I was already outdone like 10 years ago by my cousins who practically came with gaming consoles out of the womb. Idk how they figure the stuff out so fast.
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Don't have to worry about gaming skills disappearing if you never had any in the first place :3
I'm 45 and have been playing games relentlessly for 30 years now. My hands are destroyed. I can barely use controllers, my thumbs hardly work. Can't click the space bar the arthritis is so bad. Hades and Sekiro were major culprits, button-mashing and parry precision intensity. I still play of course but it's difficult, slow, and I just can't play those high-action twitch reflex games anymore. Good thing there is endless games that are easier on the hands!
When you finally accept that the days of truly fun competitive shooters are gone, replaced with loot boxes grinders and gatcha mechanics, so you opt to play the actually fun, solo games.
Omfg we are so old :D :3
Have to relate to this somewhat, it's hard to find time or interest to practice fighting games with all the accumulated responsibilities of being responsible adult and a parent. While boomer reaction time checks are one thing, the bigger problem is having to practice against multiple different matchups in 3-4 different games. Probably should play these online a lot more, currently mostly playing on locals few hours once a week.
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Just do m1w
Honestly, going 27 years (of gaming), and I never was smarter and quicker to make tactical decisions. My hand may move slower, but I don't rely on dexterity when flanking your cover.
And other gaming skills, only better.
What? I don't find that at all.
People are too stressed and exhausted to live at a basic level, that tends to impact their ability to game although sometimes it makes them even more competitive with the small amount of time they have... but no I don't agree at all.
I am far better at video games than I used to be, admittedly I play a lot of them but that only makes my hand eye coordination locked in, the actually "being good" at games has little to do with that most of the time.
The vast majority of games are overrated anyhow. They aren't really putting out anything new nowadays, just using the same tired old concepts over and over again.
Just play different games. Sure the kids may have fast reflexes but they don't have the wisdom to commit the number of warcrimes that an older gamer can in Rimworld.
Idk I keep hitting full combos in my favorite rhythm games
never was all that good, but declining coordination and a desire to quit investing time/money playing games made me stop. Asynchronous social interaction is more my speed now. also gave away my guitars for similar reasons. quit driving last year. if you are still having fun, keep going. I can still type, sort of.