Gaming at 50 years old

Gaming at 50 years old

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Lefty

16,231 posts

204 months

Tuesday 21st May
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Hell Let Loose.

Takes thought, strategy, patience, communication and teamwork, not reliance on fast internet and youthful reflexes. In fact if you run about like a knob on COD or battlefield you’ll die every 30 seconds.

It’s atmospheric, tense and beautiful. Plus it has the best headshot sound of any game ever made. hehe

lipadier

279 posts

170 months

Sunday 26th May
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50yo here, not a avid gamer, but now and then I love to play Age of Empires III, which is almost 20yo by now! I

I'm a very defensive player, my usual strategy is to wall myself in and just be on the defence for most of the game, meanwhile building up a massive horse-artillery army, and then near the end with great satisfaction I walz all over the map flattening all the chaps that had the audacity to attack me earlier on. hehe

Steve Campbell

2,155 posts

170 months

Friday 31st May
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Wondering where the OP is....probably fallen into an open world deep game and hasn't emerged :-)

Oilchange

8,525 posts

262 months

Friday 31st May
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You might enjoy exploring the entire universe with Elite Dangerous.
It can take over your life though, lol

toasty

7,537 posts

222 months

Friday 31st May
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Oilchange said:
You might enjoy exploring the entire universe with Elite Dangerous.
It can take over your life though, lol
Just to get to a single planet.

I really wanted to enjoy it but it was way too slow for me.

Whistle

1,440 posts

135 months

Friday 31st May
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Any recommendations for a 53 year old gamer?

Just completed days gone for the 3rd time.

My favourites are

The last of us 1
The last of us 2
Red dead 2
And all of the uncharted games.

I have tried resident evil 4 and Alan Wake and just couldn’t get into them, no real story
I have also tried assassin’s creed and couldn’t really get into it.

Looking for something similar to above.

Mannginger

9,140 posts

259 months

Saturday 1st June
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Witcher 3 and / or Cyberpunk

Large worlds with excellent storytelling

AKjr

416 posts

13 months

Wednesday 5th June
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Another vote for Cyberpunk, it was a bit of a buggy mess on release, but it's sorted now and the gameplay is excellent - well worth your time.

Boobonman

5,663 posts

194 months

Thursday 6th June
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I'd vote for Kingdom Come Deliverance, epic story that had me gripped and a combat system that feels terrible at first but has hidden depths. Got to be cheap now too as it's been out forever and there's a sequel in the pipeline.

boyse7en

6,805 posts

167 months

Thursday 6th June
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Whistle said:
Any recommendations for a 53 year old gamer?

Just completed days gone for the 3rd time.

My favourites are

The last of us 1
The last of us 2
Red dead 2
And all of the uncharted games.

I have tried resident evil 4 and Alan Wake and just couldn’t get into them, no real story
I have also tried assassin’s creed and couldn’t really get into it.

Looking for something similar to above.
I worked my through all the Uncharted series and also like a game with a strong storyline, so I'd recommend the three rebooted Tomb Raider series, well at least the first two, as I'm halfway through the second one so have the third installment to go. They are similar in concept to Uncharted, and don't have all the faffing about with crafting and stuff that bogged down Assassins Creed after the first couple of games.

Or for something completely different Beyond Two Souls kept me entertained. It is very different to anything else, and is a bit of a Marmite game, but I liked the story and the way it changed as you played.

Whistle

1,440 posts

135 months

Thursday 6th June
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boyse7en said:
Whistle said:
Any recommendations for a 53 year old gamer?

Just completed days gone for the 3rd time.

My favourites are

The last of us 1
The last of us 2
Red dead 2
And all of the uncharted games.

I have tried resident evil 4 and Alan Wake and just couldn’t get into them, no real story
I have also tried assassin’s creed and couldn’t really get into it.

Looking for something similar to above.
I worked my through all the Uncharted series and also like a game with a strong storyline, so I'd recommend the three rebooted Tomb Raider series, well at least the first two, as I'm halfway through the second one so have the third installment to go. They are similar in concept to Uncharted, and don't have all the faffing about with crafting and stuff that bogged down Assassins Creed after the first couple of games.

Or for something completely different Beyond Two Souls kept me entertained. It is very different to anything else, and is a bit of a Marmite game, but I liked the story and the way it changed as you played.
Sorry forgot to mention I have also played all of the tomb raider games on my PS5 the last one was very good but much the same feel as uncharted.

Whistle

1,440 posts

135 months

Thursday 6th June
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Just playing The last of us part 2 remastered again, at full frame rate 4K.

It absolutely amazes me how good it’s compared to playing Monty on the run, thing on a spring and beach head on my C64 as a kid.

Copying games tape to tape after school with my mates.

Griffith4ever

4,444 posts

37 months

Thursday 6th June
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Whistle said:
thing on a spring
Qbert?

toasty

7,537 posts

222 months

Saturday 8th June
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Busy week. Got Interstellar camo in MW3, finished Dave the Diver and Demon Souls.

I don’t thing I ever finished Thing on a spring. frown

hungry_hog

2,322 posts

190 months

Saturday 8th June
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Maybe the best option for us 50 year olds (I'm early there) is MAME and a stack load of old roms so we can re live our youth

Just need to set up some cigarette burnt plastic cabinets, some dodgy characters in the corner lurking and the smell of hot dogs

Edited by hungry_hog on Saturday 8th June 13:43

lizardbrain

2,127 posts

39 months

Saturday 8th June
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I think the key is to not revisit your youth but embrace your mature interests. eg find games that involve power washing, factory automation, walking up hills slowly...

DirktheDaring

344 posts

14 months

Saturday 8th June
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I’m on my 4th play through Fallout 4 and the expansions.

Kowalski655

14,730 posts

145 months

Saturday 8th June
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lizardbrain said:
I think the key is to not revisit your youth but embrace your mature interests. eg find games that involve power washing, factory automation, walking up hills slowly...
This is PH, surely it's all about driving fast expensive cars

HRL

3,344 posts

221 months

Saturday 8th June
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Boobonman said:
I'd vote for Kingdom Come Deliverance, epic story that had me gripped and a combat system that feels terrible at first but has hidden depths. Got to be cheap now too as it's been out forever and there's a sequel in the pipeline.
I’ve just started this for the third attempt as it didn’t click previously. Already got further than before and think it’s pulled me in this time.

Combat is tough at the moment!

lizardbrain

2,127 posts

39 months

Saturday 8th June
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Kowalski655 said:
This is PH, surely it's all about driving fast expensive cars