Pride, as they say, comes before a fall. I am sure many of you are quite proud of yourself after choosing your side in Step Three, and as such, it is time to be put in your place. This is the fourth step on the Path to Video Game Enlightenment: Admission
We can’t all be great at everything. As much as we wish we could dominate every game we’ve ever played, we can not. If we could, our gamer score would be over 1,000,000, and we would have dozens of Platinum trophies.
So, this is the step where you admit your gaming faults. Games you have never beaten, or a game that has beaten you. Whether the game be too hard, or simply a game you are just not good at. Time to 1-up. This is the most humbling of all the steps.
While, I was never any good at realistic racing games, and will get womped in any online game of Madden, I have two specific times when games were too much for me.
When I first played the original Devil May Cry, I was at the 1st boss fight with the Magma Spider and I kept dying until the game asked me if I would like to play on easy. I didn’t know what to do. No game had ever shown me pity before. I declined. Died more, and then was asked a 2nd time. With great remorse I chose to finish the game on easy.
The other instance is something of an enigma. I’ve never beaten Final Fantasy VII. I made it to the final boss, and then went to a friends house and watched the ending there. Don’t judge me.
Have a nice trip. See you next fall.
It’s not too late to join The Path to Video Game Enlightenment.
Step One: Discovery
Step Two: Acknowledgment
Step Three: Loyalty
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I never beat Resident Evil 2. I beat the 1 on Playstation and Gamecube, 3, 4, and 5, but for some reason, just never finished the second. I will eventually do so on PSP, but still haven’t done so.
I also still haven’t finished Halo 3. I seem to always get sidetracked by other games.
Although I am awesome I suck at wwe wrestling game. I seriously have no idea what I’m doing when I play them and not enough patiance to pick it up I guess. They are getting easier though.
I won’t call you out on not beating FFVII. Same thing with me and FFX.
My vice probably comes with FPS. Which sucks because every other game on the market right now is an FPS. I’m good enough to beat most of them, even on hard difficulty, but I never try to make friends in online multiplayer cause I’m just not that good. Modern Warfare is one of my biggest embarrassments. So was the first Devil May Cry. I was so pissed at that game I gave it to someone else.
I’m terrible at racing games as well…
I usually use walkthroughs to solve puzzles in action/shooter/FF games because I want to get to the action and don’t want to stretch my brain.
That’s why I’ve never beaten a Zelda game.
I WILL NEVER PLAY WARHAWK AGAIN! I wanted to be good at that game so badly.
I dont understand how anyone can manage to fly one of those things and not either a. run into someone or b. end up anywhere they actually WANT to go. *sigh* I’m sorry darling. I suck at warhawk and there is no getting around it.
Old snk fighting games I have no skills.
The Resident Evil series, I’ve only finished one maybe two. They just freak me out too much I have to put the controller down after a while.