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Since all of us gamers are such unique snowflakes, it stands to reason that we're not all drawn to the same types of games. What do your gaming preferences say about you? Are you drawn to competition? To exploring the terrain? Or do you want a game that tells a great story? We all search for different experiences, and these preferences might even say something about our IRL outlook. So what different gaming personalities are there? Watch the episode and find out!
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You forgot the problem solvers! People who enjoy playing puzzle games, Myst and Stealth titles. People who get annoyed by fast paced FPSs that don't let you breathe for two seconds before two action sequences, but who like tower defense games that involve more strategy than accuracy or repetition. People who like mysterious game settings and convoluted narratives because the games are for them puzzles to solve. I know I am one of them.
That might actually be a combination of some of the other types, or a form of challenger. Instead of wanting to one-up another person, however, you want your mind to triumph over the challenge set before you. It could be a missing type, though.
Myst is mostly "discovery", but stealth is mostly "challenge", not really too much in common there. ^_^
I would actually put stealth in discovery as well. For me at least. Stealth games are fun because of experimentation too. Going across the level feels nice, but learning the multiples way to "solve" it is much more interesting than just completing it once.
And I would put a bit of challenge in Myst too, because some of the puzzles are so obtuse, figuring what you're supposed to do can be an intellectual challenge.
I just lost it when he asked Gordon Freeman, and heard his response. =P
I was expecting him to say "Half Life 3" :P
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People who know how to play Dark Souls find joy in the atmosphere, creature designs and sense of discovery, not just the challenge. Arguably it is for the explorer.
Shin Garugamesh He has his tastes just like anyone; though because he's such a sharp guy I'm surprised he wasn't curious enough about how to tackle and enjoy Dark Souls to give it more time.
The truth is, we all have each of those aspects in us. It's just that some fields are more pronounced than others, even changing those outward shown things at different times
And What about those like me Who love 4X & Grand Strategy games like Civilization 5, Alpha Centuari, Age of Wonder 3, Endless Space etc ? I didn't get the answer.
AMD FAN I guess I don't need to say anything. You got it.(I was going to comment this)
AMD FAN Challenge and Customization combined. In my opinion.
Robert Matthews And like a friend of mine, who's big into strategy, said: throw a tiny bit of autism in the mix and you're good to go. :)
AMD FAN What about Eroge ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
+Ôpπ Fȃkku (3a 50) it means you're a games connoisseur with exquisite taste.Θ ̨Θƪ
My favorite game of All time IS NOT Pokemon, it is Earthbound, and I love Chrono Trigger and while Pokemon is up there on my list.
I enjoy stories more than anything else, a very good story.
Earthbound clicks with me, and makes me feel something most games can not.
RPGs are a tricky thing with me. Paper Mario was the first game I ever played, and as a result, I love all the Mario RPGs. But whenever I tried to play a more serious RPG like Final Fantasy or Skyrim or Fire Emblem, I never got quite as into it as I thought I would. So I figured that I didn't really like RPGs.
But now I'm playing Chrono Trigger, and I think I'm in love with that game. Everything about that game is amazing - the gameplay, the characters, the music. I love it all. So maybe now that I've developed more of an appreciation of and RPG like Chrono Trigger, I might have more of an appreciation for the genre as a whole.
Sorry to give my life story here. I just got excited about Chrono Trigger.
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Remember there is a DS version of that, which is an upgraded version of the SNES.
ProtoMario I know. I'll see if I can get it at some point in the future. Right now, I'm playing the SNES version.
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The Ds version adds extra dungeons in the end of the game, so it isn't a make or break but still very fun.
ProtoMario I'll definitely make sure to check it out.
And here I am liking almost all of these aspects types of fun. O.o
I found 4 that really speaks to me, and 1 game that mixes all of them into one.
I'm amazed that no one mentioned Bad Rats.
Anyone else love the Professor Layton cosplay?
Also dat Afro. Oh man.
What does it say about a person who can see a bit of themselves in every part of that list? I even play different games for different reasons. I play WoW for the social aspect, Hearthstone and Civilization because I enjoy challenges, The Elder Scrolls because I thoroughly love fantasy. I play Minecraft as a way to explore, and express myself. I play Gone Home and Walking Dead because I love a good story and I play Cut The Rope and Don't Step on the White Tile because I enjoy mindless games when I'm waiting for things to happen.
