Is it normal to just… fall off, and not be as good at gaming? Because I feel like I’ve been getting worse for a while now.
You’ll probably have a tougher time at competitive FPS/RTS/etc games.
I am still quite good at single player and co-op FPS though.
I don’t feel like my reaction time is slower, but measured, it seems to be slower than I thought it was.
However, I also changed how I value my time. I’m more likely to choose a normal difficulty than the absolute hardest because I don’t want to spend my time replaying stuff. I do want a challenge, but not a punishingly hard one.
I just turned 37 and got the metal gear master collection. It was embarrassing on how hard it was for me to beat Cyborg Ninja on normal mode. How did I do that at 8 years old?!
44 here and I’m experiencing the opposite. Games that used to frustrate me to no end just seem to be a little easier for me. I don’t know if my hand/eye coordination has improved or what (I was a fat and admittedly clumsy child), but it makes gaming more fun for me than it used to be.
Now if I only had the time to actually do it…
Yes.
I’ve accepted I don’t have the time to be amazing at games like I did when I was younger and single and honestly I stopped ‘letting’ my kid win long ago and he beats me anyway because he can spend hours per day gaming while if I’m lucky I’ll get to play an hour on the weekend.
Yep, 41 here, don’t have the time to spend into every game to get great.