First time in the forums, but I use this site often to check out what the general opinion is about certain titles. Too many times I'm let down but others I agree.

So I'm wondering, what do you people like about games?

Me: I like games for the variety of things to do and see, all of which is highly interesting and involves a lot of skill, and logic to do. I hate game that offer a lot of variety but all of it is simple and boring. Biggest one is Wow, big game but boring as hell and easy to play.

My favourite game genre is anything with action.
So strategy games, only the ones with lots of micro.

I branch out into two catagories, but I generally enjoy games that have multiplayer options. I like rtses like hearts of iron and civilization, but I also like fpses sometimes, warrock was nice (and free, things are nice when free), and playing wow on a priv server now (also free :P) is fairly fun, I see no reason why people don't like it, but each to their own opinion.

most of all though, a game must have plot, indepth plot, but not too indepth. It must show you the plot, not make you find it out on your own by giving you insanely long books to read in a game, if I want to read a book Ill read a book, but if I want to play a game, I expect them to tell the plot to me through audio -.-... I also generaly learn towards games that imediantly throw you into combat when you start out, those are nice,

well for me, i look for games that can introduce a unique and intriguing plot, an original and above all fun gameplay system, a variety between the cast of characters, somewhat decent graphics (as long as you can clearly tell whats what im fine with it). above all, regardless of what the game is, as long as its fun, its doing its job, amirite?

the addition of multiplayer is nice to have, but if its included, i would prefer it to be very detailed and intuitive and not slapped together at the last second like i see so many nowadays.

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I like games that challenge the mind, make you think a little. I also love games that introduce real-world situations. Not a big fan of extremely violent and pointless games, but I love sports games.

i play games for 2 reasons, that' why there are 2 things that attract me:
1) games that make me relax. you know, after a long monday full of work.. you need smth where you shouldn't think thus, game should not have complicated gameplay and quests. for ex.Civilization..

2) game, that strikes me as quite different from everything else i've seen: plot+queststhat make you plan & think+decent graphics.
smth that makes you cleverer and all in all much more skillful.

I tend to enjoy games that have a decent story, interesting characters, varied gameplay, and immersive atmosphere. If a game is incredibly strong in a couple of those areas, it can carry it even if it is weak in others.

Among other things in a game, I've narrowed it down to the 5 things a game should have:

• Gameplay (if you can't play it, why buy it?)
  
• Story (if any; besides, it needs to make sense)
  
• Graphics (it needs to look good, at least)
  
• Music (can't play what you can't listen to)
  
• Replay-ability (I don't know if it's one or two words; a game needs to make a person hook onto it, which is a key thing)
  

I am also into strategy and FPS games, like the Metroid Prime, Paper Mario (Super Paper Mario could be called a "book"), and LoZ series. Still, they can get boring once after you've gotten to the end, as that all you need to do is get 100%.

If there is a game that can keep you occupied no matter how many times you come in there, that would be like having the "Holy Grail" or something. But having that game would take a decade to make (big example is LoZ: OoT: delayed more than 2 years, and look at it).

I'm 53, so I grew up on board and card games, and video games didn't come along till I was in my twenties or so. When they did, they were no big deal to me as long as they were still in arcades. But when they got to the home computer and home consoles, that grabbed my interest.

The main plus for me was that I could now play most any game solo. I always loved games, but I always hated having to talk somebody else into playing. So I was in heaven -- until the Internet came along. Then game publishers started putting less attention on AI and too much (IMO) on multiplayer options.

What do I like about games? Basically game playing is good escapist entertainment and can be good mental exercise. Usually I use the latter as an excuse to justify the former.

What I don't like is a game that has an end to it -- you play it once through, and you're done. To me, a game should be infinitely replayable. You come back to it again and again, and you can expect to get better at it with practice.

I'm not much into real-time games either; to me they're just a fun change of pace. If I want a game that tests my reflexes and gets me physically involved, I'll take up a sport. Board games, card games, and computer games are supposed to exercise the mind, not the body.

Yet, I'm rarely up to tackling a brain-straining game like chess. More often I'm content to kick back and while away some hours with Civilization or the like.