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Phreakuency
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 Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:01 pm Post subject: I'm not good at them but I own list... |
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I've read a lot of gamers say they suck at 'x' type game but still enjoy them etc. Racing games are usually the first one mentioned but thought I'd see if anyone had a certain type of game they are not good at but still own and play.
My genre would definitely be fighting games. I suck at them but love them. I have (for PS3) Soul Calibur, Tekken, SSF4 and KOF12.
Can handle most of the moves but it's the combo's and depth I get lost in. Hearing the experts talk about how they play confirms how much I suck 
Still, doesn't make me enjoy them any less!
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I'm terrible at DotA/HoN but still (used to) play it a lot (until all my friends switched to HoN and it came out of beta). I don't play in pubs but it's a fun thing to do with friends, which is why I enjoy it.
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Fighting games here too. It's my second favorite game genre after RPGs but I can't play them properly. I just can't get my head around memorizing all the combos and inputting the commands quick enough. It doesn't help that I can never stick to the one character either.
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RTS style games (Command & Conquer, Warcraft etc).
I'm able to do the single player campaigns, put me against others in a LAN and my lacking skills appears really quickly. Of course i've learned over time to not just rush a person's base within 30 seconds of the match starting  , but still my tactics usually end with me failing.
Many driving games - i stay "on road", but depending on the game... i don't brake/accelerate at proper times (although i usually can master it eventually once i learn the tracks + learn the timing of the car that i am driving). My main gripe is i can never get the perfect racing line.
NFL games (Madden in particular), will never master it in full, i prefer running ahead of passing.
Fighting games: I'm ok, but my skill level is only just passed that of a new person playing. Depending on the game (Street Fighter, MK and Tekken i can hold my own), games like Soul Calibur, Virtua Fighter.... i only know basic moves and can be beaten fairly quickly.
Fifa - good against the cpu ai (i rarely play world class though), when i take my game plan and execute it against human players..... i don't do as well. I can contain them most of the time, sometimes my "play" becomes too cute and i get scored against (sometimes this happens within a minute or so of the match starting..... ).
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| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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FPS.
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I love RPGs, and end up buying quite a few of them (especially of the handheld variety)... But damned if I ever have the time, or, more importantly, the patience to play them!
It's notthat I'm unable to play them on a skill basis, I just suck at the time element
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I am really bad at fighting games! Like, really really bad. Like, playing on 'very easy' and still doing badly.. But I do kind of enjoy them and they are actually fun with a friend *le gasp!* when normally I am much more inclined to play singleplayer. It is just a shame so few of my friends play games  and when I do play with someone else I get ownedd... I actually played Virtual Fighter 4 with my girlfriend who doesnt even play games, and she beat me. >_< I just hit random buttons to fight and I am not fast enough to press the block button in time.
I also really like puzzle games and point and click adventure games but absolutely awful at them  I need a walkthrough the whole way through especially with adventure games, which ruins most of the fun, but I like to play them for their stories, humor and charm, and other nice things. 
In general I am not great at any games really mostly from a lack of caring enough to get better since I am not 'hardcore'. But I have become quite good at shooters particularly since playing MW2 online. =)
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Fighting games! Shmups and RPGs 
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RTS. I'm pretty poor at micro managing, but some of my favourite storylines stem from the RTS genre so I try to stick with it but often get quite frustrated.
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| Sin Ogaris wrote: | | RTS. I'm pretty poor at micro managing, but some of my favourite storylines stem from the RTS genre so I try to stick with it but often get quite frustrated. |
I've never played through all of warcraft 3 without godmode on.
That's one of my favorite games but I'm just so bad at RTS games it's embarrassing.
I also really enjoy MMO's but hate the whole way end games usually play out to turn it into a job. I want to run an end game instance once maybe twice to have fun and then not grind it for fucking ever.
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You know what?
Everything competitive. Never enjoyed competitive gaming, nor competitive sports or anything for that matter.
Gaming is a solo experience for me. The only competitive I enjoy is Demons Souls PVP, anonymous and not really part of the core game.
I suck at it, cause I dont really do it much. I usually check out the Mplayer on latest FPS, fighter etc then get bored after a week or so.
Co-op all the way for this escapist gamer.
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Absolutely horrid at RTS games but still enjoy the story and style of some, which is why i'm still going to buy Starcraft 2 .
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I got Super Street Fighter 4 and I get whomped online. Not a single win . I can win a round but never a match.
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| XtremeXfactor wrote: | RTS style games (Command & Conquer, Warcraft etc).
I'm able to do the single player campaigns, put me against others in a LAN and my lacking skills appears really quickly. Of course i've learned over time to not just rush a person's base within 30 seconds of the match starting , but still my tactics usually end with me failing. |
Funny you should say that, I recall specifically at the time Generals came out I was a bit late in nabbing the copy so hadn't done the Chinese campaign yet, me and a few mates decided to LAN it, all chose random and I got stuck with China, about 5-10 minutes in I had figured out how to mine the place and to plant some propaganda towers before I got scud stormed... twice.
Of course, I then got them back in Dawn of War as soon as the Eldar got the Fire Dragon so I could sneak them into their bases and cheese it big time, but yeah C&C is my weak point horribly in RTS gaming. Hell, I'm struggling to do the GDI campaign on C&C 3 it's that much of a bitch to me.
Other than that, I suck at fighters, am average at shooters and mmo games about the only one I'm semi decent with is Savage only because I used to go to Geelong to LAN and they always wanted to do that at like 3-4am when only the hardcore were up, and yeah, practice from newb to not so newb. Otherwise, I'm decidedly mediocre and deteriorating unless I'm wired on sugar.
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| ManeKast wrote: | Everything competitive. Never enjoyed competitive gaming, nor competitive sports or anything for that matter.
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And im the exact opposite, i really suck at single player games, whether it be FPS's or racers, anything really.
i suck so bad.
but as soon as im playing others im not too bad, not great but not too bad. maybe its because i pay more attention when others are involved, dont know.
but i just found it funny that you said about competitive and me being the exact opposite.
but as for a particular game type, maybe RTS, dont buy many but i have a few, and i have to cheat, thats why i dont buy many.
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Sports games and most racers, primarily because I take no interest in them whatsoever, though some arcadey sport games and racers I quite like and get pretty decent at.
Every other game I have some kind of uncanny ability to just 'adapt' to them very quickly. This is especially apparent in FPS. Must be my background in competitive gaming or something.
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Resident Evil when it had the still cameras. I couldn't aim at all. enjoyed playing them though, even though I always gave up pretty early.
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Fighting games for me also. I suck majorly at them yet I buy loads of them.
I got rather good at Tekken 3, Killer Instinct and DBZBT3 but other than that, I'm practically hopeless at fighting games.
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