There doesn't seem to be a discussion about games GK should play so I thought I'd make one. Many people suggest games to GK but we have no idea what their reasoning was behind it. I'm hoping with this kind of thread we can exchange ideas on what type of games might be fun to watch GK play and why. I was one of the people hoping he'd play Sims 3 but.. holy shit, that really backfired. Yet games like Another World revealed quite a bit about Jay. He had difficulty with some of the basic behind the game (I think he was on easy setting too) and often had to be fed the answer to puzzles repeatedly and even then people had to be insistent and walk him through them. We got to see his ego slow him down.
Things I've learned about watching GK's streams
- He loves control. He loves the sense that he's controlling someone's life or fate.
- His ego makes it difficult for him to be in a position where he isn't the leader.
- He doesn't really enjoy the feeling of overcoming a challenge but would rather mindlessly kill or slaughter with very little risk involved.
- Jay can't Mary Sue very well because he's too occupied with the idea of playing god with his avatar or other NPCs.
- He can't seem to adapt well to shifting situations.
I think the best games to suggest are ones that give and take. Ones that offer something he'd love while also taking him out of his comfort zone a bit. So if someone were able to convince him to play a game where he had total control over something but it was also multiplayer so the situation would constantly shift due to the other players then we might get a more interesting reaction from Jay. I'm not suggesting anything to get him to chimp out but just become more involved and have more reason to react and not quietly stare at the screen.
Jay is also pretty damn sadistic but a coward. Maybe suggest games that offer moral choices where being good doesn't automatically mean the right or easy way. In some games being the good guy actually means having to make sacrifices while being evil is more personally beneficially and easier.
Also his gaming rig sucks so streaming recent high end games it out of the question.
Any game ideas? Any observations?
Things I've learned about watching GK's streams
- He loves control. He loves the sense that he's controlling someone's life or fate.
- His ego makes it difficult for him to be in a position where he isn't the leader.
- He doesn't really enjoy the feeling of overcoming a challenge but would rather mindlessly kill or slaughter with very little risk involved.
- Jay can't Mary Sue very well because he's too occupied with the idea of playing god with his avatar or other NPCs.
- He can't seem to adapt well to shifting situations.
I think the best games to suggest are ones that give and take. Ones that offer something he'd love while also taking him out of his comfort zone a bit. So if someone were able to convince him to play a game where he had total control over something but it was also multiplayer so the situation would constantly shift due to the other players then we might get a more interesting reaction from Jay. I'm not suggesting anything to get him to chimp out but just become more involved and have more reason to react and not quietly stare at the screen.
Jay is also pretty damn sadistic but a coward. Maybe suggest games that offer moral choices where being good doesn't automatically mean the right or easy way. In some games being the good guy actually means having to make sacrifices while being evil is more personally beneficially and easier.
Also his gaming rig sucks so streaming recent high end games it out of the question.
Any game ideas? Any observations?
