Are you actualy good at games / Are you bad at them
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I'm okay. I'd probably be better if
a.) I didn't over-identify with my character. This makes WRPGs my favorites, but means that it tend to take getting shot/zombie-thrashed personally.
b.) I didn't have such a short attention span/low frustration threshold. Thank god for walk-throughs, or I'd throw way too many controllers at the puzzles.
c.) My hands didn't shake. Eh, what are you going to do?
a.) I didn't over-identify with my character. This makes WRPGs my favorites, but means that it tend to take getting shot/zombie-thrashed personally.
b.) I didn't have such a short attention span/low frustration threshold. Thank god for walk-throughs, or I'd throw way too many controllers at the puzzles.
c.) My hands didn't shake. Eh, what are you going to do?
I'd have to say for the most part I'm good at games, although I suck at RTS's, and I'm also not very competitive at FPS's because I barely play them.
I consider myself good at every game I play, the problem is I tend to get bored of a game once I reach a certain level of skill, making me feel like the solution to my boredom is to play another kind of game, finish it, beat people on it (if possible) and so forth.
I doubt I'll become a master of any game, but at least I can feel like an acomplished gamer by playing through so many games in my life.
It also feels very good to test my skill against friends that only do well in a couple of games and sometimes beating them, I guess being an All-Round gamer gives a different view (been there, done that).
I doubt I'll become a master of any game, but at least I can feel like an acomplished gamer by playing through so many games in my life.
It also feels very good to test my skill against friends that only do well in a couple of games and sometimes beating them, I guess being an All-Round gamer gives a different view (been there, done that).
I have a very unique level of skill. I suck at FPS's and some RTS' (the ones that are like RUSH RUSH RUSH), but when given a chance to think about things, I improve exponentially to a degree. Out of all my "skills":
Fighting games: average, I like to use arcade sticks vs. control pads, so sometimes it's hard to compete.
RTS: if I have enough time to develop the bare minimum (i.e. a game like Kohan vs. Starcraft), I do pretty well
Puzzle/TBS/Card games: My strongest suit. If there aren't glitches in the game/broken characters/etc. I can do incredibly well (which is why I rule at Bubble Bobble and suck at Tetris Attack). Ironically enough, the way I play these games is not through over-analysis, but rather by instinct.
Fighting games: average, I like to use arcade sticks vs. control pads, so sometimes it's hard to compete.
RTS: if I have enough time to develop the bare minimum (i.e. a game like Kohan vs. Starcraft), I do pretty well
Puzzle/TBS/Card games: My strongest suit. If there aren't glitches in the game/broken characters/etc. I can do incredibly well (which is why I rule at Bubble Bobble and suck at Tetris Attack). Ironically enough, the way I play these games is not through over-analysis, but rather by instinct.
I played Dynasty Warriors on Easy for around 5 years. Well, y'know, all the games in the series?
As soon as I moved up to Medium on Samurai Warriors 2; I got absolutely owned, heh.
The only games I've only been really good at are Hitman and Super Mario Kart, strangely enough.
Heh.
As soon as I moved up to Medium on Samurai Warriors 2; I got absolutely owned, heh.
The only games I've only been really good at are Hitman and Super Mario Kart, strangely enough.
Heh.
I'm glad someone made this thread. I'm terrible at video games, despite pouring 100 hours or more into the ones I play. I even gave up on Oblivion on normal difficulty because I ended up trying a non-fighter type character. I'm miserable at FPS's because my reaction time is crap, but I'm pretty good a jRPG's because they tend not to be time-sensitive.
There are only two games in which I take any sort of pride in my skills: SSBM, where I can take 2 level 7 CPU opponents on the same team, and Audiosurf with a ninja mono, where I have the global high-score for J-E-N-O-V-A, by The Black Mages (holy crap, that song is hard).
There are only two games in which I take any sort of pride in my skills: SSBM, where I can take 2 level 7 CPU opponents on the same team, and Audiosurf with a ninja mono, where I have the global high-score for J-E-N-O-V-A, by The Black Mages (holy crap, that song is hard).
I'm terrible at 'twitch' games (RTS, FPS) but pretty good at RPG and really good at 'puzzle' and 'exploration' games.
