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We're all gamers, right? But who among us is the true VARIETY gamer? Please, check mark a box if you have played one game in the titular series and gotten through at least 30% of it! Dabbling and demos DO NOT COUNT.

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As you can see, with my score of 16/100 I don't even come close to top score. Perhaps one of us here is THE TRUE VARIETY GAMER and hits all 100 boxes? Respond below! :)

Can you tell us what games you played? 

Are you even a real variety gamer if you don't also play board games, card games, and role-playing games?

1. Mario Bros - Yeah played the originals and some of the sequels. Never was very good at them though.

2. Warcraft - I played the second game in the series and the expansion enough to count. (And to know the RTS genre isn’t my favorite)

3. The Elder Scrolls - Yeah played enough of these in the series.

4. Fallout - Played the hell out of all of them along with beat them all.

5. Doom - Played and beat the 3 original games that came out in the 90s. Counts.

6. Donkey Kong - I played the first three arcade games in the series. Again, wasn’t really good at any of them though.

7. Tekken - Eh, I played enough of some of these games in the arcades to count.

8. Borderlands- Beat the first two games

9. The Sims - Played all of them to some degree

10. Fable - Beat all 3 of them though that’s not difficult to do

11. Contra - Never got too far in the arcades with this one, but enough quarters were dumped into it that I’m counting it.

12. Punch-Out - Played the 2 arcade games more than a few times. Played the console one much less, but it’s all enough to count.

13. Saints Row - Beat the first 4 in the series. Second game was the best of the bunch.

14. Warhammer - Well this is sort of broad, but I’ll say yeah since I’ve definitely played more than a few games based in the warhammer world (and 40K)

15. God of War - Beat the first one, played a lot of the second one. Counting it.

16. Tetris - Of course

17. Red Dead Redemption - Beat the first one.

18. Age of Empires - Played the first game in the series. Enough that it once again confirmed that I hate the RTS genre.

19. Prince of Persia - Beat the original game. Played the second which is hard as hell.

20. Ninja Gaiden - Beat the arcade game. Also played one of the console ones which was pretty cool.

21. Deus Ex - Beat the original and Human Revolution

22. GTA - Played all of them in the series save for the “Stories” spinoffs. Bothered to beat half of them.

23. Diablo - Beat the first two games.

24. Assassin’s Creed - Beat the first game. Played the second and lost all interest in the series.

25. Bioshock - Beat all three in the series.

26. Mass Effect - Beat the trilogy

27. Last of Us - Beat the first game.

28. Far Cry - Oddly I only ever played Primal in this series. Beat it. Counts.

29. Resident Evil - Beat the original second game in the series. Tried to play a few others in the series and for whatever reason just never could get into them.

30. Castlevania - Played an arcade version called Haunted Castle more than a few times. Also beat one of the later games in the series.

31. Soul Calibur - Played the first one in the arcades a few times. Played some others (particularly 4) on the consoles.

32. Mortal Kombat - Yeah played the first 3 games quite a bit in the arcades. Never was very good at them.

33. Uncharted - Beat the first 3 games.

34. Sonic the Hedgehog - Really tried to play this one and some of the other 2D sequels multiple times on those Sega Collections. Never was very good at it, but it counts.

35. The Witcher - Beat the second and third game

36. Half-Life - Beat the first game and one of the expansion packs.

37. Dark Souls - Another series I tried to get into multiple times. At some point I played all three games including Demon Souls, and never could get very far in any of them before losing interest. Counting it.

38. Silent Hill - Weirdly only ever played (and beat) the Shattered Memories one for the Wii. Counting it.

39. Dragon Age - Beat the first 2 games.

40. Gears of War - Beat the first 2 games.

41. Dishonored - Beat the first one.

I’m pretty sure I dabbled in a few of the above, Crash Banditcoot and Spyro specifically come to mind playing them enough to beat a couple levels when I was playing on someone else’s console.

So I'm counting all of those as “1” making it 42.

Also this list is for filthy casuals. I could probably rattle off a shitload of obscure games from various genres I played on the C64/Amiga (and Arcades) that maybe only some of the other BOOMERS here might have heard of.

Had to add a couple more to the list that I played.

Yeah the point and click adventure genre is missing. Turn based strategy isn't really there either. Where the hell is Civilization or Heroes of Might and Magic? XCom?

Alas, I did not make the list. This was the best one I could find, and one of the longest. Mine definitely would've had Danganronpa 😅 Or Inscyption! 

