How do I get better gaming skills?

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How do I improve my gaming skills especially with sim-type elements like on the Sims games?

The Sims is a truly hard game for me now. I barely have the stamina to wait many game weeks in a row. I still like the concept though. One of my dreams is to give myself an older sister to play with.

Do other ASD people also have bad gaming skills?

Simulation games require you to learn and understand the game mechanics.

Though if your playing Sims 4, the game is extreme buggy and broken.
Wait until Maxis fixes the game.

For me I have a lot of trouble playing games with dual analog aiming. I much prefer the option to use motion controls and the Wiimote pointer controls for aiming because it is natural for me.

The Sims isn't really so much of a "game" as it is a "software toy", like other Maxis products. Back when I played, in the days of TS1, I would just cheat like crazy and use tons of mods.

Now, for more conventional games, all I can say is practice, practice, practice. I've found that ever since I quit doing anything productive with my life (long story there...) I've become MUCH better at video games, since they're what I play to pass the time. If you find yourself stuck on a difficult game, try another game that has some of the same elements, and see if that improves some of your skills.

Muscle memory is important within some genres where speed and precision counts, like first person shooters. Find a mouse sensitivity you're comfortable with, then measure the length you have to move your mouse in order to do a full 360. Use it as a benchmark for all games. Snapping 180° will eventually become possible.

Most games these days have strategy guides online that detail how the game works. You can read as much or as little as you like.

I'm in the same boat as you K_Kelly, to be honest. I love games but my reaction times and ability to remember button presses are pretty bad. And i get fatigued easily. I tend to play games that focus more on strategy and repetition just cause that's what i'm comfortable with.

With the sims i'm sure there are a bunch of cheat codes you can find online? My sister plays the sims just so she can create lots of different houses (using money cheat codes) - she never bothers with the actual gameplay. Maybe if you're getting fatigued you could try focusing on different parts of the game?

Like if you're getting tired creating a character, have a break or move onto something else for a while. Then go back to it.

I have been playing games since I was 8 years old and when I first started playing them I sucked horribly. Honestly becoming good at gaming requires time, and sometimes money depending on what you are trying to play. I could never get into Sim games because to me real life sucks so I play games that help me escape the turmoil of real life for a while. I have played all kinds of games and I feel that I am decent at them. I am not pro by any means of the word, but I know what I am doing and most of the time I can do well. Like I said though it takes time to get skilled at a game if you can make the time to play a game you will get better at it.

I'm not "very good" at games, but I'm streaky. I love the "zen moment" feeling of suddenly taking a single player campaign to the last level in two hours, where on the previous day I couldn't penetrate Stage 2. Its the same with multiplayer games, I'm not good but I get hot, and I never get tired of analyzing what was so effective or ineffective about my performance this time as opposed to last time, etc

There isn't really a lot to the sims game...basically you make characters and the characters you create do activities/socialize or otherwise interact with the environment. There's not like any complex combos or any fast paced battle sort of game-play....so yeah I imagine to get better at a game like that you just have to play around with it, but its never been the kind of game i've thought of as taking any kind of real skill....its more of a layed back kind of game.

I would say that there are two skills that affect how well your play a strategy/simulation/turn-based game like the Sims: Game knowledge and decision making. If you know how it works and what to do in what situations (both of which are very simple since the Sims is ), then you will get better at it. If you want to accelerate the process of learning you can read strategy guides and the game's wiki (almost every single game has a fan-run wiki that catalogs as much of the game as possible). When it comes down to it though, it takes practice and experience, no matter what the game.

You play and play and play. Youtube play videos also help.

Simulators are usually modelled on real world mechanics. Do some reading up on how things work and things may become simpler. That also makes you smarter than the average player.