Games You Want to Be Good At, But Aren't?

What game (any system) do you really like, want to be good, maybe great at, but just can't seem to get good/better? I have a few, and it's frustrating not being good/better at them, but here they are:

1. UFC Undisputed 2009 - My record is 22-20, which isn't awful, but some matches I just get whooped. Granted people just spam the reversal button, it just makes it extremely aggravating not to be good at.

2. Battlefield: Bad Company - I have my occaisional amazing game, but overall I'm negative in this game in terms of kills-deaths. I mean people just are ridiculous with their knowledge of all the maps and the best spots on the map. This is a very strategical shooter, moreso than probably any other I've played. Fun, but frustrating because I wish I was good at it.

3. Madden - I'm alright at it, I can hold my own, but I have friends that are better than me, and I hate it because this is one of the staple games we play and where some of the most trash talking commences.

4. Halo - In my opinion, I'm really frickin' good at Halo, but I wish I was great. Like MLG great. I've been playing Halo all my life, but I think I've hit my plateau, which sucks. I've dreamed of being the best, and failed.

Punch-Out!! - I love the game to pieces, but I am the Detroit Lions of Little Mac boxing.

Beatmania IIDX. I can play 7 and 8's on Hyper but can't seem to break into the 9-12 region of Hyper and can't play Another for the life of me.

4. Halo - In my opinion, I'm really frickin' good at Halo, but I wish I was great. Like MLG great. I've been playing Halo all my life, but I think I've hit my plateau, which sucks. I've dreamed of being the best, and failed.

Innocentguy757

Street Fighter IV, Tekken 5 and fighting games in general.

Burnout Paradise races

Basically any 2D fighter. It's awesome how deep some of them can get, but alas, I suck at pretty much all of them.

WipEouT HD and LittleBigPlanet level creating...

I love the latter to bit and really want to make an awesome lvl...but I do not have the skills. :(

DJ Max Portable. I may make it look easy with 4 buttons, but man...there are people who can easily own on 8 buttons. siLVURcross

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"]DJ Max Portable. I may make it look easy with 4 buttons, but man...there are people who can easily own on 8 buttons. foxhound_fox

Guitar Hero.

My hands just werent made for that damn game. I can almost handle normal but when I mess up one or two notes its all downhill from there...

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"]DJ Max Portable. I may make it look easy with 4 buttons, but man...there are people who can easily own on 8 buttons.Slashkice

Yeah, 8 button mode is just...damn. I can do 4, 5, and 6 songs with ease usually, but add in the shoulder buttons and it becomes instant "YOU NEED MORE PRACTICE NEVA GIVE IT UP!" :[

I've yet to try the game myself. What platform is it on?

siLVURcross

Arcades, PS and PS2.

Example

Among the Bemani series (DDR, IIDX, Guitarfreaks, Drummania, etc.) it is considered the epitome of the genre. The top-tier players are the best in the world when it comes to music games. Its ****ing hard though.

I can do 4-5, 6 is where I start to lose it because there's too many on the screen. I'm sure I can do it with practice, but I never want to touch 8. I also lol'd when they made 2B in CE.siLVURcross

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"] I've yet to try the game myself. What platform is it on?

foxhound_fox

Arcades, PS and PS2.

Example

Among the Bemani series (DDR, IIDX, Guitarfreaks, Drummania, etc.) it is considered the epitome of the genre. The top-tier players are the best in the world when it comes to music games. Its ****ing hard though.

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"] I can do 4-5, 6 is where I start to lose it because there's too many on the screen. I'm sure I can do it with practice, but I never want to touch 8. I also lol'd when they made 2B in CE.foxhound_fox

Dance Dance Revolution

Street Fighter. Fighters in general. I love the genre, having grown up with them in the arcades, but I'm not good at all.

Im a G1 in streetfighter 4 yet i cant even come close to winning a final, the most ive ever won is 2 rounds in a row, i loose all the time, im actually below 15000 now because of it :/

Street Fighter IV. It's so frustrating sometimes. :x

Shooters: I basically suck at all shooters that aren't Warhawk

SFIV: I'm decent at the game but i want to be great like tourney level great

Motorstorm PR: I bought the game at launch and i haven't won a single online race yet

Street Fighter 4, even with a stick i can't consistently pull of moves when i want. Then watching my mate doing it all on the awful 360 D-Pad flawlessly is so annoying!

2-D fighters, I'm terrible at them. I'm pretty good at 3-d fighters like Soul-Calibur and DoA, but I can never get the harder combos down on games like Street fighter or MvC2.

Gotta get my hands on it then. That video...made me cry a little though.

siLVURcross

In terms of difficulty, AA is one of the easier Another 12 songs in the latest installments in the series.

