Gamer types – Thoughts on what people like in games.
I’ve come to a conclusion about something that’s bothered me for a while. This may seem obvious to most people once I talk about it, but I don’t this comes up enough when the gaming media talks about games.
It all stems from how the gaming press reviews and avaluates games, by using a simple scoring method. This is all well in grate on the surface only if used properly. Just because a game receives a 9/10 does not mean you will like said game. And that comes down to taste, same with movies, same with music, same with anything creative. A game could be from the same genre as another but not have the same goals as the previous. One may strive for high flying action that never stops, and the other could be trying to tell a story. I could go on about the diffrent goals of various games but I think you get the picture. Lets simplify this by comparing to major gaming types, American games and Japanese games.
I find that American games try to emerse you in their world in someway, to escape and forget that your some joe smoe in your basement sucking down on a bottle of coke. They try as hard as possible to give you lots of choices, to make you feel like you’re in control of what your character is doing and who your character is. You are on this adventure, You are the Hero.
Opposite to that is the Japanese game style, which instead of making it an escape makes it more about Story telling, about Characters that would never exsist in real life about characters that have to struggled so hard any real person would be driven to madness. Heavy emotions, stylish costumes, beatiful women, and every type of character you could imagine.
I’ve found that different types of people will enjoy either one or the other, some will enjoy both (like myself)
Some people will like games for the epicness, some people will like games for their design or art. The point I’m trying to make is that just because you don’t like a game does not mean it’s shit. It very well may be bad game. But somebody out there likes it.
