Meme transcription:

Panel 1: Smooth Spongebob extending his hand friendlily to greet someone. Caption: “Your skills when picking up a game after a 6 month break”

Panel 2: Jagged-up Spongebob standing in a ring, angrily looking at his opponent. Caption: “The boss you didn’t want to beat last time”

  • TheHarpyEagle@lemmy.world
    5·
    10 months ago

    I stopped playing Elden Ring after getting my ass kicked by Malenia one too many times, and that was coming off of playing Dead Souls and Demons Souls as well. There’s no way in hell I’m going to be able to jump back into that game.

    • andrew@lemmy.stuart.funEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      I kinda lucked out with my build up until the final boss and I’ve gone back once to try again after like a year. It was a slaughter. Couldn’t even get a couple hits on Radagon.

  • BackpackCat@lemmy.world
    15·
    10 months ago

    This happened to me in Hollow Knight. I was pretty deep into it and IDK why but I dropped it for a bit. After like 6 months I went back and I could not remember where the hell I was going, any of the mechanics, and every generic enemy was murdering me bad. I really should give that game another try lol I was going to just wait for silksong and play that but… Yeah :'(

    • andrew@lemmy.stuart.funEnglish
      6·
      10 months ago

      I stopped at the Watcher Knights for the same reason I stopped in Elden Ring. I can only get my butt kicked handily so many times before the rest of my Steam backlog starts to look a lot more appealing.

    • achance4cheese@sh.itjust.works
      31·
      10 months ago

      Man, I want to get back into this game, I never beat it either. But some of the boss battles are like intricate dances. Don’t even get me started on the path of pain.

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Funny enough I forgot that I dropped Hollow Knight at the final boss. A second stage that drops a whole new set of double damage attacks to learn to avoid was too much for me.

  • perishthethought@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    Unless it’s Soma. That game messes with my head so much I play it for a while and then stop again. Every few months…

  • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
    21·
    10 months ago

    I’ve actually had the opposite experience. I’ll get to a boss that keeps kicking my ass so I’ll stop playing for like a week then jump back in and beat them first try

    • RinseDrizzle@midwest.socialEnglish
      14·
      10 months ago

      There’s a sweet spot for sure. With FromSoft games the best strategy was often sleeping on it for a day. Gives the brain time to defrag and better learn moves, timing, etc. Coming back to Sekiro after an extended hiatus was pretty brutal though.

  • olutukko@lemmy.world
    9·
    10 months ago

    This is me with witcher 3 I played it so drunk I don’t even remember how I got to the part where I was stuck and I have fucking clue what I’m supposed to do with that boss

  • BReel@lemmy.one
    2·
    10 months ago

    Ooh. Bloodborne too me years due to this…. Better times back then lol 10/10 would suffer again.

  • TheDarkestShark@lemmy.world
    12·
    10 months ago

    This happened to me but with the God of War Valhalla DLC. Like I know the game is not that hard but there is a natural progression through the game of unlocking new skills and weapons. The DLC starts you off with everything unlocked and there are so many combo moves, it doesn’t help that you have to really conserve health through the whole thing.

    • dlpkl@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 months ago

      My golden rule for Valhalla: always upgrade stats first, weapons second, perks third.