I can't really identify which ones I enjoy more. I just enjoy all the types of fun.
I would definitely agree with that statement. Having a wide variety of games to choose from can really help with all the needs you've been craving and not just one. It also stops your favourite type of games from seeming bland after you've played them for ages. Personally I prefer the competitive side of gaming with a side of exploration and fantasy for when I just want to disengage myself from the world and all it's worries for a while. So a normal gaming day could involve me tweaking my Pokémon roster for battling, attempting to break my own high-scores on One Finger Death Punch and then winding down after all that with some casual play of Starbound.
I can relate to that also, but i also bet the way we play Elder Scrolls and Minecraft differ to a great extent even if the reasons are the same.
Although MMOs are pretty much designed were you have to socialize, you can rely on PUGs instead of guilds to get through them to an extent so even antisocial people can enjoy themselves.
Storyteller-explorer with a self-expressive tendency
and I would say that's pretty accurate
I think the different categories need some revising. The ones chosen are well-defined, and I agree with for the most part. I find High-Fidelity, Fantasy Gamer and Submissive to be a bit too vague, though, not really being a description of your personality. Explorer, Challenger, Social Butterfly, Self-Expressor (which I would rather call 'Role-players) and Story-Teller are good where they are. I would add:
Completionist- The one who plays games for the accomplishment more than the gameplay. The sort of guy who will go out of his way to collect everything, meet everyone and go everywhere. Likely to like Pokemon and any game with loads of achievements.
Puzzle Solver- The one who plays for the feeling of warmth in their chest when the 'puzzle solved' jingle plays. Often a casual gamer. They enjoy many iPhone games, Portal and/or Legend of Zelda.
Historian- Similar to Explorer, these gamers prefer to delve into the LORE of a game, rather than the game itself, or enjoy lore-driven games spent exploring ancient ruins. These guys will browse a game's Wiki, actually spend time reading the in-game books to get everything they can get, and maybe join forums to discuss theories about the games. People like these would enjoy The Elder Scrolls, the studio ICO games, and Journey.
Sensory- The most basic type of gamer, divided into Musicians and Artists. These gamers enjoy games for their soundtracks or visuals. Musicians would like games like Final Fantasy, Halo or Hype: The Time Quest, while Artists would basically like any recent game, and more visually innovative ones like Wind Waker or Paper Mario.
Innovator- These ones strive for new experiences in games. New, never-before or rarely-seen fuctions that titillate the player in new ways, guaranteeing a truly unique experience. These gamers would like games like Mirror's Edge, Portal and Shadow of the Colossus.
Beater- Enjoy the sensation of dominating an enemy, regardless of the challenge. Seeing entire armies of mooks falling before their blade is what they play for. These players would enjoy Dynasty Warriors and playing Fire Emblem on Easy. (Not judging, this is totally me.)
Thrill-Seeker- These gamers love the heart-pounding experience of being thoroughly freaked out. Some prefer ambient, implicit fear like in Amnesia: The Dark Descent, while others prefer jump-inducing scare games like Dead Space. These sub-categories could be called Creepers and Jumpers.
Creators- These gamers enjoy showing their creativity as they play. They may enjoy solving puzzles in creative ways, but more commonly, they simply enjoy the experience of putting things together to create something new. Gamers like these would plainly enjoy Minecraft, particularly in creative mode.
OKAY. I think that covers it! Comments?
My favorite genres in no particular order are RPG (particularly JRPG), Hack-n-Slash and Fighting.
strategy games?
You're an intellectual, My guess is you enjoy planning, love debating hypotheticals and gathering information. You love to learn.
Here's a quote-
"But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem." -Jobs
Just a shot in the dark though. ^_^
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thanks nice to see the internet being nice :P
HaglarsCave I think it's growing up! XD
"To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right on someone else's."
I like that quote.
