Some games are bad and bring a blush to your face – and yet we play them. What is your “Guilty Pleasure?”
Video games have long moved beyond the narrow confines they were once crammed into during the days of “Pong” and “Tetris.” From the few skill-based games, many more genres have evolved, ranging from shooters to RPGs to text-based stories or even simulations, where the transition to educational software is often fluid. Almost everyone among us has one or two particular favorite genres in which we spend a lot of time.
And yet there is that one game that each of us has played, but which doesn’t fit into our framework and, above all, doesn’t meet our own quality standards. Someone who typically only enjoys tasteful RPGs with a great story might yet have been tempted by the naked skin and the “big arguments” of Scarlet Blade. Or by a typical grind browser game, where you can immediately recognize that in the end it will boil down to cash exploitation. Or that extremely cheesy game where you can collect ponies.
Today we want to know from you: Which game is your “Guilty Pleasure,” your secret pleasure, where you might even feel a bit ashamed because it doesn’t meet your own standards – and yet is incredibly fun?
Cortyn says: For me, it is probably more about a specific genre rather than a single game. I love Visual Novels. Yes, exactly those “games” in which you make a maximum of a handful of decisions and otherwise just get presented with images and text. And when it comes to Visual Novels, my tolerance for “weirdness” is quite high.
There, I also look at Starlight Vega, which actually advertises with “Hello, we have lesbian romances!” at first glance, and whose preview images make it clear what the sales argument is supposed to be. I can even overlook the extremely thin stories of Nekopara, which actually consists only of “OH MY GOD, CUTE CAT GIRLS” – with Visual Novels, I happily turn a blind eye when the reading frenzy hits me. Don’t ask how I read then.
But now let’s turn to you: What gaming preferences do you feel a bit ashamed of, even though you enjoy them quite a lot?
Last week, we wanted to know from you which MMO has the best story.
