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Like, setting, characters, plot, story, art, genre?

Stuff like that.

To me, setting is the most important. I prefer nighttime and modern settings. Maybe like World of Horror? But imagine it exclusively set at night. I'd prefer to avoid the medieval stuff.

Genre would be second. I prefer horror. But without jumpscares. I prefer atmosphere, immersiveness, coziness, mood, tone.

Maybe third is art. I don't want it too cartoony. I do prefer 2d.

The rest are important too but I can modify those in my head. I can modify story or characters in my head but I can't really change the settings and visuals and genre.

What's your taste?
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Yesterday, 6:12 PM
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I tend to be big into jrpg genre and also eroge so my priorities.
1. Characters/designs
2. Story
3. Gameplay
4. Music

My fav game series are Tales of and Trails so I really like world building in plots.

If the girls look like hags or some dei parade I will skip it.
Yesterday, 6:15 PM
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I tend to be big into jrpg genre and also eroge so my priorities.
1. Characters/designs
2. Story
3. Gameplay
4. Music

My fav game series are Tales of and Trails so I really like world building in plots.

If the girls look like hags or some dei parade I will skip it.
@rohan121

I forgot about music!

Sometimes, I would play with the OST off to make the game creepy. XD

And I understand characters as number 1. I prefer female characters. They make the game so enjoyable.
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Yesterday, 6:54 PM
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I am definitely one of those gamers that prefers gameplay over everything else. If I can't enjoy the gameplay then everything else will fall on its face. Not to say that the gameplay has to be perfect, as one of my favorite titles of all time Illbleed does have somewhat clunky controls, however I am able to jive with it the more I play it. Second would probably have to be an interesting story and character plot if applicable. Which again going back to that game, it hasn't spades. After that it's not really a big deal, I don't really have a preferred genre and sound has never been that big of a deal so long as it doesn't like, you know, hurt my ears or make them bleed. 🤣
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Depends on the type of game, in shooters the movement mechanics are most important to me.
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Gameplay is the most important factor by far. Everything else should serve to enhance the gameplay experience.
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im a casual gamer that likes roguelikes like into the breach, balatro, hades so gameplay more

also shooters like quake live
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im a casual gamer that likes roguelikes like into the breach, balatro, hades so gameplay more

also shooters like quake live
@deg

That's an interesting list of games.

I didn't know you like to play.

The Games section is always kinda dead. XD
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@deg

That's an interesting list of games.

I didn't know you like to play.

The Games section is always kinda dead. XD
@mr_linear im no gamer imo since if i hit 40 hours on a game i usually quit it but ye this subforum is dead
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Gameplay and something pleasing to look at is pretty much all that matters to me.

I don't like it when there are other things that are keeping me from playing the game. Like reading walls of texts, cutscenes or loading screens.


My favorite games are:

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Jiggle physics and the ability to look up a character's skirt whenever I please.
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Etrian Odyssey?! I was fond of V, but I suck at it because of the golem boss.

Do you play other first person dungeon crawlers?
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@transferuser

Etrian Odyssey?! I was fond of V, but I suck at it because of the golem boss.

Do you play other first person dungeon crawlers?
@mr_linear V is the only mainline one I haven't played, yet. There was no Japanese dub, so I didn't buy it. I've got an undub since, but 3DS emulation was a bit choppy last time I tried and I didn't like any of the 3DS entries that much anyway.

Yes, I've played quite a bit of first person dungeon crawlers. But I haven't found anything like the first three Etrian Odyssey games. Everything I found was too easy, which is also my main complaint against the 3DS titles. You have to get to like the last couple of super bosses to finally have some challenge. The fun part about Etrian Odyssey was that essentially every random encounter could be as stressful and deadly as a boss fight and you have an arsenal of cool skills to make it through.

But in most other games you just spam a button and make it through random encounters and not even bosses provide much more challenge.

Games I remember:

- Class of Heroes 1 & 2
- Unchained Blades
- Shin Megami Tensei

Games in my backlog:

- Ayakashi no Shiro
- Mushoku Tensei
- Dragon Knight I & II
- Shining and the Darkness
- Shining the Holy Ark
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@transferuser

Thanks for answering!

CoH 1 is nostalgic for me. I finished it a long time ago for PSP. I replayed it for a while for Switch. I kinda prefer it over EO. I'm just really bad at EO. XD

Did you enjoy CoH 1 and 2?
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