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Alex Smith ([personal profile] rinnia) wrote2009-03-30 07:25 pm

Gaming. Sigh.

I have a confession to make. I absolutely, completely, utterly SUCK at first person shooters. This lapses over a bit into any game that uses 3D control instead of 2D and/or keeps the camera tight on the character. For example, I kicked ass at Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (2D, loose camera), I'm decent at Super Mario 64 (2D, tight camera), and I can survive Silent Hill 3 (3D, loose camera). What happens when I try a 3D controlled game with tight camera, you ask? Especially one with no easy mode?

Oh, Resident Evil 4. How I want to hug your bloody body and strangle you at the same time. So far, I've done just good enough to make it through what's been thrown at me, but I'm always, always, ALWAYS out of health stuff. It freaks me out something fierce. I keep double-saving just in case I screw myself over with my rapid item consumption and tendency to miss lots of stuff while I run and flail and scream - in other words, my own suckitude. Odds are I'll end up deserting it in favor of an RPG (my PS2 controller is too borked for me to play anything that's not turn-based right now, and my Wii action options are limited) within the next week.

Hmmm... Disgaea or Nocturne? Decisions, decisions...