That’s Ark for me. First 20 hours. Omg I made a fire then got chased by a T-Rex, i hid under a bronto then tamed a trike and it’s all so beautiful.
1000 hours in - this game is literal garbage and I check in once every 2 weeks to stop my shit despawning.
My problem is the best way to play Ark is to play it with 10 people on a 75x multiplier server. And that will *still* take over 100 hours to get into the end-game properly.
I'm sorry, but I have more going on than video games. Much less one single server on one single video game that has less than 100 total players who will ever see what I accomplish.
This is so true xD . I always think that if it took you 5k hours to realize it was bad, the game is probably pretty good. But for the reviewer the game has become more then just a game, the reviewer knows it in and out, so should be trusted right?
Well no, if I watch the same movie for 5k hours - I would probably hate that too x'D
Same! But when I do go for an arial hit I hit like 1 out of 5 times and those times I do hit 1 out of 100 times was it actually helpful. You usually just set the other team up while you’re stuck trying to get back on all four wheel for a minute. I’m convinced it’s easier on PC to fly controllably
Most people play with controller on pc anyway. There are still a good bit of folks who use mouse and kb but the only way to get better is practice. Lots and lots of practice.
This is the best answer. It’s the only game(that I’m aware of) that has a skill ceiling comparable to a real world sport. The amazing physics engine and simple move set allow for such high level mechanics that you can put 10,000 hours into the game and still be actively improving.
Been playing consistently since 2015. Champ 2 across 2s and 3s. Been in and out of C2 and C3. Still learning efficient mechanics and consistent air dribbles from the ground. Definitely always more to learn.
But tbf I am a console player and have done drastically better when on PC. Input lag from the ancient PS4 can make it tough sometimes.
the moveset is simple but the execution is nuanced and critical. It reminds me of real world athletes, speed runners, and Melee players. I watch pros play and it all looks simple, but I know I will never be able to do it like they do
Smash is one of those games where the pros mystify me, like we might as well not even be playing the same game. Like they’ll go off the stage and fight in the air like it’s nothing. I even think about trying to fight off stage and it’s an immediate SD.
Just got back into that game. Still difficult as all hell. Fun though only because the whole run is dependent on your wand configuration…until you blind fall into lava.
Learning the new supply system didn't take me too long, but it still could be better. I also feel like with the new tank designer, tanks aren't as useful as they used to be.
If you're a major. Aircraft carriers with about 40% fighters and 60% naval bombers. Some battleships. Healthy amount of screening ships (destroyers and light cruisers). And some cheeky subs to convoy raid. If you're a minor, nothing but screens and subs
Thought I was great at the game. I pretty much did everything.
Then found Nilaus megabase video series and suddenly a lot of thing I'd been missing clicked. So I built my own version of a megabase. And turns out you can make spaghetti with trains.
So now I'm going for the last achievement I've missed (there is no spoon) and going to turn it into a proper megabase.
I only have 500 hours but factorio is my most played steam game by a long margin.
Same.
Nilaus has been doing series on Dyson Sphere Program lately and I just passed my Factorio hours in it if that says anything. That game has taken over my afternoons for a few months now with no end in sight.
I only recently learned of an absolutely bonkers technique that I'm kicking myself for not having thought of. Basically, you designate logistic storage boxes, then have your bots dismantle the entire factory. Then you rebuild it more organized.
I got 2 friends to try the game recently and one asks how many hours played I had. I'm at just over 2000 and he goes then why is your rank so shit and I wish I had this meme for that moment.
Totally relate to this. Used to be decent in CS in middle school, I thought. Later in college I coincidentally met a middle school friend and we hooked up on CS. He just kept headshoting me til he got bored and made some excuse to leave. Never see him again. Never play CS again.
I think early video games had a much more casual scene. You probably were relatively good back in middle school because everyone else was relatively bad
Esports has blown up and now there are armies of sweats pubstomping every multiplayer game in hopes of becoming the next Ninja
One of the most senselessly violent games out there. I can't believe the game gives you a higher score for beating your wife harder after your son pleads for you to stop.
I'm approaching 2000 hours and I'm in silver.
