r/Age_30_plus_Gamers

So let me add to the classic 30+ meme where "dude puts on his console and just goes through his gaming library and then turns it off"

I grew up gaming since 1994. Started with both the SNES and megadrive.

My siblings and I had all the consoles to date (minus a few handheld that were skipped)

Gamings was a huge deal to me and my brother.

At 35 Im connected with 3 gaming friends in real life, we play light CoD or Gears of war time to time once a week worst case scenario.

Currently Im a heavy Rianbow 6 player. Thats all I have been playing dialy for 3 years.

The old me loved Nintendo, JRPGS, Action AAA games, cosy gaming and fighting games. I play all genre but sports

I keep upto date on Youtube, socials regarding gaming news and discuss gaming hardware with my friends daily in our group chat.

Having said all that... I stopped feeling it in my core since 2020.

I lost my job so was dealing with depression at the time and then the pandemic happened which added a timeskip in all our lives.

I remember seeing the PS5 and listing all the games to my friend that I was going to buy/play.

I had a list of 10+ games I showed interest in and yet to this day still didnt play them.

I dont want to. I dont care.

I enjoy watching others playthrough om youtube but I myself just dont care enough too install it and give it a go.

For betyer context, I purchased the PS5 and only played Elden Ring, Cyberpunk2077 and FF7 rebirth. Thats it. Yet back on my PS4 I owend and played over 120 games.

I dont understand if this is depression, if Ive outgrown gamimg or if the gaming industry is the problem for me?

All these games today look good but theyre all the same, so many soulslike games or samurai themed etc

I was so hyped for GTA6 and now...i couldnt csre less if I dont play it.

I hate I feel this way

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For me it's the Divinity: Original Sin 2 soundtrack.

One of the most common problems my buddies and I have is "choice fatigue" with games where we endlessly scroll our libraries trying to find a game to play then end up watching YouTube or playing the same games we always do. We are in our 30s and this problem only seems increasingly common with our age group, whether due to exhaustion with life, lack of engagement or whatever it might be.

So what I did is make something called playtheory, a video game book club that solves these issues because it creates a clear objective and we all get to talk about our experiences after! This is early days and I'm looking to build a base of users. Please give it a look and test it out!

I have been looking for a gaming buddy for awhile now. Someone to talk about our day while killing enemies in what ever game we play.

As i have gotten older my games have switched to more MMO's and Co-Op RPG's.

I do still enjoy shooters but the reflexes aint what they used to be. Battlefield, Siege and CoD are the the ones i play.

Open to gaming with anyone old enough to drink. I may take a day or 2 to respond.

I game mainly on PC. so message me and lets get to gaming.

You ever finish playing a game with someone, say you should probably get going, then somehow spend another half an hour talking about something completely unrelated?

Those are some of my favourite evenings.

I love games, but finding someone whose company makes me want to keep coming back is a huge part of it. The running jokes, getting excited about discoveries together, and having conversations that carry on after we’ve closed the game.

I’m a 33-year-old guy from Wales, and would love to find a long-term gaming friend to share all that with.

I’d describe myself as a relaxed, analytical casual. I enjoy figuring things out and trying different strategies together, but I leave the stress out of it. If we fail, we can laugh, adjust the plan and have another go. There’s a decent chance my brilliant suggestion caused the problem anyway 😆

I love getting properly immersed in games. Exploring everywhere, piecing together the lore, investigating something that definitely looks like a trap… all good stuff. I also like turning the HUD down where possible. Getting lost is much more atmospheric when you’ve done it deliberately.

Games I’d love to play together:

• Fallout 76
• The Outlast Trials
• Palworld
• Left 4 Dead 2
• Back 4 Blood
• Team Fortress 2

I haven’t started Fallout 76, The Outlast Trials or Palworld yet, so I’d especially love someone to discover those with.

Tell me what you’re into as well! I enjoy hearing why someone loves a particular game, especially if it’s something I’ve overlooked. If you’ve been waiting for an excuse to nerd out about your favourite, you have one now.

I’m comfortable with quieter company too. We might spend an evening chatting about absolutely everything, or get absorbed in playing with the occasional comment. We don’t need to fill every silence.

A few practical bits:

• UK only, ideally Wales, and age 30+.
• Mainly PC, but I also have a Switch 2 and PS5.
• Usually around most evenings.
• Happy to chat here first before moving to voice chat in an app that rhymes with rizzcord when we’re both comfortable.

We can have our own lives and still make time to play. I’d just like to find someone who enjoys coming back for another session as much as I do.

Drop me a DM if you think we’d get on 😊 A username is fine, and there’s no need to overthink your introduction. Tell me what you’re playing, or something you’d love to start with company.

A slightly chaotic ramble about games is always welcome.

