[General Discussion] What Kind of Gamer Are You?

I think there needed to be a catergory of just a gamer. Just a person who enjoys games, some can't be classified to liking only one specific system or genre. You could consider them casual gamers, but as RAB pointed out, there are much more casual gamers. People who only buy a game that has garnered media attention or is widespread due to word of mouth, casual gamers raen't going to search out decent games, they aren't going to come to a gaming forum to discuss games and they aren't going to pick up obscure games.

This being said I wouldn't consider myself a hardcore gamer, as I could go without playing games for months and not be lost or struggling without them. I enjoy games that's all, although I mainly play and enjoy Nintendo games, I don't have an allegiance to them. I can enjoy games on my PC and PS2 just as much as Nintendo games (although I haven't for a while).

I am a gamer.

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That's pretty much it you know. I think many people who don't have a single allegiance and own many, but not an insane amount of games would just call themselves a gamer.

Then of course you have your hardcore gamer kind of like myself who owns every system going and buys three new games before finishing their last two, and loves a variety of genres aswell.

And then you have your casual gamer, which as you pointed out sticks to the biggest system going, or the one that most of their friends have and only really know of the big "Block Buster" titles.

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Then what about the people that have only one system, but don't play new releases? What category are they?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Depends on what genre the games are.

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Originally Posted by Lady Miyomi

Then what about the people that have only one system, but don't play new releases? What category are they?

Poor people.

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If you play alot you would still be a gamer. Because when I said "new games" they could be old games, but new for you. In the end though. they're still "new".

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From the current list, I'd add a section called PC Gamer, what with the Xbox/Sony/Nintendo fanboy categories. The last console I owned was a SNES, so most of my gaming experience is on the PC.

But I kinda question categorizing gamers into platforms... Are we looking for the taste of the gamer in the genre of games, or the amount of time one plays, or the platform one plays on here? Everyone of these have subcategories by themselves.

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can you be a hybird? cause im a nintendo fanboy with a case of casual gamers pinkeye

hope that helps

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Originally Posted by lemonmanko

can you be a hybird? cause im a nintendo fanboy with a case of casual gamers pinkeye

hope that helps

That doesn't help at all. "with a case of casual gamers pinkeye" What does this even mean? Until you explain this you will be classed as an "idiot gamer"..

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Originally Posted by Roku_sky

From the current list, I'd add a section called PC Gamer, what with the Xbox/Sony/Nintendo fanboy categories. The last console I owned was a SNES, so most of my gaming experience is on the PC.

But I kinda question categorizing gamers into platforms... Are we looking for the taste of the gamer in the genre of games, or the amount of time one plays, or the platform one plays on here? Everyone of these have subcategories by themselves.

I'm sure there's other type of gamers out there not on my list... But maybe they just haven't seen this thread.

Oh, and how can I forget the horror gamer!!! MEEEEE!!!

I was speaking idiomatically.

I'm a casual gamer. I get bored of games quickly and often don't finish games I've started.

Occasionally I'll get into an rpg but I prefer action type ones and shorter ones to the huge sprawling efforts. For example, I loved the Bard's Tale but didn't get on with Star Ocean Second Story at all (Got bored after disc 1).

I play a lot of fps games on Live, Ghost Recon being my favourite but I've never been good enough to be too bothered about levels or ranks or anything, I just play for fun.

I like short, silly games like Parappa and Alien Hominid. I prefer Street Fighter to Tekken although Soul Blade is the finest Beat em up ever and the best game ever made ever ever ever is Worms, possibly the World Party edition.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

a good game is a good game, doesnt matter what system it's on.
But I am a Sega fanboy, althought i havent gotten all their newest games i defend and worship sega to the end. I would get a new sega system over any of the other posers :/

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I used to consider myself a "Hardcore" gamer. Now I just more or less like to talk about games and collect them rather than play them. I play RPGs, Music games and strange/shitty games and nothing else really, with the exclusion of a few diamond in the rough mainstream titles like Resident Evil 4. For some reason beyond my knowledge, Massive Overhype or Hype in general usually kills my enjoyment of most games. Probably disapointment, like Final Fantasy VII which I loved but have grown to hate the name. Games like Halo which I just hate and can never and probably will never see why they're so popular.