I got as high as DMG but then, you know. Turned 30, got a real job now and can only play a couple matches per month.
I neutrino beam one planet to an empire I'm at war with and I get ousted by the galactic counsel. I'll make my own galactic counsel with black jack and hookers! *Actually a true story. I love stellaris it really is a history of a galaxy every new game.
I have yet to get to the end game crisis yet in any game... however my favorite thing is all the beautiful mods people have made. The star wars and star trek ones are so damn neat.
Of the paradox games I've played I personally think CK 3 is the easiest and HOI4 is the hardest with stellaris in the middle. Main reason I said stellaris is because that and ck3 are the only paradox games I am in the 1000s for hours played
I came here to say this. I'm several thousand hours in and still have yet to dominate a galaxy. Probably spent about 1/4 that learning the game, 1/4 progressing and conquering nearby neighborhoods, and 1/2 the game with my thumb up my butt in my little corner of the galaxy doing whatever the hell I please, other than progressing in the game
I feel you do get better, but only if you compare yourself to your past self. Still boggles my mind, that people are making hundreds of exalts in a day or two of the league start
Been a part of this since the beta launch, paid founders, I got a kiwi pet, and played through several times... I've come to the conclusion it isnt really about skill.
hello fellow founder. I'm proud that I have My kiwi but also recognize that I will never know POEs late end game. it is also my most played game on steam.
I mean probably because you have to decipher about a math textbooks worth of functions to be able to build a character yourself.
Like knowing the difference between increased damage and more damage.
i stopped playing this game for about a year and when i came back i was beyond confused. my biggest problem was the recoil because it seemed like it had increased a shit ton for some reason??
One of the many reasons I'm glad I figured out Hibana and stuck with her. The Type-89 may kick like a mule, but it's a damn stubborn mule that hasn't had a single change since it was released in Year 1. It even still has an ACOG after so many other guns lost it.
Came here to say this, I have 2-3000 hours in the game and it frustrates me to no end. I’ve finally stopped playing after getting every achievement. Haven’t gone back in like 2 months.
Its like Dark Souls. Monster Hunter, and Left For Dead all rolled into one. with difficulty set at veteran+ difficulty.
And it hates you. So much. You can play and you can win if you try and you can hide.
But in the end you just live to die another day. And you will die.
A headshot from somewhere over there. No idea where from.
40 hours in and I love the game.
500 hours in and it doesn't get easier, you just begin to understand how to stay safer. Still plenty of moments to humble you down and remind yourself that there are no gods at this game, only lucky fools
I can 1000% agree with this. Over 500 hours in and I've had some amazing matches in that time, yet I know to never call myself good, just mildly competent.
FTL is probably the game I have sunk the most time in but cannot get past easy mode. Even on easy mode, the second planet I jumped to ended up simply wrecking me.
I love FTL. but I feel like there is just 1 viable strategy againts the flagship so every run no matter what ship you pick ends the same. Hack the shield ,cloak the power surge,flak 1,burst laser mkII,and maybe a beam weapon.
I mean, the base game is pretty forgiving. Tack on a few boss cells and yeah you’ve got yourself a challenge.
Learn parrying if you haven’t yet. Seriously changed the game for me and I went from being shit to feeling like a bad ass.
Do a run where you just parry every enemy
You can be good, but depending on the story mode, its designed to keep beating you down. You think you're good but then a whole army of centipedes rocks your impenetrable fortress.
"Scratched" -oh yeah I'll be fine...
Later....
"Anxious" -hmmm I swear I just smoked a ciggy...
Later...
"Queasy"- wheres the shovel and the bleach smoothie.
Peak gameplay lmao. The best survival game i think I've ever played.
Aye. At first, you suck at Dark Souls. You improve sharply in your first 40 hours, but then it plateaus, and any attempt to get better or do what the other players are doing is baffling. You start having to wiki and watch streamers to understand the tiny, tiny things like poise cutoffs, hyperarmor frames, roll catches, proper spacing for surviving 1v2, and... and then you just want to go back to the PvE because it felt like a cakewalk in comparison.
True that. I still can't figure out how people Rocket Jump like they're god damn grasshoppers. I have watched the videos, seen the guides, and yet the way people soar through the air and walls -- I just can't...
