Post by stratogustav on Jun 5, 2017 0:03:00 GMT
I noticed that motion control gaming is not quite popular among players in general. For the most part if you ask at least to the vocal side of gamers, most would say that they prefer playing with a pad, or with a mouse and keyboard, sitting down comfortably.
On the other hand I personally love motion control gaming while standing up. Don't get me wrong. I play a lot of games with the regular pad sitting down on the couch like everyone else, but I do enjoy all those party games too. I even own a VR headset, and was a big fan of the PlayStation Move titles. Sports Champions 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. I have different theories of why I'm different in this regard.
I was thinking that a big part of me getting into gaming growing up is constantly going to local fairs because my family always ran business in these events. These events where full of concerts and roller-coasters, but also they always had arcade centers full of all those awesome arcade classics like Killer Instinct, Metal Slug, Super Sidekicks, Marvel Vs. Capcom, and Mortal Kombat.
None of these cabinets were sitting cabinets, in fact they were all built at a distance from the screen because arcade gaming was quite popular and there was a lot of spectators behind every match. I got used to not only watching others playing while standing up, I also got used to playing while standing up for hours at the time. Then I would alternate that with the roller-coasters and even the concerts at night.
These events would last 2 weeks straight 3 or 4 times a year, and in between I would visit the local coin-op centers where they had a massive variety of machines, racing machines, bike machines, surfing machines, punching machines, hammer machines, dancing machines, light-gun machines, etc.. So for me there was never a standard way of playing, it was always different depending of the game and I was happy like that.
You have to consider that because these were public places, I got used to playing with a massive amount of different players shoulder to shoulder, locally, there was not such thing as online gaming, and local matches always carried that emotion-reaction side that you cannot get when you don't know who is playing on the other side. This is why now that I'm all grown up, I still enjoy inviting multiple friends to my house to play locally and I prefer it that way.
Like I said, I do play many games with a pad, I play online, and I play alone as well, I enjoy it too, but it doesn't take away the fact that I love party games, motion games, standing up games, and pretty much any kind of gaming that plays differently, controls differently, and makes the whole experience diverse and with a variety of ways to play.
I also have to mention that growing up I was big into playing soccer with my friends and I was also part of my school basketball team. We were also the best in the country at a school level in basketball. I imagine this also had some connection too considering I know many gamers don't like sports, but I'm one of those that do.
However I'm no longer playing sports as an adult. I watch the UEFA Champions League and the World Cup while sitting down on the couch, and that's it. Plus not many motion games are about sports. I left that option just in case though.
It would be very interesting to see what you guys think of this. Maybe you guys could vote on which option you think is more likely of why this happens to me and not to others, if not you can always leave me a comment about it too. I appreciate your inputs, as I'm finally recognizing that not many people feel the same way, and the whole thing makes me curious why it is different for me.
On the other hand I personally love motion control gaming while standing up. Don't get me wrong. I play a lot of games with the regular pad sitting down on the couch like everyone else, but I do enjoy all those party games too. I even own a VR headset, and was a big fan of the PlayStation Move titles. Sports Champions 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. I have different theories of why I'm different in this regard.
I was thinking that a big part of me getting into gaming growing up is constantly going to local fairs because my family always ran business in these events. These events where full of concerts and roller-coasters, but also they always had arcade centers full of all those awesome arcade classics like Killer Instinct, Metal Slug, Super Sidekicks, Marvel Vs. Capcom, and Mortal Kombat.
None of these cabinets were sitting cabinets, in fact they were all built at a distance from the screen because arcade gaming was quite popular and there was a lot of spectators behind every match. I got used to not only watching others playing while standing up, I also got used to playing while standing up for hours at the time. Then I would alternate that with the roller-coasters and even the concerts at night.
These events would last 2 weeks straight 3 or 4 times a year, and in between I would visit the local coin-op centers where they had a massive variety of machines, racing machines, bike machines, surfing machines, punching machines, hammer machines, dancing machines, light-gun machines, etc.. So for me there was never a standard way of playing, it was always different depending of the game and I was happy like that.
You have to consider that because these were public places, I got used to playing with a massive amount of different players shoulder to shoulder, locally, there was not such thing as online gaming, and local matches always carried that emotion-reaction side that you cannot get when you don't know who is playing on the other side. This is why now that I'm all grown up, I still enjoy inviting multiple friends to my house to play locally and I prefer it that way.
Like I said, I do play many games with a pad, I play online, and I play alone as well, I enjoy it too, but it doesn't take away the fact that I love party games, motion games, standing up games, and pretty much any kind of gaming that plays differently, controls differently, and makes the whole experience diverse and with a variety of ways to play.
I also have to mention that growing up I was big into playing soccer with my friends and I was also part of my school basketball team. We were also the best in the country at a school level in basketball. I imagine this also had some connection too considering I know many gamers don't like sports, but I'm one of those that do.
However I'm no longer playing sports as an adult. I watch the UEFA Champions League and the World Cup while sitting down on the couch, and that's it. Plus not many motion games are about sports. I left that option just in case though.
It would be very interesting to see what you guys think of this. Maybe you guys could vote on which option you think is more likely of why this happens to me and not to others, if not you can always leave me a comment about it too. I appreciate your inputs, as I'm finally recognizing that not many people feel the same way, and the whole thing makes me curious why it is different for me.