Here are some of the "hard" ones (all Another):

Scorpion Fire (11 Red)
冥 (12 Happy Sky)
Nageki no Ki (13 Distorted)
Kamaitachi (14 Gold)
Mendes (15 DJ Troopers)

And here is bascially the point where I'm stuck at (on Hyper):

Bloody Tears (13 Distorted)

I've come close to passing several times, but just can't keep it up. Other songs that I've come close on are Red Zone and Snowstorm. They are at a "breaking point" between the first lower half of the difficulty and the second higher half.

Starcraft, I'm good (was good been a long time since I've played) but I don't seem to have those "Korean Microing Skills" hell I'm pretty sure a 13 year old Korean SC Player will beat the crap out of me and a lot of others.

Gears of war, I'm good enough at single player but I get destroyed when I go online so I've given up. A shame as I realyl like it but can't seem to improve. I'm good at online FPS games I just can't figure Gears out.

Street Fighter, all versions. I've been playing this game since SF2 in the arcades and I'm pretty bad at it, I know most of the moves just can't seem to put them together in a way that causes people a lot of trouble.

Wipeout. That game is controller-into-the-woodchipper hard.

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"]Gotta get my hands on it then. That video...made me cry a little though.

foxhound_fox

In terms of difficulty, AA is one of the easier Another 12 songs in the latest installments in the series.

Here are some of the "hard" ones (all Another):

Scorpion Fire (11 Red)
冥 (12 Happy Sky)
Nageki no Ki (13 Distorted)
Kamaitachi (14 Gold)
Mendes (15 DJ Troopers)

And here is bascially the point where I'm stuck at (on Hyper):

Bloody Tears (13 Distorted)

I've come close to passing several times, but just can't keep it up. Other songs that I've come close on are Red Zone and Snowstorm. They are at a "breaking point" between the first lower half of the difficulty and the second higher half.

And I though Guitar Hero seemed frustrating.

Battlefield 2...

I did wish I was better at it but I just gave up because it's basically an unbalanced game with poor gunplay, so in the end I did myself a favour. It was just a **** game tbh.

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"]Gotta get my hands on it then. That video...made me cry a little though.

foxhound_fox

In terms of difficulty, AA is one of the easier Another 12 songs in the latest installments in the series.

Here are some of the "hard" ones (all Another):

Scorpion Fire (11 Red)
冥 (12 Happy Sky)
Nageki no Ki (13 Distorted)
Kamaitachi (14 Gold)
Mendes (15 DJ Troopers)

And here is bascially the point where I'm stuck at (on Hyper):

Bloody Tears (13 Distorted)

I've come close to passing several times, but just can't keep it up. Other songs that I've come close on are Red Zone and Snowstorm. They are at a "breaking point" between the first lower half of the difficulty and the second higher half.

Every online game I've ever played.

WipEout HD. I think I've tried for about 250 laps to beat Zico so far but just can't do it. That game takes some skill to Platinum, and you need the reflexes of a cat that's just had a double espresso for the later stages in Zone Mode.

Usually if I suck at a game, it's just because I haven't played it enough. I agree about BF:BC, it may look like Cod on the outside but the strategies are completely different.

I'm not bad at TF2 but I wish I was better.

any online game that requires shooting like Halo and Call of Duty. But Im slightly better in Call of Duty but I still suck regardless. I prefer to create new files just so I can enjoy myself with people my level, because thats the level Im pretty sure Im on. I havent played Halo in about 7 months or so. And after I maxed out Call of Duty 4, I sold it because I cant do online anyway. Still not sure why I have Halo still :/

Guitar hero. I can beat hard in all of the games and pretty much 5 star all of them. Except theres those few songs that i do bad on. Not to mention expert where i can pass them but not do as good as i would like to. I've reached my limit in that game but still fun to play.

And I though Guitar Hero seemed frustrating.

-Oath

Ikaruga. Awesome game but I die way too much.

Street Fighter IV...

Every single fighting game.

Smash Bros and Guitar Hero. Most of the other games I play are turn based or rely more on strategy than skill anyway.

[QUOTE="-Oath"]And I though Guitar Hero seemed frustrating.

foxhound_fox

The game just seems rediculously hard, you have lineup the bars with that super skinny bar at the bottom? Jesus christ..... but still, Im actually kinda interested in the game :

Maybe Ill look into the PSP one you were talking about

The game just seems rediculously hard, you have lineup the bars with that super skinny bar at the bottom? Jesus christ..... but still, Im actually kinda interested in the game :

Maybe Ill look into the PSP one you were talking about

-Oath