Gaming Styles

[CelesJessa]

I don't know if this has been done before, if it has, I'm sorry. ^^ (I'm forgetful)

Anyway, is there any certain way that you play games? Are you reckless and risky? Or are you analytical and reserved?

For me, in a strategy game (like Fire Emblem, Starcraft type games) I'm usually bent on having an excellent defence and then just a line of extremely powerful troops who go out and kill the bad guys while the rest are on the defence. For example, in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, it would be very rare for me to leave my white mage undefended on all sides (or at the very least, he would have a "guard" that I have specified to stay next to him at all times). While most of my characters hang back and stay on hte defensive, taking out any enemy who dares to get close enough, I would use my powerhouse-paladins to truck through the enemy lines and claim victory.

On the other hand, in non-strategy games I am completely opposite. I am reckless and I will run into a fight I know I can't win and hope that by some stroke of luck that I can survive (and somehow, I do most of the time). In action-y games I always run headfirst into a fight and dodge like mad, or I'll just hammer on the enemy hoping that I can kill him before he can kill me. In Metroid Prime, to try and get a short cut I basically made a mad dash through way too much phazon only to find that my idea didn't work and, hey, I had to dash back through that phazon again.

So what are your gaming styles?

[Sprinkle_Death]

I have sevral strategies.

If I'm playing an unrealistic shooter, I tend to charge in and waste everybody. But if I'm playing a more realistic shooter, I tend to use cover, strategy, and sometimes stealth more often than just running up and starting a bloodbath. I'm almost always a soldier who can provide good cover fire so my allies can advance. I'm also pretty analytical; if a strategy isn't working for me, I change it around so it does.

Then there's Splinter Cell. My friend and I often play Chaos Theory co-op mode. We are the total opposites. He likes to wait and examine guard patterns to find the hole in the timing and slip past them. He uses lure tactics to bring guards to him so he can subdue them. I use tactics to make guards turn their backs so I can grab them and interrogate them. I am usually more agressive whan I play My friend will wait for several guard cycles. As soon as I see a hole, I go. Also, if someone is getting to close to me, they're dead. No questions asked. My strategies work most of the time which is suprising.

For RTS games like Rise of Nations, I usually spend a fair amount of time at the beginning bulding up my resources. Then, I start mass producing troops. I usually have two armies (and a navy if its a nautical map). One army defends my capital and cities, one is an invasionary force. If I manage my citizens right, I sometimes have three armies, two of which invade. It works, but I never play online because I'm too slow. I would get rushed and killed .

I'm a big fan of football games too. My favorite right now is NCAA '06. I usually try to strategize and confuse the defense, but most of the time I end up running it. But, I usually don't follow the plays. For example, in the play called "HB Dive", you're supposed to run right at the defense and hope your linebackers can make a hole. I run around the defense and more often than not make a huge run. Other times, I get blitzed...heh.

So I guess you could say I play with a mix of reckless and reserved.

[mammothtank]

Hmm...

In RPGs, I tend to conserve MP and items as best I can. I only use them when I abslutely need to, unless I'm up against a boss (at which point I let everything loose). I also try to dig up all the treasure I can find.

In strategy games, I start defensively, and gradually move to an offensive posture once I have a better grasp on the situation. This goes for games like Fire Emblem as well as RTS games.

I would list more, but I'm about out of time here.

[ZERO.]

This is my basic style in unrealistic shooters, I take a deep breath and charge in and leave a trail of corpses death and destruction.

The style I use in strategy games is to use the formations and tactics that won battles in ancient times. the old divide and conquer style.

[Fifthfiend]

FPS's I tend to rely on strafedancing and my somewhat respectable ability to continually hit a target while strafedancing. I'll try to ambush people whereever possible and take them down from as far off as I can manage. It's sort of a refined recklessness, if that's not too self-aggrandizing a way of putting it. I'm a fan of getting someone to chase you / flipping around and barraging them type tactics. Also I am an incurable spawncamper. Sorry, I just can't help it.

For the Starcrafting I've tended towards defensive/buildup styles. I probably focus a bit too much on force and not enough on tactics.

