Are you actually good at gaming?

[GundamSentinel]

Depends on the type of game. I'm horrible at some games, but good at others. When I play fighting games with friends I always get slaughtered, but when we switch to shooters I steamroller them. Online as well. When it comes to singleplayer games it depends on whether or not I take the time to familiarize myself with all the game options. If I like a game and its options, I tend to be better at it.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

It depends entirely on the game in question (of course not the genre you silly person)

I've beaten Halo, 3 and, Reach on Legendary but ODST and, 2 on Heroic which would still count as pretty good for shooters (on the console) but Duke Nukem 3D? Half-Life 2? Had to play those on Easy. Racing games? I suck at those HOWEVER nobody can beat me on Burnout or arcade classics like the Rush series (where have those been?) I've also kicked a lot of Expert Ass on Guitar Heroes 1-6 (well, more or less) but I'm a solid normal (some hard) on Rock Band. Go figure.

I consider myself good at gaming to put it simply but I know my limitations and know where I'm not good. Like fighting games...stupid, stupid fighting games (except SSBM and, SSB clones like Punchtime Explosion and, JUMP Ultimate Stars)

 

[spartandude]

I tend to be good at most games i play, in all honesty I am absolutely fantastic at FPS games especially halo, sadly though i suck big time at RTS games which is a genre i actually like more than FPS
also i suck at WoW even though i really like it

 

[PBMcNair]

I consider myself to be pretty good, but I've always had a bad habit of getting way to into micro for my own good. Focus like that is great in CS:S but not so much in Kanes Wrath.

On the other hand i can and have spent hours building the most elaborate fortifications i can in Company of Heroes. Until the AI gets his trollface on and breaks out the "nothing but armour" strategy.

 

[GeorgW]

I'm pretty proud that I got through GoW on hard the first time I tried it. Still, I've never been much of an FPS player, but most other games I'm pretty good at.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

Personally, I like to play games for fun and to accomplish challenges (depends on the game). I'm not considered one of those "hardcore" gamers who are experts at a type of genre or game series. If I'm an expert or talented at anything it's because I've played a game/genre casually enough to get the hang of it and make that game/genre my own.

Competitively, I probably wouldn't stand a change against others who are true champions. Against non-champions, I'm sure I can hold my own, but only if I'm familiar with the game/genre.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

im good at FPSs on my own and good at RPGs with friends.

I have completed Devil May Cry on Dante Must Die mode without dying. That gets mentioned a lot.
I've done F3 and Oblivion without breaking a sweat.
I've got through nearly every JRPG i've played on hard modes with little trouble.

i have a friend whose only difference from these things are that he died on DMC DMD.
also he's only 15.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

You tell me:

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(no FPSs shown, don't worry ^^)

 

[Zhadramekel]

Being good at games is a bit of a weird classification. Different genres have totally different gameplay so you can rule one but suck at another. Personally, I'm good with RPG's and ok at racers but terrible at FPS'.

 

[Epona]

I'm not, I just played Portal for the first time the other day and it took me 9 hours to beat it. I had read that people beat it in 3 hours on their first playthrough. I guess I am just not as good as some people but I don't really care because I enjoyed those 9 hours.

 

[Madara XIII]

I'm 21 and I've been gaming since I was 6. I have the Crest of Hyrule tattooed on my back and I donno where I'd be without games. However, that doesn't mean I'm a particularly good gamer.
I've played through Mass Effect 2 several times on normal difficulty, but on hardcore? No no no no. Y'know the part, half way through, where you make your way into the supposedly dead Reaper and get ambushed by a load of Collectors on platforms? Can't do it, nope, not a chance.

My point is, for all of the love you have for games, are you actually good at Halo, DIRT, CoD, God Of War or Portal?
Sure, we all have our strengths. For example, it's a scientific fact that I am unbeatable at Crash Team Racing, but I am rubbish at almost all first and third person shooters, even though I play them quite a lot.

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

To be honest. I'm a beast when it comes to Hack n' Slash games and Fighters such as:

Ninja Gaiden
Devil May Cry Series
God of War
Marvel vs Capcom
Street Fighter

I'm great at 3rd person shooters, platformers, action/adventure or racing games such as:

Metal Gear Solid Series or Metal Gear Online
Ratchet and Clank Series
Vanquish
Assassin's Creed
Sonic the Hedgehog
Shadow of the Colossus
Any Mario Game
Megaman

I'm mediocre and even a bit crappy at First Person Shooters such as:

Call of Duty
Killzone
Battlefield series
Call of Cthulhu

 

[Xorph]

