Quote from: CiCi Confused on May 03, 2014, 10:50:42 PM
grrr,
I wanna be one of the big boys, I want to play hard games like dark souls 
but I can't get past the first boss! I tried like 400 times, and I watched all kinds of videos and walkthroughs but couldn't get past.... I gave up, lol! I'd tell everyone that the game sucks, but no, I suck at the game
I'm so jealous of you guys who can beat games like that! I'm in awe, the videos on youtube are amazing! Anyway, even Fable, which someone told me was an easy game, was pretty difficult, I didn't get far, I kept dying and dying and dying.... I quit. I'm being mercilessly slaughtered by the first boss in Warrior Within.... in EASY mode!
I can't go past the 4th or 5th mission in GTA vice city AND san andreas... it's too hard for me... I like to think that if I can't beat something, nobody can , but I can only live with that lie until I get to youtube. I wish I could say "I love challenges" but truth is I hide when people say "games are too easy these days", lol not for me, it's too hard. I can't even beat Pokemon leaf green!
I thought I was a hardcore gamer, guess I'm not... I'm gonna admit it, I'm not one of the big boys or the big girls who can handle the hard stuff, I'm looking for something easy Easy games, which aren't like simple mobile games (I hate those), I'm looking for an easy game which resembles a real game you guys play!
I love games so much, but can't really play them... I'm kind of happy with myself to be able to admit this fact, despite the fact that I love games... I still hate admitting it 
I've learned to take it not so seriously anymore, I joke about how much I suck at games, you can too! 
Just about any videogame boss can make me feel like quitting gaming forever!
and please, would somebody admit they also can't handle the hard stuff? come on, i'm so lonely here!
Not everyone can be good at every game, nor every type of game. Maybe find something that you are good at playing. Either that or just keep at it. Change your strategy.
Back when I was a kid I remember when I'd watch other kids play video games, this was back in the NES era, and I'd see all the mistakes they were making, why they couldn't get anywhere in any games at all, they were playing them all wrong. Don't go at things full force, slow down, take your time, study, first with what your character can do, if able to do this at the start without having to fight anything, learn every move available at the time until you feel secure that you are one with that character, then once you feel confident, move ahead into more challenging areas, one by one, take your time. Unless of coarse like in many of the old games there's a timer or other force forcing you ahead, then just pace yourself. Remember what works, and remember every mistake you make telling yourself, okay, that didn't work, don't do that again, try something else.
I'd seen so many people when playing games just rush into them, no real thought processes going on, just running straight into hordes of enemies firing like crazy or hacking away trading blows until they within moments are dead and have to try again only to do the same exact thing, then after short time, throw their arms up in defeat, and sometimes the controller, yelling and cursing that they can't do it, the game is cheating, the game sucks. I always found it amusing, made for good entertainment for me. I'd sometimes give advice, or ask if they'd like me to show them how they can get through it. Of coarse now this brought on challenges from them, saying that I didn't know what I was talking about, or no way could I do it, or beat it, the game is too hard, no one can. I reveled in the opportunity to show off and prove them wrong. Not really for personal glory, but a chance to teach them, to show that it is possible, that maybe if they saw that someone actually could beat it, as well as how it was done, that perhaps they'd become better gamers and in having a better understanding of the game, could get through it as well and in doing so give them that feeling of accomplishment that they so needed.
And once good at one type of game, the basics learned can be used towards other similar games, and each time learning extra sets of skills in turn that can be used towards another. As I said at the start, not everyone can be good at everything, you'd have to be a robot.
Some people are good at shoot 'em ups, you know those 2D ones with the space ship or other flying fighter, scrolling screen with innumerous bullets firing at you from all directions, and enemies all around trying to kamikaze into you. Those type of games require good memory and super quick and honed reflexes, they are not for everyone. I can do okay at them, depends on how severe the challenge is, but they make me a nervous wreck so I don't play them that often.
