Are you actually good at gaming?

[KaosuHamoni]

FPS's = Hell yes. Everything from Battlefield to Quake. I owned at Tribes 2 back in the day. I also beat Halo 2 on Legendary, aged 10.
Fighting Games = I'm alright. The best out of all of my friends, but my lack of a joystick limits my ability.
RPG's = Yes. I'm quite the strategist.
RTS's = Haven't played them in donkeys years, although, back when I played Warcraft 3 I was quite good. I've been considering Starcraft 2, once I upgrade my computer.
Hack'n'slash = Ninja Gaiden. Very Hard mode. I've also beaten a couple of the DMC's on Dante Must Die.
Third Person = Yes. I stormed through Vanquish on Hard mode in 4 hours, and I've beaten MGS4 on The Boss Extreme.
Puzzle = Portal 2 took me 5 hours.
Racing = I will kick ass on Wipeout.

I play every game I get immediately on the hardest difficulty available. I enjoy the challenge, and I tend to come out on top in online games. At least in the top 3.

Although, all this could change once my copy of Demon's Souls arrives. I'll report back to you when my spirit has been crushed...

 

[jacobythehedgehog]

I am only really good at fighting games

 

[Jake0fTrades]

(WARNING: ANOTHER CoD STORY) I'm pretty good. I've never prided myself on quick-scoping, but one of my friends asked me to 1v1 and I trounced him 30 to 19.

I've also played through Mass Effect on Insanity several times.

 

[RastaBadger]

I'm getting better. In most online games I rank in the upper half of the scoreboard about 75% of the time and in the top third about 50% of the time. Also after realising that I can complete most games in a day or two I have increased the difficulty I play everything at. So that's normal for RTSs and sports games and hard for everything else.

 

[Ir0n Squid]

I'm so bad-ass that I've beaten Minecraft...twice. [/sarcasm]

Truth: I play a game more for the story than anything. I have a couple of epic moments in StarCraft or LOL. Had one 20 kill streak in BF2:BC. Otherwise I'm content with playing on Normal difficulty (or the next higher, if I've already beaten it) and enjoying the story.

 

[MrJKapowey]

Nah, I'm not good at gaming...



I AM A GOD!

*cough* As I was saying, I'm excellent at Battlefield, CoDBO, pretty goof at Halo and epic at Age of Empires 3. That's all the games I care to mention atm.

 

[esperandote]

I'm good in the genres i like enough to become good (Fighters, Survival Horror, Action, Puzzles and some casual and browser games). I suck at any sports/racing games, rpg, fps and others.
Videos I've made:

Spoiler: Marvel Super Heroes Wolverine combo

Spoiler: KOF 2002 Kula combos

 

[dangitall]

I'm decent at everything except FPS and RTS. I'm recent at large games though, I usually played small online flash games from probably 10 to now (15 years old).

 

[Mariena]

I suck at RTS games and detest them quite a bit. I don't like the whole aggressive part where you have to keep expanding and moving up and attacking ... I like to build my lovely city/fortress/base/whatever, fortify the perimeter and then sally out.

Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to win games..

In action/FPS games I can consider myself to be quite good. I frequently dominate a good number of people on the opposing team in TF2.

I also tend to play a game on the higher difficulty levels (not highest, as they usually are frustratingly difficult).



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I have actually no idea why I posted it, as nobody will quote this post and start a discussion of some kind

 

[Zeekar]

So, gamers, what games do you suck at, even if you love them and play them often?

I tend to get fairly good at anything I put a lot of hours into. That's kind of the way games are. I'm 25, if that means anything.

The fact that you're not very good probably means you have a life and that's a good thing. I stay away from competitive gaming as much as possible because I know I'll get addicted -- I hate losing so much that I will steal time from all other activities to hone and upkeep my skills. I've tried to play casually, but apparently I never leveled up my self-control stat as a kid.

I find that watching my gf play fps's fills the void pretty nicely -- I get similar satisfaction when she does well as I would if it were me playing and I get even more satisfaction making her feel better when she does poorly. I call that a good tradeoff.

I prefer deep storylines anyway so it's not a huge loss.

 

[Sir Bob]

I am decent at everything, but I don't put in the effort needed to make it to the top, nor am I fast enough to make it to a fancy league in for instance Starcraft 2.

 

[Zeekar]

Don't let me touch an RTS. I will lose, you will lose, the company who made the game will also lose. I'm just that terribad.

That means you lost so hard that you actually won. That's still a win.

Anyone can be a winner if your definition of victory is loose enough.

 

[Liviola]

Growing up as an only child and having played a lot of games since age 5, my specialty is single player games and I can finish quite quickly and without breaking a sweat or getting stuck for too long (even those that many might complain about being difficult) especially if there's problem-solving elements.

Fighting games, however, I am pretty pathetic at. I can't resist the urge to button mash, even after I've memorised all the moves and have played enough that I should be able to strategize and react to the opponenent, it just feels so good to button mash, like immediate reinforcement for zero effort XD

Driving games, also, I make no effort when I play them because they're just BORING to me. Going around in circles? Yaaaaaaaaaaay -_- Here's the way I feel about it: a car is a tool to get you from point A to point B, and it boggles my mind to consider wasting time and resources making them go in circles. Sure, if you race a plane and a car, it's like "whoa, plane is more awesome because it saves hours of travel time!" but beyond that (like a car beating another car by 1 millisecond) is just.. not worth my time to even look at.

 

[Whateveralot]

I'm actually quite bad at gaming. Except for most PC shooters, I used to be and still am pretty good at those.

 

[Sieni]

I'd say yes.

I've spent more than 2000 hours playing Team Fortress 2, so all the practice has pretty much made me a living god in most FPS games.

 

[Cogwheel]

Nope.

In fact, I quite literally cannot think of a single game I'm good at.

System Shock 2

Always nice to see someone else who's actually played that. Again, I barely managed to stagger through it, but it's a fantastic game.

 

[dekcahw]

Here is a basic question; Have you won money playing games? Have you won a trip anywhere? Have you won computers, etc?

If you responded yes, then you are good, if you responded no then you are probably (99.9999%) mediocre at best.

 

[tooWhite2ball]

The only game that I can say, without a doubt, that I am fantastic at is Crazy Taxi. Aquiring the Crazy Licence on the Dreamcast was easy...but I can't seem to do it on XBLA. Any other game that I play on a regular basis (Pokemon B&W, CoD:BO, Just Cause 2, Fallout, Elder Scrolls 4, just to name a few) shows that I am a normal to mediocre gamer at best. Definitely not bad, but definitely not the greatest.

 

[IamQ]

I'm awful at FPS'es, but I have a fairly good K/D at Uncharted 2, and I consider myself to be quite good at RTS games.

 

[Captain Epic]

Some games. I beat Uncharted 2 on crushing and I'm almost done Mass Effect 2 on insanity. In online games my skill level drastically varies. Also, I find it strange that I'm quite good at Cod 4 but not very good at Black Ops.