What type of games do you play?

I've noticed trends in what sort of games I play, depending on what chapter of my life I've been in. In junior high and high school, when I had more free time, I played a lot of lenthy RPGs (and Zelda games, which are not so much RPGs, but are still long and adventurous). Many of those were on handhelds... I particularly enjoyed Final Fantasy VI (GBA release) and The World Ends with You. But once I got to college, I couldn't really commit to things like that... I also started getting more and more involved with the independent scene, until, at one point, I had almost no idea what was going on with mainstream games. Now, I like to keep up a little bit... But not too much, because every now and then I'll see a game that really interests me, but I can't afford it.

These days, I mostly play simple (but engaging) things I find here, on TIGSource, or on the Indie Games blog. Instead of just playing a single game for a very long time, I now have a large collection of interesting smaller games. It's nice to have options. If I ever feel bored, I have a lot of interesting things to play!

I'm not completely done with commercial games, of course. But now I'm more interested in low-commitment things, and I can only very rarely purchase new games, because I have to pay for college and such. Basically I can only get a new game when someone sends me money for my birthday or something. Anyhow, lately I've been playing Team Fortress 2 quite a bit. I like it a lot, because I can play it for a short amount of time, but it can keep me interested for a very long time, too... if I have a very long time to spend, anyway. I also like how I only had to pay for it once, and they're continuing to make new updates, sending them out for free whenever they're ready.

So what games do you play? Are there any common factors that link them together? Has the sort of games you play changed over time, or has it more or less always been the same? If it has changed, why do you think that is?

Last edited on June 12, 2010 - 10:19 PM by Machine Saint

I play all types of games, not really a fan or a hater of any genre, except sports games, I hate them.

Tower Defence games FTW.

Almost wholly games that revolve around the storyline. Any game without a good storyline can't hold me for too long, though some RTS games escape that decently...even Skyrim had a mediocre storyline imho, so after the standard 50 hours or so I stopped. Conversely, I've put in about a hundred hours on games like ME, GTA, Heavy Rain (plot holes were annoying but hey), Uncharted...yeah.

Dialogue is huge too.

when i was young i hated rpg's. now they're probably my favorite genre. nowadays i will play anything(within reason) if it interests me. i just got into indie games recently. i think it all started after i bought minecraft. i started browsing the indie games on xbox live, which i never did before, and have found some really fun games. if i had to sum it up i guess i play rpg's, action, adventure, not really into sports games or fighting games much anymore(though i used to be) but i do still enjoy playing college football games, prob cause i love watching college football. i can't seem to get into RTS games for some reason. i don't dislike them but i just can't seem to get the hang of them. i also play the occasionl platformer every so often if i find one that sparks my interest, like 'Beep' i love that game. never really tried mmo's although i really want to give star wars: the old republic a try. oh and i really enjoy racing games.

I've loved adventure games since getting hooked on Zak McKraken and the Alien Mind Benders years ago.  Now loving the indie scene with TellTale, Wadjet Eye and others producing some terrific titles, along with of course the AGS community producing some great stuff both freeware and commercial.

I'm also partial to a good RPG, loved KOTOR and enjoyed the Avernum series by Spiderweb Software, and I've played more RPG Maker games than I care to remember.  Of course I'm always partial to a good arcade game or sports game too!

Everything except sports games. Give me just about any good game where the primary method of dealing damage is by shooting something, and I'll like it.

More specifically, if I have to narrow it out to what games I'm playing frequently, World of Tanks and Blacklight: Retribution are high on the list. I also enjoy my JRPG, and am currently playing Final Fantasy XII.

Yeah! Sports games are usually terrible! 

Violent games.

Mother 2 + 3 for their unique and bizzare take on the RPG genre.
Metroid Prime for it's unique atmosphere as well as unique first person gameplay.
Portal for it's unique take on the puzzle genre.
Minecraft for it's uniqueness in general.
Cave Story because it's a solid game.
Zelda Wind Waker because of it's unique take on the Zelda formula.

Yeah, what can I say.

Original Silent Hill trilogy because riddles and symbolism.
Penumbra and Amnesia because physics puzzles and gradual storyline revelation.
Platformers if they control smoothly and have something new to bring to the table.

ManWithThePlan ~ maybe you could say "unique" a couple more times.

That's what makes a good game, Shelby.

games that have more GAMEPLAY than story and useless exploration.I prefer to use my hability than my brain in a game XD. Im a big fan of FPS games, specially the old-school ones, but i love also shooters in general. 

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