I don't love being "different" when it comes to my taste in games like most people think I'm trying to do. I've got fucked up, uncomprhendable taste. Like why I like Ephemeral Fantasia and not love Shadow Hearts.

I don't understand my taste in games and probably never will. I rarely play them anymore though (no where near as much I used to). I love collecting them though...Ill never get tired of that.

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Well lets see how I fit into these groups

-Nintendo fanboy best games ever in terms of playability and fin
-Sony fanboy love the RPGs
-Xbox fanboy modded XBOX for the W
-Portable gamer PSP, DS, GBA great boredom relievers at work
-Square-Enix gamer FF, DQ, CT, and many other great games
-RPGer general category and the bulk of my gaming collection
-Warcraft 3 gamer never really cared fo the game
-FPS gamer I like playing offline in WW2 style games
-Hardcore gamer just built a new rig for close to 2k, 7900GT FTW
-Casual gamer not so much as this is what I spend a lot of my time doing

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I'd have to call myself an FPS-gamer. However, I like FPS's that have a good story to them. Games like the Jak series, Ratchet and Clank series et al. Then again, mindless, wanton destruction like that offered in Megaman and Doom isn't bad either.

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I'm an NIS fanboy. I love pretty much everything that this company has put forth. I guess I fall in with the RPG gamer also, since pratically half of my game collection is RPGs. Casual gamer, yes, to an extent, since I don't really play games that much anymore. I'm also a sucker for the survival-horror genre, like Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and Clock Tower. Oh, and I'm a Guilty Gear fan too, and I love the series.

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Looking at the replies so far, it seems everyone is mixing or combining themselves as casual AND hardcore. I think I'd better clear this situation up:

Hardcore:
-You play any type of game that comes your way.
-You don't care what system the game is on
-You're very critical when reviewing games.
-You have an encylopedia of the history and issues involving the topic of videogames
-You have stacks of game magazines since you were a young'un.
-You clock up to 20hrs+ per week playing games
-You have an almost non-existant social life
-You'd rather have the autograph of dudes like Shigeru Miyamoto, Sid Meyer and Hideo Kojima rather than Britney, Jessica Simpson or whatever slut/hunky guy they have on TV these days
-You You own a number and variety of console brands (say for example you own an Xbox, GCN, PSP, DS and have in your closet at around two of the three past generation consoles for eg. both 64 and PSX, SNES and Sega Genesis, NES and Master System).

Casual:
-You play when you have a bit of spare time
-You mainly play critically acclaimed games or games from word-of-mouth
-You don't care what system you play the games on
-You own a limited number of systems
-A lot of your games are pick-up-and-play games
-You manage to hang out with friends for a reasonable amount of time
-You can integrate the topic of games through conversation without confusion other non-gamers who listen

Before I finish, the reason why I have both casual and hardcore gamers as people who don't care for what system they play their games on is because of the existence of fanboys.

That's what they're for. System loyalty.

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Yes, but chaosfan, you can own 200 consoles and still be a casual gamer.

I own 8 consoles and I consider myself a casual gamer. Oh sure, my taste is a little expensive - with japanese imports, games you've never heard of, and games you probably would NEVER play, but that's how I like it.

I don't think it's defined by statistics. I think you can tell whether you're hardcore or not judging by how you treat your games. If you get a game, complete it, complete it on hard/extra difficulties, then yeah, you're hardcore. If you buy a game and progress through it, and then never touch it again, I would consider that casual.

I said I'm casual because I don't take games seriously anymore. That means, I usually don't mind if I die/whatever. And I usually don't try REALLY hard to prevent myself from being hurt in a game, like some do.

Optionally, you can judge yourself on hard games. Simple. Will you try over and over to pass Extra Hard mode, or don't you care? I think that your true answer lies in there.

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Well, I suppose yeh casual gamers can own a thousand consoles.

I suppose the main thing that separates casual and hardcore is the devotion the individual puts into their gaming life.

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Well, lets take a look at your criteria, and how I rate up
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Hardcore:
-You play any type of game that comes your way.
No, I wont play "any" game, it has to be somewhat appealing.

-You don't care what system the game is on
No, I dont care what system I play a MMO on, I find game, then look for what its for (though, generally its going to be for PC, I think the only exception is FFXI)

-You're very critical when reviewing games.
Im generally very easy to please with games

-You have an encylopedia of the history and issues involving the topic of videogames
Hmm, this is a "semi-strike", I know various tidbits like the whole Nintendo/Tengen bit, but can I run down a whole timeline for you? No.

