question for the older members

i am 25 years old and will be 26 this year and i have been wondering lately if my best years of gaming are behind me. i have been playing games since i was five and while i still enjoy them i feel i am missing something from the experience. the little kid in me still goes nuts over certain games, but its like when i played final fantasy 7 i was 15 and it was the greatest gaming experience i ever had and its been a while since a game has had that kind of impact on me and i miss that. i would love it if im still gaming when i turn 36 but i wonder if i will just eventually outgrow them. so i want to pose the question to anyone in their mid 20's or so .

Do you think your best years of gaming are behind you.?

i am 25 years old and will be 26 this year and i have been wondering lately if my best years of gaming are behind me. i have been playing games since i was five and while i still enjoy them i feel i am missing something from the experience. the little kid in me still goes nuts over certain games, but its like when i played final fantasy 7 i was 15 and it was the greatest gaming experience i ever had and its been a while since a game has had that kind of impact on me and i miss that. i would love it if im still gaming when i turn 36 but i wonder if i will just eventually outgrow them. so i want to pose the question to anyone in their mid 20's or so .

Do you think your best years of gaming are behind you.?

raiden300

I think it all depends on the game and how much you like it. I am 28 years old and there are still games that I really enjoy playing and I still get excited about like I did when I was 14. The main difference that I see is that as I get older I just have less and less time to play and that makes a huge difference.

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i am 25 years old and will be 26 this year and i have been wondering lately if my best years of gaming are behind me. i have been playing games since i was five and while i still enjoy them i feel i am missing something from the experience. the little kid in me still goes nuts over certain games, but its like when i played final fantasy 7 i was 15 and it was the greatest gaming experience i ever had and its been a while since a game has had that kind of impact on me and i miss that. i would love it if im still gaming when i turn 36 but i wonder if i will just eventually outgrow them. so i want to pose the question to anyone in their mid 20's or so .

Do you think your best years of gaming are behind you.?

watt1103

I think it all depends on the game and how much you like it. I am 28 years old and there are still games that I really enjoy playing and I still get excited about like I did when I was 14. The main difference that I see is that as I get older I just have less and less time to play and that makes a huge difference.

i am 25 years old and will be 26 this year and i have been wondering lately if my best years of gaming are behind me. i have been playing games since i was five and while i still enjoy them i feel i am missing something from the experience. the little kid in me still goes nuts over certain games, but its like when i played final fantasy 7 i was 15 and it was the greatest gaming experience i ever had and its been a while since a game has had that kind of impact on me and i miss that. i would love it if im still gaming when i turn 36 but i wonder if i will just eventually outgrow them. so i want to pose the question to anyone in their mid 20's or so .

Do you think your best years of gaming are behind you.?

raiden300

Your maths doesnt add up for the Final Fantasy VII when you were 15. Just nitpicking though and its meanigless really, onto the main point.

I may be just outside of the demographic you pose your question to (i.e. I am 20, will be 21 this year) but I still feel like I can give an answer. Out grow games? I dont think so. No, never. Why should I? Are games dedicated and focused at a specific age group? While some of them may be most of the greatest games have universal appeal that anybody above a certain age can enjoy. Why should you ever out grow the enjoyment that an excellent game brings. Ask yourself this, do you think you will ever out grow books? what about movies? Of course not. Thats just a ridiculus assumption.

Your interest may wain and you may eventually lose the need or desire to play games whatsoever but I dont believe its a question of age. I love gaming and I hope to be gaming with my children in a decade or two from now. Hell my University course is helping me enter the industry, so I dont see myself ever out growing games. There are people at the age of 15 who rarely game (at all) have they out grown games? Nope, the appeal was never there for them and it may be gone for you. Thats fine, its just like as a child you may have liked something and then as an adult you may dislike or find it boring, but its a question of perspective not of age. Never age.

Look at a lot of the great game developers. Hironobu Sakaguchi, Hideo Kojima, Yoshinori Kitase, etc all well into their 40's and creating some of the most amazing games we've ever seen. 

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i am 25 years old and will be 26 this year and i have been wondering lately if my best years of gaming are behind me. i have been playing games since i was five and while i still enjoy them i feel i am missing something from the experience. the little kid in me still goes nuts over certain games, but its like when i played final fantasy 7 i was 15 and it was the greatest gaming experience i ever had and its been a while since a game has had that kind of impact on me and i miss that. i would love it if im still gaming when i turn 36 but i wonder if i will just eventually outgrow them. so i want to pose the question to anyone in their mid 20's or so .

Do you think your best years of gaming are behind you.?

Arath_1

Your maths doesnt add up for the Final Fantasy VII when you were 15. Just nitpicking though and its meanigless really, onto the main point.

I may be just outside of the demographic you pose your question to (i.e. I am 20, will be 21 this year) but I still feel like I can give an answer. Out grow games? I dont think so. No, never. Why should I? Are games dedicated and focused at a specific age group? While some of them may be most of the greatest games have universal appeal that anybody above a certain age can enjoy. Why should you ever out grow the enjoyment that an excellent game brings. Ask yourself this, do you think you will ever out grow books? what about movies? Of course not. Thats just a ridiculus assumption.

Your interest may wain and you may eventually lose the need or desire to play games whatsoever but I dont believe its a question of age. I love gaming and I hope to be gaming with my children in a decade or two from now. Hell my University course is helping me enter the industry, so I dont see myself ever out growing games. There are people at the age of 15 who rarely game (at all) have they out grown games? Nope, the appeal was never there for them and it may be gone for you. Thats fine, its just like as a child you may have liked something and then as an adult you may dislike or find it boring, but its a question of perspective not of age. Never age.

Look at a lot of the great game developers. Hironobu Sakaguchi, Hideo Kojima, Yoshinori Kitase, etc all well into their 40's and creating some of the most amazing games we've ever seen. 

my point was not a case of outgrowing games but a case of my gaming experiences over the next 10 years not being as good as what i have had up to this point and yes my math is off for final fantasy vii but i couldnt remember the exact year.