Howdy, Stranger!

It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!

what kind of gamer are you? (lets get numbers)

«1

Comments

  • BeachcomberBeachcomber Member Posts: 535

    Even the easiest of games like noughts and crosses use strategy.

    /facepalm

     

  • PhryPhry Member LegendaryPosts: 11,004

    honestly this is a no brainer as the question itself is designed to give only one result.. its a zero point question. Tip for the future. if your going to form a poll, at least have a point to it, and make the choices at least half way comprehensive as the results of this one will be extremely misleading.

  • donkeysdonkeys Member Posts: 239

    I like challenging games, but I don't like the "new" community that plays them.

    People want to zerg to endgame with their zerguilds in as little time as possible. Just give them a /win all button.

    Collector's editions are scams.

  • maskedweaselmaskedweasel Member LegendaryPosts: 12,195

    Define "challenging".  



  • ParadoxyParadoxy Member Posts: 786

    Sorry but this poll is pointless unless you can define what you mean by 'challenge'.

    Who could have thought that WOW could bring super power like USA to its knees?


    Originally posted by Arcken

    To put it in a nutshell, our society is about to hit the fan, grades are dropping, obesity is going up,childhood the USA is going to lose its super power status before too long, but hey, as long as we have a cheap method to babysit our kids, all will be well no?
    Im picking on WoW btw because its the beast that made all of this possible

  • brostynbrostyn Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 3,092

    All games require some type of strategy. Some are more straightforward and linear than others.

  • NovusodNovusod Member UncommonPosts: 912

    I prefer twitch factor over strategy. Strategy usually boils down to learning some lame script that after learning it become super boring.

  • disownationdisownation Member UncommonPosts: 243

    Challenge shouldn't need to be defined by anyone else except the individual it pertains to. So the poll is not moot. What is moot is people trying to apply their degree of challenge to others. The degree of challenge will vary from person to person, but as it is, it appears that a majority of gamers enjoy a challenge - whatever that level may be to them specifically.

     

    For myself, I'd have to say I enjoy a challenge overall. But there are days where I feel like not being challenged at all. Days when I come home tired and would just like some easy, non-challenging, stress-free relaxation in a game. I'm about an 85/15.

  • mainvein33mainvein33 Member Posts: 406

    Honestly if we are talking about MMOs there is only one what type of gamer question. As far as anything else goes few will care.

  • Garvon3Garvon3 Member CommonPosts: 2,898

    Originally posted by mainvein33

    Honestly if we are talking about MMOs there is only one what type of gamer question. As far as anything else goes few will care.

    Wrong. I like "hardcore" games, but I play them casually. There are many like me. We like games that don't treat us like we're toddlers, and we like games that are immersive/innovative (usually called "hardcore" titles for whatever reason), yet I don't invest massive amounts of time into them.

     

    On one hand, you have single player style games like WoW, with absolutely no challenge or learning curve, and no difficulty to the quests. On the other, you have the original good games like DAoC that had fewer, more interesting quests.

  • mmoguy43mmoguy43 Member UncommonPosts: 2,770

    define hardcore

  • Garvon3Garvon3 Member CommonPosts: 2,898

    Originally posted by mmoguy43

    define hardcore

    By today's standards, anything that isn't WoW styled. WoW style games are, LotRO, AoC, WAR, Aion, ect ect. Super easy quest based leveling, GPS mini maps, no learning curve, glowing objects and linear objectives to guide the player.

  • AshlarAshlar Member Posts: 54

    I like games that are challenging.  Lately though the definition of challenging has changed.  I don't consider memorizing a highly scripted fight to be one bit challenging.  I define challenging as there being choices to be made, pro's and con's to which way you choose regardless, and a penalty for death.  Other things go into making something challenging, but those are the 3 big ones. 

    <p align="center" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.wizards.com/magic/playmagic/whatcolorareyou.asp"; target="_blank"><img src="http://www.wizards.com/magic/images/whatcolor_isblue.jpg"; border="0"><br/><b>Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.</b></a></p>

  • Garvon3Garvon3 Member CommonPosts: 2,898

    Originally posted by Ashlar

    I like games that are challenging.  Lately though the definition of challenging has changed.  I don't consider memorizing a highly scripted fight to be one bit challenging.  I define challenging as there being choices to be made, pro's and con's to which way you choose regardless, and a penalty for death.  Other things go into making something challenging, but those are the 3 big ones. 

