Your gaming turn ons
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You already know well in terms of graphics/aesthetics I like old school graphics and I like cute, anime inspired aesthetics and androgyny. In the sexuality threads I've repeatedly stated I like androgyny, and one of my favourite Western cartoons is a show about technicolor ponies.
But aside from that, I really, really like character interaction. Especially if the gameplay is related to it. I hate feeling alone in most video games and I get to feeling lonely in them real quick. There's a reason I'm an internet forum addict, despite the fact I have plenty of real life friends. I like the feeling of being around other personalities. So a game that makes me feel a bit like I've made new friends always leaves me feeling better by the end of it. I guess people who are loners would also like to be alone in the game world, but not me. If I'm playing a game alone, I'd rather be surrounded by characters I like to interact with on a constant basis. It obviously doesn't hurt if they're cute, androgynous, anime, or all of the above.
It's hard to admit because it raises a lot of hate, but I often get into most media, characters first. I actually like fictional characters more than video games. And I often read books, watch shows, and play games, based around whether I like the characters. For instance, what first drew me into Harry Potter? The characters. Harry and company seemed like a fascinating bunch of people to read about. Of course the fantasy helps, too. But the characters along with the fantasy were what sold it.
Aside from the actual gameplay itself, characters are probably what sells me most on a game. If the characters are fascinating, I'll put up with any gameplay to get more of them.
For the gameplay, I really like side scrolling. Megaman X got pretty perfectly something smooth I liked about the genre. You really felt like X, and sliding and slipping around is a very addictive feeling. All that jumping and sliding and shooting, it was a very compact experience where you felt like you could interact with everything around you very well.
I also liked the mix of elements in Kingdom Hearts. You got exp. gain, you've got action combat, and you've got good 3D platforming. Makes the world feel fairly alive. And you really feel a lot stronger by the time you can fly. I like the idea of an RPG where the stats you gain aren't just in basic battle mechanics, though I do like turn bases games, too, but in how you can jump and move around.
Oh, and the more objects you can interact with, the better. I hated the aesthetic in Oblivion(mostly the faces, the terrain looks beautiful), I also hated how clunky movement was and the like. But one thing that was amusing, you could stockpile items and move them around, I spent most of the game just stocking my Choral castle, and interacting with the residents. Moving the clothes wherever I liked, and buying and stocking lots of food and wine. After a few textures like XeoSP, Modular Beautiful People/Lop Ears Elf, or Ren's Beauty Pack, it was pretty fun just to hang out in my castle and act like I was playing the sims. And of course venturing out to an Oblivion gate from time to time. As well, how in Minecraft and Terraria, you can interact with and move nearly every object.
In Terraria, from scratch, I have moved nearly ever block on the map. I literally have flooded hell due to hundreds of water pumps and gigantic waterways and oceans in the sky(the amount of iron I've searched for is numbing...). Despite the evaporation mechanics. And resulted in me having gigantic, huge houses in the underworld. The much true freedom and ability to interact with everything is a lot of fun. It gets a bit lonely and I want to get back to playing my jRPGs before long. But games really should allow you to be able to interact with as many things as you can afford. And one thing I respect about the wRPG is the ability to personalize. I think games like Minecraft and Terraria do the sandbox better than wRPGs, but I do like the idea of just being able to rearrange EVERYTHING in the world.
I'd be pretty happy if somebody out there could take all the best stuff in games like Chrono Trigger, Tales of Symphonia, and Terraria, and somehow put it into one game.
Like, definitely that part about romance.
But aside from that, I really, really like character interaction. Especially if the gameplay is related to it. I hate feeling alone in most video games and I get to feeling lonely in them real quick. There's a reason I'm an internet forum addict, despite the fact I have plenty of real life friends. I like the feeling of being around other personalities. So a game that makes me feel a bit like I've made new friends always leaves me feeling better by the end of it. I guess people who are loners would also like to be alone in the game world, but not me. If I'm playing a game alone, I'd rather be surrounded by characters I like to interact with on a constant basis. It obviously doesn't hurt if they're cute, androgynous, anime, or all of the above.
It's hard to admit because it raises a lot of hate, but I often get into most media, characters first. I actually like fictional characters more than video games. And I often read books, watch shows, and play games, based around whether I like the characters. For instance, what first drew me into Harry Potter? The characters. Harry and company seemed like a fascinating bunch of people to read about. Of course the fantasy helps, too. But the characters along with the fantasy were what sold it.
Aside from the actual gameplay itself, characters are probably what sells me most on a game. If the characters are fascinating, I'll put up with any gameplay to get more of them.
For the gameplay, I really like side scrolling. Megaman X got pretty perfectly something smooth I liked about the genre. You really felt like X, and sliding and slipping around is a very addictive feeling. All that jumping and sliding and shooting, it was a very compact experience where you felt like you could interact with everything around you very well.
I also liked the mix of elements in Kingdom Hearts. You got exp. gain, you've got action combat, and you've got good 3D platforming. Makes the world feel fairly alive. And you really feel a lot stronger by the time you can fly. I like the idea of an RPG where the stats you gain aren't just in basic battle mechanics, though I do like turn bases games, too, but in how you can jump and move around.
