Does this game have easy difficulty for us elderly?

[Cerenia]

At the age of 38 my reflexes has seen a major decline, I am no longer a lightning fast youngin anymore. Which is alright, it is what it is - but this puts great limitations to the video games I can play. I have for examples completely quit FPS or other fast competitive games as I cant keep up.

I want to play Elden Ring but I heard it was very difficult so I am not sure if it is a good investment for me as an old person, even tho most of things I have heard have been exclusively good things.

So I was curious if there was an easy mode for this game so us old people get to have some fun aswell or if there is any plans to implement easier difficulties to accommodate my age groups.

[Cerenia]

Origineel geplaatst door 45:

"38"
"elderly"

get outta here my dads 62 even he can maintain global in csgo.

i bet you say "back in the day" too.

I do, back in my days I used to play these games :

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2747192545

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2747331744

Ultima Online and Wing Commander from 1997 and 1996, Battlefield 2 when I still was young and could play fps games, world of warcraft box bought on launchday 2004, final fantasy vii for the playstation 2 I still have.

I have nintendo game boy and my basement too, it's still working. i have super mario land on it.

I'm an old school gangster video gamer that has been around the block for a long time. I was just fearful that Elden Ring would be too much for me to handle

[Drybonz]

I'm in my 40s and used to play quite a bit of Ultima Online, and I play the Dark Souls games now without any problem (despite some moments of rage). Though I expect, after all these replies, the OP is just looking for people to talk to... yes, at this point I think we have established that you could, in fact play this game if you wanted to.

[Cooperal]

The game kind of has an easy mode but it isn't a simple menu choice but more a collection of choices. It's self-tailoring. You can overlevel, abuse certain easy-to-use spells/skills, summon NPCs or other players to take the heat off you. At the extreme you can overcome most of the games challenges without doing the fighting yourself.

There are some people out there waiting to get summoned. Some are there because they like giving a helping hand to strangers and some of them are happy if more action is left to them. Of course some are also plain bad, and occasionally some people will expect more from their host. Just embrace that the multiplayer element is chaotic by design.

But yeah there is still a ton you can do without bringing multiplayer into it. The only thing that you can't really circumvent through alternatives is the occasional platforming.

The game also has a message system too. Players write messages on the floor composed out of a limited selection of words and phrases, and those messages appear in the same place in the worlds of other players. Often they will give you location-specific hints about where to go or what is currently effective to use. Sometimes they are pranks but usually they are either harmless or pointing you toward overly obvious danger.

[sere]

I am also old but my real life is feeling like Elden Ring. I can't get near edges, I have move carefully at work but deer seem really tough. I tried to aggro my neighbor with a crossbow but I do think Elden Ring handled it better. I wish I could tell when it is.

[YesMir]

50 Years Old here, and loving the game, open to friends to assist game play Sure ! Send me a friend request. >>> 356536243

[Drybonz]

Origineel geplaatst door csand:

UO was peak online gaming

Agreed.

[Xengre]

Origineel geplaatst door Cerenia:

Origineel geplaatst door Sonnenbank:

I dont think reflexes are the problem...
living in an alternate reality maybe a problem though :) ...

i am 37 years old and reflexes needed for gaming have not gone down at all .....

i am sure my reflexes for boxing are much worse then when i was 25 and a fighter....
but its a lot more complicated whole body movement...
For video games you only need to move your fingers and reaction time doesnt really decrease much on them

so thinking that with 38 years of age you cant press buttons fast enough anymore
you need to be pretty off reality ...

Not an alternative reality, just science.

Numerous studies find that the age of 24 is the year where the decline in reflexes occur. It's just the biology of human nature and I am fine with that as we all share the same fate.

There is both a cognitive motoric decline and a decline in reflexes and reaction times the older you get. Which is why you wont see any professional 50 year old video gamers even though they have played video games their entire life and as such has an enormous amount of experience and training. But that experience and training does not make up for the age related decline.

I dont expect you to read this scientific publication but I will leave it here for others to see that my claims is based in the facts of reality and not fiction.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0094215

Note this is a general trend and not at all conclusive. You will often see older fighter pilots, martial artists, and gymnast who do not have such deteriorated reflexes. In fact, they would feature reaction rates far exceeding most pro gamers. Consider this all a mere rule of thumb.

[Cerenia]

Origineel geplaatst door Xengre:

Origineel geplaatst door Cerenia:

Not an alternative reality, just science.

Numerous studies find that the age of 24 is the year where the decline in reflexes occur. It's just the biology of human nature and I am fine with that as we all share the same fate.

There is both a cognitive motoric decline and a decline in reflexes and reaction times the older you get. Which is why you wont see any professional 50 year old video gamers even though they have played video games their entire life and as such has an enormous amount of experience and training. But that experience and training does not make up for the age related decline.

I dont expect you to read this scientific publication but I will leave it here for others to see that my claims is based in the facts of reality and not fiction.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0094215

Note this is a general trend and not at all conclusive. You will often see older fighter pilots, martial artists, and gymnast who do not have such deteriorated reflexes. In fact, they would feature reaction rates far exceeding most pro gamers. Consider this all a mere rule of thumb.

