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For example, I am terrible at Super Meat Boy, but just playing it has really improved how I play platformers and games that need faster imputs overall.

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[–] 2d4_bears@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m surprised not to see more people mention From Software games. Going all the way back to demon’s souls they consistently teach you how to understand the tools at your disposal, the challenge that you currently face, and how to use the former to overcome the latter. I learned how to “read” opponents to find and exploit vulnerabilities while playing dark souls way back, and that general approach is consistently useful in all sorts of other games. There are lots of other translatable skills involved, of course, like timing and resource management.

[–] Blaiz0r@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah I agree,

Other games mentioned in this thread involve a lot more manual introspection to get better at, otherwise you're at risk of just repeating the same mistakes again and again without realising.

In the Souls games you simply cannot progress without learning and becoming better.

There's always that special moment when you dip your toes into NG+ and overcome bosses first try that would have taken you dozens of attempts beforehand