I found this article very interesting, for one because it encourages the average gamer to step away from the specific genres or games they hold so dear and refuse to play any other titles because of and two, because this completely doesn't apply to me XD.
Resolution 1: Try a Genre Outside your Comfort Zone I assume that if you're on Nintendo Life, you're probably not an exclusive FPS fan :3 But doesn't mean there aren't still only 1 or 2 other genres are only play. For me, this doesn't apply because growing up I played sports, racing, fighting, platform, FPS, RTS, and RPG (if my brother would let me), as an adult, I play action/adventure, RPG (both western and JRPG), simulation, puzzle, platform, kart racing, and on occasion fighting, single player FPS, and MMO. I can honestly say that I don't care for the sports genre, multiplayer FPS, and real life racing, but it's because I've experienced those genres.
Resolution 2: Try a Game With Cutesy Visuals Well, I'm sure nearly everyone here owns at least one of those games, I know I have (Kirby's Epic Yarn, Mass Attack, and Return to Dreamland, Sonic Colors, Super Paper Mario, Zack & Wiki, Rune Factory Frontier, and Sonic Generations and Rayman Origins for the 360). Gotta love those games that uses the whole spectrum of colors rather than 1000 different shades of brown XD. But I can see why gamers stick with realistic type games. When I see clips of Battlefield 3 or MW3, it's hard to not marvel at the realism and just feel like you're in the game experiencing the battle yourself. Even more cinematic games like Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed and Uncharted benefit highly from being realistic but at the same time, those games don't make me smile as much as Kirby's Epic Yarn XD.
Resolution 3: Try a Game That's Critically Divisive Well, I would if I had the money, but thanks to Gamestop's pre-owned system, it's possible to try out a game and return it if you dislike it.I do have a few titles that are below 80 on Metacritic (but still above 70) and I really enjoy them, but I knew I would like both Sonic Colors and Generations, Star Ocean: The Last Hope, and Rune Factory Frontier. I had to learn the hard way to research games and make sure it's a good title that I'll thoroughly enjoy and not regret spending money on because in 2009, I think I spent around $200 or more on games I either didn't play as much as I thought I would, or even worse, flat out didn't play at all after the first time.
Resolution 4: Try Something A Little Under the Radar Again, if you're part of NintendoLife, chances are you're well informed about what games are coming out, big and small. I try to stay well informed because games I tend to enjoy the most are hidden behind massive advertisement and campaigning of games I don't care about. World of Goo was probably the best purchase I made in 09 since all the games I bought then are no longer in my possession, I have Outland, Ms. Splosionman, and Bastion for the 360. But right now I refuse to pick up any further games (unless I absolutely am dying to have it) since I have far too many games to finish ><
Resolution 5: Try a Casual Game WELL!!!! Haha, I'm pretty positive most people on here enjoy casual games, and really, what's not to like? They're great in short spurts, they often have an addictive nature to them, the really good ones have a surprising amount of depth and really, I think that any gamer that hates on casual games or really any other kind of game out there because it's not like the ones they love are narrow-minded and not a true gamer (I like to hate on multiplayer FPS but only in good fun, I actually hate the mindset it has created in many gamers). A true gamer recognizes all genres and all art styles, doesn't play games because of the ESRB rating it has or how much blood and violence it has (really gamers with kids, I work with kids and when most of them talk about videogames, violent shooting games almost always come up. I had a 12 year old teasing me because he played M rated games and I didn't for the most part, told him the M should be switched to IM for Immature).
1: Get those old games I missed 2. Finally get a racing or fighting game again that isn't Mario in any way. 3. Finish one of the impossibly difficult VC NES games (either Ninja Gaiden, Castlevania 1 or 3 or Blaster Master) 4. Find a way to play Gravity Daze 5. Single handedly make a game a sales success
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