Dota2. I love everything Valve but I just can't bring myself to play this game, as I constantly feel like a complete idiot in an intimidating and merciless competitive game. Not helped by the fact that everyone points out that I suck hard so aggressively in the chat.

I guess i'll just stick to TF2. And no, I didn't like LoL.

it's really not that bad. besides, the AI in ME1 is hysterical, they shoot at everything but what they are suppose to. there is only one boss that is difficult on 1 and it's not even the final boss. And like darthspudius said, you can always play on easy. I really like the story on 1. ME2 i've been struggling through. :)

Farmville. Seriously, why does that game need to be so complex and thought provoking?

Believe me comrade, they are on steam. Unless they come here, i ain't buying. I was scammed to buy FEAR from Steam, in wrong assumption it would never grace GoG. NEVER again am i turning good green money in fugly fatass' meals...

It took several years for me to get into RTS. One day when I was playing C&C Generals: Zero Hour, it just all made sense. I also played - and liked - Impossible Creatures. I'm still bad at multitasking, though. I have a lot of management/strategy games that I "want" to play - but starting on something that most likely will end in some kind of failure is a bit intimidating.

I was deeply fascinated by SpaceChem - but I took a break, and it is a bit hard to get it started up again since the game actually requires brain use.

Some gameplay just seem so alien, if you're not already a fan. I have trouble getting into old-school roguelikes and space sims (Wing Commander like). And when I tried playing king's bounty: crossworlds goty, I quitted after the the first tutorial fight.

I play a lot of the most complex strategy games out there. In all that time there are a few games that always intimidate me

AI war- ive played a bit of this, but even adding things slowly to the game it gets absurd at times.

StarCraft 1 and 2 multiplayer- Could probably get decent at this if I tried but the skill ceiling peak is very high and I know ill never be really great at it.

StarCraft Broodwars zerg campaign - Im not as intimidated by this as I once was. About a year ago I finally got through it without cheating with a trackpad and as of right now its one of my crowning glories in gaming.

X-com: UFO Defense/ Enemy unknown - I never had the time to really learn this game though I want to. I am always super intimidated when I play it and have hardly got past the beginning of the game.

Spacechem - While not really a strategy game some of the later levels have melted my brain.

Strangely enough im not really intimidated by most of paradox's grand strategies anymore. I fairly competent at the ones Ive played.

System Shock. Even with the mouselook mod. Especially WITHOUT the mouselook mod.

It also looks to me like an exaggerated position. It contends that the plot, the script, the acting, is not important, that lighting, direction, scene transitions don't matter, that it's only the flow that makes the core of the movie.

Your other mistake is assuming that there's a correct way to watch a movie. There is no such thing in a work of art. The work of art is there for the enjoyment of whoever experiences it. What each person gets from it is different, and is not necessarily what the creator intended. That's how it is, that's how it's supposed to be. Which goes back to my original point: it may be true that I'll enjoy the movie more if I see it without breaks, but if I'm enjoying it with breaks that's much better than not enjoying it at all.

(And if I skip forward in a movie, and that helps me enjoy it, as I did in Elysium, then that's the right thing to do.)

That is not a scam, that's just your disillusion way of thinking. Your anti steam shit is so tiresome lad.

Make me sad to see so many people can't get into the Infinity Engine cRPGs. Such wonderful games & great engine... At first, the D&D rules were hard for me too, just think that before starting BG i had just finished Diablo II at that time and when i saw how BG works i was pretty much confused with all these rules. So, read the manual and i suggest to read a D&D FAQ like DSimpson's. If you still can't get into, give the game some time and then come back later. The classic games can be played anytime... ;-)

The D&D rules just kill those games in my opinion. Nice settings, decent story etc but the gameplay is torture.

I have some suggestions, if I may:

1) You got money from different countries, at the end of the month. Some countries give you MORE money, so place your starting base in Europe (Germany) and the second base at the border between USA and Canada. Or the other way around.

