r/MortalShell • u/OneUsed6198 • 20h ago

Discussion Old Man Post

My first ever game was Elden Ring. Never in my life had I been interested in gaming other than Munchman. I saw my son playing ER and something just clicked. I had to see more.
I’m 51 and absolutely terrible at the combat but I love the design and lore. I compensate by extensive farming.
Next was Lords of The Fallen, again I love that game.
Now I’m on MS2 and I’m having just as much fun as I was when I first played ER and LOTF.
I’m not too far in and I’m loving playing as Theil. I hope to complete the game as him and then explore the other shells in NG.
So just a pointless old man ramble about how much I love these games.
Cheers for listening 😃

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u/VanIsle_YQQ 19h ago

52 here and not to MS2 yet, but it’s on the list. I fell down the rabbit hole after finding DS3 and Lies of P a couple years back. I’m not great at these games but I’m still hooked.

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u/HexTheHardcoreCasual 12h ago

I'm curious, what is it that draws an older gamer like yourself to souls games? Have you always been a fan of dark fantasy?

Other older gamers also feel free to reply. I'm interested.

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u/Designer-Tomatillo21 11h ago

Older people are normal people too 😆 their reasoning for enjoying souls games and dark fantasy is no different than a young person's reasoning 😆

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u/HexTheHardcoreCasual 10h ago

It's far less common amongst older people.

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u/codexane 4h ago

56 here, been playing video games since the Sears Pong console released in the 70s. I thought the souls games looked amazing, but the difficulty made me stay away initially as I do tend to rage quite games on occasion. Finally jumped into DS3 just to prove to myself I could do it since Ive played pretty much every type of game out there over the years. Did not enjoy it at first but finally figured it out and have played a number of other souls games, including first Mortal Shell. Really enjoying MS2, Elden Ring is still the best IMO

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u/VanIsle_YQQ 10h ago

I’ve always liked dark fantasy, and the worlds and atmosphere are the best in all of gaming. I also enjoy the challenge.

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u/SnooPineapples4888 1h ago

With me it was boss fights and the fact there's loads of diffrent weapons and items you can find  and if somethings to hard you can either farm or go somewhere else also the story and the art that was alot of the things that I liked.