On a serious note, I am around the same age, and while I dont know if I have really gotten worse, I have 100% lost my “killer instinct” and avoid PvP and competitive multiplayer almost entirely. I game purely to relax now, not dunk on people like the old days.
This. I just don’t give a shit anymore about PVP or ramming my head into a wall on insane difficulty haha. I play COD with my son and his friends because they need me to fill a squad. I’m always last. ALWAYS. But they don’t care. I much prefer games I can go at my own pace.
Losing the “killer instinct” is probably the best way to describe gaming as you get older. Yeah you lose a bit of reaction time getting older, but I wouldn’t say it’s as dramatic of a falloff as people suggest. I’m starting to notice it now at 34 years old, I can still play at a high level if I really try… but these days I just wanna chill and enjoy a game, and playing on those high difficulties is just stressful. Where I’d feel accomplished and excited to play through games at harder difficulties when I was younger, these days I just get annoyed and mad I wasted my free time getting all worked up.
Nah bro you were always trash.
On a serious note, I am around the same age, and while I dont know if I have really gotten worse, I have 100% lost my “killer instinct” and avoid PvP and competitive multiplayer almost entirely. I game purely to relax now, not dunk on people like the old days.
This. I just don’t give a shit anymore about PVP or ramming my head into a wall on insane difficulty haha. I play COD with my son and his friends because they need me to fill a squad. I’m always last. ALWAYS. But they don’t care. I much prefer games I can go at my own pace.
Losing the “killer instinct” is probably the best way to describe gaming as you get older. Yeah you lose a bit of reaction time getting older, but I wouldn’t say it’s as dramatic of a falloff as people suggest. I’m starting to notice it now at 34 years old, I can still play at a high level if I really try… but these days I just wanna chill and enjoy a game, and playing on those high difficulties is just stressful. Where I’d feel accomplished and excited to play through games at harder difficulties when I was younger, these days I just get annoyed and mad I wasted my free time getting all worked up.
The desire to be a sweatlord diminishes when you have a mortgage, a car note, and a family to feed.
I’m looking to get drunk and get up to some shenanigans. Or wander Skyrim for the 10,000th time.