Its depends on genre there are defferent genre like fps,rpgs/jrpgs,action/adventure e.t.c
Most of the general americans play fps(that too multiplayer) games like call of duty ,halo(awesome game) e.t.c and 70 percent of this guys are noobs.you won’t enjoy this multiplayer game unless you start winning matches getting kills.head shots owning people its total competition team slayers,lone wolfs.clan matches,fire fight mode. its so much fun at the same time requires some skill too.end of the day if you keep on dying there won’t be any fun.you will only enjoy multiplayer games by winning.also there are many better multiplayers games then call of duty likes of gears of war,killzone 3,team fortess e.t.c most of the hardcore guys play this kind of games
coming next genre single player games.it’s for most of the hardcore old school gamers like me. from fps to rpgs/jrpgs to hack and slash.unlike mp games we don’t play these gamesdaily,its like when a good single player comes people will play through straight 3 hours a seating.there will be like 3 seatings daily.game can be completed within 2-3 days.1 week max.most of good games comes around september-december.if some good game comes i will go through complete emo mode and complete it in a week.incase of rpgs 2-3 weeks to month. reaming times will be mostly online
sub genre in single player games:
coming to action/adventure genre these games are just like movies.infact better then movies it’s like ur watching a 10-20 hours movie(50-60 hours incase of rpgs). this games have awesome story much better then those in movies.gameplay should be fun with awesome set pieces (like the terminator truck jump scene) which gives us wow feeling few examples are uncharted,assassin’s creed,Alan wake(brilliant game physiological thriller) you should try this games,i love more old school stuff like half life. then there are games like portal,braid,god of war (you need some brain to solve puzzles).most of hardcore american and europeans play this genre
next genre are western rpgs/japaneese rpgs.probably this games are the best,they have everything from awesome story to superb gameplay.it’s like you will be the lead hero(you can customise the charecter). you cane make decisions that will affect further progress into game (fable,mass effect) decisions can be carried to next game.this games are highly addictive gameplay length will be from 30-100 hours.. standard 50 hours most of the american noobs wont like this genre.japs love rpgs.american and european hardcore gamers will play western rpgs. and some small section love jrpgs.and there are MMORPG(Massively multiplayer online role-playing game) people playing this game won’t have any (complete) social life :\ ex:world of warcraft
hack and slash/fighting: this games are so hard.u need some skill to beat boss fights. which require to use some special set of combos.its like u feel rewarded after beating a tough boss.which gives you ultimate satisfaction.most of this games will deal with super natural powers.its my fav genre and it has very small community compare to other genres.
ex:ninja gaiden,devil may cry,bayonetta,god of war,darksiders
fighting games are super fun especially when playing on arcade machine.its like two players fighting each other using defferent combos
ex:tekken,soul calibur,street fighter,mortal combact e.t.c
next one is racing there are two types,arcade and simulation,arcade games are like super fast cars.crash
effects,stunts e.t.c,
ex:burnout,nfs
simulation is more like realistic driving like ur driving a ferrari controlls would be exact.you cant even take small damage.u need buy separate driving wheels for this games
ex:gran turismo,forza motorsport
and final music genre games like guitor hero.u need dummy which some buttons,output screen will show some combos fast (red blue green yellow) which we have press on dummy guitor in exact sequence,so correct guitar solo comes ex: rock abnd,dj hero,guitar hero,singstar
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