>when you get asked "what games do you play?"
I just say shooting games, how the fuck do I describe a jrpg??
>you have to explain touhou
>what games do you play?
>all kinds
>oh ok..
Conversation falls flat
>>333053661
how about you just say
"games with actual good gameplay"
this instantly ends all discussion
>you have to explain Dwarf Fortress
>"I play X, Y, Z, all kind of Vidya, Anon. How about you?"
>"Oh, i don't play, i watch people on Youtube!"
>"I play Assfaggots!"
>"I only play mobile games"
Every time.
>>333053661
>never found anyone to talk about video games to for the most part
>most people around me just play CoD, WoW, Fallout, FF, KH, etc.
>I mostly play cuhrayzee, Japanese action games in general, and fighting games
>don't know what the fuck to say when video games are brought up
>either I feel like they've never heard of the games I play (which they often don't), or they judge me negatively for the games I play (which is bullshit since their taste is always worse)
The solution is to not give a fuck.But that's kinda hard to do.
>>333053772
Ok...
What the fuck did I just watch?
>>333054209
All you need to know about Touhou. Also, remember to never play the games and hoard porn instead
>>333054002
>snurt, whell, axcually I only play shuperior games which you won't have heard of, my tashtes are clearly besht, snurt, you mean you unironically play games made by corporashuns? I feel shad for you.
>uh, okay mate, well I'll just go and fuck my girlfriend and have a night out with my buddies but haha I guess it's been cool talking gaming with you. Take care!
>>333053772
lmao black cat of ill omen came out of tail after crossing border
>>333054770
>anon is upset because he likes obscure games but afraid of being judged by normalfolk
>whelp, better strawman him as a neckbeard!
Um ok?
>>333054424
Please do not sexualize the Touhous.
>>333053772
Can I have that with sound?
![look-of-disapproval-lisa[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/VN0pjwQ.jpg "look-of-disapproval-lisa[1].jpg")
>>333053661
>working first shift as medical student with new consultant
>coming off really smart
>do all his computer shit for him cause he doesn't know how to fucking use a printer despite earning probably over $500k a year and being a top consultant
>starts asking me about what i do in spare time
>don't wanna say video games so i'm just like "study"
>"do you read books, anon?"
>"yeah..."
>"What kind of books?"
>realise he probably doesn't know what malazan book of the fallen is so I'm just like "uh, fantasy novels"
>the look he gives me
man why is it so fucking hard to conceal my power level
>>333053661
Story driven games from eastern continent with turn based combat
I just say "I haven't played video games since I was 12"
>>333054930
are you actually that retarded or are you just pretending?
>what games do you play?
This is such a retarded questions.
You don't ask someone "What food do you eat"? Tons of things obviously.
Am I supposed to answer with one shitty online game because normies can't comprehend that there is more than LoL and CoD?
>>333055790
Yes.
>>333055790
I think its supposed to mean "What games do you play IN GENERAL".
>>333055790
>what food do you eat?
>hmm I like eggs in general, boiled, scrambled, fried. I also love omelettes
>"Eggs"
>"Really? Um, okay anon... Didn't expect that."
small talk should be illegal.
>>333053661
>Friends come over to chill
>Playing a game on an emulator
>What is that anon?
>Valkyrie Profile
>Cool
WOW SO HARD. Honestly though I'm not really sure what to say when people ask me what games I have. Its like they expect me to list 4 or something. I just say monster hunter and say something sarcastic. What's the point if they'll just say "oh" and change the subject once they realize I play "those weird games"?
>>333055790
>>333056072
I play too many to even list them all off, casuals usually have like 3 games they play all together
>>333053661
>how the fuck do I describe a jrpg??
Just say weebshit next time
>someone asks me what kinds of games I play
>they don't even play video games at all
I'll never understand why people do this. It's impossible to send the right message if someone knows nothing about video games. Plus, it makes me feel autistic when I'm being asked to discuss something that the person I'm talking to clearly has no interest in.
>>333056442
>What's a weeb, Anon?
>>333056564
um, uh, I, y-you too
>>333056563
This so fucking much. They obviously don't care and they think I don't notice, so I just say some dumb shit. I hate small talk.
>>333053661
>I play JRPGs
>what's a JRPG?
>You know Final Fantasy?