Inscryption is what got me back into deck builders and made me want to build up my irl boardgame collection. That has... Not changed since. 

I only played Danganronpa recently and don't understand the negative connotation that it seems to have cause that game was alright. I've only played the first one. Is it worth it to continue?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noaI_5CeAb0

Heroes of Might and Magic fans might find this video interesting.

I've fallen into a Heroes of Might and Magic AI-generated graphics rabbit hole lately.

It still looks like it'd take a decent amount of effort.

I liked my old one better but already change my pfp too much, so have left it as is.

What games?

I'm afraid I'm not much of a variety gamer. Lol

realizing I forgot to total mine up. it's just 7

Wow, Diablo? What one?

Diablo III, iirc

We used to have a family PC, and my dad had Diablo downloaded on it. My mom was very against it, saying I could easily access it and that would be the end of the world. I promised not to, but he definitely could tell I played it and never snitched. Props to him for that.

But Christians SHOULD be killing demons.

Good thing it wasn't Diablo 1. That had a way more of an oppressive dark fantasy or "satanic" feel than the later ones.

My dad basically beat the game then let me mess around in Adventure mode collecting bounties and such. I realized it let me choose the outfit for the character from the gear he'd amassed and design the teleportation banner and I was hooked. I started my own little save but soon discovered it wasn't as fun for my 11/12 year old self without everything already completed, so never actually finished it. The amount I did play was purely motivated by doing something I wasn't supposed to be doing.

You really haven't played Portal? I feel like that's a must-play for you.

Alright nerd, who's your main in Guilty Gear? 

Undertale not mentioned? Whoever made this list is really missing out

Frenzy and Space Fury were definitely cool and they had the added bonus of the game mocking you whenever you died.

Any particular stand above the other?

I have a life. I swear.

What would be your most-played?

Contenders for that position

Mario Bros: Mostly for many completions of Super Mario World and Super Mario Bros. 3

Legend of Zelda: Played most of the titles, and finished most of those

Fallout: New Vegas, ring-a-ding-ding baby

Team Fortress: "That spy is not OUR spy!"

Age of Empires: 2 is the best one, no contest

Halo: 2 is the best story, 3 is the best couch multiplayer, anything from 4 on is weird/bad/incomplete

Dark Souls: Dark Souls 1 is the Dark Souls of the franchise next to Demon Souls, which is the King's Field of Dark Souls

1) Mario Bros

2) Legend of Zelda

3) pokemon 

4) The Sims

3) Animal Crossing

4) Street Fighter

5) Call of Duty

6) GTA (still waiting for 6)

7) Mortal Kombat

8) Sonic the Headegog

8/100 games

Can you tell us what games?

1. StarCraft (Only SC 2, but I played a lot of it)
2. Tetris
3. Street fighter
4. Age of Empires (Number Five, if I remember correctly)
5. Portal (all of both games)
6. Worms (Reloaded)

All in all, that's 6/100

I have played a lot more that are not on here, and feel like it could have more games listed. (ie. Minecraft, minesweeper, Terraria, Deliver us Mars, and more.)

Now that you've mentioned it, Minecraft not being on here is a bit surprising.

Not that I ever got into that game either. Liked Terraria better.

Played a lot/Habitually:
Mario Bros, Zelda, The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom, Total War, The broad concept of Warhammer

Used to play a lot, not really anymore (in most cases I don't own the disk/console anymore):

Pokémon, Max Payne, Half Life, Gran Autismo, Need for Speed, GTA, Rayman, Crash Bandicoot, The Sims, Spyro the Dragon, Hitman, Silent Hill, Banjo-Kazooie, Worms, Monster Hunter, Fable, Saints Row, Dark Souls, Team Fortress, Pikmin

Never owned but would play at other people's places/computers:

Jak & Daxter, Rachet and Clank, Donkey Kong, Dead Space, Tony Hawk pro, Red Dead, Kingdom Hearts, Prince of Persia, Harvest Moon, Bioshock, Starfox, TLOU, Fire Emblem, Uncharted, Devil May Cry, Portal, Tomb Raider, Megaman, Mortal Kombat, Gears of War, Halo, Borderlands, Castlevania, Soul Calibur, Yakuza, Dishonored, Bomberman, Deus Ex, Nier, Contra, Metroid, Diablo, Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed, Metal Gear, God of War, Dragon Quest

Played a little bit but not much:

Mass Effect, Far Cry, Sonic, The Witcher, Dragon Age, Animal Crossing, Punch-Out, Shenmue, Parasite Eve, Tetris, Age of Empires

Played for like maybe a combined total of one hour or two in a freak incidence:

Tekken, Watch_Dogs, Street Fighter, Medal of Honor, Ninja Gaiden, SMT, Warcraft, Counterstrike

Never played:

Bayonetta, SaGa, Phantasy Star, Wild Arms, Drakengard, Breath of Fire, Guilty Gear, Command and Conquer, Shadow Hearts, "Tales Of", "Of Mana".