Then some are masters of fighting games, be it 2D like the old Street Fighter 2 types or 3D like eh, Tekken (are these still being made?), these games are much like the shooters in that good memory and fast reflexes are a must but now it revolves around learning all of the different moves the fighters have at their disposal and which best angle to approach and attack as well as when to unleash and when to defend or retreat, instead of the constant weaving around swarms of infinite enemies and bullets.
Some are good at RPGs. I'd always thought, what the hell could be hard about them in the first place, but then I remember how I'd watched beginners play, rushing into combat before even being fully equipped properly or learned in the basics for survival, going out there into the wilds fighting monsters too strong to defeat, then wondering why they aren't getting anywhere, because these type of games require much patience and a slower pace than action style games, and they also require lots of exploring which takes time, lots of it.
Platformers are what I've always excelled at, they can bring pretty much everything to the table as far as gaming sub-genres, sometimes throwing in bits of shooting, fighting, RPG elements, puzzles and other stuff, mix in some adventure, or keep is straight forward, but the basics are jumping, usually lots of it, and fighting a variety of foes along just as varied terrain. I've always found platformers to be the most balanced genre of games that most anyone can get into, unlike those such as the shooters, fighting, RPG which are more aimed at the elitist which tend to stick with just those type of games.
A balanced gamer can play pretty much anything, can be really good at some, but not so good at others, yet still do pretty well overall, its all about how you approach it and how well you give yourself to learn it.
I've always been good at the old stuff that I was brought up with, 2D games (NES, SNES, Genesis), perhaps its because I was young then so they were easily learned and mastered, but perhaps also its their limitations that made them easier for me. I get into playing 3D gaming such as those nowadays (and I'm talking like 2 generations ago since I'm really behind on the times) and this is when it becomes tough for me. I understand what must be done, but with so many buttons to remember and so many combinations of moves to learn my old brain gets confused easily once I get into hectic combat, things coming at me quickly from too many different directions, and too many other things to keep track of, that sometimes I had felt like a beginner and actually found myself getting frustrated over my lack of skills. But given chance, long enough, knowing myself and my capabilities, I could get good at even those type of gaming environments, its all about how well you can adapt without letting things get to you.
But skill is something learned, it requires patience and study, sometimes many uncountable mistakes before you can actually excel at something. Everyone is different, some can jump right into something they've had very little or even no experience with and play almost like a pro, but for others it takes time, sometimes lots of it. But just because one takes longer at learning something, doesn't mean they suck at it or will never be any good, because speed of learning has nothing to do with quality of learning. The end result of the slow budder could end up a better gamer at those games that seemed so very hard for him or her than those that were better at the start. Maybe you have to work your way up, start with a similar, easier game, get good at it, master it, then try tackling those hard games again, bringing with you whatever skills you've learned from the other game.
Don't count yourself out yet, and don't feel you have to compete with others, all this will do is make you frustrated to the point that you'll not want to play anything at all. These games are about having fun (something to do with your time) as well as challenging you so you can feel a sense of accomplishment, but sometimes we get lost or stuck on that second one, seen too many seemingly good natured people suddenly become raging monsters because of the initial difficulty of a game. I've had those moments all too many times myself, oh sweet innocent looking young lady, she's so calm and quiet and nice, then outa the blue while playing a game - mother f'er! @#$%! son of a beep! Rawr! Holy @#$%. What the hell do you want?! Can't you see I'm trying to beat a game!
Oh, another thing, don't let others dismay you by putting you down, this does happen, happened back when I was a kid, and especially nowadays with internet and gaming forums. Someone is not so good at a game, admits they aren't, some other jerk ass tells them that that game isn't hard at all, its easy, how can you not be good at it. And I think, uh, no it is not an easy game, you just had plenty of years of practice assclown, so of coarse its easy now, but what about when you first played it, highly doubt you were all that good. Or you got lots of people all around you, all kicking ass on these supposedly really hard games, don't take it to heart and get you down, see all I typed above.
I can whoop ass in games like Super Mario Bros., Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden (all of these the old NES games) and many others like 'em, but ask me to play Tetris or Dr. Mario is see how quick I panic and fill up the screen. Where do I put this block!?
Oh no!
Argh!
@#$% this, I'm going to play me some Castlevania.