I'm, like, 99% explorer. I didn't complete a single quest in Skyrim, but still played for many hours just strutting around the world and chasing down deer to kill with my bare hands. I bought a house in real life almost exclusively on the grounds that it had a private wooded backyard to explore. I sometimes drop a pile of random objects on the ground so they randomly form a "landscape", and then imagine a little me exploring the pile and through that process explore it myself. Yup, I'm an explorer.
I find your lack of strategy game, gamer types...disturbing.
What about gamers who are interested in the psychological journey that a game takes them on, like playing portal for the Glados/Chell interactions and the feeling of being trapped in a maze, enjoying shadow of the colossus for the experience of the calm before the storm and the subtle interactions between man and beast, as well as your relationship with your horse horse, playing katamari Damacy and specifically delighting in rolling up the area you started in as it really feels like you've grown so much since then, or even playing Mario galaxy not just to finish the levels or fight all the bosses, but to enjoy the sense of being flung into the far reaches of space, stranded from all that is familiar to you, meeting a kindly denizen and making use of her ship as a shelter, and traversing each star system in order to get closer and closer to home. Infact, the main reason I didn't enjoy galaxy 2 was because it did not have this sense of being stranded, even though it was essentially the same game with new levels.
What category of gamer would I constitute as? It's not so much exploration I enjoy, or even the challenge. It's the experience itself, and the little narratives I create out of them.
I would say artist or philosopher? Do you like beautiful scenery in your video games? If you do you are probably like I said
How have you said?
some one who appreciate art.
I really like the connection between the gamer types and literary quotes. It provides an extra layer of depth and inspiration to that which could otherwise be kinda flat and straight forward. Good video.
Hi-Fidelity, Fantasy, Explorer, and Storyteller Gamer. I'm all of these rolled into one. :D
surprised he didnt mention, other than the self expressive one, any kind of constructive type. someone who wants to build something and have a noticeable, permanent effect on a game world. it would fit in with stuff like minecraft, rpg elements, those late game build up kinda rts plays, and the design centered games like space engineers and from the depths.
Hmm, that still kind of sounds self-expressive... But do you mean like sandbox games? That's actually my favorite genre, games like the Sims, LBP... I guess it's kind of like storytelling, but rather telling the story yourself instead of having it told. I'd imagine it goes hand in hand with creativity.
less art/story more engineering i guess. i enjoy learning, understanding, interacting with, and ultimately exploiting systems. of really any kind. complex game mechanics thrill me because its something i can deconstruct, play with, and optimize. the more open ended the better because that allows more interactions to happen making as many layers of complexity as you/i have patience.
I'm not sure what my favorite game genre is....
Greg Kasavin is a really nice guy. I met him at PAX Prime, talked to him for a bit, and he was just really enthusiastic and a cool guy to talk to. I felt like mentioning that because some people I would meet at an event like PAX or GDC, and I can tell they just don't care. I love it when I meet a developer or some internet celebrity at PAX, and they just seem really happy that someone recognizes them and appreciates their work, like Greg.
I feel that a few more traits were left out.
How about those type of players who enjoy the process of strengthening their characters. Those who enjoy the chimes that go off during level ups and additional abilities popping up. Those who love gathering materials and drops in Monster Hunter to get the coolest looking armor and those who get giddy over planning and building the most complicated and massive mansion in Minecraft. What i mean are the players who enjoy the "journey" to improvement and achievement.
I suppose it's somewhat a "Challenger" trait if it's related to Machida's quote of "overcoming obstacles" but it's a bit unclear the way the trait was explained. Oh well, still a good video.
I actually yelled in rage at the guy who said Mass Effect 3! XD I'm defensive of that game :P In his defense that's probably the high expectations and the disappointment it didn't deliver you talked about in the ep
majority of the "types" seem to partially apply to me :/
I love the Exploration and the Narrative.
More of these kind of interviews or whatever. If you ever go to some other convention make something like that again. It was hilarious! xD
From most of my interactions with the community, it seems like the "Challenger" is the only one who get's any real legitimacy within the gaming community. Even here on the PBS Game/Show. This bums me out. Maybe it's because they are the loud ones, I don't know?
