Thanks to finding out about piracy rather early there was no longer the financial limitations either.

So yeah playing in childhood was much better. I could actually focus and go along with storylines and actually have time to practice and get better at games.

Nowadays, story based games are completely out, because once i eventually can play again i would need a recap of what happened last time and thats ignoring the fact that as soon as i put on earphones to even try to focus on a game, ny wife instantly gets jealous and tries to do everything possible to get some attention.
Similarly for any team based or skill based games, there just isn’t time to practice. So all multiplayer games are out as well, because it kinda sucks when in the evening i eventually can boot up my PC, start a game, launch a match and then get insta killed by past version of myself(basement dwelling 14 year old who practices every waking moment).