Oh, and the more objects you can interact with, the better. I hated the aesthetic in Oblivion(mostly the faces, the terrain looks beautiful), I also hated how clunky movement was and the like. But one thing that was amusing, you could stockpile items and move them around, I spent most of the game just stocking my Choral castle, and interacting with the residents. Moving the clothes wherever I liked, and buying and stocking lots of food and wine. After a few textures like XeoSP, Modular Beautiful People/Lop Ears Elf, or Ren's Beauty Pack, it was pretty fun just to hang out in my castle and act like I was playing the sims. And of course venturing out to an Oblivion gate from time to time. As well, how in Minecraft and Terraria, you can interact with and move nearly every object.
In Terraria, from scratch, I have moved nearly ever block on the map. I literally have flooded hell due to hundreds of water pumps and gigantic waterways and oceans in the sky(the amount of iron I've searched for is numbing...). Despite the evaporation mechanics. And resulted in me having gigantic, huge houses in the underworld. The much true freedom and ability to interact with everything is a lot of fun. It gets a bit lonely and I want to get back to playing my jRPGs before long. But games really should allow you to be able to interact with as many things as you can afford. And one thing I respect about the wRPG is the ability to personalize. I think games like Minecraft and Terraria do the sandbox better than wRPGs, but I do like the idea of just being able to rearrange EVERYTHING in the world.
I'd be pretty happy if somebody out there could take all the best stuff in games like Chrono Trigger, Tales of Symphonia, and Terraria, and somehow put it into one game.
I hold a LOT in common with this list. Maybe except for a few things like the photorealistic sprites.xPixelatedx said:
This list, as well. Good to come across comrades, of sorts.Beautiful End said:
Like, definitely that part about romance.
gibs
after death gibbing
the understanding of comedic value in gibs
the understanding of comedic value in chaos
the understanding of comedic value in violence
dakka
more dakka
dropped items
random item sets
calm scenes with contrasting high speed sequences
a story created by the events you create
skins
good soundtrack that explores all genres
lack of cheese, or proper use of cheesiness therein
open world with occasional linear sequences
characters own disregard for his/her own safety
characters who can die by your hand
friendly fire
choppers and fighter jets
chopper warfare
flamethowers
artillery section with gracious gibbing
no slow-mo
wise, assholed, yet honest banter
cheats
Call of Duty 4: tire cheat
after death gibbing
the understanding of comedic value in gibs
the understanding of comedic value in chaos
the understanding of comedic value in violence
dakka
more dakka
dropped items
random item sets
calm scenes with contrasting high speed sequences
a story created by the events you create
skins
good soundtrack that explores all genres
lack of cheese, or proper use of cheesiness therein
open world with occasional linear sequences
characters own disregard for his/her own safety
characters who can die by your hand
friendly fire
choppers and fighter jets
chopper warfare
flamethowers
artillery section with gracious gibbing
no slow-mo
wise, assholed, yet honest banter
cheats
Call of Duty 4: tire cheat
Yeah, I was aware of that. Having read the dossier, it caused me to look back over the games.Gunner 51 said:
-Fantasy or sci-fi
-great story(plot doesn't matter though)
-focused on story
-replayability(I love to play games again and again)
-player choice
-everything about da
and mass effect(until the ending of 3)
-party members
-splitscreen
I love bioware pre-EA. I really need to try baldurs gate although i did not expect an isometric view(think that is what it is called. I expected something like da where it is over the shoulder and you can scroll into an isometric or just over the shoulder like KOTOR.
-great story(plot doesn't matter though)
-focused on story
-replayability(I love to play games again and again)
-player choice
-everything about da
and mass effect(until the ending of 3)-party members
-splitscreen
I love bioware pre-EA. I really need to try baldurs gate although i did not expect an isometric view(think that is what it is called. I expected something like da
where it is over the shoulder and you can scroll into an isometric or just over the shoulder like KOTOR.
I'm sorry, but what's most hilarious to me about this post, is your creepy mustachiod avatarEaston Dark said:
I love to laugh in games, or just have my sense jerked in a way that they normally aren't. Suprise, or challenge me mentally with words. Man I love story....