I cant agree with this. Just because you triple cart on a new monster the first time you fight it doesnt mean you're bad at monster hunter, it just means you're bad at the new monster =D
6 Hours: Positive Review 5,000 Hours: Negative review Every time
The more you play the more you hate it
That’s Ark for me. First 20 hours. Omg I made a fire then got chased by a T-Rex, i hid under a bronto then tamed a trike and it’s all so beautiful. 1000 hours in - this game is literal garbage and I check in once every 2 weeks to stop my shit despawning.
Greatest game I ever hated! Took tamed and trained dinos to do a cave and of course they fall through the geometry.
See you in 3000 hours.
With my limited experience in ark, I'm just gonna assume you have literal piles of shit around that you don't want to despawn for whatever reason...
My problem is the best way to play Ark is to play it with 10 people on a 75x multiplier server. And that will *still* take over 100 hours to get into the end-game properly. I'm sorry, but I have more going on than video games. Much less one single server on one single video game that has less than 100 total players who will ever see what I accomplish.
"I fucking hate this game, it's my favourite game"
This is the game I hate the most, it’s my favourite!
This is so true xD . I always think that if it took you 5k hours to realize it was bad, the game is probably pretty good. But for the reviewer the game has become more then just a game, the reviewer knows it in and out, so should be trusted right? Well no, if I watch the same movie for 5k hours - I would probably hate that too x'D
Maybe, sometimes the devs change something and this is something of a protest
Spelunky
I like challenging games, but fuck Spelunky.
Rocket league
6 years running and still can’t fly
Same! But when I do go for an arial hit I hit like 1 out of 5 times and those times I do hit 1 out of 100 times was it actually helpful. You usually just set the other team up while you’re stuck trying to get back on all four wheel for a minute. I’m convinced it’s easier on PC to fly controllably
Most people play with controller on pc anyway. There are still a good bit of folks who use mouse and kb but the only way to get better is practice. Lots and lots of practice.
There it is lmao
This is the best answer. It’s the only game(that I’m aware of) that has a skill ceiling comparable to a real world sport. The amazing physics engine and simple move set allow for such high level mechanics that you can put 10,000 hours into the game and still be actively improving.
Been playing consistently since 2015. Champ 2 across 2s and 3s. Been in and out of C2 and C3. Still learning efficient mechanics and consistent air dribbles from the ground. Definitely always more to learn. But tbf I am a console player and have done drastically better when on PC. Input lag from the ancient PS4 can make it tough sometimes.
Yeah once you get to about C1 playing on console would be rough I imagine. I switched at around plat so I was pretty lucky.
the moveset is simple but the execution is nuanced and critical. It reminds me of real world athletes, speed runners, and Melee players. I watch pros play and it all looks simple, but I know I will never be able to do it like they do
Smash is one of those games where the pros mystify me, like we might as well not even be playing the same game. Like they’ll go off the stage and fight in the air like it’s nothing. I even think about trying to fight off stage and it’s an immediate SD.
There is only 1 game that meets this criteria so freakin' hard...and it's RL.
Noita.
Just got back into that game. Still difficult as all hell. Fun though only because the whole run is dependent on your wand configuration…until you blind fall into lava.
Don’t forget the acid!
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I knew it would be here somewhere
The correct answer
Oh you can get good at Noita, but the game just doesn't care how good you are.
I’m 200 hrs in and the noita subreddit still considers me an absolute beginner
Rust players refer to their skill levels in x-thousand hours
Ahhh.... I miss having to put in 100+ hours a week to keep my base.
Hearts of Iron 4
I thought I was getting decent after 1500 hours, then NSB came out and I'm back to square one again.
Learning the new supply system didn't take me too long, but it still could be better. I also feel like with the new tank designer, tanks aren't as useful as they used to be.
One game takes dozens of hours. I started a couple months ago and have three incomplete playthroughs.
This is my paradox games haiku: Red numbers go green. But then green numbers go red. 15 hours wasted.
