Tell me how you play computer games

[andrewducker]

[Poll #1826802]

Today's poll suggestion is courtesy of bracknellexile who will no doubt be mining the data to see if his thesis is correct.

Edit: Please take a look at bracknellexile's comment further down, as he'd really appreciate your replies!

Comments

[davidcook.livejournal.com]

My SWEIWEIC for Q1 : First-person or isometric, but never over-the-shoulder if I can avoid it.
I play all sorts of games, FPS, RPG, strategy, RTS, the above is true for most ...

[steer.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, the only time I think the 3rd versus 1st person view was important was when I spent several years obsessively playing the realisitic-to-the-point-of-being-near-impossible 60s F1 simulation Grand Prix Legends the "in cockpit" versus "behind cockpit" debate was rampant. This was an obsessive detailed simulation so most people played in cockpit. Some people played "behind cockpit" and this sometimes gave an actual advantage as you can get a clearer view of a pass maneuver. Then some purists cried "foul" and hilarity (OK, months of tedious debate) ensued.

[johnbobshaun.livejournal.com]

I have zero preference for viewpoints. It's a functional thing. I like all kinds of games, it comes down to execution. When there's a choice of viewpoints in a game (like, say, Skyrim), it still comes down to how well the viewpoint is executed (I play Skyrim 1st person).

Interesting that there's no choice for "side on" view: pretty much all my favorite games growing up were plaformers or side scrolling shooters like R Type.

I have some preference for gamepad over keyboard and mouse, and I can't stand PC FPS Nazis bemoaning the lack of accuracy when playing on games consoles. FPS's on consoles feel different: not better or worse.

But liking gamepads probably comes from liking everything else that comes with the console gaming experience: A big TV and kickass 5.1.

I tend to play games by myself. But the most satisfying gaming experience I've had this year was Journey on the PS3 which is played with strangers.

[chess]

I'm a female PC gamer; very occasionally I play on other people's consoles but generally I prefer to watch them play as I've never got the hang of controllers at all.

I prefer to be able to see my character when I'm playing a game with a character to be able to see (I count the car as the character in racing games).

I am ridiculously bad at computer games, especially from a spatial awareness perspective - I really like CRPGs of many stripes, but I regularly just stick things on God Mode to be able to play through them without all the inconvenient dying, and anyone who's seen me trying to pilot a FPS can attest to my complete inability to sensibly control a character from a first person perspective; jumping puzzles literally make a game unplayable for me as I just cannot solve them in any view.

[skreidle.livejournal.com]

I'm going to have to go with "it really depends on the game." The game I play most is WoW, wherein I prefer mouse/keyboard and 3rd-person-following, on another system from the other people playing (including my wife on a nearby computer, who uses similar perspective but adds a gamepad to the mix.) With WoW, I play with an assortment of acquaintances, friends, and strangers online; with other games, totally offline.

We also have a PS3, meaning handheld controllers on a shared device, and perspective really depends on the game -- I enjoy the first-person perspective of Portal 2, the side-scroller view of Little Big Planet, and the in-vehicle or chase-vehicle view of whatever racing game.

In short, *shrug*. :)