How "skilled" are you at video games?

The genre I'm best at is Platformers.

I'm also good at other genres. I remember family members always asking me to finish a level when they died so many times at it and all I did was just pick up the controller and finished that level in about half a minute.

Also people used to pay me to beat the story mode of some games mainly Grand Theft Auto because I was the only person they knew that actually played the campaign.

Great at RPGs, TPS, Action and Adventure, Fighting, FPSs but suck at Racing and RTSs.

I am not horrible, nor am I great at gaming.

I am better in some genres than others though. I have beaten Demon's Souls without dying, but I get humiliated constantly in Street Fighter.

Well I'm not quite as skilled at shooters as I used to be (I need more practice) but I'm a fiend at figuring out puzzle type scenarios. I like to think of myself as above average.

I am the G.O.A.T

Definitely a 10 for Doom/LttP

9 for the Tales of games

8-9 for Third person shooter (depend on the games)

the rest depends though i'm meh in Fighters/RTS/Sports games in general

Depends on the game. I'm decent at FPSs, ok a flight sims, medicore at RTSs, and terrible at fighters.

i'm good at wipeout and mario kart and brawl, shooters never were my thing lol

On consoles I'm pretty good, especailly TPS. PC I get worked, hard.

I'd like to think I'm highly skilled!

I'm good at almost everything except shooters (I don't play shooters). I usually complete all my games 100% and try to get my name on the leaderboards.

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[QUOTE="mitu123"]

I also beat Dark Souls.

mitu123

I would have gotten Dark Souls at this stage but quite frankly, I'm too scared.

he's waiting for the PC version ;)

my skillz are about moderate though I have a good tendency to pick up a new game and get good at it in short amount of time.

I'm pretty average or less, my preferred genres are RPGs and Action/Adventure. Also, I still don't see Uncharted as an Action/Adventure game, I don't know why it is. Back to what I was saying, but honestly I find Final Fantasy 4 DS hard, I haven't even beaten it, it also gets a bit boring. I couldn't do a 3 heart run if I wanted, possibly because I'm bad at games or just because I'm OCD with item collection. The best thing I've done in a game as far as difficulty goes is beat the Boost Guardian on hard mode in Metroid Prime 2, but then I forgot to scan Alpha Blogg and had to start all over. Oh, and maybe beating Final Fantasy 3 DS since I suppose that is considered a hard game by a lot of people, right?

The thing that sucks about it is that I don't do many things well, and when I am terrible at my hobby it is a bit disheartening, but whatever.

Really good at Third Person Games, no just shooters but Action Adventure too. Mostly that, then FPS....

Above average for most except maybe for fighters. Some games I'd consider myself pro at like Streets of Rage 2 & 3, or Sonic Generations since I rank pretty consistently in the top 30 or so for at least Modern Planet Wisp.

Probably a 5-6; I don't play a game long enough to be very good at it.

I'm really not that good. Mostly because I don't focus on playing just one game. The ones that I played the most continuosly (SWAT 4, Battlefield 2, Killer Instinct) I was really good at.

A lot of people are just throwing the word around. In modern single player games, there is really no skill involved. They are designed so anyone who can hold a controller can wade trough the game. And a lot of people mention platformers, when all it comes down to with them is a process of trial and error. That's not skill. The only time I see skill being involved is multiplayer games, and select multiplayer games at that.GeneralShowzer

Ok. How about "How quickly can you adapt to an unfamiliar game in a familiar genre?"

That's a pretty good indication of competency in a particular genre, assuming the base mechanics aren't exactly the same as other, similar games.

Just an example, and not to sound pretentious, but I have a feeling someone who's great at Battlefield would have an easier time picking up CoD and end up nearer the top ofthe scoreboard than vice-versa.

I used to get able to get into a zone in unreal championship 1# auto aim off and crack some skulls.

But i cant get zoned into fps today they arent fun enough so i dont ever actually do my best.

probably an 8 or 9. I'm pretty good at most games and I can pick up and become pretty good at a game in just an hour or so and continually get better from there.

My best games are FPS and RPG games though.

I'm instantly good at anything that doesn't have a lot of depth right off the bat, but give me enough time with any game and it'll seem like a robot is playing. :P

But i'm god awful at fighting games.

And a lot of people mention platformers, when all it comes down to with them is a process of trial and error. That's not skill.GeneralShowzer

Wrong, just because something has trial and error does not mean it can be beaten with no skill. You still need to have the skill to carry out what you have memorized, besides memorization itself is a skill.

Good at fps, good at driving.

Used to be good at RTS but never play em anymore.

I'll say about 6

I'm above average to very good in most genres I try, but I am bad at fighting games (due to lack of practice mostly) and RTSes (likewise).

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[QUOTE="balfe1990"]

I would have gotten Dark Souls at this stage but quite frankly, I'm too scared.

FashionFreak

he's waiting for the PC version ;)

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]A lot of people are just throwing the word around. In modern single player games, there is really no skill involved. They are designed so anyone who can hold a controller can wade trough the game. And a lot of people mention platformers, when all it comes down to with them is a process of trial and error. That's not skill. The only time I see skill being involved is multiplayer games, and select multiplayer games at that.balfe1990

Ok. How about "How quickly can you adapt to an unfamiliar game in a familiar genre?"

That's a pretty good indication of competency in a particular genre, assuming the base mechanics aren't exactly the same as other, similar games.

Just an example, and not to sound pretentious, but I have a feeling someone who's great at Battlefield would have an easier time picking up CoD and end up nearer the top ofthe scoreboard than vice-versa.

Yep. This is about your general video game "skills", as in do you more often than not win in Mario Kart, is your K/D ratio positive more often than not etc etc., not about your skill as a SC II player who's put in thousands of hours.

Just check out some blind let's play videos on youtube, some people are just stupid throughout the entire game, while others get the hang of it immediately. Maybe skill is the wrong term, but this has to do with a person's experience, IQ, intuition, understanding of how video games work, reflexes, twitch skills and so on.

im pretty good at a lot of games, but not hardcore pro gamer status but i get a lot of respect from other gamers in fighting, fps, racing, boxing, rpg's and puzzle games...

I'm only slight above average. I'm relatively good at hack'n'slash but I suck at competitive games like FPS or fighters

I'd say I'm above average in most genres, but not amazing.

RTS:4

Platformers: 10

FPS: 9-6 (depends on the game)

RPG: 9

Fighting: 3

Action-Adventures: 10

TPS: 7-9

Racing: 3

Arcade Racing: 9

For mmo's and platformers, about a 7.

For shooters and RTS 3-4

Everything else is 5-6

I'm very good at console FPS. But everyone always camp(dishonorable scum) whereas I try to camp as little as possible. So naturally I won't have a 5 k/d ratio. I should've had though if people played honorable.

Above average. I am too lazy to become any better most of the times, I play for fun, once I get too serious games start to lose their fun factor.

I was really awesome at Rainbow Six Vegas though, dem headshots, in fact any game with headshot instakills I do good at.

i dominate platformers....DOMINATE.