Type of Player - Binge out or Jump between games

[Hstio]

Just wondering what type of players are in the group. Are you binge players, playing one game for a long period of time, like a certain member of the board and his almost addicted status to one game (cough, cough XCOM). Or, do you like to jump between games playing a single game for one run through and then jumping to another game. I'm a binge player, playing one game until I think I've learned all I can and the game gets momentarily stale before moving on to another game.

[echo2361]

I mostly binge, especially if a game/expansion comes out that I've really been looking forward to. For example right now I'm playing nothing but Stellaris Utopia. But once I complete a play through or two I'll drift between games for a while, going back to favorite classics or trying out something in early access until the next big release/patch grabs my attention.

[pavig]

Mostly binge.... but I get addled from time to time and jump between games to find something that my brain can cope with. :)

[Tragic]

Bit of a mix...

I am pretty quick to judge games. I do not believe in the idea of "hey once you put 500 hours in the game gets good". I have limited free time and when I play a game I want to be enjoying it.. FROM THE START. Games need to be good from turn 1.. not when your hours in.

So I go though a lot of games "looking" for that game I would really like to sink my time into. For me this is Stellaris. IMO, with out competition the best 4x in existence right now... I tired many and some came close. Like Moo4 and Polaris Sector I really liked but now I have Stellaris, I can not see me playing anything else for the foreseeable future.

Once you find a game you like, playing it a lot really gets into the depth of the game. Though that "looking" for period can get addictive. Particularly on a forum like this who's main concept is to talk about new games.

It is all to easy to buy the latest hotness as it is new and then find you never play it or only give it a glace and go back to the game you are already enjoying. I'm sure people know what I am talking about here. So there is an aspect of self restraint. I do not buy new games as I am not interested, it is because I HAVE a game, I do not need another one. It is like should I order 2 pizza's and a litre of coke, or 1 pizza and some bottled water. Buying every game and only playing a few is just greed. I mean a while back people posted their game lists I was shocked to see that 78%+ of games in peoples lists were either never played or played for under 1 hour!! I mean wow, ytalk about wasting money!!

So will I be getting Endless Space 2? No way.. not because I disliked the original, but because I HAVE a game I like already.. I simply do not need another, even if it is good. I'll try it in a few years when it is on sale for 10 bucks.

Distant Worlds 2 is probably the only game I would insta buy right now.

[MizzouRah]

I jump in and out of many games and probably have 50+ games I've purchased, played for an hour or so and never played again. When I do binge.. which is rare, it's a special game that has grabbed my attention. I remember my very first binge game, Wasteland on the C64 :)

[DeltaV]

Jump between at least 3 space 4x's at a time and add an RPG and historical strategy in the mix too. Along with a simulation (usually KSP).

[Gregorovitch]

I tend to binge on a single 4X/GS game for a while as I like to try to get better at them (even if often failing miserably). However I often run an RPG in parallel. Unless the RPG is block rocking in which case the 4X/GS tends to fall by the wayside for while. I've more or less given up playing anything other than 4X/GS/RPG now since there's so much stuff I want to do in games like EL, EU4 and other genres are almost always turning into disappointments for me now.

[Army Pea]

I'm definitely a binge player and my brother is a jump expert.
It's funny because we have a hard time seeing each others point of view at times.

When it comes to 4x games , if I enjoy the particular game in question, I want to figure out all the mechanics. Play all the available and viable play styles.
I want to literally become an expert (or self proclaimed expert ;) and be able to help other players with tips , tricks and tactics.

In fact I have a hard time playing anything else when I'm captivated by a specific game because you end up going backwards (so it feels) doing base level mechanics while your main game is all about level level strat.

My brother , on the other hand , can dabble in 2-3 games at a time crossing all boundaries and classifications of gaming genre.
Although he may not know these games inside and out ,he can play on harder difficulties with ease.

I admire that type of conviction as much as I'm confused by it.

TLDR.
Stellaris

[marlowe221]

I am usually playing more than one game at a time - though I am probably only playing one 4X game at a time.

But I like other genres too. I really love space sims of all types. I also really like Diablo-style ARPGs. I have put hundreds of hours into Skyrim between console and PC over the years.

I just play whatever I feel like playing.

[Martok]

Originally posted by pavig:

Mostly binge.... but I get addled from time to time and jump between games to find something that my brain can cope with. :)

This is pretty much me as well.


I'll be happily playing a game for days, sometimes even weeks on end, and then suddenly my brain goes "SQUIRREL!!" and decides it needs to do something else for a while -- which therefore causes me to hop back and forth between games until my brain settles down again. This hopping-around period usually lasts no more than a few days, but on rare occasions can take a good couple weeks to get out of my system.

[Mansen]

Both? I binge a game until I need a break...and move on. I still haven't completed the newest Mass Effect...and restarted twice.

[Blue Boogers]

Binge, there's way too many good games out these days.

[Nasarog]

Binge out in a sinlge genre, but jump about when i play multiple genres.

[Maximilian]

I tend to jump around, though I do try to finish a given game if it requires only a few days (like a quick game of Civ 6). However, I sometimes do go into a crazy binge play if it's an RPG that captures my attention or a strategy game that just gets things right.

I clocked over 100 hours of ME1 when it came out in under a week, and I think I did the same with Stellaris when it came out.

Though I do have fall back to games, which I tend to bounce back to to play a bit to kill time when I don't feel like getting into a new game. Usually a quick MP or skirmish game of the latest RTS I am playing (CoH 2 holds that spot, but been playing DoW 3 for now), or play a 4X I have mastered when listening to podcasts (Stellaris fits that spot now).

[Genghis]

As I get older I find myself binging less and less on any one particular game. I remember being a kid and holing myself up in my room all summer and playing Civ 2 and Alpha Centauri all day, every day. I really miss those days. I also logged a ton of hours into Civ 5, and a decent bit into Stellaris, but I find myself hopping from game to game more often.

[sonofapharmacist]

i try to binge. mostly i know if i stick with a game and try to get over a hump i can get some real juicy gameplay and look forward to the game more. when i hit a wall i'll clense my pallet in a different genre.