You are right, there is a way to counteract age related decline in reflexes and cognitive motoric ability (dexterity) and reaction times and that is :

physical activity, regular and frequent gym exercise , and eating healthy foods

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2747229738

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2780682804

But me? I've been a nerd my whole life and is paying the price for it. By being a nerd I mean that I have since around 1995 only sat in my chair playing video games hours upon hours everyday, no work no gym, no exercise, no forest trips on a bike, no mountain climbs, no friends, no socialization with anyone.

Just gaming. I'm on welfare disability due to mental disorders so I dont have to worry about money, i get $3200 usd a month by the norwegian government since 2001 and they bought me a nice apartment to live in.

But this passive lifestyle has lead to a bigger age related decline then normally, so I am even slower now then the average 35-45 year old.

I tried that Halo Infinite FPS game when it first came out just to test my meddle as I used to be a champion in Unreal Tournament, Quake 1-2 , Duke Nukem 3D, Wolfenstein 3D, doom 1-2 in my teens. I was also good in real time strategy games such as command & conqueror and red alert and dune 2000, warcraft 1-3.

But now when I tried Halo Infinite multiplayer I got crushed by young kids and it made me angry, and I dont like being angry. They just mowed me down like I was nothing with their super fast lightning twitch reflexes. I wasnt angry at the kids, but at myself for letting myself go. It was a stark reminder of the hard life I've lived in my chair.

But atleast I have managed to save up some money and buy myself a good ergonomical chair that easen the burden on my back and neck and I signed up to a gym the other day too, the gym opened right across the street so I just go there in the middle of the night and have the place for myself. I will focus on cardio and dexterity exercises so maybe one day I can be a good video gamer again.

I badly want Elden ring tho, I enjoy sitting and watching elden rings youtube videos on my television, it looks so fun and the graphics is just crazy beautiful. I think my computer can run it, I have rtx 3060 ti, 32gb ram, 1tb ssd, 240hz gsync curved aoc monitor, Ryzen 7 5700G.

I just fear that it will upset me if I buy it and i keep dying over and over because i am too slow

[HelloTrees]

Origineel geplaatst door Cerenia:

At the age of 38 my reflexes has seen a major decline, I am no longer a lightning fast youngin anymore. Which is alright, it is what it is - but this puts great limitations to the video games I can play. I have for examples completely quit FPS or other fast competitive games as I cant keep up.

I want to play Elden Ring but I heard it was very difficult so I am not sure if it is a good investment for me as an old person, even tho most of things I have heard have been exclusively good things.

So I was curious if there was an easy mode for this game so us old people get to have some fun aswell or if there is any plans to implement easier difficulties to accommodate my age groups.

>trans
>38
>elderly
>showcase of having 100x more clowns than anything else on profile
>cat girls
Yep im thinking based

[Caz]

Origineel geplaatst door Cerenia:

Origineel geplaatst door psheue:

38yo's are *old people* now?

D:

Old in the gaming community I heard. the kids call people above 30 as old

That will happen til the end of time. The average age of gamers these days is mid to late 30s. That will shift slightly higher over the next decade where it will likely sit around the age of 40 for a while.

[FlashBurn]

Origineel geplaatst door psheue:

38yo's are *old people* now?

D:

You mean the average PC gamer's age actually.... To have declined reflexes at such a low age, what drugs would one have to abuse their body with?

[ReflexShift]

Just turn 40 myself and have no problems with reflexes in this game. Not sure why you think 30+ years is old. I have seen people on this message board in the 50's and 60's playing this game.

[Tak3n]

i believe this game has an easy mode, its exploring, you can be well rewarded with loot, money, etc for exploring, it helps you get an advantage so to say on the bosses

[HixBozo]

Origineel geplaatst door Xengre:

Origineel geplaatst door Cerenia:

Not an alternative reality, just science.

Numerous studies find that the age of 24 is the year where the decline in reflexes occur. It's just the biology of human nature and I am fine with that as we all share the same fate.

There is both a cognitive motoric decline and a decline in reflexes and reaction times the older you get. Which is why you wont see any professional 50 year old video gamers even though they have played video games their entire life and as such has an enormous amount of experience and training. But that experience and training does not make up for the age related decline.

I dont expect you to read this scientific publication but I will leave it here for others to see that my claims is based in the facts of reality and not fiction.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0094215

Note this is a general trend and not at all conclusive. You will often see older fighter pilots, martial artists, and gymnast who do not have such deteriorated reflexes. In fact, they would feature reaction rates far exceeding most pro gamers. Consider this all a mere rule of thumb.

These pilots, gymnasts, and so on have good reflexes for their age because they train, gym, they are disciplined, and focused in life. They don't play games.
Anyways, if you pay attention to video game tournaments (not only ER or DS) you will know that participants and winners are young people in their early 20s and even younger.
Age does matter.

[DayLight1943]

IME the majority of souls players are between 25 and 40, so you are in the standard age bracket for souls players - these games have never been something that attract primarily players in their teens or early twenties, altho obviously there are plenty of very young people playing also.

there will never be an easy mode or anything like that, the game is hard, you will die, you will rage, but the same goes for people of any age - thats how the game is for all of us.

lots of ppl talking about decline in reflexes as you age, or about pro gamers, and tbh that just is not relevant. will you have a harder time getting thru the game vs when you were 20? yeah, probably. but you dont need to be at your peak to play thru the game. you dont need anywhere near pro level gamer skills to get thru the game and have a good time.

practice, patience and strategy matter just as much as reflexes, and you should have MORE capacity for those things as you age.