How we play the game

What kind of games do we play? What kinds of games do we like? What does this tell us about who we are?

Have you ever played a game that wasn't really entertaining, but you kept playing and working at it because you thought it would benefit you later? I think we've all been there. At least we all assume that when you first start a game it isn't wildly fun, but it will get better. Conversely, there have been games that open strong, then start again slow, but you work hard because you know it will get better. Something like Metroid Prime, where you have everything, then you lose it all and you have to work your way back up from practically nothing but in the end you have more than you started with. Life can be a bit like Metroid Prime.

And what about point of view? First person games always bugged me. I don't like the idea that I'm playing a game where I'm me through my eyes. I don't want to be a limited version of me. I don't want to be the hero that can jump 8 feet in the air, but has no feet and cannot fucking climb to save his life (some other day I will rant about this). If I was this guy, I want him to do what I would do. Like, I dunno, talk. I prefer 3rd person games. I like movies. I see the world from a distance. I don't want to be James Bond. No one is James Bond but James Bond. I want to watch James Bond run and jump and shoot and hide (especially hide). I did mention Metroid Prime before, and I will admit, that was an FPS that was done well, possibly because of the suit. The helmet would cause limited vision, and the only think between your character and the hostile environment is your suit. And you see the world through the suit. You have to see it through the suit. It was an exploration, too. Almost like a documentation through her eyes. She is the only one who saw the things she saw, after all.

Way off topic....
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Fuck it. I'm going to bed. Maybe it'll come back to me later. That or a post about climbing. Seriously.