Growth as a gamer

[neoontime]

It was Mario, Bomerman, and Donkey Kong.

 

[Hiphophippo]

To be totally honest with you, I wonder if i'm not going in the opposite direction.

When i look back at games i've played I thought were easy that kick the crap out of me now, i wonder if i'm not actually getting worse at gaming in general.

I feel you. I used to regularly beat Contra on one life just because I could. I'm lucky to make it to the second level before it's game over now.

And it's not like I do anything different, I play games all the time, they just make them differently now I guess.

 

[Ldude893]

Battlefront 2 taught me how to shoot. COD4 taught me how to shoot PROPERLY.

 

[octafish]

Frogger, Galaga, Gyruss. Those are the first that pop into my head, oh and Pole Position. Loved that race car seat.

 

[Kyina-Lok]

When I started out it was pretty humble, games like sonic on the master system, rocket knight on the megadrive and Super Mario on the Snes. Played through them with little trouble or caring. It was only when I got a hold of Metal Gear Solid I actually started to care, the story made me fall into real games, not to denote the others but I prefer to enjoy games for fun when the only story is in the manual. Now my tastes are very varied, playing games when they interest me, sadly I have been playing some newer games for their namesakes i.e. Final Fantasy XIII and Sonic Rush. As a gamer not I simply go for that interests me, either for plot, style, or simple interest. Recently I dug out an old game called Digital Devil Saga (PS2) a game I found utterly fascinating, especially for a JRPG, its plot held my interest, as did its soundtrack and playstyle. I guess what I'm saying is that I'm at the point of gaming where I stop caring as much for hype and want people who obsess over retro to go suck themselves.

 

[Tucker154]

Halo:CE got me hugely into gaming.I did play some select games just as time wasters pre halo but never avidly.so realy halo is what made me gain a love for video games.

 

[Skoldpadda]

I started out with platformers and side-scrollers on the gameboy. On this very same device I played my first RPG: Mystic Quest. Even though I've played lots of great strategy games, shooters, adventure games, etc, RPG is still my favourite genre.

 

[Iandiaeufaieubfeuihfi]

My first game was a racing game, but I hate racing games to this day. I just started playing a chain of bad crappy kids games. Then when I became 7, I discovered Mortal Kombat. I liked it so I started playing other m-rated games to the point I was the only kid to know about gore, sex, and rape until the 5th grade. But the game that really made me the gamer I am today was Doom. I love shooting games that lets me turn the gore on to maximum.

 

[WINDOWCLEAN2]

Induction to Gaming - Halo: CE.

First game I activly went to buy - Star Wars Battlefront 2.

First Time I realised was a gamer - COD 2 on Xbox 360.

Their my gaming milestones.