When you hear the word “gamer” what do you imagine? Most people would imagine a grown man in a dark basement, which happens to be his mother’s, eating Doritos and drinking Mtn. Dew. I’m sure this happens, since the stereotype had to come from somewhere, but gamers come in all shapes and sizes, and they all have different personalities and preferences when it comes to how they play their games. I have been playing video games for as long as I can remember, and throughout my years of playing I have encountered very different ways people play the same games.
To start you have completers, they play the game to finish it, and they usually only play the main missions. If the game is online, they will like to show off status and their accumulated
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They are very competitive even when they’re not trying to be. They enjoy a challenge and no game is too difficult for them. They are very concerned with their points and kill/death ratios. You also have the creators, they are creative and original. They enjoy builder games like Minecraft. They love building and care more about creating and building content than completing the game. There are the thinkers who enjoy strategy games. They are a dying breed, but are one of the most skillful gamers. They would rather figure it out themselves than have help from the game. In any game with an open world you have explorers, they make their own fun and like to see every inch of the games scenery. They take pride in seeing everything there is to offer in the map. They will usually ignore the main quests, so they can explore. Then you have casual gamers, they like low-stress games like platformers. They enjoy the games that don’t take a lot of effort, and they don’t need a bunch of objectives to entertain them. They like them to waste some time and rid stress. Then there are challengers, they like being at the top of the leaderboard. There is no game that’s too hard for them to beat. They have good timing, sequencing, and focus. Most challengers enjoy arcade style games, and