Anyone else love Metroid and Castlevania but also absolutely suck at them?

[BanchoQueen]

These are probably the two game series that I absolutely suck at but also adore, I've played Super Metroid, Zero Mission, Fusion (this one I was the worst at) and Dread (that one was probably a close second). Castlevania I've played Symphony of the Night (like everyone and their grandma), Aria of Sorrow, and another GB one I can't recall. Honestly I've played more Catlevania-likes than Castlevania, still love what little of the OG I have played.

Wondering if any of you have series you love that you also suck incredibly at.

 

[fake-chan]

That's basically every game I play. I'm so bad I get game overs in Kirby games.

 

[Boofytan]

Yeah. A lot.

I was able to beat Super Metroid on the 2nd or 3rd rental because I was obsessed with it.

 

[Nuxx.exe]

Me. I've beaten OG Metroid, Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Zero Mission, OG Castlevania, Symphony of the Night, Circle of the Moon, but man Metroid Dread tempted me to punt it out the window. Honestly stopped at the final boss after an hour or so of trying. I don't have time for that, I got shit to do

 

[Elwiwi]

I suck at the og Castlevania games and the Metroid games we shouldn't talk about

 

[John Adams]

I'm always suck at Castlevania games

 

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[PSVitaForever]

I would like to play "Dread" but those robots following you and forcing you from screen to screen give me anxiety, hence the fun gets away.
I enjoyed the Metroid on 3ds, but I'm not really good with those big maps and backtracking so I haven't played other games of this genre.

 

[kbcinharoxa kbcinharoxa]

Not trying to brag but... I'M THE MASTER OF CASTLEVANI— ...nah. I wish. XD

I'm actually terrible at the classicvanias, but I'm pretty good at the metroidvanias (when I take them seriously). Usually, if I play a metroidvania just casually to have fun and laugh around, I die a lot. But if I go in thinking, "I'm beating this today," then it's actually pretty hard for me to die, and I usually finish it in just a few hours.

Classicvanias, on the other hand, are my greatest enemy (which is ironic because they're my favorites). I die all the time, but I always have fun with their simpler, more straightforward gameplay. I don't have to deal with all the backtracking that metroidvanias sometimes have, which can get a little frustrating.

As for Metroid itself... yeah, I'm pretty bad at it. XD I tried playing Metroid Fusion once, but I gave up because I thought it was kind of boring. One day I'll go back to it, though—just like I did with Mega Man. Eventually, I want to beat every game in the series.

 

[shaggi shaggi]

Well... Metroid and Castlevania games are sure hard for me. On the other hand, I'm not that bad a them.

 

[JustLooking123]

I can't win Castlevania games without extensive use of save-states...

And Metroid? I once tried to beat the NES version of it and failed! even with extensive use of save-states!

But i love both of them!

 

[kbcinharoxa kbcinharoxa]

I can't win Castlevania games without extensive use of save-states...

And Metroid? I once tried to beat the NES version of it and failed! even with extensive use of save-states!

But i love both of them!

we wont judge you.
you love them at least

 

[JiruleanSkies]

Look at you making your own threads around here. I legit thought I was going to have to chew on you. Pfft.

Did you ever get to try Akumajou Densetsu, that Touhou Castlevania?

I might have told you this before but I'm absolutely awful at the NES era Castlevanias. Then again, platformers and I don't get along because I tense up too much. Except like, one of them. Still haven't played a single Metroid game.

As for series I like but suck at? Zero slash Fatal Frame. Yugh. IT'S REALLY HARD TO DODGE WHEN THE SLAP CAN COME FROM BEHIND YOU AND THEN IN FRONT OF YOU AT THE SAME TIME.

 

[Zerpina]

Castlevania, I'm pretty good at it.. the older ones as well as the new ones.
Not those horrible 3D ones, but I digress.... I abso-fucking-lutely suck at Metroid, but I still like the series.

 

[HydraSavior]

I just wanted to send some moral support the way of some of the people in this thread. I think it's great you're playing games you think you "suck" at, but also, I want to make space for the idea that you might just be enjoying a game that is genuinely hard, or just a kind of game you didn't grow up playing, or any number of things! The important thing is whether you enjoy the experience or not!

 

[Bakuma1997]

Totally

I've never managed to get 100% nor speedrun any Metroid i've played, but they are still pretty fun to play even if i foregoe the exploration the series is known

In Castlevania's side, only the Classicvania games (The Metroidvania games are easy enough) i will die at least once per level, but i still come back and eventually win

 

[Nuxx.exe]

I would like to play "Dread" but those robots following you and forcing you from screen to screen give me anxiety, hence the fun gets away.
I enjoyed the Metroid on 3ds, but I'm not really good with those big maps and backtracking so I haven't played other games of this genre.

I don't get why the parry system even exists in a Metroid game. I wanna have fun, not be mad the whole time I'm playing

 

[Glossy Cat]

I'm better at Metroid games and have beaten all but two of them. Metroid Other M I lost interest in but I'm planning to try it again at some point. With Dread, I was playing it but put it down and started playing something else and forgot about it. I'll have to restart it. As for Castlevania games, I've played many and have beaten about half of the series.

 

[PSVitaForever]

I don't get why the parry system even exists in a Metroid game. I wanna have fun, not be mad the whole time I'm playing

I suck when in rpgs they force you to "parry" (I like to attack attack attack lol), but in the Metroid 3ds title it became a "second nature" for me after the first difficult times and it felt "wow" to parry and kill the monsters. But in "Dread", I feel I get mad when I have to run away and then I'm like "now where?? argh that thing is still seeing me".

 

[Sonicao]

I suck at Classicvania, but I still love them.

 

[BrawlMan]

I am decent with Classicivania, and better at them with certain hack mod/translations. I don't do Metroid nor metroidvanias.

 

[tht009]

I've accepted that I'll probably never beat OG Metroid, Metroid II, or any Castlevania game on NES. Those games are hard as balls. I can beat the newer Metroidvania ones like Super Metroid and Symphony of the Night, but the classic style games just kick my ass. Still love 'em though.

 

[Sanarchy]

For some reason, the only classic Vania game I was ever interested in was Rondo of Blood, and the only modern Vania game I ever clicked with was Symphony of the Night. I definitely sucked at Rondo the last time I tried to play it, I think it was on the PS4 and had no save states to abuse to help preservere through the experience.

I absolutely suck at Metroid though. My Achilles' heel of videogames is pathfinding and directions. I am the absolute worst with them and games like those are just the worst for me. I think I've tried to play Metroid Prime four seperate times throughout various stages of life and it has just unfortunately never got far. Think I got to Magmoor Caverns or Phenendra Drifts but I was so terrible at the games that I just lacked the motivation to keep going.