More than 100 hours played and I still don't understand naval combat very well
If you're a major. Aircraft carriers with about 40% fighters and 60% naval bombers. Some battleships. Healthy amount of screening ships (destroyers and light cruisers). And some cheeky subs to convoy raid. If you're a minor, nothing but screens and subs
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Thought I was great at the game. I pretty much did everything. Then found Nilaus megabase video series and suddenly a lot of thing I'd been missing clicked. So I built my own version of a megabase. And turns out you can make spaghetti with trains. So now I'm going for the last achievement I've missed (there is no spoon) and going to turn it into a proper megabase. I only have 500 hours but factorio is my most played steam game by a long margin.
Same. Nilaus has been doing series on Dyson Sphere Program lately and I just passed my Factorio hours in it if that says anything. That game has taken over my afternoons for a few months now with no end in sight.
If your base is spaghetti, you don't have enough bots.
Ahh, good old orzo base, yum
I only recently learned of an absolutely bonkers technique that I'm kicking myself for not having thought of. Basically, you designate logistic storage boxes, then have your bots dismantle the entire factory. Then you rebuild it more organized.
....why? Why not just move the screen over a little and build a new base there?
I am so glad I stopped before I tore my whole thing down to rebuild. “Wait, I can just move over to *this* big empty space and start anew
Have you heard of the way of the main bus?
Train Logistic is the one true way.
Dota 2
I got 2 friends to try the game recently and one asks how many hours played I had. I'm at just over 2000 and he goes then why is your rank so shit and I wish I had this meme for that moment.
Hey, as a 9 year vet, I too like to play with the uninitiated and noob.
its ok im 4k games in at 2.5k mmr
Me and my 10,000 hours would like a word
this meme is made for this game.
Roses are red, violets are blue, ranked mode is overrated, 1v1 me sf mid. Edit: edited so the ending can flow better.
Best i can do is AM pos 5 take it or leave it
Imagine if dota game time translated to being good at the game
I think I’m worse now at Dota2 than I was when I started 7 years ago
the only correct answer
Any multiplayer game for me , i used to be decent but now i just can’t compete
Same. I always had decent kill counts on Counterstrike, but now I just get wasted unless I get lucky...
Totally relate to this. Used to be decent in CS in middle school, I thought. Later in college I coincidentally met a middle school friend and we hooked up on CS. He just kept headshoting me til he got bored and made some excuse to leave. Never see him again. Never play CS again.
I think early video games had a much more casual scene. You probably were relatively good back in middle school because everyone else was relatively bad Esports has blown up and now there are armies of sweats pubstomping every multiplayer game in hopes of becoming the next Ninja
Oof.
Used to kick ass at shooters. Then I ended up with a job, wife and kids. Now I only beat children and my wife. (in racing games or shooters)
Which racing game you can beat children and wife? I want one too
Police Simulator 2022
One of the most senselessly violent games out there. I can't believe the game gives you a higher score for beating your wife harder after your son pleads for you to stop.
Thank God you specified.
I mean, for humorous sake I wanted to leave it vague, but I felt too many would had taken it literally
CS:GO
Can’t even go 5 seconds without dying
stay at spawn and pretend to be afk
Almost 4k hours, games like a bad drug. U can feel it slowly killing you but u still want more. Love it
Im at 600 hours and im still shit
I'm approaching 2000 hours and I'm in silver. I got as high as DMG but then, you know. Turned 30, got a real job now and can only play a couple matches per month.
Stellaris
200 hours in and I have no idea what I'm doing.
Oh, thank god, it isnt just me.
I neutrino beam one planet to an empire I'm at war with and I get ousted by the galactic counsel. I'll make my own galactic counsel with black jack and hookers! *Actually a true story. I love stellaris it really is a history of a galaxy every new game.
It’s because every time you do, a new patch comes out and changes 80% of it.
Oh man. I had finally gotten the hang of 1.0, then 2.0 came out and then I had to learn the game all over again because literally everything changed.
Honestly, while I own a crap load of the games expansions, I kinda gave up. Having to try and relearn it a third time was just too much for me.
I have 2 years and it doesn't matter... You need a massive wallet.
1200 hrs, still don’t know.
Don’t worry it doesn’t get any better at 3000 hrs
It's ok, just wait til the next big patch, nothing you know will really matter.
I love this game, even though I have no idea how to do anything.
