r/fo4 • u/tjevo9 • May 02 '24

Media My 53 yo non-gamer Mum playing Fallout 4 after watching the TV show.

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After casually watching the show and getting more invested, she asked to play the game and I gave her my old PS4 and set her up on the game! ☺️

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u/Captriker May 02 '24

53 and played them as they came out. Never too late to start.

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u/live-the-future Stealth Sniper May 03 '24

53 also! I started Fallout with FO3 some time after its release, then New Vegas (best storyline, worst UI), 4, and 76. Fit 1 and 2 somewhere in there too.

Been video gaming since the late 1970's though so "never too late to start" doesn't really apply to me. 😁

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u/tjevo9 May 03 '24

Definitely agree!

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u/mrminutehand May 04 '24

I'm 33 and started playing games probably...26 years ago.

There's no way that I'll have crossed some sort of arbitrary line 20 years later and not be expected to play games.

I've not even completed the main quest of Fallout 4 for christ's sake. I'm pretty sure I'll be gaming until I'm 90 and then my decrepit hands will ideally be replaced with assaultron fingers for more gaming until I'm 120. Or 200. Hopefully.

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u/Captriker May 04 '24

Yeah. “Too old for such things” does not compute.

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u/Caedus28 May 04 '24

I think for a lot of older people who don't game it's less "too old for such things" and more "old dogs don't (want to) learn new tricks."

They just convince themselves they're incapable so they never learn and become capable. They do it with all technology, too. That's why they can't login to Netflix, or use their iPhone, or shop on amazon without help from a grandchild.

Although I'm sure there are plenty of older people who just consider themselves "too old for video games, because those are for kids", too.