What's Your Playing Style?

[b._.o._.b]

Are you:

A random player: pick one of the thousands of games available for the GP2X or other consoles
A mood player: every mood a certain game
A disciplined player: choose one game and not satisfied until it is finished
A one system only player: only likes games for system x
A one type player only: only likes one type of game (puzzle, shmups etc)

My style is rather chaotic, between a mood and random player. I sometimes try to choose a game and be a disciplined player (I guess that's what I want to be ), but that usually fails. A playing session doesn't take very long, between 15 minutes or half an hour.

There are comments of people playing and finishing lots of very time consuming games, so I guess my playing style will not be the average one.

 

[Alex.]

I suppose I'm a mix between mood and disciplined. I often feel like playing a game from a certain genre, and stay with that game for the next couple of days until something else sparks my interest. However I never start playing a game with a definite target of completing it. The only game I finished on the GP2X is King's Bounty via DrMD and then a year later via Picodrive. For the past week Payback ate most of my time (both free and not ), and before that it was Doom 2, Thruster, and Cow Suckers.

Nice topic

 

[b._.o._.b]

The only game I finished on the GP2X is King's Bounty via DrMD and then a year later via Picodrive.

Never tried that one, looks interesting. Still need to finish my first game on the GP2X, but I am determined to finish Snatcher one day.

 

[Lineus]

I'm a mix between disciplined and random... I try to complete games, but get distraced by something else

 

[slaanesh]

I tend to get hooked on one system and stick with it for a while. Often this is because a new/updated emulator is released and I try out games for that system.

I always find myself going back to a few favourites:

* MAME and Final Burn Alpha for arcade games

and particular emulators for particular games:

ie.

* DrSMS (on my GP32) for Aleste
* PocketSNES for Macross Scrambled Valkyrie
* CPS1EMU (on my PSP) for Knights of the Round, Dinos and Cadillacs
* fMSX32 (on GP32) for MSX version of Aleste
* Atari800 for River Raid
* Stella for Missile Command, HERO

 

[b._.o._.b]

I tend to get hooked on one system and stick with it for a while. Often this is because a new/updated emulator is released and I try out games for that system.

I always find myself going back to a few favourites:

When I read this I realized I have the same tendencies

After installing a new emulator (or interpreted game), I also tend to play that most.

I always return to

Mame: galaga; bombjack
Picodrive: psycho pinball, risk
outcast: eliminator
pocketsnes: populous, uniracer
sqdef

I've got more favorites but these are embedded in my dna

 

[Ganepark32]

I'm a mix between mood and discipline gamer. I do have different games for different moods. For example, if I'm feeling laid back and just want to chill, I'll stick on Endless Ocean. If I want some action, I'll generally put in an fps or something like Mass Effect into my 360. If I just want to play and have fun, Mario Galaxy (still not got the 120 stars yet. Shock horror )

But whatever game it is I'm playing, I like to finish it to as close to 100% as possible. Ok, there are times when I can't be bothered to finish it 100% (think Metroid Prime. In all 3 games I've got 69% completion at the end and haven't bothered to get the 100% completion after another run through).

 

[goobers]

I'm generally a mood/random gamer. However, if I get really into a new game, I'll play it for hours, for instance, when I got bioshock, I pretty much played it from start to finish in a week or so.

I'll tend to stick to games from one system (talking about current generation now) as I've got a 360 and I don't see the point of getting a PS3 as there are no games on it that take my fancy that I can't play on the 360. (although I'm increasingly tempted to pick one up for bluray). I occasionally play wii games when home from uni (my family have one), although I get bored of Wii games quite quickly.

EDIT: I often find that Xbox 360 achievements will make me want to complete a game (not after the gamerpoints, rather the satisfaction of having completed it. They add longevity to games I find.)

 

[b._.o._.b]

I guess buying a game for a modern console like Wii, PS3 will motivate more to finish a game than downloading 1000's of roms for free.
If you try a free rom and after one game you think it sucks, you will probably never play it again. But when you paid 70 Euro for a game you will probably really do your best to like the game.

 

[J201605]

im a random player, i love games but i somehow cant get INTO them, maybe because im not very good at them. I just play little bits of something classic like sonic and then get bored then play something hardcore like counterstrike then get bored then play flight simulator or some random demo i download like b.a.s.e jumping. To be honest the only games ive totally beat in the last three years are tony hawks american wasteland 2, gta san andreas and portal.