hurt much faster though
>>729505814>hit 30>stop playing games>start going on /v/ and just reading about them>start having fun again
>>729506767I just don't care, I'd rather stare at a wall
>>729506767was going around like i was invincibleuntil i turned 28 and the down time after doing something stupid multipliedturned out i was fucked from the startsomething genetical fucked my process of digesting fatspancreas is failing, failing hard, i have to take meds to replace it10 years later i can't even go grocery shopping without falling asleep for one whole dayatleast the first 28 years were fun
>>729505814I went back to Normal in a few games, but most are in Hard
>Hit 30>Stop caring about competitive shit>Enjoy casual shit and coop
>>729506767severe obstructive sleep apnea, not even fat
>>729511831Man was not made to sit or sleep laying down.
>>729511878what
>>729506767Hemorrhoids if I don't get enough fiber and back starts hurting when going to sleep if I don't sit properly during the day.
>>729506767Serious depression at 25.
>>72950676733, still none.wish me luck for when I get one
>>729508651define ED. if it's only with 3dpd and you're wanking fine then listen to >>729509361
>>729506767just turned 36 and ive had some kind of chronic illness for the last few months
>>729505814>mfw difficulty related cheevos force you to play at least on hard
>tfw uncI'm still playing fast-paced action games, but my left fingers are hurting this past several days... I might want to play slow games like RPGs or games that don't require constant mashing of the keyboard......
>>729506767my right ankle broken due to being a gamerfatfuck and I finally get Shinji
>>729505814no one here is that young anon
What's your excuse?
>>729505814I'm the opposite. I used to play on normal difficulty back when games were made to be harder so normal difficulty was an actual challenge. Once I hit like mid 20s games were on the trend of being easier so I always go for the highest difficulty so long as it's properly designed and not just making the enemies generic bullet sponges with the same AI intelligence as the normal or basic hard difficulty. I'm 31 now and for example with Where Winds Meet I couldn't imagine playing that game on any difficulty less than Legend.
>>729507772As one example this isn't true for Horizon Zero Dawn. The AI was actually smarter and more aggressive on the hardest difficulty and they took away health indicators which made things more immersive. A lot of games do just up numbers but that isn't a hard and fast rule even for modern games.
>>729509902Make a lumina built around exploiting the aoe heals that Lune, Monoco, and Sciel have so that they get defense, rush, and powerful while giving any like 2 or so characters the lumina that debuffs the boss when auto attacking and it will carry you through the fight. I naturally built this way in my first run but after beating the Paintress after a short few tries I realized how tanky my characters were because I built this way.
>People usually mellow down with ageNo shit
>>729505907>all the trashit's over
>>729505814>hit 30s>get bored of playing games very fast>prefer to just have sex or fap instead as everything else feels boring and pointless
>hit 30>get random frame rate drops irl and dynamic resolution scaling is turned on and cannot be turned off
>>729506767Just turned 30 and now my wrist and hand get completely fucked from using my mouse. I feel like I've tried everything to alleviate it.
>>729506767I started to get my shit together at 29, now i'm 38. Only debuff is i sleep less on average than 10 years ago. I'd say i'm lucky otherwise.
>>729506767Slower recovery from working outNot being able to handle under 7 hours of sleep a night
>>729505814Same age but I've had to turn the difficulty up further lately because I keep getting faster and smarter. Sucks to be you I guess.
>>729512453No morning wood even when hungover which used to amplify it and I can't get hard just thinking about stuff after I wake up like I used to.
>>729506767Mine happened around age 18-20 and was randomly developing mild schizophrenia and epilepsy
>>729506767Pedophilia
I spent most of my late teens and 20s as a hardcore piece of shit drug addict now I'm a normalfag dad turning 33 in a few weeks and am in the best shape I've been in since prison and play most games on the hardest difficulty
>>729516218You'll never be a normalfag, you start as one or you can't be one.Just go along with it and make sure your kids don't make your worst mistakes.
>>729505814You might be legit brain delayed
>>729509663When will it end>tfw another Saturday goes by where I lay on the the floor alone in my apartment staring at the ceiling wondering why, from a teleological perspective, am I still alive
>>729506767I got hodgkin's lymphoma (cancer) at the age of 19-20, I'm 30 yo now, still fighting against it with immunotherapy. I have had 0 problems besides that except maybe being weak due to lack of exercise
>reads threadYeah but you're white and sexless so you deserve no sympathy and kindness
>>729518050Sure if I don't have any kindness or sympathy for myself why would I expect to get them from the others.
>>729518050Sympathy and kindness from internet strangers pay no bills. This shit is only useful for tr4nnies like you who need outside validation so you stop feeling so bad about the wound between your legs. Your family hates you btw