I've known for a while that I like to explore places and take my time. I like interacting and partying with NPCs but not real people. Real people seem to be in too much of a hurry. The other people will be running around saying things like "ok go here and do X"..... "ok, now go here and do Y". Particularly in MMOS where most of the content it seems is just meant to be rushed through because "the game doesn't start until endgame". So apparently I played WoW for like 4yrs and yet never even started. Strange.
I love racing games like Need for speed, Gran Turismo, Carmageddon, I can't sit and play hours of some MMO or RPG, but I love to race in circuits or cities for hours and hours, don't get me wrong, I really appreciate RPGs (One of my favorite series is Pokémon.) but racing and listening to music at the same time is heaven for me.
What does says that of me?
You might like some of the more recent Sonic games, like Generations and Unleashed.
GammaWALLE
Well... maybe half of unleashed
mickomoo I personally preferred the Werehog because it wasn't as bad about Trial & Error BS.
Sonic games aren't my thing :P
At this point I don't know if they're anyone's thing any more.
I think I probably fit into all of these categories. I like being social in games online like MMOs, I like exploring in single player games with open worlds like Skyrim, I like making my character look like a badass in any game with customizability, I like pretending to be in a virtual world also like Skyrim, I like challenges in games like Dark Souls, and I like good looking games.
I'd love to see a social butterfly explorer-type game where you and everyone playing are settlers in a fantasy environment. Kind of like MMO Oregon Trail.
What if i love all those...
lol, i have no idea... maybe you should make your own game in that case :p
+RUN18EMP In that case isint that part of the explorer and story telling side, where you take world, create your own story, based on your own actions and your exploring the possibilitys of this said world? If i understand what you mean by "wrong reasons" and "supposed to" in this instance. Please do correct me if happen to be wrong here.
You're what's known as the Games Avatar, master of all gaming-psychological elements.
I'm not a gamer I'm a HERO!
no you're a tale of a gamer
Another great vid! And I loved the PAX East comments, especially the after-credit scene! Awesome work.
Excellent Video. I guess I am a Fantasy Gamer Explorer Type. ;) O'm cool with that.
What about strategic games like civilization and xcom?
Strategic games have three main traits that people are attracted to.
Achievement: Beating an opponent or challenge.
Exploration: Discovering new things in the game (places or ways mechanics can work)
Socialization: Playing with your friends.
Abnegation may also apply, if you play the game just because "killing time".
I experienced them all since childhood. But as an adult, I turned out to be a storyteller. I play games only when they have a great story and even more interested if there's alternate endings/choices that matter throughout the game. This helps replay-ability or the ability to talk about my experience with somone else who carried a different experience. If this is primary, it doesn't matter which genre it is under. Chrono Trigger, Heavy Rain, Last of Us got me to like linear storytelling again though, Beyond Two Souls, Inquisition, and Until Dawn would be my key games. But I do enjoy multiplayer a lot, but the thing is, when I play multiplayer in Last of Us, I created a story being both a firefly and a Hunter. It was fun. Someone said "You really had this in mind the first day you played online?" in the party. I said "yup". During childhood though, it was all about adventures and fighting games: Dragon Warrior 7, Dragon Quest 8, Final Fantasy series, Kingdom Hearts, Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter. In the end, I'm purely a storyteller gamer.
I'm so proud of being a storyteller ❤️
The Gordon Freeman cosplayer's response was awesome
That Jinx cos-player guy is great XD
HOLY SHIT, NO COMMENTS, WHAT DO I SAY??? I DID IT MOM, I MADE IT, I'M HERE NOW, BUT I WON'T FORGET THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED ME. Thank you to my family, my friends, and everyone who helped me up the ladder to success
Gratz
damnit i wanted to do this
Gene stealers ha ha ha xD
So what about ppl like me who favorite genre are horror games??
You are what's called insane. Go see a doctor because only weird people like to be scared.
Lmao
There so good tho..
Horror is a pretty broad genre. Are you a Resident Evil type (Survival Horror) or the Amnesia (In it to be scared or disturbed) type? If we go in general, you're most likely a Hi-fidelity (Horror is using the senses to create Fear) with a little bit of Explorer (You like to explore places and solve puzzles).
