So in FFVII Remake, I had a hell of a time with Rufus in Chapter 17. Probably took me about 10 times to beat him. I was able to take out Darkstar easy enough, but I was never able to attack him while he's reloading, and he interrupts all my big attacks. Finally, I'm able to stagger him with a Braver while he's reloading, and take him out with my Limit Break. It takes him out in one hit, but I feel dirty that he was able to beat the crap out of me so easily, it makes the win feel undeserved.
Another example is Titanfall 2, the fight with Richter. Again, he beats me up pretty handlily, so with no other options, I switch to Ronin loadout and just spam my sword attack, eventually winning, but taking a ton of damage in the process.
In Spider-Man, during the 2nd part of the DLC campaign, I face off with a particularly difficult Hideout mission. In the end I have to contend with two Chaingun grunts, and this was before you could use finishers on them in part 3. Finally once I've beaten everyone but them, I stick and move, running away when they start firing, wasting my time and building focus until I can take them out. Probably took me 10 whole minutes to beat both guys when a skilled player could do it much easier.
So in the end, I'm noticing that when faced with difficult fights I'm forced to either fight cheap or fight dirty, neither of which is an honorable or skillful way of winning. I gain nothing, and I learn nothing, and the victory is thus hollow. Am I worrying too much? Or should I be ashamed that I'm not doing things the "right" way?
Another example is Titanfall 2, the fight with Richter. Again, he beats me up pretty handlily, so with no other options, I switch to Ronin loadout and just spam my sword attack, eventually winning, but taking a ton of damage in the process.
In Spider-Man, during the 2nd part of the DLC campaign, I face off with a particularly difficult Hideout mission. In the end I have to contend with two Chaingun grunts, and this was before you could use finishers on them in part 3. Finally once I've beaten everyone but them, I stick and move, running away when they start firing, wasting my time and building focus until I can take them out. Probably took me 10 whole minutes to beat both guys when a skilled player could do it much easier.
So in the end, I'm noticing that when faced with difficult fights I'm forced to either fight cheap or fight dirty, neither of which is an honorable or skillful way of winning. I gain nothing, and I learn nothing, and the victory is thus hollow. Am I worrying too much? Or should I be ashamed that I'm not doing things the "right" way?