RE: We chat about videogames and videogame accesories.
05-05-2012, 11:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-05-2012, 11:19 PM by Mehgamehn.)
So how long does it take you guys to get into a game?
Since around my teenaging days, I have had this memory issue, personally, where, cause I'm not in any way engaged in the game yet, I cannot commit things immediately to my brainframe. I could walk into a town, go all around it, walk out, and then if you asked me anything about it I would most likely have to walk back in and refresh my mind to tell you the answer. These things just don't get into my head right as I do them, and its a bit frustrating because I can get all worried about my ability to focus and enjoy the game that I don't enjoy the game, and sometimes I'll just quit because I'm not feeling engrossed.
But if I do push through, and make it through the first major area, I will find that everything is stuffed into my rememberingbanks. I could tell you almost EVERYTHING about that town now, and if I run across a thing that needs to go to a person in that town, well holy shit guess who knows what to do, its me, this guy. And then that focus issue I had early in the game rarely comes up again, unless the game slows to a crawl and bores the shit out of me.
Very few games are ever able to get me that early, force their way into my mindzone and put up shop at first light, and I don't like that this is my tendency because I have games that I absolutely adore that I just couldn't get into on the first go (Paper Mario Thousand Year Door is my Ultra-Example here, took me days just to push myself past the first level, then I could NOT put it down). What's worse is when I tell myself it will get better, and then the game doesn't hold up its end of the bargain by being terrible (I can harp on and on and ON about all the things I hate about Kingdom Hearts 2. Oh and Skyward Sword, but I still marginally liked Skyward Sword).
So what's up with you guys on this, any similar/differing experiences?
Since around my teenaging days, I have had this memory issue, personally, where, cause I'm not in any way engaged in the game yet, I cannot commit things immediately to my brainframe. I could walk into a town, go all around it, walk out, and then if you asked me anything about it I would most likely have to walk back in and refresh my mind to tell you the answer. These things just don't get into my head right as I do them, and its a bit frustrating because I can get all worried about my ability to focus and enjoy the game that I don't enjoy the game, and sometimes I'll just quit because I'm not feeling engrossed.
But if I do push through, and make it through the first major area, I will find that everything is stuffed into my rememberingbanks. I could tell you almost EVERYTHING about that town now, and if I run across a thing that needs to go to a person in that town, well holy shit guess who knows what to do, its me, this guy. And then that focus issue I had early in the game rarely comes up again, unless the game slows to a crawl and bores the shit out of me.
Very few games are ever able to get me that early, force their way into my mindzone and put up shop at first light, and I don't like that this is my tendency because I have games that I absolutely adore that I just couldn't get into on the first go (Paper Mario Thousand Year Door is my Ultra-Example here, took me days just to push myself past the first level, then I could NOT put it down). What's worse is when I tell myself it will get better, and then the game doesn't hold up its end of the bargain by being terrible (I can harp on and on and ON about all the things I hate about Kingdom Hearts 2. Oh and Skyward Sword, but I still marginally liked Skyward Sword).
So what's up with you guys on this, any similar/differing experiences?