Happy Halloween everyone this is easily my favorite month of the year as someone who loves Halloween , horror movies and games and Halloween Oreos lol.

What is everyone currently playing or looking forward to the rest of this month.

I just finished wrapping up Control Resonant which I enjoyed A lot! Great soundtrack also.

I am mostly looking forward to Phantom Blade 0 as my most anticipated game this month, with valor Mortis being a maybe depending on reviews and maybe Castlevania but I never finished grime 2 so that will depend on how difficult the platforming is lol.

I’m probably going to work on beating Silent Hill 2 Remake as that’s been on my baklog for a while waiting for other releases.

Lately I’ve been trying to play games the way I did back in the 90s. After too much scrolling and watching short videos, I felt like my attention span was getting worse. For the past couple of months, gaming has been my way of healing form

I’ve stopped looking up guides and builds then I try to solve puzzles myself. If an optional puzzle has been unsolvable, I move on. If it blocks the main story, I take a break or play something else before coming back to it. I’ve also stopped chasing platinum trophies. I want to enjoy the game without feeling like I have to complete a checklist

I usually stick to one game but if I start feeling even just a slight burn out, I switch games or catch up on a show. I’m more comfortable following my mood instead of pushing through when the game feels like a chore but I’ll definitely come back to that game, just in a different or fresh mood

It reminds me of being a kid when I didn’t have the internet to look up for guides or builds and trophies weren’t a thing. I remember being stuck in the first Silent Hill for over a year because I couldn’t solve a locked door puzzle. I just played other games or watched anime. There was no rush, simple times

How do you approach gaming these days? Do you still play the way you used to or have your habits changed?

Edit:
I finished Control Resonant yesterday and I’m proud of solving all the puzzles on my own. I haven’t unlocked every trophy and it’s still tempting to chase the rest but I’m learning to be satisfied with the experience without feeling like I have to complete everything

So I have made posts in the past about getting into gaming. I've been playing some slower games. Satisfactory and snowrunner. I also played disco Elysium earlier. Loved all of it, i have heard good things about fallout. I understand people recommend either new Vegas or 4.

I got interested because people say it got politics and history, and this girl loves both. (To the point where i work in politics heh)

So yeah should i try them out? And if so where?

Man I don’t know what happened 😂
Bought Yotei at launch because I absolutely loved Tsushima and was hyped as hell for it. Played it for a few hours and just… couldn’t get into it.
Nothing was really wrong with it. It just wasn’t grabbing me. Ended up putting it down and figured I’d come back eventually.
Well, eventually happened.

I’m not rushing anything this time. Just wandering around, exploring, doing random side stuff and enjoying the world. Half the time I’ll jump on planning to do a mission and 45 minutes later I’m on the other side of the map doing some completely unrelated

Our favorite movies, music, it's all here. Twisted story and gameplay like a David Lynch movie, Twin Peaks and X file.The game is stacked with references and vibe.

Hey 30 male with a full time job just looking for friends that know what it’s like to be busy but can play the game together when we just randomly are online at the same time! I play and have tons of games some of my usuals include .

Dead by daylight
Fortnite
R6 siege
RuneScape dragonwilds
Once human
Baulders gate
Halo campaign evolved
Halloween

And eventually soon GTA6

Also a big horror movie lover so if you love horror movies or games I’m also your guy!

Looking forward to playing with you all!

Hey all, 34m looking for a small group of friends to play the game with. Got into it a week ago and enjoying it. Would love to enjoy it would in party chat with some friends!

In short, I just couldn't get in to it. Despite playing about 70 hours on it, it was just a bit 'slow' and although certain aspects were fun, it just never really clicked with me and I was just forcing myself to play it.

So, I took a long break from it, playing countless other games like Resident evil 4 remake, Cyberpunk-2077, GTA 5, Returnal, Ratchet and Clank, Crimson Desert, detroit becomes human, and most recently Horizon zero dawn. All of which I enjoyed for different reasons.(Although, I still havent finished crimson desert and took a long break from that too.)

However, I went back to KCD2 about a week ago and I really got back in to it. Initially, I think I was trying to compare it to fast paced, smooth, clean combat games where it is not and it's charm lays elsewhere.

There were things that I found tedious before I found myself enjoying, such as alchemy.

Don't get me wrong, there were still certain things which annoyed me about it, such as map marked objectives not actually being on the map location and just generally struggling to find certain POI. That could have just been me though. The game was also quite buggy at times which was frustrating.

But overall, I'm glad I went back to it and finished it. It was a fun game and worth the 100+ hour investment.

It doesn't quite compare to something like BG3 for me personally, which I have finished 3 full playthroughs on and after each playthrough I couldn't wait to play it again. But I'd still rate it like an 8/10 and probably would play through again.