genuinely curious: for the Gamers out there, what flavor of game would you say you're best at? worst at? and how do those games feel to play?
non-shooter PvE action combat comes very naturally to me (soloed my way though monster hunter world/rise with hardly any deaths, play glass elementalist in guild wars 2, etc) but I am and always have been absolute ass at rhythm and strategy games.
meanwhile, a number of my friends are the opposite - great at strategy or rhythm stuff, struggle with action combat. I mentioned to them that action combat is great for me because I don't even think about what I'm doing, I just hit monster with stick hee hoo brain empty, while rhythm and strategy make my brain overheat. and they were like... "what?? I have to think SO much about action combat though? rhythm/strategy games are MY brain empty activity"
I am probably at my best with adventure and puzzle games, especially if they involve linguistic challenges like codebreaking or reading for clues etc. Less good with spatial stuff, although I do tend to hit on a Eureka-solution fairly often!
The games I usually do worst at are highly competitive ones, because I handle pressure badly and I am also a bad loser. Losing often isn't motivating for me, and if I can see that it wasn't actually even close it takes extra effort for me to keep playing. So fighting games, twitch shooters etc. are my worst games
I'd say I'm the best at 2D sidescrolling action platforming with very tight movement (mega man, hollow knight) and worst at anything that requires smooth or quick movement in 3D space
sometimes I will feel like I am very bad at video games for someone who claims to like video games, meanwhile dwarf fortress is running in ascii mode and I don't understand why you're looking at me oddly