For the painfully stupid game of grunt-level corporate politics - which lately is about the only game I've any time for - I tend towards the 'No, fuck you' style of play.

Originally Posted by ZERO.

The style I use in strategy games is to use the formations and tactics that won battles in ancient times. the old divide and conquer style.

That's really the sort of shit I need to do more of. Baiting an enemy into a superior defensive position, using central locations to divide and control an opposing force -- I get the ideas behind that shit, I just can't quite translate it into actual tactics.

[Chipper173]

I have absolutely no idea how I'll react to a certain situation. In FPSs, realistic or not, sometimes I'll do the hero thing, and sometimes I'll be stealthy or methodical. Sometimes I wish I know what I'm doing.

Don't play a lot of strategy games, but in RPGs I usually hang back and go defensive until I figure out what I'm fighting is capable of, then figure out a way to counteract or negate it with a couple of guys while beating it up with a couple other guys.

[Deathosaurus Wrecks]

when in a battleground on World of Warcraft, i'm pretty agressive, which is fun because most of the people i fight are rather skiddish, or won't fight unless they've got backup.

i used to play RTS and TBS games very conseritavly, building up my defenses and infastructure untill i could amass a single unstopable army. however i've bored of that style of play and now conduct swift and early strikes, and press attacks to the point of nearly-breaking my troops, just so i can further weaken my opponent for my next attack.

unfortunatly, that style of play doesn't work in Fire Emblem...

for FPSs, i'm not so sure what my style is there. i stick to faster firing guns (too twitchy to be effective w/ precision weapons), or weapons with grenade-launcher aspects (that sort of arcing trajectory, i dono, i'm always good with them). i tend to keep moving from cover to cover, and generaly trying to stay unpredictable.

[MasterOfMagic]

In strategy games like Fire Emblem I NEVER use items unless I absolutely have to. Even agianst bosses, it might be my fifth try before I start using my rare items (easily gotten health potions I use all the time. I prefer to use healing magic if I can, though). I like using long ranged characters to take out my foes, so mages and archers are a personal favourite. I normally focus on leveling up just a few characters, since having a god like archer raining death on enemies is just pure fun. I never really have to do much thinking as far as my strategy goes in these types of games. I just go with the flow...and it all seems to work. *shrug*

In FPS's I just pick a rapid fire/exploding projectile weapon and wing it. No real thought pattern...its just random and reckless. Well, that's if I can't get a sniper weapon. I do like those alot.

In RTS's, I like to build up a huge invasion force, then just wipe out the opponent in one go. All the while I'm building up my defences too, especcially since my army-in-progress can be used to help out in that area if need be.

[EVILNess]

When I play a strategy game I tend to semi-turtle. I go for the late game army.

I build some basic units to act as skirmishers and defenders. I rely mostly on static defenses and one or two groups of superior units to stop attacks. Then I upgrade, while I harass the hell out of my foe. Most of the time, my smaller forces are superior to my enemies due to upgrades and this helps them survive.

Then I steam-roll my opponent.

On the other hand, my buddy Sam is the exact opposite. He is a really agressive attacker and land grabber. He goes for a bigger army, with late upgrades.

[Yakubyougami]

In FPS's I typically get killed in seconds after I start playing - I'm pretty sure I'm bad at them or just have bad luck with enemies. So I've yet to establish any sort of strategy, aside from running and hiding and begging for mercy.

As for RTS's, I typically like to focus on gathering and defending resources at the beginning, ensuring my enemies can't use them, and then using various strategies which can be carried out with large quantity of capital - especially in Starcraft and Warcraft 3 - I'm much better at micromanaging than most people, so larger forces with different unit types are far more effective under my command.

As for RPG's, I usually like wasting hours of my time wondering around fields/dungeons/worldmaps until I raise my characters to a point where I expect them to be stronger than what the game seems to indicate is a required level to achieve victory in upcoming battles - I usually like pacing myself against enemies and going back to get healed, or using healing techniques or items to remain playing out in the battlefield for as long as possible. I usually value attack over defense, I usually make it so I can kill the weaker monsters before they have a chance to attack so I can rack up experience whilst doing very little very quickly. I waste everything I have on bosses they I picked up while working the fields.