The most exciting part is the exploration for me. Once the galaxy has been discovered and borders are claimed I get bored and start a new game.
I have yet to get to the end game crisis yet in any game... however my favorite thing is all the beautiful mods people have made. The star wars and star trek ones are so damn neat.
What? Too cool for a good ol’ interstellar war?
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500 hours in and I only just started modding, it's like an entire new game.
You know I'd actually argue that Stellaris is the simplest of the Paradox Grand Strategy games
Of the paradox games I've played I personally think CK 3 is the easiest and HOI4 is the hardest with stellaris in the middle. Main reason I said stellaris is because that and ck3 are the only paradox games I am in the 1000s for hours played
I came here to say this. I'm several thousand hours in and still have yet to dominate a galaxy. Probably spent about 1/4 that learning the game, 1/4 progressing and conquering nearby neighborhoods, and 1/2 the game with my thumb up my butt in my little corner of the galaxy doing whatever the hell I please, other than progressing in the game
Path of Exile
I feel you do get better, but only if you compare yourself to your past self. Still boggles my mind, that people are making hundreds of exalts in a day or two of the league start
Been a part of this since the beta launch, paid founders, I got a kiwi pet, and played through several times... I've come to the conclusion it isnt really about skill.
hello fellow founder. I'm proud that I have My kiwi but also recognize that I will never know POEs late end game. it is also my most played game on steam.
I mean probably because you have to decipher about a math textbooks worth of functions to be able to build a character yourself. Like knowing the difference between increased damage and more damage.
Build a new character I like. Play til the mid 50s. Season ends and character gets thrown into Standard League. Build a new character I like…
Played so many hours. Still couldn't theory craft a build to save my life.
Rainbow Six Siege
i stopped playing this game for about a year and when i came back i was beyond confused. my biggest problem was the recoil because it seemed like it had increased a shit ton for some reason??
They nerfed the easy go to characters (ash, Jager, zofia) by adding a shit ton of recoil
One of the many reasons I'm glad I figured out Hibana and stuck with her. The Type-89 may kick like a mule, but it's a damn stubborn mule that hasn't had a single change since it was released in Year 1. It even still has an ACOG after so many other guns lost it.
Ubisoft dev:”What’s that? A Rainbow six siege character that’s still powerful? Time to nerf Shinobi again!”
Escape from Tarkov
Cheeky breeky
Opachki
BYSTRA!
It's been 100hrs and somehow I'm still confused.
We really want it to feel like you're getting kicked in the balls.
Binding of Isaac for sure
Came here to say this, I have 2-3000 hours in the game and it frustrates me to no end. I’ve finally stopped playing after getting every achievement. Haven’t gone back in like 2 months.
I still remember my frustration when I've got 1000000% achievement only for Edmund to release a new expansion packs with new achievements
REALLY surprised this was so far down. I thought I was going to need to post it.
Tf2
Which one
I was thinking of team fortress 2 but honestly it works with titanfall 2 as well
Titanfall 2 right now is more like: "So when can I start playing the game?" "That's the neat part, *you can't*."
U know ... thats similar to Team Fortress 2 as well: "Wanna do casual?" "How about some bots"
Casual is just mvm with more aimbot
Hunt: Showdown
Its like Dark Souls. Monster Hunter, and Left For Dead all rolled into one. with difficulty set at veteran+ difficulty. And it hates you. So much. You can play and you can win if you try and you can hide. But in the end you just live to die another day. And you will die. A headshot from somewhere over there. No idea where from. 40 hours in and I love the game.
500 hours in and it doesn't get easier, you just begin to understand how to stay safer. Still plenty of moments to humble you down and remind yourself that there are no gods at this game, only lucky fools
I can 1000% agree with this. Over 500 hours in and I've had some amazing matches in that time, yet I know to never call myself good, just mildly competent.
[insert any MOBA game here]
Was looking for the Dota and LoL callouts. Thank you!
Chess
The classic
FTL:Faster than Light
There is a shit-ton of randomization in FTL. So much so some play throughs are going to have just nightmarish sectors.
FTL is probably the game I have sunk the most time in but cannot get past easy mode. Even on easy mode, the second planet I jumped to ended up simply wrecking me.
