SF IV - I had to trade it in already - it was makikng me look bad!

[johnlucas]

I'd pick aging gamer who can't cut it anymore. Don't take offense. Let me explain.

Hey it happens. These games are built upon quick reflexes & we get slower when we age if we don't keep 'em fine tuned.

The stuff I used to do on the NES & SNES as a kid & teen I have much more difficulty doing now in my young 30's. I've become slow especially playing laidback games like Animal Crossing. Games slowed down in what Sean Malstrom called the Cinema Era where the PlayStation rose to prominence. Press a button here & there to advance a cutscene more than that twitchy reflex play of the old arcades. It's been almost 20 years since SFII came out! Of COURSE we're slower.

Even the old N64 wrestling games (WCW/nWo World Tour, WCW/nWo Revenge, WWF Wrestlemania 2000, WWF No Nercy) I used to play religiously I have fallen off in skill there too. Slower-paced overall than the fighting games but takes speed & precision reflexes to block, dodge, and get up off the mat. You don't play for awhile & your skills will drop off like anything else.

But all that means is that you got to get back in shape, that's all. This is what gaming used to be. A challenge! Games used to make you WANT to break the controller! I should know. It's why I don't have my original NES controllers today before I learned how to control my rage when the game whooped my ass.

Get knocked down? Then get back up & try again. Get knocked back down? Then get back up & try again.

I haven't played the game since I don't have a 360 or PS3 but I wouldn't give up on it because of a little challenge. That may mean take a break when it just ain't happening but don't sell it.

John Lucas