games you like but you can?t play very well.
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Touhou.
I suck at bullethells, but I love them because making any progress at all makes you feel awesome.
And the Touhou games have really nice visuals and soundtracks, and they're the only bullethell shooters I've played besides Deathsmiles, so yeah.
Practice makes perfect though I guess.
I suck at bullethells, but I love them because making any progress at all makes you feel awesome.
And the Touhou games have really nice visuals and soundtracks, and they're the only bullethell shooters I've played besides Deathsmiles, so yeah.
Practice makes perfect though I guess.
I always kind of liked the idea of stealth games but I'm WAY too much of a perfectionist and not nearly good enough at the game to allow for good, smooth, rewarding gameplay. It usually is me being really sneaky, trying to coordinate my attacks, then get caught. Instead of running or trying to protect myself, I let them kill me because for some reason, I REALLY want that all stealth, no getting caught run. Most recently, this has been my Deus Ex: HR and Mark of the Ninja experience.
Welcome to my relationship with Blazblue. I love the characters and the world but I really suck at fighters. I haven't been doing it long enough to get refined muscle movement but it still is depressing that I can't play the game to save my life.
Same here. I got Starcraft 2 for the story but I could only beat the last level on the easiest difficulty. I just can't micromanage with the speed that the game requires. I'm good at turn-based strategy though, especially 4X games. I do always end up feeling bad for my one lone scout that I've had wandering around for 4000 years in Civ V though.synobal said:
Also, super technical fighting games. I'm good at BlazBlue, I can go through the story and arcade modes on Hell difficulty with little problems. But SFIV... I'm awful at that game. I never cared enough to get through all the metadata.
I'm yet another down for Starcraft II. I love Starcraft's story, characters, and setting, but I'm not very good at the actual gameplay. And I certainly don't ever play multiplayer, which is a lot of what the game is designed for. Still, I feel the game delivers what its supposed to thanks to the difficulty settings: a good story, good characters, immersion, and a sense of fun, no matter how good you are or aren't. Really, to me, were I good at the game, the only difference would be that the game would deliver a sense of fun through its mechanics more thoroughly than it already does on Easy Mode. But there's still a lot to be said for building an army and tearing the map apart on Easy mode, even if you'd die miserably on harder modes. It's still so fun! I really want the Protoss expansion to come out...
All the games. Really. I kind of suck =P
But my true Achilles heel is probably any game that needs strategic thinking and knowing what one needs to do 3, 5, 10 steps ahead. I like games like Warcraft 3 and the Civilization franchise but I suuuuuuuuuuck at them. Need to play them on easy. I'm currently playing Mount and Blade: Warband and I'm really rather terrible at it but I'm having LOTS of fun.
But my true Achilles heel is probably any game that needs strategic thinking and knowing what one needs to do 3, 5, 10 steps ahead. I like games like Warcraft 3 and the Civilization franchise but I suuuuuuuuuuck at them. Need to play them on easy. I'm currently playing Mount and Blade: Warband and I'm really rather terrible at it but I'm having LOTS of fun.
RTS games are the bane of my existence. I try them, and then I realize I can't micromanage worth crap. My APM is probably in like, a single digit or something.
What really bugs me is that, at least in Silent Assassin, you can beat a level quite easily by going postal. It should be easier to play the way the game wants you to play.Battenberg said:
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That game is a blast. I loved their newer feature of play everyday for 10% more money up to 50%. It kept me coming back for really long time, although I suck at it.
When they gave free redbull formula car dlc, that's when I was able to power through a lot of high rank courses.
Street Fighter. I love the characters (Evil Ryu is just plain sick), the music, the visuals, everything about it. But good lord, the mechanics I just can't wrap my head around. I can do basic special moves and stuff like that, but when it comes to linking one-frame combos and all that crap, I just can't do it. When I finally think that I could do decently on an online match, I get absolutely thrashed.
Total War games. I love the turn based, tactical side, but I'm pretty terrible at the battles. I'll probably autoplay them if the odds aren't heavily in my favour. I'm sure my talents are pretty lacking, but it certainly doesn't help that trying to maneuver the camera with a trackpad.
Yea. I'll think I'm really good at an RTS while playing the SP campaign, then I'll play online and not stand a chance.Armistice said:
Same with GTA. Always thought I was pretty good at it but with Online now, I sometimes just get killed out of nowhere.
DoTA 2.
Thank god single draft exists so I have an excuse for my incompetence.
Also most other multiplayer games, as I lack the reflexes to be good at them.
Thank god single draft exists so I have an excuse for my incompetence.
Also most other multiplayer games, as I lack the reflexes to be good at them.
Music games like Guitar Hero or Rock Band. I'm just mediocre at them, not terrible. Like, I can get 70% completion on most songs on hard. I'm the worst of my friends though.
Stealth games as well. I plan out this big intricate plan to get through one room, and it always goes awry regardless of how much I plan. Maybe I plan too much, since stealth is half about luck. Maybe I'm just meant for slaughtering people in my games. Regardless, I love games like Metal Gear Solid, Thief, and Deus Ex, I just can't play them stealthy at all.
Also fighting games, I don't have the time or patience to get really good at them. I tend to just float around being not quite as good as my best friend, which I'm perfectly ok with because we always have really tense matches rather than really one sided matches like some of my other friends can do to me.
Stealth games as well. I plan out this big intricate plan to get through one room, and it always goes awry regardless of how much I plan. Maybe I plan too much, since stealth is half about luck. Maybe I'm just meant for slaughtering people in my games. Regardless, I love games like Metal Gear Solid, Thief, and Deus Ex, I just can't play them stealthy at all.
Also fighting games, I don't have the time or patience to get really good at them. I tend to just float around being not quite as good as my best friend, which I'm perfectly ok with because we always have really tense matches rather than really one sided matches like some of my other friends can do to me.
Free flying space shooters. I love Strike Suit Zero: I'm terrible at it. I just got X Rebirth, and I swear that I've been killed by those god damn drones 10 times before I finally figured out how to win. I'm also atrocious at stealth games, but that's more because if I sneak by a person, I assume that person may catch me later, which gives me anxiety and makes me feel like I need to leave no one alive, inevitably causing me to get caught. Love watching people play them.
I was also horrible at Kagero: The Deception.
I was also horrible at Kagero: The Deception.
RPGs, especially ones with complex skill systems and many mechanics. I usually just chuck a load of stuff together and try to play them like any old adventure game and hope I can blag my way through. Give me too many numbers and I get too confused. It took me several years to truly master TES IV: Oblivion and that's hardly complex.
I prefer it when all the numbers happen behind the scenes, ala Fallout 3. Although I will admit that Skyrim did strip it down a little too much, even for me.
I prefer it when all the numbers happen behind the scenes, ala Fallout 3. Although I will admit that Skyrim did strip it down a little too much, even for me.
