actually, me too. I'm simply awful at most newer games. too many controls
heck, I have trouble getting through Super Mario Sunshine... so I decided to see if I had somehow lost my touch with Mario 64. Nope, just as good as I always was, Wall kicking all over the place, taking massive shortcuts, etc. And yet fort some reason I have trouble with the basic obstacle courses in Sunshine. Maybe I just suck at the game. Although in all fairness I had the same "issues" with Smash Bros. Melee just took some adjustment time I suppose. Come to think of it, Mario 64 was quite the shift from Super Mario world, if I do recall; in fact, even now, via ROM hacks, I find just how much my "abilities" with SMW were really just a matter of memorization. Quite impressive that the ROM hackers of some basic hacks were able to put holes in the exact right locations. I'd run and jump at full speed- as I would in the original, and face death from a single block hole, by landing perfectly in it. Although it really was frustrating... I'd play SMW some more... but I'm stilling having nightmares from the entire week where I played through the game every single day in an attempt to capture a ZSNES movie of my accomplishment. 7 failed attempts, and they all went out of sync at the same location.
I'd be playing Crysis myself if it didn't constantly crash, but that's another story altogether. I only "suck" at that in the sense where I'm used to being able to do things that one would do quite painlessly in other games, such as crash into a building full tilt. bloody realistic game blows me up. Turns out cliffs do the same thing. They really need to document these things.
Age of Empires 1 And 2 are still games I fire up on occasion. Used to be simply awful at both, but now I'm about average, being able to beat a Very Hard computer Opponent (usually just barely, though)
Never really could get into any C&C after Red Alert 2; I do have generals/Zero Hour but have hardly played it.
Also as much as I complain I really can't say I dislike C&C3, since I haven't played it.