Will never play:

StarCraft, Dead or Alive, Persona

That's a score of like 85, meaning I will be sent to the RFK Autism Camps.

44/100

• Mario Bros.
• The Legend of Zelda
• Pokémon
• Warcraft
• The Elder Scrolls
• Fallout
• Doom
• Kingdom Hearts
• Crash Bandicoot
• Donkey Kong
• Tekken
• Borderlands
• The Sims
• Dead Space
• Animal Crossing
• Fable
• Contra
• Team Fortress
• Punch-Out
• Saints Row
• Jak and Daxter
• Guilty Gear
• Starcraft
• Nier
• Warhammer
• Final Fantasy
• Pikmin
• Tales series
• Mana series
• Metal Gear
• God Of War
• Tetris
• Red Dead Redemption
• Street Fighter
• Chrono series
• Ratchet and Clank
• Call of Duty
• Age of Empires
• Need for Speed
• Harvest Moon
• Prince of Persia
• Max Payne
• Ninja Gaiden
• Persona
• Bayonetta
• Medal of Honor
• Dead or Alive
• Deus Ex
• Drakengard
• Breath of Fire
• Dragon Quest
• Halo
• GTA
• Diablo
• Assassin's Creed
• Metroid
• Bioshock
• Mass Effect
• Star Fox
• The Last of Us
• Fire Emblem
• Far Cry
• Resident Evil
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
• Gran Turismo
• Rayman
• Castlevania
• Soul Calibur
• Shin Megami Tensei
• Yakuza
• Command & Conquer
• SaGa
• Total War
• Phantasy Star
• Parasite Eve
• Mortal Kombat
• Mega Man
• Uncharted
• Tomb Raider
• Portal
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• The Witcher
• Half-Life
• Spyro the Dragon
• Dark Souls
• Devil May Cry
• Silent Hill
• Hitman
• Dragon Age
• Gears of War
• Banjo-Kazooie
• Counter-Strike
• Worms
• Shadow Hearts
• Bomberman
• Monster Hunter
• Shenmue
• Watch Dogs
• Dishonored
• Wild Arms

The Crash Bandicoot racing game surely counts, technically...?

Aside from the time my family bought and returned a PS2 within 24 hours, I never had a PlayStation.

1) Mario

2) Zelda

3) Pokemon

4) Elder Scrolls

5) Fallout

6) Doom

7) Crash

8) Donkey Kong

9) Borderlands

10) The Sims

11) Dead Space

12) Team Fortress, though was not my thing

13) Warhammer

14) Metal Gear

15) God of War (only the new two)

16) Tetris 

17) Red Dead (One of my favorite series of all time)

18) Rachet and Clank

19) Call of Duty

20) Age of Empires

21) Need For Speed

22) Prince of Persia (tho low-key I know it evolved into Assassin's Creed so despite being different IPs I lump them together a lot of the time)

23) Max Payne (never finished)

24) Halo

25) GTA

26) Diablo

27) Assassin's Creed 

28) Metroid

29) Bioshock

30) Mass Effect (2 is one of my favorite games.. up there with Red Dead)

31) Last of Us (but I actually didn't love the story, so that's a hot take)

32) Far Cry

33) Resident Evil

34) Tony Hawk Pro (though I never owned it, my younger brother was super into skating for a while. Parents thought it'd be a 'bonding' experience or whatever. We still don't talk sometimes lol)

35) Gran Turismo 

36) Rayman

37) Castlevania

38) Total War

39) Mortal Kombat

40) Uncharted

41) Tomb Raider (not the originals tho)

42) Portal

43) Sonic

44) Witcher (I know 3 is a masterpiece but I've actually played all of them)

45) Half-Life

46) Spyro

47) Dark Souls 

48) Silent Hill

49) Hit Man

50) Dragon Age (only Inquisition)

51) Banjo-Kazooie (this game was my childhood for a whole year)

52) Worms

53) Bomberman

54) Monster Hunter (really have to try the new game too)

55) Watch Dogs

56) Dishonored (first game is peak)