I do have a legitimate question

What's wrong with some people not being good at old games?

nothing

this thread is about people who don't even don't even try

because they're too lost in their own preconceived notions of what games are like to play anything "new"

and by new i mean anything they haven't played before

But if they do try and just don't understand it?

that's the thing

video games aren't really all that complicated

I dunno, there are a lot of games i've tried and just couldn't play because I didn't understand it.

if it's fucking nobunaga's ambition for the NES, i understand

if it's fucking super mario, i'm sorry, but... there's something wrong if you can't play that game

It's stuff like Contra and older NES games that just absolutely stump me. Some N64 games too.

>contra

you run, and you jump, and you shoot

like, sure, the game is notoriously difficult--i can't beat it without the code, either--but that's understandable

and it goes back to what i said in the OP--i'm not expecting new players to be good

i just expect them to exhibit, you know, basic learning capabilities

Eh. I just like easier games usually anyway.

I don't even know how to do a hadoken in street fighter, and that is stupid

why not just punch them
and why a quarter circle?
why not a full circle

seems...overly complicated just to do a move, when you can just punch them

You don't, but it's also a fighting game. Just start hittin' them.

Quote from: SecondClass on July 20, 2015, 12:25:13 AM

yeah I was talking about Super Metroid

what about it was bland, then

because that's just twenty-three flavors of incorrect

the game is pure atmosphere--if you're not attuned to that sort of thing, i guess i can understand, but the game is supposed to make you feel alone, like a rat in a maze--almost claustrophobic

Sounds like he doesn't like it because it's not the kind of game where you run arround like a headless chicken shooting or slicing up everything in your path.

 Metroid of all things isn't an action franchise and sadly most people these days can't appreciate that kind of thing. One reason I like dark souls so much despite its insane difficulty is because is somewhat feels like a Metroidvania style game, in regards to the atmosphere and the more methodical way of venturing through the world by finding what you need without realy being told exactly what to do.

Quote from: Majestic Star Dragon on July 20, 2015, 02:59:38 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on July 20, 2015, 12:27:19 AM

Quote from: SecondClass on July 20, 2015, 12:25:13 AM

yeah I was talking about Super Metroid

what about it was bland, then

because that's just twenty-three flavors of incorrect

the game is pure atmosphere--if you're not attuned to that sort of thing, i guess i can understand, but the game is supposed to make you feel alone, like a rat in a maze--almost claustrophobic

Sounds like he doesn't like it because it's not the kind of game where you run arround like a headless chicken shooting or slicing up everything in your path.

 Metroid of all things isn't an action franchise and sadly most people these days can't appreciate that kind of thing. One reason I like dark souls so much despite its insane difficulty is because is somewhat feels like a Metroidvania style game, in regards to the atmosphere and the more methodical way of venturing through the world by finding what you need without realy being told exactly what to do.

Castlevania is actually well-written and fun, though, two things that Metroid doesn't even come close to having.

>pleb nigger who can't pick up on subtle story elements
>pleb nigger hasn't read the excellent lore entries from the scans in the prime trillogy
>pleb nigger who can't figure out what to do without handholding
>pleb nigger who likes Literaly the shittiest of all CoD games
>Autistic pleb nigger with ADHD who is incapable of apreciating anything short of a Michael bay clusterfuck
>pleb nigger who just got muted

Quote from: Miia on July 20, 2015, 12:45:37 AM

But if they do try and just don't understand it?

that's the thing

video games aren't really all that complicated

unless you die in the tutorial

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