SW99
Horror in general entices me. Doesn't matter if its the Resident Evil, The Last Of Us kind of Horror (Survival Horror)
The Dead Space kind of Horror (Action, Jump Scares)
Silent Hill kind of Horror (Psychological Horror)
Fatal Frame kind of Horror (Supernatural Horror)
I like it all really, I just like for something to be able to keep me on my foot.. I think Horror games are the most interactive kind of game, it actually reaches out to you and MAKES you feel something. Its too bad they come out far in few between action shooters.
***** Yeah it's a bummer. It's actually sad when action shooters come out more than any other genre so like you're gonna have to dig really deep to find something.
I'd seriously hustle for that Jake snapback at 8:00
i think you missed a gamer type, the creative gamer, someone who loves building in minecraft, making creatures in spore, designing towns in sim city etc. basically someone who loves creating things in games
being my first video on this channel, coming from idea channel..... you talk so slow xD
"I believe" does not inherently make it not pseudo-science or non-science, and neither do ideas from a non-scientific field like sociology.
That Professor Layton cosplay was awesome!
That Dostoyevsky quote was brilliant.
whst about platformers
I only like kid-friendly or family-friendly games such as Portal, Sonic, Mario, Kirby, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro etc.. I don't like violent games (with the possible exception of TF2, but that's quite cartoony anyway)
I respect that even though I play a lot of those types of games
+CoolDudeClem Portal isn't really kid friendly. But I guess there's no blood or swearing.
I had managed to get a huge sense of deja vu from this video and that's because Mark LeBlanc's list is based off of another paper outlining the Mechanics/Dynamics/Aesthetics principle in games. www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/MDA.pdf Part of that paper is a listing of aesthetics that games can create through their mechanics acting in tandem. It seems the list used in the video is based off of the different aesthetics put down in that paper, but the important thing that the paper says is their list is by no means comprehensive.
The guys over at Extra Creditz expanded beyond the original MDA article by adding a "competition" aesthetic into games (outlined in their "Aesthetics of Play" episode). They give the definition as an assertion of dominance. Scoreboards and other listings also help to fuel this aesthetic. It's a bit different from the challenge because challenge can arise from difficulty and mastery over game systems rather than defeating other people.
I myself have done research into educational games and one of the major reasons I buy games is to try and learn something about the real world (Age of Empires, the old Impressions Games citybuilders, any Tycoon game) so you could add an aesthetic of learning, realism, or simulation onto this list.
So, I'm a story-teller, self expressive, submissive fantasy gamer?
That's actually on point.
I must be special. The only games I don't like are Simulation games and games obviously made for people with short attention spans..
Worst game ever for me is Dragon Ball Z Battle of Z
I'm a self-expressive explorer. I do enjoy the social aspects games sometimes, but I have a very hard time finding people I can trust and I tend to stick with a small group for a long time. I always need time to wind down after a group activity.
I'm a pure explorer. I can remember trying to climb EVERYWHERE in the spore creature stage.
every time I hear "the Room".I think "you're tearing me apart Lisa!!"
What I love the most in games is having friendly rivals, who I wan't beat, make better at the game, and make myself better in the process, and I love spending endless time customising cars in need for speed, make basilion of different sims, and build classes in call of duty, it's like if customization was a separate game inside another game to me.
Explorer, Challenger, Hi-Fidelity, Storyteller. These all fit me fairly well but really it just comes down to my mood for what my favorite genres are.
Greatest quote: "Flappy Bird, it's worse than drugs"
I think i'm mostly a fantasy gamer with a strong inclination to a challenge, storytelling, and exploring. Whenever I dive into a new world I love learning the background and lore of it, how those characters are and what makes them so special. But I also love Titanfall at the moment and is, at this time, one of the best games of 2014.
I noticed there was one major genre missing: Strategy. I'm a big fan of Civilization, the Total War games, and the grand strategy games by Paradox. I like taking my time, learning how to play a game as I go, figuring out what works best, then using that to conquer the world. I would probably call it "Tinkerer", "Strategist" or "Tactician"
HUG ME BROTHER! XD i'm glad i'm not the only one that said something about that.
