Elihu
Tribe of Judah Staff Manager
What do I look for in a game as a 27-year old male?
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1. Sociability - For me, games must have some sort of multiplayer capability. Gaming is a social thing for me, so having a game that I can communicate with others in is extremely important. It helps to strategize, build comradery, encourage and build on friendships. This is a must have.
2. Storyline - (less most FPS's) The storyline is one of the more important factors of a game for me. The game should have enough plot twists, character develpoment and dialogue to make me want to pass up the next save point and keep playing.
3. Creativity - A game should be creative, leaning on its writer's to throw in some great conversations, dialogue and information. Little fun tidbits are also helpful in creating amusing, eery, or even empowered feelings from the player.
4. Graphics - The look of a game is almost as important as story, and the two should interlock as closely as possible. When a game is well designed, graphics well engineered, a person feels more inclined to play as they can immerse themselves in a world in which they can see themselves or their character interacting in.
5. Gameplay - Controls, learning curves, and customization. Those three are the key components to making a player feel welcomed into a game. The controls should be easy to learn, with the ability to customize, and the increase of difficulty over time.
6. Challenging - A game should have its challenges, not being impossible to beat but rather making a player feel a sense of accomplishment when the game is complete. Puzzles, detective work, informative conversations, character play, mixing abilities, strategy....all of these should come into play to help keep a person thinking and on their toes.
7. Achievements - I absolutely love a game that has rewarding challenges, puzzles, achievemnts, unlockables, etc. It gives me something more to work for and keeps me coming back to the game to get that 100% feeling of accomplishment.
8. Balance - Too many times I have seen great games get wasted by the company who created the game for creating an imbalance in characters or abilities. Balance is key in strategy, teamwork, and deathmatch gaming.
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Name: Doom's Wall
Location: Northtown Ruins
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Type: Demon
**Warning, incoming wall of text crit 9999**
1. Sociability - For me, games must have some sort of multiplayer capability. Gaming is a social thing for me, so having a game that I can communicate with others in is extremely important. It helps to strategize, build comradery, encourage and build on friendships. This is a must have.
2. Storyline - (less most FPS's) The storyline is one of the more important factors of a game for me. The game should have enough plot twists, character develpoment and dialogue to make me want to pass up the next save point and keep playing.
3. Creativity - A game should be creative, leaning on its writer's to throw in some great conversations, dialogue and information. Little fun tidbits are also helpful in creating amusing, eery, or even empowered feelings from the player.
4. Graphics - The look of a game is almost as important as story, and the two should interlock as closely as possible. When a game is well designed, graphics well engineered, a person feels more inclined to play as they can immerse themselves in a world in which they can see themselves or their character interacting in.
5. Gameplay - Controls, learning curves, and customization. Those three are the key components to making a player feel welcomed into a game. The controls should be easy to learn, with the ability to customize, and the increase of difficulty over time.
6. Challenging - A game should have its challenges, not being impossible to beat but rather making a player feel a sense of accomplishment when the game is complete. Puzzles, detective work, informative conversations, character play, mixing abilities, strategy....all of these should come into play to help keep a person thinking and on their toes.
7. Achievements - I absolutely love a game that has rewarding challenges, puzzles, achievemnts, unlockables, etc. It gives me something more to work for and keeps me coming back to the game to get that 100% feeling of accomplishment.
8. Balance - Too many times I have seen great games get wasted by the company who created the game for creating an imbalance in characters or abilities. Balance is key in strategy, teamwork, and deathmatch gaming.
**End wall of Crit 9999**
Name: Doom's Wall
Location: Northtown Ruins
HP: 425
MP: 99
EXP: 1
GP: 0
Attacks: Energy Absorb, Thunderbolt
Weakness: Earth Slide
Type: Demon
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). Several of the guys here have listed sociability, being able to fit a game into a schedule and customization highly, as the women did as well. So given that I'm still left wondering how would one market to women exclusively? (I'm now thinking the mystery that is the girl gamer will not be solved in this thread 
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. It's also worth noting Japan has many lame or lackluster console games to complement the good ones (The Playsation "Legend of Mana" was one in fact). If America produced the same volume as Japan I'm sure we too could make a classic.
It is weird though because I usually don't like multi-ending games and time travel almost always makes horrible plotlines. However since it's all well done and you don't have a rewarded evil path ending It was fun. Rewarding evil should never be a option in media (save perhaps the necessity of a multiplayer vs. environment).
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