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I really enjoy playing, but I don't let it own me. I will hang out with friends and do other activities away from gaming if the opportunity arises. That said, I will occasionally opt to stay in and play video games because a) I'm really into a good game and want to finish it or b) I just don't...

Never played a Legend of Zelda game. Watched my friend play a few and never really wanted to, even though I love that type of game.

My friend and I also play the crap out of the DW games. 80 hours on DW7 and still going.

Ditto. I can never seem to input combos correctly, and I end up just mashing buttons. But my friend and I still play them quite a bit (original Dynasty Warriors FTW!).

Dead Nation and Wipeout HD. I struggled with Wipeout at first, but now I'm enjoying it more and more.

Any Sonic game. It is one of my favorite series (sans Unleashed and Sonic 2006), but I don't need to hear a story. Let me run fast, get the Chaos Emeralds, turn into Super Sonic and destroy some big machine. ...I might have just spoiled the majority of every Sonic story. Whoops?

Maybe a cameo from an character I liked in a previous game. Or the ability to maintain the uber-powers you gained in the game before.

I may have actually done this before. Especially when playing MGS: Peacewalker or Dissidia...

My favorite has to be FF6. It was the game that got me into the series in general, though I agree recent entries haven't been the greatest. FF6 had a lot going for it, IMO: a huge cast of awesome characters (except Gau), a great battle system (for it's time, anyways), and a great story that I...

This is my first time posting on The Escapist, and first time posting on any forum for quite some time. However, I had an idea for a thread that I really hope hasn't been done because I found it quite entertaining. I realized today that my video game skills are directly tied to my real life...