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What was your highest score?

Action 4 20.00%
 
Social 3 15.00%
 
Mastery 2 10.00%
 
Achievement 4 20.00%
 
Creativity 3 15.00%
 
Immersion 4 20.00%
 
Total:20

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It's a very interesting test, you can read about it on their official website:https://apps.quanticfoundry.com/surveys/start/gamerprofile/#

My results:

About my secondary motivation, I scored high in:

- Strategy (94%)
- Commnity (84%)
- Story (71%)
- Power (66%)

And pretty low in:

- Destruction (4%)
- Competition (19%)
- Challange (20%)
- Design (28%)

In the end of the survey they explain what each motivation means and even give examples of games that match in that specific motivation. It's pretty cool, please share your results



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Spontaneous, Relaxed, Independent, and Deeply Immersed

That's... Oddly accurate.





I just like blowing things up apparently xD



Fantasy (85%) -- Story (21%)
Challenge (82%) -- Strategy (66%)
Excitement (76%) -- Destruction (13%)
Discovery(55%) -- Design (6%)
Competition (19%) -- Community (56%)
Completion(8%) -- Power (52%)

I like Fantasy, Challenge, Excitement and Strategy.  Basically a game like Dark Souls or a Tactical RPG.



Not too surprising in some respects - I'm very much into instant gratification and action, cut through the bs and bloat of cutscenes, dialouge, tons of convoluted controls, etc. Basically I want to have fun, and I want it now. I also appreciate exploration, open-world elements (or at least lots of freedom/versatility in game), world-building (but not necessarily narratives), rich atmosphere, etc. Like feeling both a sense of control and overcoming, along with a sense of freedom.

A bit surprised with how high the social element is, though I do often play Overwatch and enjoy online gaming (for certain genres) so it makes sense to a degree. And I feel like immersion should be higher for me as it's something I respect in games - though this is something I tend to associate more with film anyway. 

Excitement (93%)
Competition (80%)
Challenge (45%)
Discovery (40%)
Fantasy (35%)
Completion (8%) (my cousin's the big completionist. Me, I prefer to get the bulk of the experience at best, then quickly move it onto the next thing, unless it's something I'm REALLY into which is rare, especially nowadays. I don't even beat games too often anymore. Used to be more of a completionist in my youth but my patience has grown somewhat thin these days haha, plus there are just too many games for me to play.



 

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Fantasy (92%) -- Story (81%)
Challenge (82%) -- Strategy (88%)
Excitement (97%) -- Destruction (82%)
Discovery(3%) -- Design (90%)
Competition (95%) -- Community (88%)
Completion(23%) -- Power (52%)

Last edited by Angelus - on 09 May 2020

mZuzek said:

Honestly, I kinda wish I could've just answered "it depends on the game" to all the questions.

Ya, the questions were definitely very generalized. I mean, when you ask me how important X aspect of a game is to me, the real answer is pretty much always going to tie into what the actual game is.

Do I love going for all the achievements/trophies? Sure...if it's a game like Sekiro or Dark Souls.

Do I enjoy being chaotic and destructive? I mean...if we're talking being evil in an RPG now and again, absolutely. If we're talking gunning down loads of pedestrians in GTA, meh.

Power chasing, and focusing purely on stats, levels, gear, etc? Yes....if I'm playing Path of Exile or something of that sort.

And so on....



I'm very picky about the same type of game, so I kept saying I don't hate but don't like most of the questions, which resulted in a very poor chart.

I prefer to play platformers, but I prefer something fun to play like Shovel Knight to something more difficult like Celeste. But I think Celeste is also a very good game.



Looks like it's not really a useful test for me. The games I play are way too varied and my behavior within them as well. They lump together way too many things that I treat completely differently. So much depends on the game itself and my motivation to play it.

Simple example. I have over 4000h in Rocket League. I do not like to compete against other players. I like to get slowly better at the game but I don't go out of my way to study or train for it. I like to play together with other people but absolutely not with randoms.



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