I thought I had a favorite genre (explorer/self-expressive) but find that I love just about every part of every game. Nothing can stand out and do anything better. It's a good feeling!
I really do appreciate that you have toned down the tone you use in these video. The videos are much easier to watch and more laid back. Keep up the great work. Also, could you maybe check out a game called Kerbal Space Program? I'd love to hear your take on science in games or the high learning curve that is involved with it. Thanks!
I think I'm mostly an explorer, but what I mostly like to see is thing I haven't seen before.
Oh my god the room reference!
The male Jinx killed me :D
I would say that I am largely an Explorer, Self Expresser, I like to explore the environment, but I want to do it my way. Whether it is exploring Skyrim with my chosen class and equipment with a face I spent a good amount of time customising, Or looking around on Minecraft with a house built the way I want. I like looking around and feeling invested with my place in it.
What I would guess it says about me is that I like to explore the greater environment of something, but do it a way I like. Not exclusive as afterwards I would say that I also like a challenge and story. Actually I think that my preferences say why I love playing Legend of Zelda games, but often end up losing interest, it is because I love exploring Hyrule, but I wish I could feel more invested in my character's customisation.
I like chatting,exploring,building,sharing.
"Social butterfly" is the best term I heard all year.
9:40 I remember that guy. I seen his review for Final Fantasy 10 on gamespot back in the day and bought it.
7:40 I almost thought we were gonna catch Gordon Freeman's voice!:(
I'm a social butterfly as well as an explorer? I mostly solo, and don't step into the spotight in chats and stuff, but if I find a good party in a game, I feel really close to them and might even get upset once the party breaks up.
Caroqqq lol, i know exactly how you feel about the good group thing. sometimes you get a party you feel like you could play the whole damn game with, but then some1 has something to do, or needs to go to sleep, and the group quickly dissolves. leaves you feeling hollow for a little bit after.
I mostly play Turn Based Strategies and Simulations of varying kinds (including management games like simcity and rollercoaster tycoon, as well as the older sims games. (Which are surprisingly intense if you set yourself the target of finding 8 people a partner, getting then to the top of their career and having 2 kids before elderhood))
Back in the day when you would play flash games online, I used to play games that required strategy to win, essentially simple strategy games.
However I'm not limited to those genres, I play the likes of GTA Online and Papers Please as well, and also using ingame level builders to make levels and share them with freinds.
Is nobody gonna talk about the room(movie game) at 20 seconds before he switched to a different game named the room. Pretty funny reference!
I'm definitely an explorer-storyteller. I hardly ever fast travel, because nothing is better than walking halfway across a worlds map to find that one little thing that you would have totally missed out on. It's even better when that thing reveals even more about the story. I.E: The written logs in dead space, the artifacts of legend from Brutal legend, or just about everything in Skyrim.
I love you for mentioning EVE
I actually recognized that guy who said he used to work at gamespot... excuse me while I step outside to get some long needed sunshine....
Heh heh, sticking in character Freeman?
Solid Narrative game type ftw.... the two games you listed are literally two of my favorite games ever. I had no idea I was so easily defined!
Personally, I would consider myself a storyteller-explorer type, but there's a very important (and rapidly growing in popularity) genre of game that you forgot to mention altogether, and that's the goal-oriented game, often sub-genred into a survival theme. Games like minecraft, or as I've been playing recently, Cataclysm: Dark days Ahead, where you focus primarily on surviving the world that you find yourself in. Games where gathering resources, crafting materials/weapons/tools/etc, building shelter, and fighting (but mostly fleeing) the hostile environment is the primary focus of the gameplay. This is the type of game where the task at hand is actually more important than the story, or when there's otherwise nothing else to do unless you give yourself something to do. There's also the type of game that has an astounding level of complexity, such as Dwarf Fortress, which allows you to do pretty much whatever you want at any time. That kind of mechanic really benefits the survival theme in such a way that the incredible depth actually improves the gameplay to a significant degree.
So, I suppose the question is: what would you call someone who enjoys free-form survival/sandbox type games?
I didnt really understand the connections between my favorite games- like Neverending Nightmares and Life is Strange- but now I get it. I like storytelling games!
