Then buck up and compete in the game anyway.

What's the worst that could happen? You'll lose?

Come on /v/. You guys know your stuff... Don't yous?

If you don't like the competitive aspect, play single player games.

>>78171491
Yes, god forbid that.

And so what if you've never played the same games as most of the assholes here? I've never play a Mario game, I've never played a NES or SNES game and so what?

>>78171532

So consider playing them?

>>78171525
this

>>78171141
>and is interested in game development in a few years
>I don't like video games
>I'm interested in game developmen

>>78171532
Then you could possibly be a casual. Just throwing that out there.

Also OP.

>>78171525

This.

Start playing RPG's if you dislike competitive games. Or action adventures. Shit like that.

>>78171592
>>78171592

I never said I don't like them.

>>78171525
One can only play a single player game for so long until it gets boring.

Best way to do well in competitive games: just have a good time.

Seriously, I do my absolute best when I'm just chilling out and laughing with some bros. Let the beta waves take over. (I think it's the beta wave, might be delta or some shit)

And on the more retro games, why not play now? It's not like they 'go out of style' OP, Pokemon and Mario are as fun as Call of Duty any day.

Bottom line when gaming: just have fun. Let go. It's escapism, treat it like it.

Captcha: psychology thaste

You're asking how to enjoy games? Really?

>>78171592

I assume OP means that just recently he became interested in the world of video game design, and this is why he came to /v/ with his situation.

If not, then he's pretty much just like everyone else in the video game industry.

>>78171656
>One can only play a single player game for so long until it gets boring.

That's when you put the game down or buy another one. Once you learn the style of games you enjoy, you'll know what to look for. At your stage, I just suggest experimenting with everything until you narrow down what you're interested in and what you're not interested in. Write down the genres of games you like.

After that, start browsing game sites and looking for games that look interesting to you. Hell, you might even want to do this now. It could give you an idea of where to start.

>>78171694

I've been interested in programming for a few years now, but it is just recently that I have thought about game development. After watching the extra features of God of War, and reading about the Crash Bandicoot development team, it seems like a lot of fun.

Really want to get into game development? Write some good indie games, don't waste money taking a fucking useless course.

>how are you
pretty fucking shit to be honest

>So what I'm asking is how you guys find a new game, and get into it?
word of mouth, generally. I mean, it's a heuristic that if a game has something to it, alot of people are going to mention it, and that has it's exceptions (either hyped up bad gamed or unmentioned cult classics) but in general it's a good rule. These are the kinds of games that will turn up consistently on best of lists.
Pokemon was definitely a thing you had to get into back in the day though. As a kid, slowly discovering all the mechanics and strategies was cool and rewarding, and if your friends played there was plenty to talk about, but the franchise hasn't changed much so it's pretty much the dominion of the fans.

As for the whole competetive kind of game, I don't know, it's hard to say unless I know your deal. In general, if you persist in any game you are going to get better at it. If you take the time to think about what your enemies are doing that's working, that tends to help. But honestly I'm not all that great at competitive games (I was really good at SWBFII a while back but fuck Warcraft ands it's 666 apm shit) but it doesn't bother me if the game is fun.

I say you fire up a few emulators (SNES and GBA are really quite accesible but there are plenty of consoles out there) and slam down shit like Mario 64, Yoshi's Island, nab Planescape Torment of GoG, get Half-Life 1 or whatever kind of game you're into and just play it. Experience it for yourself, and then get back to the games of the present.

>and is interested in game development in a few years
you're going to be present tense interested in game developement in a few years? Blimey.

>>78171491
>>78171532

I've developed a sort of stigma that makes me feel like shit if I can't do well. I have a buddy that is really good at video games, and I became obsessed with beating him, because he made it a hobby to beat my best at most of the games we've played, whether it is killstreaks, fastest time records, in-game progress, or even more achievements.

>>78171978

I meant that I'm interested in starting development, in a few years. My university holidays start tomorrow, and I'm going to do a bit of tinkering with Python, since I've already learned a lot from my course. But, I'm going to try dabbling in C and Java too, to see what I can do.

>>78171986
consider judging yourself by the average gamer, not your ostensibly very talented friend

>>78172150

I assume the average gamer is as good as him, because I haven't had the chance to encounter much of the average gamer. I have another buddy who is also excellent at CoD, and another who is a fighting/RPG master

Was enjoying Fallout Vegas, haven't finished the main campaign but once I hit the level cap of 30, I lost absolutely all ambition to continue playing.

>>78172268
It's possible they just play their game of choice more frequently.
I remember kicking ass with bryan fury in tekken 3 and then suddenly my mate has tekken 5 and I'm like sure, and he trounced me for a long time until I got used to it again.
Just...play games, if it's so important to you.

Also, for what it's worth, the average gamer is NOT supergood at games.

you should play wow, everyone plays wow

Also, whenever people go on and on and on and on and on and on and on about a game that I should play, it puts me off it, because it just gets annoying.

>>78172395

Don't want to get addicted, and get fat and waste all of my money and time on it.

>>78172479

I have played and enjoyed a few games in the past that weren't heard of that well.

Shadow Man
Recoil
Dungeon Keeper II
Warzone 2100
Lords Of Magic
Carmageddon

>>78172734
>>78172734

These few games defined a lot of my childhood. I also played Tekken 3, but I had to convince my nana to get it for me, and I had Gran Turismo 3 because it came with our PS2. My mum (NZer here) never got me any big titles like Final Fantasy though.

>>78172734
Disciples is a game kind of like Lords of Magic

visit GOG.com. They have lords of magic and the sequels, and their catalogue might mention similar games, steam too.

>>78172734
>>78172734

Oh, and there were heaps of other games too, but I guess my gaming life kinda slowed down as I grew out of childhood.

Crash Bandicoot
Crash Bandicoot 3
Crash Team Racing
Spyro the Dragon
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer (aka Ripto's Rage)
Rez
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Jak II
Jak III
A Bugs Life
Hercules
Overboard
Tekken Tag Tournament
Tekken 3
Smackdown vs Raw

Demos:
Kula World (aka Roll Away)
Medievil
Abes Oddysee
Lifeforce Tenka (aka Codename Tenka)
Kurushi (aka Intelligent Qube)
Tekken 4

Most of these PS1 games I've re-downloaded from the Playstation Network

>>78173926
Plus Age of Empires, and Total Drivin'

>>78174069
Plus Cultures III: Northland and Ancient Domains of Mystery.

But all these games are from years ago, and not many of these games were known to others when growing up.

Learn to play games for fun, but stop if it really goes bad in multiplayer.
And if you're new to video games, get yourself PS2.

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