Let's see...
You got your REFLEX games. These are the games about timing, twitching and accuracy. Counter-Strike, DDR, Street Fighter and so on.
Then here are the STATISTICAL games. You have levels, meters and experience in these games. The numbers determine your performance, not you. These are mainly RPGs like Final Fantasy, Pokemon, Diablo 2, although these features can be in games like Tony Hawk.
Then finally are the LOGICAL games. These are based on thinking a game out. Games like chess, puzzle solving in Zelda or Resident Evil make the cut.
And here are my comments on these 3.
Reflex games... well they simply test who's faster than the other guy. I can get frustrated with these games because it takes me ten times to get some combo in Street Fighter or what not.
Statistical games aren't games I like a lot. In games like Diablo 2, there is a LOT of grinding. Grinding is walking around and slashing at monsters with braindead AI for levels or loot. The problem is that players want the things you get out of this boring gameplay, but they never say actually fighting the monsters is fun.
Finally, logical games are the ones of my choice. They make you think hard and they don't depend on how fast you do it. Just take your time and make the best move as possible. You can take your time in these games and you don't need to level up or get some item in RPGs.
I don't see many innovation these days. You still have your FPS games with aliens, guns and a crap story. RPGs aren't much better, well I hear FF12 has some plot about politics, hopefully it isn't cliche. On the strategy front...
Well, about so-called strategy games, they really aren't. I'd be lying if I said Starcraft was about strategy. It's really about how well you control your units, aka micromanagement. And you control them well if you can do faster and more actions than the other guy you're trying to kill. So I'd say Starcraft is a reflex game more than a strategic one.
I get instantly bored with WoW the moment I start. Make a dude, start out in a town, then you are told to do some lame work like gathering wood or killing weak dudes. Playing is just as painful. You click attack and you press the spell button everytime it recharges.
Perhaps I've lost my faith in games. Well, I do enjoy some games like Killer7, but that's because the story is so strong in that one. Maybe I need to go into books then. I do enjoy strategy card games like Magic however.
A lot of people feel offended when they read my beliefs. Some are the SSBM worshippers, others are the RE4 followers. In my world, reviews aren't about the score you give it or how you feel about it (which is bias). It would just be a fact-by-fact account about what the game is. So don't look at the score in my reviews, but the content.
As always, think for yourself and Sony wants your soul.
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