>Yes
>Those type of games
>Oh, ok
So hard
>>333055771
No he's right, you're fucking dumb.
It's like when you're talking to someone about music and they love Taylor Swift, and you're just like, "Oh" cuz you listen to indie music or something.
>>333057139
>they now think you're playing a MMO
>>333058064
People think of FF14 or 11 when they think of Final Fantasy?
>>333053661
Adventure games, ya mong
>>333053772
Is there even a way to locate this webm somewhere?
>>333053661
ITT autists who don't have the balls/charisma to properly socialize.
And then you wonder why the rest of the internet hates us.
>>333054209
you glimpsed the sperg touhou fanbase
games are fun, everything around it is shit. think dark souls
>"Fighting games"
I just list off three or so popular franchises I enjoy. Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, Legend of Zelda. Easy.
>>333053661
>I play games about dream half sheep people getting chased up a tower of blocks by a womans ass after getting drunk at the pub.
Exclusively H-games.
>>333053873
>Then ask you about fantasy football and need for speed series
Japanese games where you are given girls to train to become slaves
>>333060075
Touhoumon is my jam
>>333053661
>He can't even describe his own hobby
I just tell people I like to play RPGs and MMOs. If they ask for specifics I just say Skyrim, WoW or whatever other mainstream game comes to mind.
You don't need to be an autist and tell them about some niche series they've never heard of.
>>333060684
>I'm too insecure to say what game I'm currently playing
>>333053772
That's not hard. Just say it's a fucking scrolling shooter like Galaga. You autists over-complicate everything.
>>333056442
You know that normal people don't understand your retarded 4chan terminology, right? You're just as socially inept as him, I take it.
>>333053661
Just say it's a goddamned adventure game where you go on a quest, but with board game mechanics.
>>333053661
>how the fuck do I describe a jrpg??
Panty quest
>>333054424
>mfw I have loads of touhou hentai but I've never played the games and don't plan on doing so
>>333055790
I always mention Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 cause I did use to play them a lot, and I still play a bit every now and then.
Often they haven't even heard of it cause they only know Skyrim, Halo, COD and FIFA.
![RTKXI 2016-04-03 09-47-35-14.avi_snapshot_00.01_[2016.04.03_13.54.01].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/59S6Mft.jpg "RTKXI 2016-04-03 09-47-35-14.avi_snapshot_00.01_[2016.04.03_13.54.01].jpg")
I was talking to a fairly normal guy about video games, I tell him I like Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he asks me what that is, and instead of saying "It's the Gùshì of the Chuánqí de Zhànzhēng fought in Zhōngguó among Sān Pàixì that formed after the Ràng wèi of the Han Wángcháo" and getting a confused look since most Americans don't know Chinese I say "It's a strategy game about China"
So are you guys just all retarded or what? Do you come up with these fake situations where it's hard to explain things to people without using your impossible to discern terminology? The same applies to Japanese. Just translate the terms into simple English and people will know what you're saying. Most of you think you know Japanese anyway.
I have actual autism and I can still figure this stuff out. Seriously. Someone name a JRPG now and I'll tell you how you explain it to a normalfag. I'll even list some examples.
>Chrono Trigger (Don't go off on a tangent about Toriyama unless they really like DBZ)
It's an adventure game boy and his friends go on a journey through time to save the future.
>Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (don't call it Ankoku Ryuu)
It's a like a board game where a prince wants to kill a dragon to restore his kingdom and save his land.
>Megami Tensei/Persona (Just call the game by it's subtitle, e.g. Devil Summoner or Strange Journey)
It's a dungeon exploring game where you make deals with demons.
>>333064106
''b-b-but I gotta explain the whole lore and character cast of the game to normies!''
>>333053661
games where you get to make your own character and go on adventures
>i play dota
>what's your MMR?
You can't just ask that!
>>333064106
Ar Nosurge
>>333055246
Could be worse. You could be me and read mostly romance. I just tell people I play video games and leave it at that.
>>333064106
>It's the Gùshì of the Chuánqí de Zhànzhēng fought in Zhōngguó among Sān Pàixì that formed after the Ràng wèi of the Han Wángcháo
kek. Seeing this much untranslated pinyin makes me think of something. Is there a reason that Japanese terms are left untranslated and only rendered with Latin characters in so many games when Chinese and Korean stuff is pretty much always translated? (along with basically other language that gets official translations of media in the west) Is it just the translator just not giving a shit, or do they really think that only Japanese has special meanings for its words?
