Easily impressed - blessing or curse?

[Auron225]

I think, in general, I'm easily impressed with things. That sounds vague - in my case, "things" would be anime & games. It's rare that I'll watch an anime or play a game and be disappointed, and I'm optimistic at that! I'm not sure if I should consider it a good thing or not though. It does mean I like a lot of what I take in, which is of course good in itself - but maybe it kinda renders my opinion on how good something is kinda moot if I like so much? Of course, I do enjoy certain things more than others (especially in retrospect), but I seem to enjoy almost everything a lot while it's happening.

What do you guys think? Is being easily impressed a good thing or bad?

In terms of recent games/anime I've played/watched in the past year or so that I liked enough to recommend it to everyone I thought even might enjoy it;

Anime:
Code Geass
Sword Art Online
Attack on Titan
Steins;Gate

Games:
Tales of Graces f
Mass Effect 1
Bioshock 1 & 2
Heavy Rain

 

[BloatedGuppy]

It's a blessing for you, and a curse for anyone who relies on you for recommendations.

 

[Heronblade]

Depends on the context.

In my case, being invested in constantly pushing the boundaries of what we are capable of, it would definitely be a curse. If I am ever completely satisfied with my work, regardless of how impressive it may be to others, I'm not really doing my job. There's always something to be improved, today's effort is always just the best compromise we can reach for the time being. Even as I'm pushing version 1.0 out the door, I should already know how to do V1.1, and be figuring out how to do V2.0 when the time comes.

For others, its somewhat ambiguous. There's something to be said for being easy to please, but there is also a reason that particular trait is associated with children.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

This reminds me of a quote from Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without A Country.

I don't know about you, but I practice a disorganized religion. I belong to an unholy disorder. We call ourselves "our lady of perpetual astonishment"

I think it's awesome.

 

[akai]

I wouldn't exactly call it a curse, but I don't think it's a great trait. If you like everything, it means you haven't set any standards for yourself. On the other hand, being overly critical is not good either. It's all about finding a balance.

 

[Hero of Lime]

A little bit of both I suppose. Being overly critical and cynical is no fun, especially when it comes to games and TV shows. Though, it's never a good idea to just accept that everything you see and try is great, especially when you like giving out recommendations. You might just find your friends distrusting your judgement if they don't like everything you recommend simply because you were impressed. Just go for a balance between both, that's the best advice I can come up with.

 

[DugMachine]

Neither. One should be critical but it must be nice to never be disappointed in a show/book/game whatever.

 

[TehCookie]

As long as you know it it's fine. I'm the same way with anime, I will watch almost anything and enjoy it. Besides just because you have a low standard doesn't mean you can't recognize quality.

 

[stormeris]

Less of a curse than being impossible to impress...

Just don't recommend anything to anyone

 

[krazykidd]

It's a curse . You're opinion loses all weight when you are impressed by everything. My girlfriend is easily impressed, i'm naturally cynical ( not cynical to look cool and detached) but very few things suprise or impress me . I absolutely hate talking about things with her, it's like talking to a child . And she's 8 years my senior.

 

[MysticSlayer]

Anime:
Code Geass
Sword Art Online
Attack on Titan
Steins;Gate

Games:
Tales of Graces f
Mass Effect 1
Bioshock 1 & 2
Heavy Rain

Well, honestly, if you consider yourself easily impressed because you highly recommend those, it might just be because you keep yourself surrounded by quality. I'm naturally cynical, and even I would recommend all the ones on that list I've watched/played, even Mass Effect, which I have no shortage of bad things to say about.

Otherwise, it depends. It might be hard for anyone to take you seriously when you rave about something, because your standards are so much lower than their own that it is hard to trust you. On the other hand, at least you enjoy things while everyone else is busy slipping into clinical depression because of their anger at a product, so I'd probably call it blessing. Just understand that your friends probably imagine that your thinking is equivalent to that of a child at times, but hey, it's their loss whenever they find something to rant about.

 

[Racecarlock]

I wish I had lower standards, and that's coming from someone who thought that "Whip my hair" wasn't that bad. It wasn't good, but it wasn't really that bad.

 

[nyankaty]

I'm the type who's pretty easygoing and I can generally find something good about almost everything I watch or read (though I don't listen to much music because I so rarely find any that I enjoy, so I guess I'm basically impossible to please in the music category?) but when I find something I hate, I hate it with a burning intensity.

To be fair though, I do warn people when they ask me for recommendations about stuff. I always give the disclaimer that I like almost everything.

For me, it's a blessing because if I let myself slip down into cynicism, I don't just slip, I tumble down to the very bottom of the valley beside the mountain so I make it a point to remain optimistic and enjoy everything as much as I can. I find it way harder to find the redeeming qualities in people sometimes though. I wish I could be as optimistic about them as I am about other stuff.

That said, I never am able to allow myself to find things I've made or done good enough to be satisfied with. I'm constantly striving to improve myself and if a friend asks me to help them improve something, I can be as critical as they need. I just choose to find joy and pleasure in the things I surround myself with for leisure like movies, games, and books. (I have been known to throw books across the room or out the window when I get to the end if they're awful though...)

 

[Rowan93]

I think it's a blessing, but I'm not sure it's actually permanent. How many anime have you watched total? All the ones you listed are very popular, and half or most of them are actually good (Sword Art Online has good fight scenes, but it's basically Marty Stu fanfiction of itself about how great Kirito is).

Have you watched, say, a dozen anime this year, and would you recommend all of them? If not, I don't think you necessarily have a problem with being easily impressed, you're just new to anime.

I've only played one of those videogames so I think I have less insight there, but I suspect it might be a similar thing.

 

[Pink Gregory]

Being able to easily move on from disappointment is something of a gift.