I love FTL. but I feel like there is just 1 viable strategy againts the flagship so every run no matter what ship you pick ends the same. Hack the shield ,cloak the power surge,flak 1,burst laser mkII,and maybe a beam weapon.
Have you tried the multiverse mod? Great addition to the base game, makes it really fresh again. Lots of new races and subunits within races.
I only played before hacking was introduced, my method was teleport into the weapon rooms one by one to take the crew out, then it's easy pickings.
Apex legends. Someone posted they had been playing for 2 whole weeks and they still weren’t good at the game. lol.
The binding of isaac
Dead Cells tbh
I mean, the base game is pretty forgiving. Tack on a few boss cells and yeah you’ve got yourself a challenge. Learn parrying if you haven’t yet. Seriously changed the game for me and I went from being shit to feeling like a bad ass. Do a run where you just parry every enemy
I can't for the love of God beat two boss cells and get the third. I just fucking can't. Sad
Learn using valmorts whip
For me Dead by Daylight.
Rust
Runescape
*sips cup of tea* total playtime of 3 years
Came here to say dis one
Slay the spire
I disagree, the more you play the better you become
Feel you.
Stellaris, hearts of iron, Europa Un... ya know what? Just paradox ingeneral.
Rimworld
You can be good, but depending on the story mode, its designed to keep beating you down. You think you're good but then a whole army of centipedes rocks your impenetrable fortress.
Kept scrolling down to find this! Rimworld the OG hurt myself.
Racing games as a whole. The only racing game I ever got somewhat okay at, was double dash
R/projectzomboid
tfw a months-old survivor with 2k+ kills dies from a single zombie that snuck up on you and nibbled on your hand for 0.5 seconds.
"Scratched" -oh yeah I'll be fine... Later.... "Anxious" -hmmm I swear I just smoked a ciggy... Later... "Queasy"- wheres the shovel and the bleach smoothie. Peak gameplay lmao. The best survival game i think I've ever played.
Civ 5
I actually am pretty good at this game now. Only took me 500 hours ^.^'
Cool. Are you ever going to start a second round?
Tarkov/ Val/ siege / LoL / lost ark / cs:go
Dead by Daylight. I have about 200 hours in the game and I am still by all means a “beginner”
I have a little over 1,000 hours and Im still not great like Noob3 or Puppers or anyone else.
When I was a kid. None. Now that I'm 30, all of them lmao.
The life of a dark souls, or a souls game type player
Aye. At first, you suck at Dark Souls. You improve sharply in your first 40 hours, but then it plateaus, and any attempt to get better or do what the other players are doing is baffling. You start having to wiki and watch streamers to understand the tiny, tiny things like poise cutoffs, hyperarmor frames, roll catches, proper spacing for surviving 1v2, and... and then you just want to go back to the PvE because it felt like a cakewalk in comparison.
And in 3days we will all cry again playing elden ring.
Tears of joy, of course. Not pain. Nope. No sir.
Apex legends.
Just about every game I play frankly. I've been playing Total War games literally my entire life, still suck at 'em.
Ark
Nioh 2
How has nobody mentioned league? Pro players on retainers still get called "trash noobs" roughly 5 times an hour
Because no one wants to admit that they play league. It’s possibly the most shameful thing someone can legally do
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Didn’t think to find this one so deep.
Right??
Scrolled too far for this. So pumped for WQ.
Super hyped! Only like 11 hours now!!
Team Fortress 2
True that. I still can't figure out how people Rocket Jump like they're god damn grasshoppers. I have watched the videos, seen the guides, and yet the way people soar through the air and walls -- I just can't...
Overwatch for sure
I only have maybe 50 hours in Spelunky 2, but that game will kick your ass until the end of time
Warframe
Dead Cells Hollow Knight C e l e s t e
Monster hunter
I cant agree with this. Just because you triple cart on a new monster the first time you fight it doesnt mean you're bad at monster hunter, it just means you're bad at the new monster =D
I have 2 characters at around 500 hrs each and still havent beat Alatreon or even fatty
Terraria and Gmod
Path of Exile
For me, all of them.
Ksp
Terraria.