Games that significantly improve your skills?

[GuerrillaClock]

Killer7 taught me the fact that if I die, I needn't worry because a gentleman will come along, put my severed head in a briefcase and bring me back to life through the power of television.

I don't think you want to rely on that too much...

But... video games are always right! You're telling me if I play Halo I won't be a trained killer? Are you suggesting that Jack Thompson has been...wrong all these years?

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Killer7 taught me the fact that if I die, I needn't worry because a gentleman will come along, put my severed head in a briefcase and bring me back to life through the power of television.

I don't think you want to rely on that too much...

But... video games are always right! You're telling me if I play Halo I won't be a trained killer? Are you suggesting that Jack Thompson has been...wrong all these years?

Jack Thompson is the devil! Do not follow his lies!

 

[dodo1331]

Beating Mile High Club seems to improve my CoD4 skills.

 

[G1eet]

Call of Duty 2 on Veteran taught me patience when necessary, and ass kicking... all the time. Two shots, bam, you're dead.

007 Nightfire weaned me onto FPS's in general.

 

[TalonsOfWar]

playing css made me improve on my headshot skills and knifing skills

 

[Scrythe]

Clive Barker's Jericho gave me precognition, so I can master millisecond-long quick time events and Stepmania.

The old Mega Man games gave me the ability to raise my blood pressure and swear a lot.

FreQuency gave me the ability to differentiate between electric and acoustic drums.

Street Fighter helped me make one arm stronger than the other, so I can effectively smash my controller with a potato masher.

Will I use my powers for good or evil? Stay tuned.

 

[teisjm]

I can thank gaming in general, and online gameing to be more specific for learning english.
Ofc we learn english as our second language in school in Denmark, but thanks to gaming, (and warhammer, and music, and movies) I was always a year ahead of my class when i was in school.

Nowdays peoples writing in online games are not really helpfull.

 

[The Last Parade]

Splinter Cell taught me to sneak in real life
Mirrors Edge got me interested in parkour (Now I can do it in real life)
Gears of War taught me about fire fights... minus the chainsaws
KoToR taught me a few lessons on speaking
and W@W : Veteran mode taught me that if it's a 1 on 1 sniper fight the german will ALWAYS win... them and their X ray vision... I hate Vendetta...

 

[Arayis]

Silent Hill taught me to fear sirens and white noise, as well as to be more mindful of my surroundings...

 

[Merteg]

Runescape improved my ability to destroy a diverse economy.

 

[Nightflight51]

Team Fortress 2 improved my ability to ragequit in dominated shame.
But really, TF2 sniping really improves mouse-eye coordination.

 

[SsilverR]

Devil may cry 3 improved my reflexes and gave me the ability to improvise complex plans for new situations in seconds

Turok taught me how to control sensitive crosshairs

MGS4 improved my perception

and fight night actually dulled my boxing skills a little ... XD coach gave me some detox after that .... try to picture the word detox .. good, good .. now replace it with "i'm going to make you regret buying that game" >_<

 

[Carbonic Penguin]

I'd say something about teamwork, but I'd be lying. Quick versus games rarely result in teamwork.

I actually got into a game that actually had teamwork and coordination, we'd always have to state our name and status, and we planned ahead. This was especially necessary as the survivors because we were playing the Unrest mod, which is 8v8, and without teamwork, the survivors get destroyed. We actually made it through Dead Air 3 (the construction site) without a single death!

OT: When i was younger, I'd see long and complicated words that i didn't know, and so i'd find out what they meant and how to spell them! I am renowned in real life to talk with a wide vocabulary that sometimes needs explaining! Though it seems it's about in game skills... so i'd have to say Morrowind that taught me the WASD control scheme!

 

[Acaroid]

I have to say counterstrike in general helped me improve my mouse control more than any other FPS...

 

[nova18]

Bad Company and Killzone 2 revolutionised my approach to sniping. Those games require perfect positioning, precision and timing to master the sniper rifles.
It paid off though, I can top every leaderboard in any online FPS when I snipe.

I thank COD4 for my run-n-gun skills though, those last frantic HC Search and Destroy seconds really boost your reflexes as you run through a door and have to deal with a camper before he can pull the trigger.

Finally, Disgaea 3. My maths has never been sharper

 

[Contun]

Counter Strike Source.

Nuff said...

 

[TankCopter]

Playing Portal made me better at solving puzzles.
WoW made me patient.
Little Big Planet helped me not get frustrated at other games. Every time I miss a jump, I think 'Well, LBP is worse.' Bloody controls were like playing with a controller covered in bread dough.

 

[Solytus]

MGS4 taught me how to sneak better, Ninja Gaiden Sigma improved my reflexes, and Halo improved my fps skills in general.

 

[Gaming_Purist]

Quake 3 gave me better aim and mouse control in FPS.

Full Spectrum Warrior gave me better FPS team skills.

 

[Deoxyribose]

I'm learning to play FPS in Battlefield: Bad Company. It's the first one I've played online, and the first I've owned since Quake II (a little Halo with the buddies being a rare exception).

Also, why do people complain so much about LittleBigPlanet's controls? It's not bad, it's different. You just have to adapt to how the jumping 'feels'. You just have to be aware of the fact of that the controls are floaty.