Confessions of a gamer

I think we all have our favourite game of 2014, which isn´t always what you expect and sometimes it´s exactly the game you expect. Because my favourite game is a game I´ve been waiting for a long time! I already thought I would like it and I did, to be honest I still enjoy playing it eventhough I beat it several times already. Which game am I talking about? Well keep on reading if you´re curious! What about other games in 2014? Of course there isn´t just one cool game in a year, there are several and sometimes it´s tough to pick a favourite. For example I really enjoyed playing the Wolf Among Us and it was my favourite in 2013, play episodes 2, 3, 4 and 5 was a lot of fun and I hope that they make another season of this game like they did with the Walking Dead. Watchdogs is also a game I enjoyed playing but it didn´t kept me playing it after I beat it, which is a shame because I think the game has potential. Destiny is also a favourite of mine, but it´s too repetitive to call that my...

I´ll spare you the details but it seems that Playstation 4 is a powerful console and a lot of people love playing games on that, which is good for them but probably a bit less good for Xbox One owners. What does that mean for the future of the Xbox One? Is this the beginning of the end? When both consoles launched in 2013 it was pretty clear who made the smartest move, Sony of course by making their console a bit cheaper than the Xbox One and by releasing it also in the countries that didn´t have the Xbox One launch. Microsoft must have really been fucking up there because that was almost an unforgivable mistake! A lot of Xbox 360 players moved over to the Playstation 4 and I don´t blame them, Microsoft let people down and it´s not surprising that people then switch to something better! So the Playstation 4 is better? The hardware is better, which also means that the games are a bit better looking but if that truly makes a console better remains to be seen. I think Microsoft finall...

Do you think 2014 was a good year for games? I´m certain that there are some that would say yes and some that would say no, maybe not always for the best reasons but personal experience can sometimes mean a big difference. For example buying a couple of bad or boring games can definitely influence your thoughts over games in 2014 while one great game can make you forget about all the bad games. But what does that mean for 2014? I think a lot of people still remember flappy bird, the game a lot of people hate and got probably a lot more people addicted to the simple but challenging game. But as quickly as it appeared it also disappeared, which is a shame because the reason for that (too much negativity that made the creator want to stop) is not worth it! But 2014 is also the year of (over)hyped games, for example Watchdogs and Destiny. Especially Watchdogs got a lot of shit when it came out, it wasn´t what the majority thought it would be and so it was a bad game. Eventhough it´s actu...

At the end of the year it´s a good time to look back at what you´ve been doing in that year, all the good things and all the bad things. For gamers it also means looking back at all the games you bought and with that there is sometimes also regret. Games you wish you never bought and played, but also games you wish you had bought or played. When you don´t have a lot of money it´s always lame when you buy a game that sucks or that you can finish in a day or two. Then you really have to wonder if that was worth it. It´s cool if the game is fun enough to play again, for example to get a different ending or to make different choices when you´re offered to choose between different options. Unfortunately not every game offers you this choice and that makes certain games only playable for the achievements/trophies, at least if that´s worth it. I wonder how many people have regret about the games they bought. Watchdogs is a game that had a lot of hype around it but then after people played...

To some people this seems impossible, how can you have more fun on your own than with friends? Well that depends on what type of gamer you are, because not everyone likes to jump into a multiplayer arena and get shot to pieces every ten seconds. But what makes single player games so interesting? I´m speaking here from personal experience but single player games are fun because it´s you against the (game) world, you have to save (or destroy, depending on what type of game you´re playing) everyone and hopefully beat the game. That doesn´t just give you bragging rights, think about finishing Halo games on legendary difficulty on your own, but also a feeling of accomplishment. But that´s not all that there is to single player games. Some single player games are have huge worlds where you can lose yourself for hours, days, weeks and sometimes even months! When I play a game like Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age: Inquisition or Knights of the Old Republic then there isn´t one moment that I´m th...

Last time I talked about spending time with your family, but what if you don´t get along with your family or you don´t have any family? Then X-mas can be a less pleasant time, it probably also sucks to see all the happy shit on tv or everywhere else. So how do you survive this? Play some games! Seriously? Yes seriously! You see games aren´t just a lot of fun to play, they´re also a good distraction. Especially if you play a good single player game that will take you at least twenty hours to beat, I think that will help get through some holiday crap! Especially if it´s a game you haven´t played before, but I think a blast from the past might also do the trick. Because why spend money on games when you already have what you need? I´m not trying to turn you into Scrooge, but it seems silly to buy a game just to get through a couple of days. But then again it´s your money so do with it what you want! What kind of games are you talking about? Think about games like Mass Effect, Dragon A...

It seems strange but some people prefer to play games than to spend time with their family during the holidays. Maybe it´s not strange to you, especially when you have some awesome games that you really want to play. But what about your family? Is that important too? This isn´t a surprise, I hope, but not every gamer is exactly the same. So some gamers might spend way too much time playing games while others just play every now and then, which usually means they have a healthy social life next to gaming. Which is a good thing! Unfortunately not everyone has that, some even go so far that they only see their family when it´s time to eat only to retreat to their room when they´re done to play more games. This doesn´t count for everyone but in some families this is a serious problem. It´s not exactly the end of the world but I wouldn´t call it healthy, especially when you´re a kid it´s important that you stay social unless you want to turn into super socially awkward man...