Guns Hate Me

And I hate guns. It seems that any game that includes some sort of focus on guns, or more specifically the upgrading or customization of guns, I become completely lost and aggravated. It happened with Mass Effect. I really wanted to love this game. Heck, it's the companion (of sorts) to my all-time favorite Dragon Age. And yet the class choices (largely weapon-use based) and the inventory system left me mind-boggled and confused. I think I've said before that I'm terrible at FPS and am not a big fan already. And what do those pretty much always use? Guns. And last night I tried an RPG game I picked up a while back and was super excited about - Resonance of Fate - and I hated it. Game got great reviews, people loved the style. I can't understand the "scratch" versus "direct" damage concept at all and I'm just at a huge loss.

(Also, as an aside, I couldn't get the stupid tri-attack to work no matter what I did. I just didn't understand the tutorial so I couldn't even progress past that "lesson.")

So what does this mean for a connsumate gamer such as myself? Am I relegated to games that are only medieval or fantasy based with swords and magic? I mean, I love love love! Space Channel 5 and she says "shoot, shoot, shoot" all the time. But I will point out, she doesn't actually hold a gun. A lot of times she's just pointing her finger in a sexy little dance move.

I want to play Mass Effect. I really wanted to like Resonance of Fate. I wish I could kick my friends' butts in TF2 and other similar fair. Occasionally, I can snipe. Otherwise... guns hate me.

When comes the day when everyone rushes to be healers? That's what I want.