>>333064751
>my friend went to a job interview
>asked about hobbies and mentioned that he plays CS:GO
>what rank?
>Gold Nova 3
>got told "fucking noob"
He didn't get the job but that was pretty funny
>>333064751
>i play dota
>>333064751
>offline for 7 days
>>333064915
Why not just say you study those things as a hobby in your spare time? It's not fucking hard to make up books.
>what is this Freelancer you're taking about?
>it's a space game
>like dead space?
>>333062531
>Galaga
>implying normalfags in this day know what Galaga is
I was also going to complain about calling it "scrolling", but I guess the background does scroll so whatever.
>>333065167
It's easier to just omit that information. It's not like people asking these questions actually care about everything you do for fun.
>>333064846
Say it's about people flying around space and finding a planet to explore. Alternatively, just make up some nonsense to hype up the story as a tale of the bonds of close friends. I actually convinced a guy to play Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance by telling him about all of the classist subtext as if it were the main plot of the story rather than the much less subtle racism.
>>333053661
I just say final fantasy op. People I know can't seem to tell the differences from one jrpg to another, so it's easier to just say oh its another final fantasy since that's something they understand vs having to explain an entirely new game
Well, you play as a teenager with silly hair and 3-6 of his best pals who have to invariably kill god, some emperor, or god emperor.
Not too bad.
>Anon what kind of games do you like?
>All kinds.
>DO YOU LIKE CALL OF DUTY?
>No not really.
>Then what games do you like anon?
>>333065521
Normalfags don't even know about Galaga anymore? That's quite strange. Even my 18 year old cousin that plays nothing but CoD and GTA has heard of Galaga. They at least know Pac-Man, right? Have you tested this theory out? Am I supposed to say tell them it's like the fixed shooter sections in CoD?
>>333065521
Galaga '90 is a much more traditional scrolling shooter, but I don't think most people played that.
>>333065773
But the thing is, most games aren't really defined by their setting or story. Those things aren't the things why people play them or what makes them good/popular. Like in case of Ar Nosurge, the setting or story, or even gameplay isn't what makes it good. It'show the game treats you as a player as a integral part of the games world. Just think of MGS2 and 5 type of 4th wall breaking.
I think this is why describing games to a someone who doesn't really play games is hard.
>>333066172
I dunno, I think Space invaders has a slightly better chance. It's at least the closest thing you've got and they can't tell the difference anyway.
Just say you move your ship or little girl while firing bullets and avoiding enemies's ones, then you do this for a few stages.
>>333066374
Anon, the average person who you'll tell about it doesn't give a shit about your spoilers or most on the setting. His suggestion would be enough, because the chances the person cares to play, look more into it or even remember its name in a few days are next to none.
And if they did care enough then you'd just explain the whole premise anyway.
Grab bag it. It gives the inquirer somthing to latch on to. Unless they are doing a study, they are asking so they get to know you better and trying to find common ground.
>"What games do you like anon?"
>Pretty much into most things. I like some shooters like [insert popular shooter, maybe something more obscure if they might know it] but also really like story driven games sometimes like (FF, eldar scrolls, baldurs gate ect). What about you?
Give them something to work with without locking yourself in. You pass the ball back. If they are not interested, they now have the freedom to move on. socializing 101.
>>333066157
>i don't like call of duty
say "weeb shit"
>>333066172
They should know about Pac-Man because it was much more popular and every time anyone talks about old videogames Pac-Man immediately pops up. And then there's the meme cartoon, plus the fact that Namco keeps trying to keep him alive to cash in from nostalgia.
>>333053661
Fantasy games, kinda like LotR. Everybody knows LotR, so it's easy to understand.
>>333053661
>>333053772
>>333053958
>Being an autist who has such a high regard of his own subject of autistic obsession that they can't give a succinct explanation of what basically is a glorified children's toy.
>>333066810
>liking cawadoody
underageb&
>>333064938
only japanese have samurai words and translating it would make they lose their bushido, which in turn would they harakiri
because one doesn't simply cut his own guts
>meet a friend in college
>"hey,normie-kun,where do you play games?do you have a PC or a video game or something?"
