Fun in video games, how subjective is it?
First of all, what exactly is fun? A dictionary definition would be:
–noun

I guess that goes the same for games in general. But something you might enjoy greatly, someone else might absolutely hate, this shows that fun is entirely depending on you, an

d not the multitude of other sites’ opinions on games. Now I might pick on WoW a bit for this blog, but I think it’s a good example on how different someone’s opinion of fun is. I played WoW a few years ago, I got really into it at the start, but then, as my friends who were once the same level as me, suddenly, in the space of one week, jump to level 40 or 50 while I’m still getting annoying fetch quests at level 14 was a little more than discouraging. But then, as the “go there, kill that, come back” quests started piling up. I found myself walking in one straight line for more than 30 minutes at times,  just to get ambushed by something more powerful than me, and then having to run all the way back to my corpse from the grave-which could be a good 10-15 minute walk sometimes-only to die again, straight after I respawn. I just had enough, and I quit playing, and never looked back. To me, the game just wasn’t fun. But my friend from school, he’s a pretty hardcore WoW player, and he doesn’t play anything else, sometimes we constantly argue over which is more fun, he claims WoW is the best game ever, I disagree. It may be fun for some, but it just isn’t for me.

Other games that come to mind, are Assassin’s Creed and possibly Mirror’s Edge, these two games are loved by some, and hated by others. I can’t say much about Mirror’s Edge since I haven’t played it yet, but the mixed reviews seem to point to the fact that it’s got the community split. The same goes for Assassin’s Creed, which was a good game, bu

t it was a flawed game, too much repetition just killed it.

I could say the same for horror games, I don’t really like horror games that much, and it’s only the odd few that I really enjoy, even though they do scare the shit out of me sometimes. For example, DeadSpace may be one of the creepiest games I’ve ever played, but only because it’s one of the few I have played. Someone else might enjoy all the other horror games, like Siren, or Silent Hill, but I probably won’t go near those games, and if I do, I’d only play upto a certain point, where I’d get stuck, and just forget about the

game after that. They’re more stressful than fun to me, and I’d rather play a game I’d enjoy, and not one that would give me nightmares, or cause me to swear at the tv screen because of some cheap death.

I could go on, since it applies to practically every genre, but  I guess that’s the end of this little idea that was on my mind the past few days.

Now, onto some of  the games I’ve played recently, I went to my friend’s house over the weekend,  and we played some COD:W@W, I’m surprised to say it’s pretty fun, and though the flamethrower pretty much breaks the game because it makes it so easy, the game is sharp and fluid. I also got to play some of the first Gears, and it felt okay, I guess, I didn’t get to play for long though, so I can’t really say. He said that his 360 broke his Halo 3 disc, and when I looked at the back of the CD, there was a very visible ring there, I couldn’t resist saying “Halo got a halo!” he didn’t get it at first, though I had to explain to him what a halo was. I also borrowed Fallout 3, but it was the PC version, and I had to play it on the lowest settings, I’m surprised to say that I’m enjoying the game. Though the combat is weak, and the guns lack any real feeling of power, it’s still pretty fun.

Since I’m running a bit tight on cash, I decided that next time I go to the shops, I’m going  to trade in GRiD, SCIV, R6V2, and maybe GTAIV for Mirror’s Edge, Tomb Raider, Prince of Persia, and the Sony Bluetooth Headset. What do you think?

I guess that’s it for now, it took me an extra couple days to write this blog, because I’ve got tests to start studying for, and I’ve been getting loads of homework lately. Until next time, and thanks for reading.