Which games do you enjoy that are not meant for you?
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Probably Life is Strange. Pretty sure their target audience isn't the "38 year old white male" demographic. But I enjoyed the game nonetheless. The amount of effective nostalgia they were able to hit me with, to my highschool days, was surprising, considering the generational gap. I guess some things about being a teenager really are universal.
Sports games in general really. I hate sports (well...that's not fair. I actually like playing sports when it works out, but the PTSD from middle school and high school really put me off.), so I'm obviously not much of the target demographic. However, I actually own a couple American Football and Basketball games and enjoy them.
Also Civilization 5. I didn't expect to like this at all. I normally hate strategy games, or turn based games that aren't RPGs.
However I got sucked in on my first game, clocking in about 20 hours without closing the game once. (I alt-tabbed once and awhile, and also took a break for food/hygiene/bathroom breaks) I don't know why, there was just something about it that clicked for me. Maybe it's the way it explained it? Maybe it's because I just happened to do well at this kind of game for once?
Also Civilization 5. I didn't expect to like this at all. I normally hate strategy games, or turn based games that aren't RPGs.
However I got sucked in on my first game, clocking in about 20 hours without closing the game once. (I alt-tabbed once and awhile, and also took a break for food/hygiene/bathroom breaks) I don't know why, there was just something about it that clicked for me. Maybe it's the way it explained it? Maybe it's because I just happened to do well at this kind of game for once?
I'm not very into Real Time Strategy (more of a turn based fan), mostly because it's too intense for me micro-managing a lot of stuff while enemies are stomping on me or are visibly capable of killing me but won't for ten minutes first.
I've always had a fondness for "Stronghold: Crusader", though, despite how quickly things can turn to shit on you. There's something appealing about building myself a moat and planting a million Crossbowmen on my walls in the hopes that everyone dies.
I've always had a fondness for "Stronghold: Crusader", though, despite how quickly things can turn to shit on you. There's something appealing about building myself a moat and planting a million Crossbowmen on my walls in the hopes that everyone dies.
I think you're using the ESRB (and PEGI/USK/CERO/whatever) ratings wrong... A T rating just means 'we find the content suitable for children aged 13 and up'. It often has little to do with the target audience the developer/publisher has in mind. For instance, Nintendo wanted Wii Sports to be played by pretty much everyone. It has a PEGI rating of 3, but that hasn't stopped anyone from putting Wiis in nursing homes. Or, hey, games like Professor Layton are rated E or 3, but they're not very enjoyable if you can't read well enough to udnerstand the puzzles and follow the plot. While the content might be safe, they're not a good choice for most children under 8.EyeReaper said:
I actually binged nearly 2 hours in Pokemon SoulSilver last month one night in bed, even got my whatever fire dog thing up to lvl 10, all this despite the fact I'm not twelve, Japanese or interested in Pokemon at all!
I once laughed at a joke from Spooky's House of Jump Scares. Somewhere around room 200? There was this SCP joke and I chuckled. And I'm not even PewDiePie!
I once laughed at a joke from Spooky's House of Jump Scares. Somewhere around room 200? There was this SCP joke and I chuckled. And I'm not even PewDiePie!
I enjoy otomege which have good stories just like any other visual novel which does the same. (otomege are basically dating sims aimed at women)
The reason is that even when the game is full of pretty girls fawning at me, I still primarily am there for the interesting plot, and fanservice is just a bonus, as opposed to the main reason to play these games, hence once you remove it its still enjoyable to play these games as long as the story is good. My masculinity is not threatened by playing as a female protag with the hots for a bunch of guys, as I never actually put myself in the player character and merely observe it as an outsider, always considering their thoughts as solely theirs.
A prime example of this concept is persona 3 portable and the female protagonist route. Game is still interesting so the fact that you get less attention by cute girls isn't as big of an issue and you still get a lot of char development for the male chars even if the romance part of it isn't arousing at all. Just having a way to save Shinji is worth it, in an entirely platonic way too.
The reason is that even when the game is full of pretty girls fawning at me, I still primarily am there for the interesting plot, and fanservice is just a bonus, as opposed to the main reason to play these games, hence once you remove it its still enjoyable to play these games as long as the story is good. My masculinity is not threatened by playing as a female protag with the hots for a bunch of guys, as I never actually put myself in the player character and merely observe it as an outsider, always considering their thoughts as solely theirs.
A prime example of this concept is persona 3 portable and the female protagonist route. Game is still interesting so the fact that you get less attention by cute girls isn't as big of an issue and you still get a lot of char development for the male chars even if the romance part of it isn't arousing at all. Just having a way to save Shinji is worth it, in an entirely platonic way too.
Oh man, persona 3P! I had a very similar experience with Shinji. I originally hadn't planned to couple the female avatar with anyone, and certainly not Shinji, given that I knew what happens to him later on. But I found the pairing to be really cute and fitting, so I just went with it. That scene with him in the hospital when your keepsake saved him... the feels... Makes even his involvement in the final battle really romantic, if you think about it.Dreiko said:
I play VNs a lot, but not ones with a female protagonist. Basically I'm playing Kindred Spirits on the Roof and that's it. Can you recommend me some good ones?
Though I don't get the arousing part. Is the romance less arousing because you play the woman? I normally find romance in games... well, romantic, not arousing. But that might just be me.
I don't like mobile games, I don't play Pokemon and I don't watch Rick & Morty. And yet I enjoy Pocket Mortys.
Hakuoki (ps3 ver) is my fav otomege, super epc samurai/fantasy story. Highly reccomended.ManutheBloodedge said:
I was refering simply to the fanservice moments, basically, if you think of the anime Free, that type of thing. I'm straight so seeing muscular half naked dudes and the protag freaking out is merely comedic to me. Hell I don't even know if that is actual service! lol
The romance bits also tend to be more from a passive perspective. Though most visual novels DO go a lot further than games do. If we talk games where sex is just a quote of *you spent a lot of time together* and not an hour long event, I'd agree with you for sure though lol.
Huh. Hard to say. Maybe Long Live the Queen. A visual novel about a princess. I assume it's aimed at women, but damn is it fun. It's like a pink Game of Thrones.
The only thing that really applies is The Boondocks. The message is clearly aimed at a black audience, but damn I love it.
The only thing that really applies is The Boondocks. The message is clearly aimed at a black audience, but damn I love it.
Call of Juarez - It's a shooter and I hate shooters, but the western setting just feels so genuine and authentic that I really like it. Pity the sequels weren't as good.
Arkham Asylum - I don't like action much, but for some reason wasn't a complete klutz when playing AA.
Arkham Asylum - I don't like action much, but for some reason wasn't a complete klutz when playing AA.
Nah man, the game is more "single for life!" than anything. It depends on which ending you get and stuff but the true ending is basically bachelor life ftw lol. Vincent isn't a one night stand type guy either, he is a passive guy who gets hit on and is toyed with and just kinda goes along with it cause sex. He isn't really the one seeking it out.BuildsLegos said: