Explorer: Call me Jacques
Cousteau…of WoW.
Third and Five Games
After a bit of a rough weekend of starting and ultimately
finishing my pro-Cerberus Mass Effect 2 play through, here we are…back in the
locker room. Last time we briefly touched on a few types of gamers, this time
we’ll get more in depth on one of them, the Explorer. We all know this type of
gamer, the one the plays a game until there is nowhere left to go and nothing
left to do. The explorer and the collector share many of the same ideals about
playing video games, but the goals do differ slightly. One plays to explore
everywhere and develop all possible storylines and character in the game, while
the other plays to find all the stuff possible in the game.
The explorer likes to get the most game play out of the
fewest play throughs possible. Using Skyrim as an example, this gamer does not
try to finish the game using solely stealth, magic, or brawn…but instead does
his or her best to max out all three skill sets either before or in conjunction
with the overarching story of the game. A game that offers hundreds of places
to explore and enhance your character is a veritable wet dream for the
explorer. Regardless of how many times you see the same set pieces in dungeons
(ahem...Mass Effect), you’re still excited to explore each and every one to get
everything you can out of the game.
This marathon gamer prefers games that cannot the single
player cannot be tackled in an afternoon, or even a weekend, we prefer games
that cause friends to disappear…and significant others to strongly consider
dumping us. Unless we find that special someone who doesn’t game…but finds the
story so engrossing that they’ll put up with our unique take on gaming, as long
as we don’t play the main story without them watching. Needless to say, we
don’t play many First Person Shooters or Sports games, they are either too fast
paced for us to explore everyplace possible or don’t have any place exciting to
explore. Give us a Role Playing Game like Skyrim, Mass Effect or any old Final
Fantasy ( I cannot in good conscience recommend 13 or 13-2 to anyone) or single
player action game like Darksiders or Saints Row the Third (yes, I’m aware both
of those are THQ titles…they make a game with a good story).
This is starting to feel like a wildlife documentary so I’ll
let this elusive gamer go back to finishing up Mass Effect 2 before the third
one comes out at midnight. Until next time we talk, when we’re hunting the
boastful competitor, and yes I’m aware of the wildlife documentary tone this
post has taken…and I’m completely alright with that.
Cheers!
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