Im pretty good at most games. My strong suites are FPSs and RPGs. RPGs to the point where I'm utterly confused when my friends ask me where to find more stimpacks in Fallout because they ran out. I play with a mod for New Vegas (Project Nevada) that makes the game a lot more realistic/harder (for example, you don't gain HP as you level). I'm level 26, and I've only used 5 stimpacks
For FPSs, I'm really good at Halo and Alliance of Valliant Arms, having a k/d of about 1.8-2 in both of them. In newer Cods I'm only about .95, but in 4 I think I'm somewhere around 1.5. Of course, I tend to blame that on how imbalanced the game is more than anything else

 

[Mrselfdestruct]

I'm pretty good at Street Fighter I think...I came 4th in a tournament once...
I'm trying to get better at TF2 right now, I'm rusty and keep getting counter sniped...annoying.
I think I'm also good at hack n slash games like DMC and Ninja Gaiden...or maybe I'm not I don't have much to compare it to.

 

[Madara XIII]

You tell me:

Spoiler

(no FPSs shown, don't worry ^^)

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK You're awesome with Bang!!! Plus his theme song playing only makes it more badass.

I MUST CHALLENGE YOU WITH HAKUMEN!!

If you're up for an online fight anytime soon.

 

[Purplecoyote]

Depends on the genre. I'm terrible with shooters (for example I played Bioshock on easy)but I'm rather good with strategy and RPGs like Persona 3. I also have a good memory and rhythm for things like fighting and music games.

 

[TriGGeR_HaPPy]

Born in 1991, think I started gaming in about 1995. For real. ^_^

Shooters (especially First Person): Yes, I am good. I'm not top tier, but I'm very confident in my ability to beat the majority of other players in FPS games I've played.
This is especially true on PC. On consoles, well... I'm okay I guess, but no where close to my level on PC.

Real-time or Turn-based Strategy: Eh. This is where I suck. I always end up turtling, and while for some strategy games you can still win with this strategy, in most other strategy games this will pretty much end in failure almost 100% of the time. The moment I go up against another player with any kind of skill in the game, I'm pretty much guaranteed to lose.

Racing: About 50/50 here. If I practice on a racing game, I can just break ahead of the majority, but again, if I ever go up against a "serious" racing game player, I'll most likely lose.

Puzzle: I'm pretty good, but I won't say much more than that because I don't play them often. Though I used to play Myst games a lot when I was younger... Loved them.

Sports: I'm okay if I ever play them for more than just a little while, but yeah, I don't play them often.

I've missed a few game-types, but I feel I've already gone into enough detail.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

You tell me:

Spoiler

(no FPSs shown, don't worry ^^)

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK You're awesome with Bang!!! Plus his theme song playing only makes it more badass.

I MUST CHALLENGE YOU WITH HAKUMEN!!

If you're up for an online fight anytime soon.

You think a real man ever walks away from a challenge!?

Pick a place and time...and another place for your casket.

(as you can see, my PSN is dreikoo, send a Frequest whenever you want )

 

[krazykidd]

I can pretty much pick up any game and be okay at it , after about 30 mins i'll be above average . Depending on the learning curb i guess , rare are the games that i can't play because i'm not good at it , except for RTS games , although i did play and like alpha centuri . I guess i'm a pretty good gamer , i start games on my first playthrough on hard ever so often . I played nier on hard the first time , call of duty mw2/black ops on hardened the first time , played halo 3 for first time on heroic ,gears of war 2 also . I bought deadspace 2 yesterday and started it on survivalist ( the level over normal ) for my first playthrough. Finished catherine on normal without using the undo button ( mostly because i didn't realised it existex until day7) and my first playthrough of dead space 1 i got the one gun achievement for playing/finishing the game using only the plasma cutter, also i finished FF13 without upgrading any of my weapons/accessories . Theres others but i think you get the point.

EDIT; oh like i said i started dead space 2 on survivalist mode for my first playthrough , i'm also only using the plasma cutter just for fun and extra challenge.

 

[Prof. Monkeypox]

Depends on the game.
I beat Mass Effect 2 on Insanity with, like, five gameovers in total- of course, by that time I'd beaten the game a bunch of times and knew all the tricks, and was playing as a defensive soldier so I was able to win most difficult encounters by sheer attrition.

Conversely, I'll never be "Korean-level" at StarCraft, and actually die or get kicked from the game within five minutes.

Sometimes it's not even a genre issue- I'm all over the place at FPS
In TF2 I'm often top of the leaderboards and actually complete objectives (rather than just work on my damn kill-count, snipers).
But in realistic shooters such as CoD, I'm functionally retarded and frequently no threat to anyone, even if I've gotten the drop on them.

The point is, I'm not great- but I'm pretty good sometimes.
More importantly, I just play at whatever difficulty/genre/game, etc. that I fell most comfortable at or have the most fun in.

 

[-Dragmire-]

The only reason for me to play on a harder difficulty than normal is if I've beaten it before and I don't replay that many games(Too many games on my to play list).