My favorites also have a bit of horror, but that's just because I like being scared
8:25 HAHAHAHAHA I loved seeing the Goliath from the upcoming Evolve!
I'd actually say that not what you play, but how you play tells a lot more about your personality. In Skyrim for example, you can be a social butterfly by hanging out in the cities, talking to all NPCs, marrying, etc or an explorer, disregarding your quests and discovering awesome stuff just by wandering around. I guess the storyteller would be someone who is reading all the books and wants to learn as much as possible about the lore/world. And so on.
Imo, the games we choose to play reflect our personal interests and what we are fascinated by. How the we play these games, however, is entirely left to us and that's where we can let our personality dictate the entertainment.
"Storyteller" Uncharted and TLoU are masterpieces ;_;
Well, I think it does say a lot about me. When it comes to the examples in this video, I find myself sorta in all of these, though the explorer and self-expression types to a much lesser extent. I do enjoy both of those things but they have to be neatly intertwined with the rest of the design. I don't like completely freely exploring a world in most games and definitely prefer a more linear, guided tour with a more careful pacing, most of the time.
Anyway, what I was saying is, the fact that I don't find myself fitting in 1 niche mentioned here or even a mix of just 2 or 3 definitely mirrors who I am in real life too. I am directionless, unfocused. I am interested in and decent at a lot of different things, maybe with a few tendencies, and some major dislikes for sure, but I just don't have this one thing that gives me the kind of identity I see with others. I am not exceptionally good at anything. Whatever community, fandom, hobby or profession I could join, I never truly feel like I belong. Because I split myself up, joining multiple camps but none completely.
I like Anime, just to bring up an example, but among Anime fans I feel incredibly out of place. I am not exactly on their level when it comes to anything, really. Behavior, knowledge, experience, etc.
Gaming is a huge focus for me but even there I often drop out of conversations when they get a little more in-depth.
I'm interested in game development, multiple parts of it. I am interested in art. I am interested in writing. But I am not particularly great at any of these. Not good enough to take that anywhere. I probably know more about Game Design than someone who maybe just focuses on art or maybe even programming, but someone who focuses on Game Design leaves me just as dumbfounded.
In a way, this is great. Just like I get to experience tons of different types of games because I don't focus on a specific one, I got an okay general knowledge and especially understanding of many different things and don't walk around with tunnel vision, only caring for my one thing I like, my one group I'm a part of.
But on the other hand I'm just not impressive to anyone. Average at best at most of these things. And you just can't go very in-depth with me. Plus, like mentioned before, I feel like I lack a sense of identity. Because I'm a little bit of everything but nothing really.
Like a truly uninteresting, uninspired protagonist in a piece of fiction.
It's funny that after ~5 years of kicking virtual butt in fps's, I got so tired of it all, I completely left the genre and never really want to touch an online game anymore. Then recently, I realized I was never really playing cooperatively online in the first place. I only ever used COD (for ex.) to... well, measure my self-worth as a human being, I guess. I just can't be let loose in any virtual arena anymore, because I'm waay to competitive and it nearly broke my enjoyment of videogames forever. Now I've got a Wii U and I basically 'relearned' what made me fall in love with games in the first place - to be fully drawn into a world that isn't what I'm already experiencing daily in the first place, full of annoying people, also constantly measuring their self-worths as human beings...
These Personality questions unfortunately tend to end up with people picking the group they "want" to be in rather than the group they actually are. Knowing this, Would it be possible for PBS Game/Show to suggest where I would place using the following knowledge?
- Most time recorded in games: split between Final Fantasy 11 (MMO, very difficult but required parties of 6 people for most basic scenarios. Explored a ton in game, even though I was underlevel for most of it's content.) and Team Fortress 2. (FPS, usually stick to a server of regulars who's skills varied between average and higher then normal.)
- Best Gaming Memory: Joining and getting ranked in a local tournament for UT 2003 (4th overall, but earned respect out of the regulars to the LAN center due to a very close match for 3rd.)
