I have a rare condition that perplexes me to this day. You see, I love FPS’s. On my computer you can find every single Valve shooter you can imagine. However, once I leave the comfortable realm of the computer, forbid the mouse for the controller, and one thing becomes embarrassingly clear.

I suck at first person shooters, at least on the console anyway.

It’s not like I’m only mediocre at shooters on the PC too, anyone who’s played with me would attest I am a good sniper. Once I get into Halo 3 and try to wield a rifle? I’d be better off just running blindly at the guy throwing grenades. If I were asked to pass blame, it would be the glaring difference between the mouse and the joystick. For every millimeter you move a joystick you can move the mouse a centimeter, accuracy goes right out the roof.



We all know that’s just an empty excuse, though. I know many people who seem to play just fine without it. So, why do I suck at console shooters? I would have to say it’s because I just never play them. As the old phrase goes, practice makes perfect, and seeing as I own no shooters, only to play them when with friends, I just never exercise my shooter muscles. This has been going on for as long as shooters have existed. Back when Goldeneye first came out I played it, but I was never very good at it, and the genre never really interested me. This easily translated to playing multiplayer with friends, where getting a double digit score was a miracle, let alone winning.



I wouldn’t even pay attention to any shooters, except the occasional times my friends wanted to play Halo, until I heard of Half Life 2. Playing HL2 was an epiphany. After playing with the mouse, I could never understand why anyone would play halo to begin with. This love only deepened when I learned of Team Fortress 2, and I never looked back.
I merely have to remember which one is the superior platform, and try and play for fun rather than score, even if I will never win at Halo, even if I really suck at videogames.

E: Heh, scratch that. I just came from behind to get four kills in a row and win a game finally. Granted, the best player among my friends wasn’t playing, but fie on your logic, I won.