If you're not ambidextrous, you cant play this game.

[nwad]

I'm come to realize that I can't hit 8th and 16th notes with my left hand. ♥♥♥♥ I wish I get a refund on this. Once again, a game that promises to be an actual escape from harsh reality, bringing more harsh reality instead once you dig a little deeper. I'm really disappointed in how this game worked out for me mere weeks after buying it and the DLC. What a waste of money and time. Might as well go back to competitive Overwatch or Street Fighter or whatever, because those are easier than this insanity.

Seriously though, I simply do not have the dexterity to play this and I'm really unhappy with my purchase. Too late now. At least I know better than to buy another music game.

[qbicfeet]

Okay, I'll bite.

Are you using a keyboard or a controller, and are you using a proper control scheme? "Proper" meaning one that lets you hit both blue and pink notes using both of your hands? Are you alternating between your left and right hand when you are trying to hit 8th notes and beyond or are you just hammering through the streams using only one hand?

I really don't get where your frustration is coming from. Are you upset that you can not play the hardest songs on the hardest difficulties, or is it something else? Basically every song comes in three difficulty levels. Even if you're completely new to rhythm games, you should be able to manage most Easy charts and maybe even a few Hard or Master charts.

Becoming good at rhythm games takes time and practice. There's nothing to be ashamed about not being able to clear every single song and difficulty that is available--as a matter of fact, most rhythm games have content that is simply inaccessible to the vast majority of players due to their sheer difficulty. Part of what makes rhythm games so enjoyable is figuring out your current skill level, sticking to songs that fall into that range and slowly realize that you're nudging that skill level further and further up the difficulty ladder as you improve.

Do you think that people who are able to full combo Lv.9+ Master charts were simply born with impeccable dexterity and a sense of rhythm that mere mortals will never be able to achieve, or do you think it's something that came from literally thousands of hours of practice spread over several years? (Hint: it's not the former.)

[nwad]

In brief, yes; people are born good. I've heard enough "git gud" over the decades to understand that people have a head start, and some don't. We all have our limits, and I've explored and smashed my head against my own for half my life.

My reflexes are slow and my hand-eye coordination has always been poor. Hence I cannot improve at any game, including this one. I've tried both input methods with various types of games for ages, and the results are the same.

[enzmagus2025]

Originally posted by node357:

I'm come to realize that I can't hit 8th and 16th notes with my left hand.

if the problem is your left hand couldn't you map some of the buttons to your right hand?

even if your reflexes are poor, in theory as long as you memorise the song then you wont really need very good reflexes since you aren't "reacting" to the notes.

also unless you have arthritis or some other sort of disability you are on the same level as the rest of the players,so whatever they can do you surely can too.

otherwise i guess you could just try and improve your reflexes and coordination in some way, if you really, really want to.

perhaps just sticking with one input method you prefer rather than switching could help or you could also try to find some tricks to hitting the notes?

[qbicfeet]

Originally posted by node357:

In brief, yes; people are born good. I've heard enough "git gud" over the decades to understand that people have a head start, and some don't. We all have our limits, and I've explored and smashed my head against my own for half my life.

That's not only being extremely dismissive of the sheer amount of time and effort people who are "good" at these games have poured into them, but it's also being dismissive of your own capabilities and ability to learn and grow.

Given that you've posted similar rants about difficulty in the Mortal Kombat 11 forums, I'd say that the problem is not your innate mental/physical abilities but rather that you are impatient and that you are not trying hard enough. If this type of frustration is something that shows up in most games you play, the problem is most likely not in the games but in your own attitude.

You want to be "good" and you want to be good right now, at this very moment. You realize that there's no secret trick to instantly becoming good and that it requires a level of patience and effort that you are not willing to exert, so instead you blame the game and try to make it sound as if the people who designed the game are personally out to get you and mock you.

Why is it so important for you to play the hardest charts? Why can't you just stick to the songs and difficulty options that suit your current skill level? You didn't answer that part of my previous post.

[nwad]

sorry, I'm too messed up to manage proper quoting and context here. I'm partially disabled. Despite that, I am not making enough effort to try to improve. I don't mean to slight those who have worked hard to master the game and each song. I am just frustrated, and I am a challenged person. I'll keep my rants to myself from now on.

[DJDiceZ]

If you're not ambidextrous, you can't drive a car, box, play drums, piano, or eat with cutlery. Oh, wait, that's not how it works. Most people that do these things aren't ambidextrous. Hell, some people do those with one hand.

It's okay to struggle, not perform well at some tasks or have disabilities, there's nothing wrong with that, but that doesn't give you a pass to disingenuity and shifting blame. Qbicfeet got most things right.

You can rant, but that's not the way to do it.

Some people need YEARS to reach a level on par with master in this game, and they may be less gifted than average, but they don't give up, and they succeed. It's not rare. And you don't have to achieve such thing or feel shame for it, but certainly don't call it impossible.

Personally, i have really bad coordination with my hands, and i never thought i'd be able to play on a lvl 11 song, but at some point it just clicked in as i tried to overhaul my approach to pesky fast notes. And i'm still not incredible at it, but it certainly doesn't feel anywhere near as improbable to FC a lvl 11 song now.

[Mikhzi]

It's fine to rant but looking at your post history you're just trying to drag other people down with you by blaming them for your feelings of inadequacy, even if indirectly so.

I empathize with how you feel, and it may be true that you have a skill cap owing to a disability or simply different reflexive properties, or even just patience, and that's a perfectly valid thing to be frustrated with.

It's not appropriate or fair to others and even more so to yourself to publicly decry anyone who's better at the game than you, and I say this out of a place of compassion and empathy.

If, when confronted with a situation you TRULY feel is unbeatable, you merely throw up your hands and denounce it as impossible, unfair, and that anyone else who is able to surpass the challenge you face is cheating or otherwise unfairly advantaged, you hurt yourself more than anyone else.

Instead I would urge you to either look inwardly and question whether this is truly the extent of your abilities or humbly accept that you have encountered a wall that you cannot at present scale. Take a long look at the challenge in front of you and really consider whether or not the prize waiting at the end of a potentially grueling struggle is worth the time and frustration to you. Even if it's something as menial as playing as your favorite character (a comment I saw you made in another post). Only you are able to assign a true subjective value to these rewards.

Simply writhing in frustration with the situation without resolution to ultimately overcome it results in nothing but stagnation and will only damage your mental state.

Accept that sometimes it's okay to take what experiences you've had in stride, for better or for worse, and walk away.

Either turn the frustration into a lesson learned for yourself and move on without resentment, or use it to fan the flames of your passion to push yourself to accomplish something above what you thought were your limits; but never allow yourself to stagnate. Please take this advice to heart in both the realms of hobbies and your work and social life. It is one of the most important and hardest lessons that I had to learn for myself, and I hope that even if you are unable to accept it in its entirety now, it will prove food for thought and introspection that leads to a positive mental shift and life change for you.

[PassiveProtoMoth]

Hey it's been a year and a couple of month's since this post was made have you gotten back into the game?

[Kryfry]

it is possible to play with one hand with a lot of practice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX6p_1sQ7KM
and now there is a new character that saves you from tapping fast