The exception to the above 'no-twitch' generality though, are racing games. For some reason, I can get into those and usually do really well.
Anything that requires agility or speed usually frustrates me, except for the racing games.
Against the trends in the industry, I'm still loyal to PC gaming. I hate gamepads- they make my hands hurt and frustrate me so much...
The exception to the above 'no-twitch' generality though, are racing games. For some reason, I can get into those and usually do really well.
Anything that requires agility or speed usually frustrates me, except for the racing games.
Against the trends in the industry, I'm still loyal to PC gaming. I hate gamepads- they make my hands hurt and frustrate me so much...
What can I say. I'm not, as you eloquently put it, "god's god's gift to gaming and pwn everyone", but I'm not too bad either. I've versed a friend in Halo 2 once, and while it was close, I won (supposedly, he's one of the better players in my gaming circle). Anyway, I'm pretty good at FPSs, and WRPGs, and can tolerate grind (to an extent), but suck at RTS. Yeah, that's about it.
I would consider myself decent at games. If I had to pick something that others consider me to be above average in, it's being the support class in role-based games or in MMOs. I can hang pretty well making sure offensive-minded players don't die and have no illusions regarding my role.
otherwise, as I said, I'm ok, but I'm not insanely good. The problem is, to be insanely good, you have to spend an insane amount of time getting good, and I just don't have that time.
otherwise, as I said, I'm ok, but I'm not insanely good. The problem is, to be insanely good, you have to spend an insane amount of time getting good, and I just don't have that time.
im decent at some games. Im good at COD4, but who isnt? Im trying to master ninja gaiden, but that shits hard. Im rubbish at most Rts. I generaly enjoy RPGs and im pretty good at them.
When it comes to FPS's, I can pick up and play pretty easy, I am really good at most if not all of the FPS's I have played. Games such as, COD4, Halo3, Vegas:2 I am God-Like. It's funny Il play with friends who don't play games often, and I get so irritated about how slow they are at learning the controls, or moving and such. But when it comes to RTS's as much as I want to believe I am the god of war, I can't seem to think on the largest of scales, I am decent at a game like C&C3, but with a game like Supreme Commander, I just can't seem to think on the same level as most of my opponents. Me and my dad are a prime example, at any FPS I will hands down curb stomp him into submission, but if we play BFME2, or SupCom, he will kick me as again and again and again.
I usually don't get ultra good at games because about and mid-way to really good I always without fail and stop to wonder. Why am i doing this? For Single-player game I usually respond to my own thought-question with"Because its fun!" But in the area where how good you are shows, Multiplayer, I tend to get frustrated by one to four problems that I have with the game and Resopnd to my thought-question"Actually I don't know why this isn't even fun!"
After That I take whatever game it was out of My Xbox360 or just go to my Xbox360 if it was on the computer and begin closing doors on corpses in Oblivion and remember how hilarious that is.
For the most part I'm Decent-kinda good mostly because the fun ends before I get good at it. Rpgs I can do competently because of my ability to prep my party for battles but I'm terrible at sports games,racing games,and RTSes. Probably because I hate the first two and never really play the third.Fpses I can do competently on normal and get the hang of MP pretty quick.
After That I take whatever game it was out of My Xbox360 or just go to my Xbox360 if it was on the computer and begin closing doors on corpses in Oblivion and remember how hilarious that is.
For the most part I'm Decent-kinda good mostly because the fun ends before I get good at it. Rpgs I can do competently because of my ability to prep my party for battles but I'm terrible at sports games,racing games,and RTSes. Probably because I hate the first two and never really play the third.Fpses I can do competently on normal and get the hang of MP pretty quick.
generally i can pick up any game from any platform and just set off, however in terms of becoming a master at that game, i dont give it enough time, in terms of playing online, i only play online a couple of times a week due to the sheer boredem under the sugar-coated competition, but i mainly concentrate on 3-4 games and finish most of them in a week or so and move on, i don't dig that whole achievement crap. However that being said give me a JRPG and everything will fall into place like clockwork +}
Yeah, I'm pretty good at gaming, I get the hang of a game in 15 minutes, but my weakness is Racing(Speed Freaks and CTR are fun, and they are highly playable)and Strategy (Except for AOE and Civilisation).