Can't play FPS games for more than 5 hours straight

[! Alga]

Basically as it says on topic, I can't play FPS games like COD and now I tried xdefiant for more than 5 hours straight. I just get tired and need a break. I wish I could play more but that's my daily limit. I could play more hours on chill single player game. Maybe about 6h max. I'm 34 years old and when I was in 20+ I used to wake up 8am and could play up to late evening not evening noticing is already time to go to bed. Could play at night and go sleep in the morning. For some reason when I passed my age mark 30. I cannot play intense games like COD for many hours. I squeezed almost 5 hours on xdefiant today but felt very tired. My friend who played with me having the same issue. He is also 30+. Does anyone else having same issue?

[Zilkenian Davenport]

FPS require a lot of focus on most of your senses and mind, while more relaxing games are just that: relaxing.

Multiplayer FPS are also really taxing on the emotional department, mostly the frustration part.

[G?]

I'm 23 and I can't play video games at all, you're not alone. It's crazy I never thought the day would come that I'd stop gaming, but here we are.

[Paratech2008]

I'm old. I can't play any game for 5 hours. Closest I came was Tropico 4 for 3-4 hours. That was years ago. I am happy with 1-2 hours at a time.

[! Alga]

Nguyên văn bởi G?:

I'm 23 and I can't play video games at all, you're not alone. It's crazy I never thought the day would come that I'd stop gaming, but here we are.

What is the reason you can't play games?

[! Alga]

Nguyên văn bởi Zef Davenport:

FPS require a lot of focus on most of your senses and mind, while more relaxing games are just that: relaxing.

Multiplayer FPS are also really taxing on the emotional department, mostly the frustration part.

I noticed that. Also, when I was younger I could get more angry over something. For example losing to someone. I never get to that point to be shouting etc. Now I don't react to such things. If I loose to someone, I stay calm

[Shiro♌]

You're not gonna be alone in that.. I, myself, can't play more than three competitive matches of Valorant per a day, and I do sometimes need to take a break between those too.
That's only if I sweat it and wanna perform up to my limits, though.. If I just let things go and enjoy playing the game without caring about losing, my performance drops by more than an entire half due to the loss of created opportunities by trying hard, otherwise the effectivity drops by about ~40% or less.

And what's more, the only satisfaction upon being competitive is from victories or learning new things.. Otherwise, it's a plain dissatisfaction and sometimes even a loss of positive mood to neutral-negative one.

That reminds me..
There are times when I'm really tired but can't allow to get some sleep yet, and.. If I know what to reply to the topic, then the words just fly. Naturally.. I don't even think that much about them resulting in contradictions from time to time, but when I think about what I'm typing down, like now for example.. The words do come out a lot less naturally and at a slower pace, but at least I'm actually enjoying myself and am aware of what I'm replying with as opposed to whenever feelin' sleepy.

As for casual and non-competitive gaming, including multiplayer FPS.. Then I can't keep for more than five hours fairly frequently.
If you woulda been curious.. Yes, I'm younger than you, somewhere between twenties and thirties.

[saranacX]

5 hours is a lot for me in one shot. I don't like playing more than an hour without a small break. But I almost never play more than an hour at a time anyway. My back will begin to get stiff.

[Xero_Daxter]

I believe First Person Shooters and MOBA is the only place where your own teammates are your worst enemy.

[AerSilver ♞]

Nguyên văn bởi Xero_Daxter:

I believe First Person Shooters and MOBA is the only place where your own teammates are your worst enemy.

MOBA matches often include at least a few players that are just a pain, and you're forced to tolerate them for the next 30–40 minutes. I could play Doom multiplayer for a few hours, assuming I have the time, and be fine with it, but after just 1 match of Dota, I already get severe brain damage. 

[Xero_Daxter]

Nguyên văn bởi AerSilver ♞:

Nguyên văn bởi Xero_Daxter:

I believe First Person Shooters and MOBA is the only place where your own teammates are your worst enemy.

MOBA matches often include at least a few players that are just a pain, and you're forced to tolerate them for the next 30–40 minutes. I could play Doom multiplayer for a few hours, assuming I have the time, and be fine with it, but after just 1 match of Dota, I already get severe brain damage.

Same with League of Legends. The game hasn't even started and everyone is already fighting among themselves.

[doug]

You probably shouldn't play any game for more than 5 hours. I don't know why you are confused.

[Mensis]

Nothing wrong with it. Even if you're on the younger side, it's really still not good for you to play that long straight. You're straining your eyes and wrists in the long run. Make sure you get in small breaks while you're playing and do some stretching.

My husband has always been a gamer and I've spent a lot of time playing games with him, but as we've both gotten older we've slowed down a lot on that. I always preferred more casual games but my husband was always really into competitive games and shooters but his own tastes have changed more recently to be like mine. When you get older sometimes your tastes just change or you don't have the same energy for the things you used to.

[! Alga]

Nguyên văn bởi Shiro♌:

You're not gonna be alone in that.. I, myself, can't play more than three competitive matches of Valorant per a day, and I do sometimes need to take a break between those too.
That's only if I sweat it and wanna perform up to my limits, though.. If I just let things go and enjoy playing the game without caring about losing, my performance drops by more than an entire half due to the loss of created opportunities by trying hard, otherwise the effectivity drops by about ~40% or less.

And what's more, the only satisfaction upon being competitive is from victories or learning new things.. Otherwise, it's a plain dissatisfaction and sometimes even a loss of positive mood to neutral-negative one.

That reminds me..
There are times when I'm really tired but can't allow to get some sleep yet, and.. If I know what to reply to the topic, then the words just fly. Naturally.. I don't even think that much about them resulting in contradictions from time to time, but when I think about what I'm typing down, like now for example.. The words do come out a lot less naturally and at a slower pace, but at least I'm actually enjoying myself and am aware of what I'm replying with as opposed to whenever feelin' sleepy.

As for casual and non-competitive gaming, including multiplayer FPS.. Then I can't keep for more than five hours fairly frequently.
If you woulda been curious.. Yes, I'm younger than you, somewhere between twenties and thirties.

Very similar thing happens to me. If I will push myself to the limits and if I do, I know I will succeed in the game match but Im going to drain my battery a lot. If I would play constantly as you described on the limit pushing myself. I could last maybe max up to 3h.

On my uplay acc I played the division 1 game a while back. I played total for about 2000 hours. Mostly 90% pvp (dark zone, last stand). I could do it from the morning till evening. It is quite intense game when your squad 4 people fighting against 10+ people in dark zone. Now simply I couldn't do that

This is why I made this topic to ask if people experience same problem as me. Looks like I'm not alone

[! Alga]

Nguyên văn bởi doug:

You probably shouldn't play any game for more than 5 hours. I don't know why you are confused.

Completely agree 👍

[always superspecial]

Nguyên văn bởi ! Alga:

Basically as it says on topic, I can't play FPS games like COD and now I tried xdefiant for more than 5 hours straight. I just get tired and need a break. I wish I could play more but that's my daily limit. I could play more hours on chill single player game. Maybe about 6h max. I'm 34 years old and when I was in 20+ I used to wake up 8am and could play up to late evening not evening noticing is already time to go to bed. Could play at night and go sleep in the morning. For some reason when I passed my age mark 30. I cannot play intense games like COD for many hours. I squeezed almost 5 hours on xdefiant today but felt very tired. My friend who played with me having the same issue. He is also 30+. Does anyone else having same issue?

Yes, I used to play 10 hrs of l4d2, Apex legends, now I cant handle 1 hr straight, I just do it because I dont have anything better to do with my free time.