2) The first base already have all it needs, for the moment. Every new base needs at least 1 Interceptor (a flying ship to shoot down UFOs), 1 Skyranger (a flying ship to transport troops so they can finish the aliens) and some troops (8 - 10 soldiers). In the second base you need to build the following: 2 Hangars (1 for Interceptor and 1 for Skyranger), a Living Quarters (for your troops), a General Store (for all the items) and a Radar (for detecting UFOs).

3) After the base modules are constructed you need to do the following things in that new base: hire the troops (8-10 soldiers), transfer 1 Interceptor from the first base to the second (or buy a new one), buy 1 Skyranger, and buy weapons and ammo for soldiers and for Interceptor. After the weapons arrive, equip your Interceptor and the troops.

4) In the first base you should do research (using scientist) and manufacture new items (using engineers). Research ASAP laser weapons and next plasma weapons, manufacture them and equip your soldiers. After that research armor for your soldiers and different airships and weapons for them.

5) Sell all things you don't need: weapons, ammo, allien bodies (keep 1 of each for study). Do not sell Elerium and Alien Alloys. Keep some UFO navigation and UFO power source.

6) Do NOT fight during night (unless you have no choice). UFOs crash site remain there for 1-2 days so plan your Skyranger to arrive there during daylight.

7) Be careful not to hire too many Scientists and Engineers, or their salary will bankrupt you.

8) Save often.

Follow these advices and you'll be fine.

This happens to me every day, often resulting in playing nothing at all!
I'm happy I'm not the only one who misses out the great Baldurs Gate because they are overwhelmed by the character creation and the rules in general.
I think I started that game about 5 times over again, and after a very few hours, I always gave up.
Not to mention the hp of wizards which are insanely low like 4 points in the beginning (wtf can that really be??), they are constantly dying, being more fragile than a mayfly :o
But then, I don't know why I choose characters using magic at all, because the spell system is giving me a real hard time, being used to cast spells one after another in Diablo 2 :D
Oh gosh I feel so trivial right now.^^
Same with Neverwinter Nights.
Unfortunately I never had the possibility of playing any D&D games in real life, maybe then I would have felt more familiar and confident.
Playing Pool of Radiance I cheated the hell out of it only to be able to enjoy the story, otherwise I would have given up after the very first fights :D
But with Planescape Torment I also had like no problems, at least one feeling of success...

Another game I'm always doomed to fail in, is Betrayal at Krondor.
I really,really wanted to play that game because it's considered to be a beautiful classic but I'm wandering around and have no plan, I'm completely lacking any orientation, reading the manual also left me in the dark.
And I have to look up words every minute, because my english vocabular won't suffice.
Age of Wonders also keeps me failing, I just have no chance doing anything. When I reach the enemy I run out of resources and everyone is going to put down his weapon. The mines are far from producing enough to endure the next few turns...
I don't know what exactly I do wrong, but I must completely be on the wrong track.
Or yes, Civilization and X-com are games I always wanted to play, too, but I'm sure this won't happen in a while...
much too intimidating.
Oh I nearly forgot Realms of Arkania...I eagerly wished to complete those games one day but how the hell should one win all the fights? I don't even manage to remember the effect of all the spells, because they don't seem to be described somewhere else than in the manual which is on the cd. (Why didn't they just write down a litte more helpful explanation underneath the objects and the spells in the game itself? :/ )
This way you never know which items you should take with you, or how you can practice alchemy reasonably.
Well, I think I'm just the predestinated noob :D
That said, I assume one can derive much more fun from a complicated game than from a casual game, if one just manages to get the point after withstanding the steep learning curve.

I used to choose the more complex classes, like bard, until I realised that they just make it too hard for me and I always end up playing a fighter. Of course that's a problem in itself, because I want to play an intelligence high charisma fighter, and the points... Well, anyway, just pick fighter.