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Shared on Thu, 02/08/2007 - 14:50
Recently my best friend told me I needed to work on my gamerscore. I cheekily replied ‘I am not defined as a gamer by my gamerscore’.
 
But you know…I kinda am.
 
My gamerscore currently sits at 625, thanks to a 60 pt gain last night from playing UNO. I didn’t try for the achievements, I didn’t look them up on the internet to find out the easiest strategies to unlock them, I just casually played the damn game.
 
Which pretty much sums me up as a gamer.
 
I just casually play the damn games.
 
I have fun. I play for a little while, switch to a different game, turn of the 360 and hop on the internet, go take the dog for a walk (a real one, not a Nintendog), play a board game with my kid, and then hop back on the 360 maybe.
 
I have nothing against those whose sole goal is to unlock achievements and do the equivalent of buying an expensive sports car to show off to their friends. Or those who play so much they are bound to unlock everything eventually. That’s their preference of game play.
 
I suppose if I could find one of ‘those’ games that completely captures me I would be back to being the gamer that stays up all night just to walk into work the next morning with the equivalent of a hangover.
 
I really like a lot of the 360 games. I adore the fast pace of Gear of War (even though I kinda suck), love the atmosphere in Condemned, highly enjoy slaughtering zombies in Dead Rising, and enjoy the technical play of WWE SvR.
 
But I haven’t found a Silent Hill. Or a Resident Evil. Or a Persona. Or a Romance of the Three Kingdoms. One of those games that is impossible to put down and that I can get lost in, in every way.
 
I don’t know if it’s the games that have changed, or if it’s me.
 
Or maybe both.

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English_C6H6's picture
Submitted by English_C6H6 on Thu, 02/08/2007 - 15:09
I recommend Oblivion. It is immersive and story driven. And if you don't like the main quest, there are always different groups and people asking for help or trying to kill you. It's more action oriented than a typical RPG; if you can't cover or run and effectively time attacks (like GoW) you won't live. Also, it's hard to put down due to RPG ADD, which is where you play planning on completing 2 quests and end up getting 7 new quests and not completing any of them. I agree about gamerscore, it defines how much free time and other interests you have more than how much you like gaming.
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Submitted by GroovyElm on Thu, 02/08/2007 - 15:33
I agree with English. Oblivion is good because it's easy to save and then move on to normal routines of life, but it's extremely captivating, even for casual gamers like ourselves.
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Submitted by BrokenDesign on Thu, 02/08/2007 - 15:39
Resident Evil 5 is coming to the 360... so there you go. Later this year (or was it early next year...?) you'll have you game to obsess over and get really deep into and get 1000 gamer points out of the deal.
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Submitted by snahfu on Thu, 02/08/2007 - 20:33
Tell your stupid friend to get a life! ;P

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