-You have stacks of game magazines since you were a young'un.
Subscribed from NP#1 up to like...#150 or somewhere abouts there, I think, that number is probably wrong, somewhere around the "N64 era", and some issues from the GC era.

-You clock up to 20hrs+ per week playing games
12-18 hours a day, please.

-You have an almost non-existant social life
I suppose so, I only talk to a few, on AIM/MSN, and not often.

You'd rather have the autograph of dudes like Shigeru Miyamoto, Sid Meyer and Hideo Kojima rather than Britney, Jessica Simpson or whatever slut/hunky guy they have on TV these days
Im not big on autographs, really, what am I going to do with it really? Nothing fun, I want something fun

You You own a number and variety of console brands (say for example you own an Xbox, GCN, PSP, DS and have in your closet at around two of the three past generation consoles for eg. both 64 and PSX, SNES and Sega Genesis, NES and Master System).
Mostly Nintendo, but I own 3 SNES, 1 Sega Genesis, 3 NES, 4 GB (this is actually, a funny story...haha), 1 GBA, 2 PSX, 2 PS2, 1 Virtual Boy, 2 N64, 1 GC

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Casual:
-You play when you have a bit of spare time
Unless I have some other business to attend to, like going to a doctor, I'm playing MMOs. (Well, unless im bored with my current ones :P)

-You mainly play critically acclaimed games or games from word-of-mouth
I browse ONRPG.com, MMORPG.com, RPGAMER.com's MMORPGAMER section, google searches, etc, till I find a game I want to play.

-You don't care what system you play the games on
No, I dont care what system I play a MMO on, I find game, then look for what its for (though, generally its going to be for PC, I think the only exception is FFXI)

-You own a limited number of systems
I own SNES (multiple), NES (multiple), N64 (multiple), PS2 (multiple), PSX (multiple), GB (multiple), GBA, GC, Virtual Boy, somewhere, but I dont know where >_>

-A lot of your games are pick-up-and-play games
I play a MMO till I get bored of it, find another, rinse and repeat.

-You manage to hang out with friends for a reasonable amount of time
The only friends I've had since I was 14 have been on AIM/MSN.

-You can integrate the topic of games through conversation without confusion other non-gamers who listen
I dont bring up conversations about games I play, I know people who dont play them wouldnt understand, so why bother? It just makes me feel embarrased. :P
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Well, according to your criteria, I am a "hardcore gamer", which is what I consider myself, though I dont meet every single thing you came up with, glad to know I rated myself in the right category

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-You clock up to 20hrs+ per week playing games

Yeah, that one is uh... debatable. If you recently by a game, then of course you're going to play it. But I bought Shadow of the Colossus back in the middle of feburary and still haven't gotten into it properly. I like to take my games slow and consider myself a casual gamer.

But then again, I also like to stay up to 4 am playing MAME games on my xbox. So meh. It just depends on the person, and most people posting here are either 12-20 hardcore gamers, 12-50 casual gamers, or 30+ hardcore nerds. It just depends.

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Big Nintendo fan and RPG lover (although both groups don't mix well.... i wish nintendo had more RPGs).

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Originally Posted by CrimsonSerenade

I'm an NIS fanboy. I love pretty much everything that this company has put forth. I guess I fall in with the RPG gamer also, since pratically half of my game collection is RPGs. Casual gamer, yes, to an extent, since I don't really play games that much anymore. I'm also a sucker for the survival-horror genre, like Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and Clock Tower. Oh, and I'm a Guilty Gear fan too, and I love the series.

Well if you own a PSP, stay far away from Generation of Chaos if you know what's good for you. If you have to play it, rent it from Gamefly or something.

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I'm surprised that -Collector wasn't a given choice. I'd definitely be a collector, and i might deem myself hardcore as well, because i'm usually going to milk a game for all it's worth. so being a collector, there are a bunch of classic games in my collection. i used to be a portable gamer, that is, until i learned to drive, which robbed me of the commute time i used to play the portables.
strategy/fps- not so much
square enix- maybe individually,though i dont have many (if any) games made by squeenix.
rpg- i tend to be, though it can't always be turn based....

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