- Currently playing: FFXIV (MMO, Not as difficult as FFXI, but still harder then most other MMOs currently), Pokemon Y (Finally returned to the series since Gen1 Red), Ingress (I have a love for ARGs since the first Portal secret update with the BBS number that contained screenshots of Portal 2)
Typing all of this out makes me consider myself for Fantasy/Social/Explorer/Challenger, but what's your opinion?
I think I'm kinda an explorer type, but in a weird way. I play think I just find ways to play game the opposite of what was intended. I played WoW and instead of going on quests I'd collect pets. Or in Minecraft I'd build up a huge fishing shack and just go fishing for a long time. In Skyrim I'd climb up mountains just to get the best view of the sunset. Things like that.
What about those of us who like strategy games, your Total Wars, or Excoms. Or the puzzle solvers and Myst/Portal -type games?
I know that this list wasn't meant to be exhaustive, and that many other comments probably mentioned types the video forgot, but I feel compelled to list the type of gamer I am--which wasn't mentioned :P I enjoy games for the pure addictive, dopamine rush. I want games that just plain fun. Games that give you the same sensation as going to a party or eating ice cream. This includes fast-paced puzzlers like Meteos or the new Tetrises, or games that are simply a blast to play, like all Kirby games, Smash Brothers, Mario Kart or pinball. Idk what you'd call this time. Fun-Lover maybe. Hedonistic gamer? Idk. But it's essentially what casual gamers are, I suppose, although I'm not particularly casual. I play Kirby and pinball pretty obsessively.
I'm a strong mix of fantasy, challenger, and storyteller. Not necessarily in that order
The last video game I played was Harry Potter and the Sorcerers stone on PC, and I still find this channel interesting. Good job Game Show.
I consider myself to be a tactician. I really like the older command and conquer, and ghost recon games, and other similar games that make you or allow you to come up with strategies and plans to outmanuver or outsmart you enemies to achive victory. I love the feeling of coming up with a plan and watching it unfold, or quickly repositioning my soldiers to counter an enemy threat.
I have no idea what I am but I love to get really powerful to help/assist other players in their games.
I love all of those. It is why ESO sounds so perfect. Social, Competitive, Exploration, Creation, and most importantly STORY.
Holy crap! As soon as I saw the last guy, I knew that I've seen him before and turns out he used to work for GameSpot and I saw his old video on there a long time ago.
My Favorite game of all times is Okami for the Ps2 which got a remastered version for Ps3. I dont know how to explain it, but i just love the world of the game. I even made a college project on it, which i learned a lot about the game and it even made me love more. Its not just phantasy in the game. The developers of the game, a company called Clover Studio did an awesome research in Ancient Japan and all its Legends, Mysteries, Mythologies and implemented it into the game. And it is wesome to run arround controlling Amaterasu. If you played it well, and explored it, it can easily make on a 50~60 hours of pure enjoyment in the game, and a little frustration because some bosses and tasks are a little hard. This is definately a game that everyone should play once. Anywyas, what category Okami fits more? I think Explorer. Just making sure haha.
***** Its like i said, Okami is a the best game to me. I actually liked the story of the game, since they "tried" to use some of ancient japan legends to construct a story arround as many as they could of them. The art style of Okami is the best part in the game because it is intentionally like that since they did it to transmit those times way of telling story using a method called Emaki/Emakimono which was that "weird" painting feeling we have with the animations, and also Amaterasu powers are based in that too, since we use a brush and that roll paper. The animation it self is called Cell Shading. If you reserach a little you can clearly see a big diference in a game made to look cartoon and what Okami is.
XadowMonzter I love cell shaded graphics! Jet set radio future is one of my all time favorites.
I will say that the 'Conqueror' is a subdivision of the Challenger. We wish to bring everyone to their knees, and will do so happily.
'Veni, Vidi, Vici'
I am definitely a self-expressive type!
Any game with large choices and customization has a sort of connection to me. Like I spent 90% of my Tony Hawks Underground 2 play through customizing. And why the Soul Caliber series resonates with me so much. I also like games where you can meld the story itself, like you can create a life, or even an epic with just yourself and the characters around you, like Mass Effect, Skyrim and Fallout 3 or 4.
I have found myself O_O
same!
Explorer storytelling hybrid? Skyrim is life.