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Icyedge on 02 January 2011
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Killiana1a said:
Icyedge said:
 

You serious? Dont you think your being overly simplistic. Not all jRPG lover have trouble in society, let alone being autistic. I am usually reluctant to play other games, simply because there is other things I prefer. Even though, im a fun guy around a fire and im boss of a store and sales manager of the company, definitly not a follower. Surely, I dont heavily play jRPG, its impossible considering the releases are quite separate. Maybe your analyze can be apply to some gamer with obsessive disorder, but wheter or not they play jRPG doesnt really matter.

Well, no need to take it personally. Yes, dead serious and unapologetic.

Just from the genres of games play, you can generalize on the individuals who play them. Your sports game player is going to be a jock, ex jock or fantasy sports nut. Same thing with FPS due to the competitiveness. Strategy games and turn based strategy games are generally played by thinking men or history buffs. Platformers and puzzle games are more female oriented or for those who want to relive the games of their childhood. Action, sandbox and WRGP are more your Western gamer who prefers more mature content, more freedom in exploration and decision-making, and the ability to create their own play.

If you look at the way JRPGs are top-down created to the vision of the lead developer, the linearity which is indistinguishable from the developers holding the hand of the gamer along their journey they (the developers) created, and the epic story compensatiing for a lack of freedom in the game, then you know the likes and dislikes of the individuals who play them.

Is my analysis derogatory? To those who consider themselves mainly JRPG players. Yet, it is what it is from the way the game is developed to those who play them. Similar minds.


Your simplifying a multi-dimensional situation. You cannot gauge someone by simply what types of video-games he play. Now, that doesnt mean you will not end up right on in some cases. But what you say about a jRPG player may end up being the personality of a sports or action game player, vice versa. Beside, your vision about jRPG could be apply to movies and books. Hopefully, not everyone that reads books or watch movies have social disorders.

Since you play MMORPG, you should be well placed to understand that. Some of the MMORPG fanbase does have social disorder and/or obsessive problem. Does that mean any MMORPG player have problems, certainly not. It would be quite short minded to think so.