Creepy? :< If manly is the new creepy, I suppose...Frizzle said:I'm sorry, but what's most hilarious to me about this post, is your creepy mustachiod avatarEaston Dark said:
Forgive my cultural biases. But usually people with big thick mustaches are kind of creepy in their manner of action. Especially when the mustache looks out of place (like your avatar)Easton Dark said:Creepy? :< If manly is the new creepy, I suppose...Frizzle said:I'm sorry, but what's most hilarious to me about this post, is your creepy mustachiod avatarEaston Dark said:
Full disclosure: I have full facial hair
Caveat: unless said mustache curls around back towards the middle. Then it's okay
I wish I could have a mustache like Spike... but being blonde, thick ones just don't look as good as ones that are as black as coal.Frizzle said:Forgive my cultural biases. But usually people with big thick mustaches are kind of creepy in their manner of action. Especially when the mustache looks out of place (like your avatar)
Full disclosure: I have full facial hair
Caveat: unless said mustache curls around back towards the middle. Then it's okay
5 o'clock shadow for me. *sigh* I've always seen guys with thick mustaches as authority figures though (70's cop movies, the Soup Nazi, Saxton Hale).
haha well you get to be blond! (a plus, right?)Easton Dark said:I wish I could have a mustache like Spike... but being blonde, thick ones just don't look as good as ones that are as black as coal.Frizzle said:Forgive my cultural biases. But usually people with big thick mustaches are kind of creepy in their manner of action. Especially when the mustache looks out of place (like your avatar)
Full disclosure: I have full facial hair
Caveat: unless said mustache curls around back towards the middle. Then it's okay
5 o'clock shadow for me. *sigh* I've always seen guys with thick mustaches as authority figures though (70's cop movies, the Soup Nazi, Saxton Hale).
Also, there's a reason people think 70's guys are weird.... or look like gross porn stars
Some people can actually pull it off. Usually they are larger guys, like harley bikers etc. I won't say my comments are all inclusive, but i'm going to make sweeping generalizations until I learn to make weaker drinks
I don't know... me, I could have any hair color, doesn't matter to me at all. It all depends on what the ladies like (or, erm, lady, but I think she likes blonde guys... I'll ask her).Frizzle said:haha well you get to be blond! (a plus, right?)
Also, there's a reason people think 70's guys are weird.... or look like gross porn stars
Even Stalin had a great mustache, and I think we're all better people than Stalin, am I right? Does he win the mustache war?!?
Also: Drinking and talking about facial hair? You madman!
See, I think that if you're gonna go mustache, you have to go big or go home. Like hitler, he had the charlie chaplain mustache. So he wasn't as good. Stalin did have an epic 'stache though, so you gotta give him credit for the commitment.Easton Dark said:I don't know... me, I could have any hair color, doesn't matter to me at all. It all depends on what the ladies like (or, erm, lady, but I think she likes blonde guys... I'll ask her).Frizzle said:haha well you get to be blond! (a plus, right?)
Also, there's a reason people think 70's guys are weird.... or look like gross porn stars
Even Stalin had a great mustache, and I think we're all better people than Stalin, am I right? Does he win the mustache war?!?
Also: Drinking and talking about facial hair? You madman!
I'm sure the lady likes the color. Real women also like facial hair, and if they want you baby smooth call them a cradle-robber and grow facial hair anyway! That's how I roll
And in order to keep this kind of thread topical.... women are turned on by men in games with facial hair... yeah. that.
Also: I love margaritas. Green for st. patty's day right?!
Well, Nathan Drake has a pretty good 5'er going on and the ladies seem all over him.Frizzle said:I'm sure the lady likes the color. Real women also like facial hair, and if they want you baby smooth call them a cradle-robber and grow facial hair anyway! That's how I roll
And in order to keep this kind of thread topical.... women are turned on by men in games with facial hair... yeah. that.
And she *is* a cradle-robber. If they make a cradle larger than 6ft... eh, never mind, she isn't. She likes the hair I have.
Wow this is off topic.
It's okay, you mentioned Nathan Drake's hair. You're totally good. I think that there should be an option in forum threads to create a "flow thread" basically if something comes from a thread, that kind of takes it off topic, we should have the option to follow the conversation to a new thread where people can see what we're talking about, without having to derail the whole thread. Just a thought.Easton Dark said:Well, Nathan Drake has a pretty good 5'er going on and the ladies seem all over him.Frizzle said:I'm sure the lady likes the color. Real women also like facial hair, and if they want you baby smooth call them a cradle-robber and grow facial hair anyway! That's how I roll
And in order to keep this kind of thread topical.... women are turned on by men in games with facial hair... yeah. that.
And she *is* a cradle-robber. If they make a cradle larger than 6ft... eh, never mind, she isn't. She likes the hair I have.
Wow this is off topic.
Also, in addition to the story, I like multiplayer in my games. Not so much for the fact that it's other people, but for the fact that it's unpredictable. Adds hours and hours of gameplay to the game.
Smooth fluid motions also turn me on.
-Optional stealth
-Being able to read emails and messages as a way to gain more backstory
-Randomly generated loot à la Borderlands, Dead Island
-Class systems
-Being able to read emails and messages as a way to gain more backstory
-Randomly generated loot à la Borderlands, Dead Island
-Class systems
-Skills that level up through use, like in Skyrim, rather then through some level up screen, like Fallout.
-Characters that are not bald/covering their heads with hats
-A good in-game story supplemented by outside game material.
-Health packs
-Being able to carry more then two weapons
-No multiplayer when it isn't needed
-Characters that are not bald/covering their heads with hats
-A good in-game story supplemented by outside game material.
-Health packs
-Being able to carry more then two weapons
-No multiplayer when it isn't needed