Are You a Videogame Masochist?

UnscathedFlyingObject · Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:07 am

I'm was playing Guitar Hero in Hard and the thing was kicking my ass, but damn, I hate those segments with nothing in them. So I say "fuck this, let's crank it up all the way." Man, is it fun! It's been a week and I can't still get past the second song without star power. But I love it!

If only defeat in real life was so pleasurable

and you just keep coming back for more despite huge setbacks.

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:48 am

You're asking this question on a forum about one of the hardest genres of videogame in existence?

UnscathedFlyingObject · Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:56 am

Not everyone enjoys getting kicked in the ass. Some people just say, "fck that was awesome" when they die and try again. Others throw controllers and shit.

Daedalus · Post by **Daedalus** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:11 am

I definitely am. My most common complaint about video games is "Don't they offer a harder mode?"

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:44 am

Yeah, I doubt you'll be getting many 'no' answers.

Bootaaay · Post by **Bootaaay** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:17 am

I find that if i'm losing/dying because of my own faults then I don't mind and conitinue to plough through despite the difficulty as the challenge still seems surmountable (examples; SHMUPs, the Resident Evil series) but if i've lost/died because the game was cheap (2d fighting bosses) I usually get pissed off and go on to somthing else.

Etrian · Post by **Etrian** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:06 am

I think it's pretty awesome except for when I die in Ikaruga. God damn that thing.

Back in the day, I used to smash controllers into the ground. Megadrive controllers would go straight into the floor if I died in Ecco the Dolphin. Hey, can you blame me? That stuff was HARD.

I can just imagine people getting their kicks from Reko's scream.

bakaichi · Post by **bakaichi** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:21 am

Currently playing Last Hope on Dreamcast and absolutely loving it.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:57 am

I want my games to be challenging; easy games bore me. Is that a healthy attitude, or does it mean I'm a "gaming masochist"?

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:14 pm

yes i am when i think to the time back then.
Now i cant spend that much time into a game anymore

charlie chong · Post by **charlie chong** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:24 pm

me too no time at minute. still i was playing shmups far(4-6 hrs every day) too much before i went crazy.. still got to get to that second loop on dodonpachi tho .. i might fire up the astro city tonight.. (i only had it for 4 days before i went a bit funny

so i never got to use it that much)

D · Post by D » Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:41 pm

Ceph wrote:I want my games to be challenging; easy games bore me. Is that a healthy attitude, or does it mean I'm a "gaming masochist"?

I die alot in game with low diff. it bores me so much I don't even care anymore and lose focus!
We're both healty!

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:59 pm

No, but I don't get angry like I used to. I still don't enjoy losing, though.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:01 pm

UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:Not everyone enjoys getting kicked in the ass. Some people just say, "fck that was awesome" when they die and try again. Others throw controllers and shit.

uugh i despise people who throw there controlers. Ive done it once but it was on my bed and it was not hard. Thats how i lost one of my Dreamcast arcade sticks back in the day due to a friend not ebing able to defeat bison

Ed Oscuro wrote:No, but I don't get angry like I used to. I still don't enjoy losing, though.

I only really get pissed if Im playing way below my ablity not hitting combos or just missing the mark when you have done it a thousand times before.

MA7 · Post by **MA7** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:06 pm

I like challenging and fair

when things turn cheap I swear a lot, but I've never launched a controller. Chucked them down in disgust maybe

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:50 pm

I've kicked a bottle of water once. And I scream profanities from time to time, but that's as far as I go. I've never thrown a controller

And this remembers last week I got MotoGP3 on the PS2 (usually regarded as the best game on the series), and I was trying to play the game on simulation mode (and I've never ride a Bike in real life... I don't even have a driver license

), so I kept on failing and failing and failing... and loving everything, I think I've played it 3 hours straight practicing on the same track, failing a lot but progressing up until I actually managed to get the hang of it and finish a race... in 5th nonetheless.

More than once I shout some profanity when I fell from the bike, and the wife came and said "Why are you playing this? You are getting stressed" and I was like "Not stressed... this thing is lots of fun, you have no idea"... which puzzled her even more

So yes, I guess I am a masochist

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:06 pm

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:38 pm

Ceph wrote:I want my games to be challenging; easy games bore me. Is that a healthy attitude, or does it mean I'm a "gaming masochist"?

It depends if you consider 'masochism' a value added term. Personally I see nothing wrong with admiting to being a masochist. This is the 21st century after all

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:49 pm

No. I get challenged all the time. I don't need much extra coming by way of entertainment.

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:32 pm

Hard games are good so long as they're fair.

MR_Soren · Post by **MR_Soren** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:13 pm

I find that being easy makes a game boring because it doesn't require as much thought or action from the player.

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:44 pm

You aren't a gaming masochist until you've beaten Dungeon Magic on the NES. You pussies.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:46 am

You're asking this on a forum where Dodonpachi: Dai Ou Jou gets nothing but praise, even from Rob.

I don't think there are many here who aren't gaming masochists =P

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:33 am

Yeah, I like my games challenging. Easy games bore me to tears.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:16 am

Two words:

AIM HIGH.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:27 am

My favorite RPG is Romancing Saga: Minstrel Story (I know, I'm a pussy), my favorite adventure game is Chulip, my favorite shooter is Ibara...

Am I masochist? Hell no, masochists no miss 8 Eyes and Trojan, and they can beat the first stage of Dragon's Lair NES.

crithit5000 · Post by **crithit5000** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:39 am

I played through I Wanna Be The Guy.

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:08 am

lol. I doubt everybody that says YES is being honest or follows the code : )

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:38 pm

Zebra Airforce wrote:Am I masochist? Hell no, masochists no miss 8 Eyes and Trojan, and they can beat the first stage of Dragon's Lair NES.

Well said. Playing a difficult but well-designed game is not masochism. Playing piss-poor impossibly-hard games that are no fun is masochism (i.e. 8 Eyes).

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:50 pm

I just keep playing these games I almost never will beat.
Still they're satisfying.

Since I like playing them I think I can't be considered a masochist.

If playing games you can't beat by default makes you a masochist, well then I am in.

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