What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer?

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (Ornodeal)

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:14:04 GMT

Strengths - I can pretty much turn my hand to any game (except fighting ones which I loathe), and I'm a good team player. Also when I am on form, I am very very good.

Weaknesses - Jack of all trades and master of none. Incredibly inconsistent; I can play two games back to back one of which I will be awesome, the next I will mega-suck. And for no good reason too.

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (Eddie_the_Hated)

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:43:27 GMT

I suck at sucking.

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (Terry Bogard)

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:28:54 GMT

Joe Redifer

How about Fatal Fury where you can jump back and forth between different planes to avoid attacks, etc?

I always thought that was a cool feature in Fatal Fury 1 & 2, not so much with later editions. I rather enjoyed the simplicity and unpolished nature of the original Fatal Fury.

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (immortaldanmx)

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:17:52 GMT

emofag

2D fighters are usually 5x faster as well.

And therefore 5x more worth playing. I really dont give a damn about most fighting games, but Marvel vs Capcom 2 can still suck me in for hours at a time.

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (Virtua fighter 5)

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:20:42 GMT

Demonoroth

For the racers prefer simulation over arcade though I do look forward to the new outrun coming out.

Isnt the New Outrun Just the same as the one released on the PC last year? (but maxed out at lower 720p resolution)

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (emofag)

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:53:24 GMT

2D fighters are usually 5x faster as well.

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (nekkid_monkey)

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:14:16 GMT

It's a fight between two characters. They move towards each other or away from each other. So, yes in that respect the action is mostly 2D.
The only way to vary that is to vary the angle of approach, i.e. sidestep.

However, sidestepping changes strategy significantly. The good 3D fighters all have moves that are designed to counter or avoid attacks from the side. If you don't master those techniques a person who has done his homework will crush you.

If you ignore the changes in a genre that force different strategies of course they all seem the same.

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (immortaldanmx)

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:38:56 GMT

nekkid_monkey

So you're saying they play exactly the same except for the stuff that forces you to play differently.

Ok...I agree.

Also, I'm completely bald except for the places on my head where hair grows.

So obviously the majority of the action doesnt take place in 2D? Sigh.

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (Joe Redifer)

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:02:32 GMT

How about Fatal Fury where you can jump back and forth between different planes to avoid attacks, etc?

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (nekkid_monkey)

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:44:32 GMT

So you're saying they play exactly the same except for the stuff that forces you to play differently.

Ok...I agree.

Also, I'm completely bald except for the places on my head where hair grows.

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (immortaldanmx)

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:05:49 GMT

nekkid_monkey

Yeah, you've missed a lot.

No, I havent. All fighting games play as 2D anyway, with the exception of environmental hazards(no, not greenhouse gases) and a side-step move.

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (locopuyo)

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:15:45 GMT

nekkid_monkey

I'm also pretty bad at strategy games because I lose interest in them pretty quickly. I can't even understand WHY someone would want to play a multiplayer stategy game.

Men enjoy competition.

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (nekkid_monkey)

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:10:10 GMT

Yeah, you've missed a lot.

Strength: Fighting games

Weakness: Sports games...because I never play them.
I'm also pretty bad at strategy games because I lose interest in them pretty quickly. I can't even understand WHY someone would want to play a multiplayer stategy game.

Everwhere else I'm pretty average.

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (immortaldanmx)

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:52:21 GMT

Demonoroth

Weaknesses:
-2D Fighting games (trying to work on it with SF4 though)

Strengths:
-3D Fighters (Got to love Virtua Fighter)

I dont get that. 3D Fighting games play exactly the same, with only the addition of a sidestep button. Or have I missed something since I stopped caring about fighting games?

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (Demonoroth)

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:22:26 GMT

Agent Ghost

Compared to the average gamer I'm strong in everything (most of us are). The average gamer is not competitive. I compare myself to those who specialize in each category. For example I'm good with Strategy games if you compare me to all gamers but probably average if you compare me exclusively with strategy game players. With this in mind, I'm average in most games.

I'd say same goes for me. I ain't all that big on the whole playing only one type of game and being competitive at it. Not that I don't enjoy competing. When I do...I don't suck but neither am I great then.

Weaknesses:
-FPS
-2D Fighting games (trying to work on it with SF4 though)
-Strategy games (except Fire Emblem)
-GH/RB games (there's always certain songs I simply can't beat on extreme)

Strengths:
-RPG's
-Action/Stealth games
-3D Fighters (Got to love Virtua Fighter)
-Platformers
-Racers

For the racers prefer simulation over arcade though I do look forward to the new outrun coming out.
But certain F1 mods for Rfactor are still my main things when it comes to competing. Fully customizable car set up. Strategic racing. Very good drivers to compete with online and doing 100% full F1 seasons. I like it, it pushes me to the limit and it's one thing I'm actually pretty damn good at.

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (Vx Chemical)

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:21:15 GMT

mastachefbkw

New games cant afford to have stories like the old day RPG's, i guess voice overs has a downside, no one wnats to record 1.000.000 lines of speach.
More like no one wants to come up with a million lines of speech.

I was exagerrating a bit, but a game like Planescape: Torment has 800.000 words in the games script. Baldurs Gate 2 has even more!

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (Joe Redifer)

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:06:30 GMT

Obviously adventure and RPG games I would expect to have very involving stories. I just want more gaming and less story telling in my action games. What's next, characters with deep emotions and complex issues in the next Gran Turismo or Out Run?

no one wnats [sic] to record 1.000.000 lines of speach. [sic]

Oh yes they do! I've seen a lot of games over the last couple of generation which have mega-quantities of voice, even though the game doesn't really need them. Even friggin' Retro Game Challenge on the DS has some flippant asshat making dipshit comments next to you as you play. It is a kid on the screen but he has the voice of a 25 year-old. Trust me, companies LOVE recording voices!

Joe is the epitome of disgruntled old-school.

stfu danmx.

Stfu Joe.

OK.

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (mastachefbkw)

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:03:11 GMT

New games cant afford to have stories like the old day RPG's, i guess voice overs has a downside, no one wnats to record 1.000.000 lines of speach.

More like no one wants to come up with a million lines of speech.

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (Vx Chemical)

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:04:22 GMT

I play games to get stories. I like it when a game story captures me, doesnt happen often.

New games cant afford to have stories like the old day RPG's, i guess voice overs has a downside, no one wnats to record 1.000.000 lines of speach.

Re:What are your strengths and weaknesses as a gamer? (immortaldanmx)

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:09:04 GMT

For Joe, control schemes were "complex" after the Genesis. Its not that he cant get used to them, its just that he doesnt want to. Joe is the epitome of disgruntled old-school.