    It's sad that the standards for "challenge" have changed so much. People think WoW raiding is hard when it's just what you said, memorizing a script, and you download mod tools to help doing that! There's no penalty for failure either. WoW is such a hardcore raiding guy, yeah right.

  • GruntyGrunty Member EpicPosts: 8,657

    A generic question requires a generic answer. I like to use strategy except when I don't.

    "I used to think the worst thing in life was to be all alone.  It's not.  The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone."  Robin Williams
  • disownationdisownation Member UncommonPosts: 243

    Originally posted by mainvein33

     

     

    Bah, deleted post. Cause it is derailing the topic.

  • ShariShari Member UncommonPosts: 746

    You know, people say wow isn't hardcore but......imho once you hit the the level cap it's a hardcore players dream. For me I can't play long these days as my life is very busy now with responsibilitys and all (also, I like to play other types of games not just mmorpg's). Games like lotro and DC universe are just right for me.

    As for difficulty, I don't mind a challange at all but I have no interest in frustration either (afterall, it's very important I'm having fun in the little time I have to play nowadays). Imho, it's all about balance regarding the difficult level of a game. You need to feel like you have achieved but at the same time frustration leads to stress and games have never been and should never be about stress.

    image

  • mmoguy43mmoguy43 Member UncommonPosts: 2,770

    How do you have challenge with no stress?

  • TUX426TUX426 Member Posts: 1,907

    Yeah, kinda a hard poll to answer. To some, PvE is challenging, to others, PvP is. "Strategy" usually boils down to learning how NPCs react and what to do in PvE and in PvP it's having least amount of lag, best gear and usually more people.

    How much fun I'm having is my ultimate distinction. Games that are challenging (but beatable) in both PvE and PvP tend to be my favorites.

  • ShariShari Member UncommonPosts: 746

    should games be stressfull do you think?

    image

  • RamadarRamadar Member Posts: 167

    I'm a casual gamer I don't have the 12 hours a day to spend on an mmo, depending on my mood I may go month's without playing anything, mmo's in general are starting to get to exspensive to run (hardware wise) and it's that exspense that keeps me doing other things that are more important in my life then to buy pc's that can run mmo's at full graphics, but when I do play I like games that are more realistic and that require player skill an not a whole lot of fancy special skills and spells an gear to make you feel like you done something. these games ( WoW, EQ,EQ II, EVE, CoH,LoTRO, AoC, and SO) are the one's I bought played for a bit and threw in the trash literally. 

    Evil will always triumph because good is dumb....

  • mmoguy43mmoguy43 Member UncommonPosts: 2,770

    Originally posted by Shari

    should games be stressfull do you think?

    As if the entire game should be challenging? No, I don't think it should.

     

    The point is MMOs need to have a broader range of difficulty in soloing and grouping. Yes.

  • ElikalElikal Member UncommonPosts: 7,912

    Life is stressfull and demanding enough. I prefer a game where I don't have to think overmuch. Just go in, have fun and that's it.

    I'd say LOTRO made it perfect. (I just have seen it all too often now.)

    People don't ask questions to get answers - they ask questions to show how smart they are. - Dogbert

  • Creslin321Creslin321 Member Posts: 5,359

    I think the poll would have been more useful if you designed it with several choices to show what degree of challenge players liked in games.  For example:

    1.  Super hard (nasty death penalties such as perma-death/equipment loss, even con MOBs are difficult to beat often requiring a group)

    2.  Difficult (medium death penalty such as exp loss, most players can beat an even con MOB, but only one at a time.)

    .

    .

    .

    Are you team Azeroth, team Tyria, or team Jacob?

  • Creslin321Creslin321 Member Posts: 5,359

    Originally posted by Shari

    should games be stressfull do you think?

     To an extent, sports are after all quite stressful.  A no stress activity is boring.

    If you want an example of a stressful game, try getting into ranked Starcraft II ;).

    Are you team Azeroth, team Tyria, or team Jacob?

Sign In or Register to comment.