Anyone else terrible at Call of Duty?

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I dont play it myself.... frankly it'd bore the hell outta me.... but I can guarantee I'd be worse at it than anyone else here.

When it comes to modern FPS games, well..... I always say, I couldnt hit the side of a barn.... from inside the barn.

I'm pretty sure it's because you're a Coug (Sorry man, couldn't help it).

For real though, I am awful at Call of Duty. It's fun, but people who play that s**t spend so much time with it and are so insanely good that there's no real room for a "casual" player to succeed.

I played online for a couple years but it was very occasional, it wasn't even frustrating because it was so ludicrous how bad I was. That game is way too overstimulating for me to play for any extended period of time, the only time period I played online was immediately after I moved for grad school, and I played primarily as a way of interacting with my friends back home.

At any rate, I really suck at all first-person shooters. I'm playing Far Cry 3 currently and I am dominating, but that's because I'm playing on the easiest difficulty and as soon as possible made a point of saving enough money to buy a light machine gun

I'm pretty terrible at shooting games in general.
The only exception is Borderlands 2.

For single player cod campaigns I play the missions on 'normal' for the first play through, then Veteran before moving onto another game.
So, for solo games I do alright.

But as for multiplayer, oh hell no.

^ this

With COD online, I often put focus on equally levelling up all weapons, so I'm always changing the weapons around.

I also often find stuff happens far too quickly to really process what's going on sometimes at all.

A bit of a scenario... You know someone's out of sight, you line up your crosshairs to take a shot, before I know it, I'm dead by that said person, even with pistols vs. rifles.

Otherwise COD online is often full of players exploiting game weaknesses and prone to lag.

Single player plays decently, but I often don't see the point in playing through a second or more times, with the exception of MW2 and BO1 on Veteran, and that felt trial and error. I did try COD classic on veteran... I give up on that since you where dead in 2 to 4 shots and no health packs at all.

I don't mind my FPS in general, I like the bioshock series, resistance, and the oldies like Perfect Dark and TimeSplitters.

Eh... I find Borderlands 2 overdid it with the number of enemies, little to no restbite and that experience was exhausting compared to the first.

I'm utterly mediocre at that game. Most of the times I fall right in the middle of the leaderboard. If my team's weak I might get higher, If it is strong I am at the bottom. No amount of effort or practice has ever changed that.

I enjoy the storylines of most of the FPS games, but I'm barely decent playing them solo. I can't usually play anything harder than "casual" because I can't grasp the controls well. You would think that after playing PS1, 2, and 3 for 12 years I could get comfortable with the controls, but I grew up on Nintendo and Sega so I'm used to a cross and 2-3 buttons and have found it difficult to learn playing with 4 fingers and two thumbs (I do manage two fingers and 2 thumbs, but sometimes that's a challenge). Also, in the days of Sega and Nintendo, I played primarily sports games, so I didn't have to worry about precision of shooting. Sports games now are a bore to me. Very repetitious. Fun for about 2 days.

Like most everyone else, forget multiplayer/online - I'm too damn slow plus I have too much of a routine when playing. I like sniping, though. And forget about driving/flying vehicles. Holy crap that's hard as hell for me!

I'm currently playing the Mass Effect series (on ME 2 now) which has a great storyline and has been fun...and challenging even on the weakest level. I have sold off other games that were just too hard to play and I came close to throwing my controller at the TV. If I get mad at a game, I quit and trade it in for something else because games are supposed to be fun, not frustrating. I did that with God of War. It pissed me off that I couldn't get past a part of it - tried for over 2 hours. Said, "eff it! Back to Gamestop with you!" Dear God that was a complicated game!

I see in your profile, that you are already 40. As long as you dont train daily, its sadly normal that the average teenie has faster reflexes/movement then you. So you naturally become a bit slower, when maturing beyond 25-30, as long as you dont regularly train already existing skills.

Call of Duty is a rather fast played FPS, specially on consoles, where you have less guild/teamplay. So the disadvantage of being 2/10 seconds slower then 50% of the rest of the players, becomes more obvious.

I´d recommend to play more tactical shooters, so I like Battlefield pretty much, specially on the PC where more players, play in guilds or trained teams. Teamplay and tactic becomes far more important for winning the game, then pure aiming skills. So my aiming is pretty average, still when I play with my regular teammates, we do pretty well. You normally act in squads, so the two "front-squad" members should be the ones with the best aiming, because they will be the ones most likely to be spotted by enemies and so to be the ones in the "You or me." situation. But as supporter its not that horrible if you are only average.

Schneekugel you are right. Being on the cusp of 40 my motor skills have somewhat declined and I'm fully aware of that. As such, I don't even try to compete with kids who probably spend more time on their consoles than I spend working per day and I don't have hours upon end to spend on my PS3. I may be hard-headed, but I do understand my limitations.

As far as playing on a PC, that's out. The PS3 is tough enough. To me playing on a PC is even more difficult. I have never been able to grasp all but rudimentary controls with a keyboard/mouse. My PC now is near gaming specs, but I don't particularly care to take up gaming on a PC at 40. I reserve my PC for a couple of mind-numbing Facebook games.

I'll stick to campaigns and solo missions where I can take my time. I'm so used to playing solo anyhow as I grew up an only child with only a couple kids my age in my neighborhood that I'm more comfortable playing that way. Besides, the games are more my relaxation than anything else. If I want to be competitive, I'd resume playing baseball, basketball, or bowling again.

Not terrible at COD at all, but I never seem to make 1st place in most of the rounds.

I used to be pretty awful. I'd average maybe 5 kills compared to 10+ deaths in a single game, then I started playing a group of friends who taught me how to set up my weapons and stuff and how to use the maps effectively. And now I can get around 15-20 kills in a single match. I still get killed 10 or so times a game though.

I'll average at least 10 kills a round but like every player, I'd get picked off in some of the dumbest ways possible.

I can kick your ass on Dance Dance Revolution. I have conquered both Catherine and Child of Eden. I have a mastery of games like Tetris and Puzzle Fighter.

Yet I cannot play any FPS worth a damn.

I'm usually pretty good at most of the online shooters I play, though the last time I played CoD was CoD4. I think my KD/R was comfortably above 2 and my deathmatch win-streak was 100+ by the time I quit the game.
My BF3 / BF4 stats aren't terrible either, for someone who only ever plays inebriated.

Fair player too. No spawnkilling.

LOL!! ! Well played, amazon television!

Seriously, I thought I could avoid hassles about being a Coug on this site at least!

I'm bad at it. I don't care though. I'm having fun.