Is it most fun to be a newbie, a powerful high level character, or something in between?

[StaceyPowers]

Do you have the most fun in a game when you are a struggling newbie, when you are a powerful high level character with cool abilities, or somewhere in between those extremes?

[m76]

The best part is the middle, when you already acquired some cool gear and abilities, but there is still room to grow.

[Head_Hunter]

I don't like starting a new game completely ass flat newbie, i love to have some ideas about the game-play, and understanding how to apply the controls to enjoy the game gradually until I fit in properly. 

[Family sedan]

There's always a thrill to starting a new game.  Then again I've been playing the same GT6 file for seven years now, but like I've said that's like comfort food to me.

[Heatman]

It's a phase that we all grow from once we join playing a new game. We all start from a newbie level and develop to a pro. 

[Justin11]

Nope, I don't agree to enjoy video games completely as a newbie. In the past it was just frustrating to me, playing and losing more to fellow gamer and AI opponents. 

[Head_Hunter]

Their is nothing sweeter playing video game as an expert, I hate it playing as a newbie, Incan easily lose and such will always make me feel sad. 

[Boblee]

The excitement as a beginner will always be the most fun part of playing video games, it never gets better than that but the frustration that comes up next is aching. 

[Empire]

Newbie, you learn and you make mistakes to the point that you ned up dying so many times as you are working out what the X on your keyboard does. when you are an pro gamer in that game it can be boring or you have nothing else to do as you ahve just built your own world and explore everything. 

[NightmareFarm]

Definitely a powerful veteran. I love it when games click and I just feel really badass mastering everything and feeling like i've gotten a lot better. The newbie phase is always the most awkward for me.

[Justin11]

3 hours ago, NightmareFarm said:

Definitely a powerful veteran. I love it when games click and I just feel really badass mastering everything and feeling like i've gotten a lot better. The newbie phase is always the most awkward for me.

Very awkward indeed if you're starting as a newbie, you just described my feelings. When I started gaming, I wasn't enjoying my time playing those games I fancied alot as a starter due to lack of understanding how to apply the controller diligently as it supposed to be. 

[Yaramaki]

I'd say somewhere in between, the longer you are into a game and gain more abilities the easier the game usually gets. Besides games these days throw xp like their is no tommorow so you're pretty much maxed out by two thirds of the game. It may not be best example but most ubisoft games are like that, if you do everithing along the way, you pretty have unlocked every ability and reached the max level and on the standard difficulty their games are already fairly easy.

[Heatman]

8 hours ago, Empire said:

Newbie, you learn and you make mistakes to the point that you ned up dying so many times as you are working out what the X on your keyboard does. when you are an pro gamer in that game it can be boring or you have nothing else to do as you ahve just built your own world and explore everything. 

I completely agree with you on this one. There is a level you would get to as a pro and you would feel like you already know it all and the desire will dwindle. 

[Darth]

As someone mentioned near the top of the post, somewhere in the middle is probably the best place to be. It's always fun to start a new game where you are right at the bottom and have to work towards the top. GTA is a pretty good example of this. And it's fun to keep growing as you become a higher level.

[Boblee]

A quick leap to the apex level of expertise is never going to be a good pattern for any gamer because along the line, you will lose a sense of connection to the game because you feel too good for it.