Games that make you ask yourself "Why can't i get better?"

[Waaghpowa]

Most strategy games.

I enjoy them, but God damn I am crap at them.

For me, it depends on what kind of strategy game. Starcraft? Nope, I can't be bothered to macro everything and memorize all the keybindings. Shogun 2? Definitely, because it's more about placement than anything else.

For me, Fighting games. My brain doesn't process the kind of data required to not only memorize abilities, but have the thought to chain them all together. Although I'm pretty good at the new Mortal Kombat.

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Phoenix Wright is a boss though, he's kind of awkward but if you get him down, he's one of the strongest characters in the game in Turnabout mode. Not to mention his ultimate does the most damage of any character as well as most awesome/hilarious.

 

[Extragorey]

VVVVV(V?).
I finished it after a few hours, but I never really felt like I was getting better. I still died dozens of times over and over in the same place before getting past it. Fun game, and I liked the open-world feel, but the controls are very twitchy and hard to get used to.

 

[The Wykydtron]

Most strategy games.

I enjoy them, but God damn I am crap at them.

For me, it depends on what kind of strategy game. Starcraft? Nope, I can't be bothered to macro everything and memorize all the keybindings. Shogun 2? Definitely, because it's more about placement than anything else.

For me, Fighting games. My brain doesn't process the kind of data required to not only memorize abilities, but have the thought to chain them all together. Although I'm pretty good at the new Mortal Kombat.

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Phoenix Wright is a boss though, he's kind of awkward but if you get him down, he's one of the strongest characters in the game in Turnabout mode. Not to mention his ultimate does the most damage of any character as well as most awesome/hilarious.

Yeah watching someone's full health last character get instakilled by PW's lvl 3 is definitely my favourite thing in UMVC3. 1.2 million damage in lvl 3 X-Factor. The standard benchmark health is 1/1.1 million, so Ace Attorney is almost always overkill in the highest degree.

There's something beautiful about watching so much health disintegrate in such a short amount of time...

Rejecting beam supers with it is fun as well, the amount of people who decide to throw out a random Hyper on incoming when they're on their last character is really high. Like if a Ryu or Akuma is the last character they'll almost certainly throw out a beam super without thinking... Y'know since those beams are usually safe as houses? Nothing is safe when you're against Phoenix Wright bitches XD

Shinku HADOUK- The one who actually commited the crime... IS YOU!

Or when this guy's Spencer was just zipping about on the very top of the screen trying to time out Turnabout... *Waits for the next zip* AA'd. Plus y'know when they're on full retreat mode? Backflipping into the corner to make blocking piss easy? That used to beat me so damn often. Now? Air throw into Ace Attorney. Owned!

Yeah PW is just so fun to play. Like overcoming his limitations makes it more fun if you know what I mean. I'd never have fun playing someone like Wesker, he's so easy to pick up and destroy with it'd get boring fast. Plus everyone and their dog knows Wesker counters by now. Complete. Global. Oversaturation of a certain character tends to do that to a metagame. Like how everyone had Phoenix counters in Vanilla MvC3

 

[WhiteFangofWhoa]

SC2. Sad thing is, I was at least average on Brood War. I've tried everything from reading all the guides to submitting replays to Day9 to changing my race/build order to something less easily rushed, but everyone just says 'macro better'. Doubt I will never learn to cope with early rushes or get out of high Bronze as a result.

 

[RJ 17]

Pretty much any fighting game series I've ever played with the exception of Dead or Alive, only because of the simplicity of it's rock-paper-scissors combat system. Throw beats Counter, Counter beats Punch, Punch beats Throw. Sure there's some complex maneuvers and combos that can be pulled off, but they're not necessary to win.

 

[Fishyash]

Fighting games I can feel improvement while playing.

RTSs on the other hand...

The problem is, I can't see what my enemy is doing, so I never have a bloody clue how I lost without watching a replay of what happened.

I am not willing to watch myself lose over and over again to improve. RTS games are not my thing, but god damn I love warcraft 3. I will just stick to single player (TBH I even fail at that...)

I am guessing it's a result of piss poor macro, as most games I lose to are pretty much down to having a really poor unit force against theirs, I don't constantly spend and build, etc..