>"i have a computer but i don't play games on it,only work and i only play games like 45 minutes max a day on my phone"
>"u-u-uh... okay,normie,what games do you "play"
>"clash of clans/clash royale"
being a normie must be suffering
the guy only works and reads,that is all,the only friend he actually have is me and i play vidya like 80 hours a week and he does not even know what the fuck is steam.
he does not even have a gf or something.
it's fucking sad people remove things from themselfes for the sake of being accepted and don't get nothing in return.
i work 7 hours a day and get 20$/hour and it's more than i need,i have friends,my family likes me and i also am meeting a girl.
i think i'm actually the normie here.
>uh, it's a russian plane simulator game where I spend 10 minutes pointing my plane to the side of the map trying to gain altitude just to have an enemy vaporize me before I notice he's there
>>333067125
they watch movies/series or listen to music in the place of gaming
i never know what to say when people talk to me about video games
music is another topic though, i listen to so much of it that anything someone likes i could talk about it with them
>>333053661
>jrpg
Get out. Now.
>"All sorts of games"
I don't discuss videogames with people who aren't as devoted and jaded about the subject as me, to avoid sounding patronizing and belittling. As soon as someone tries to start a conversation about videogames I switch the subject to other hobbies, as fast as I can.
>>333053661
>Limiting yourself to a single genre
Maximum faggot
>>333067738
i feel the same way
i'm too jaded sounding, and i don't want to be rude to them, so i just end up going "oh yeah" "yeah its a decent game"
>>333053661
>Story rich games with emphasis on adventure and friendship
>>333066374
>how the game treats you as a player as a integral part of the games world
So it's a god game?
Also, I just explain games to my grandmother like they're movies and she gets the basic idea.
>>333066831
And you think they know what that will mean? Might as well drop reddit memes in public. You'll look like the >2005 /sp/ guy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTN6gL21F60) and it won't matter that you're trying to look cool because this is retarded no matter what you're talking about
>>333067125
Maybe he's just not that interested in games. I know a guy that watched a little anime, but he mostly cared about playing football. I did get him to watch Eyeshield 21, however
>>333055246
You have to say Game of Thrones. What a noob.
>>333067125
You guys are just pretending, right?
>Training cute girl for night shift
>play a co-op phone game
>listen to music in her truck during break
>what games you play?
>call of duty
>cool.
was really playing Disgaea 4 at the time
hid my power level well.
Oh wow. You people can make up enough bullshit to make any game sound more complicated than it needs to be. Don't pretend this only applies to your "patrician" Russian PC exclusives and Japanese Wonderswan releases. What if I told you that Call of Duty was a game that focuses on the pain and loss of war, which deconstructs the concept of action films having unbeatable badass protagonists by having everyone shit themselves in fear once everything went bad, then had a finale where the protagonist sees that you can't solve everything by looking cool, with all of these points conveyed through the use of high speed action segments where you have regenerating health that allows you to progress much faster than you normally would like in older shooting games such as Doom that relied on health pack pickups and exploring the map to restore energy when you were in trouble, coupled with a multiplayer mode that allows you to put your skills from the story mode to the test against other players that believe they have mastered the game's mechanics?
You'd say I was full of shit and look at me like I was crazy. It's not the game's fault for people looking at you like you're weird. CoD is as normalfagcore as you can get besides mobile games. You people just don't know how to summarize anything. I thought they taught you kids this in school, though.
just say fantasy games with little girls who have massive boobs
>>333069235
What if I play fantasy games with little girls who have flat chests?
>>333069385
yeah stick with what I said anon
>>333069385
Then you're a pedophile and should be lynched.
>>333069385
you lie, if you don't want to be arrested
>>333069529
we're on /v/ anon
you aint gotta lie to kick it
no FBI here ;)
>>333069385
Then just say little girls, little girsl have small breasts by default
>>333067083
Mass Effect samurai stuff, though.
>>333056354
>friend comes over
>playing a game on my PS4
>"what is that"
>oh this is Mega Dimension Neptunia VII
>"I didn't know my friend was a faggot"
I dare you to fucking go and tell people that ask the question in public that you play Nep games.
>>333070783
Faggots didn't even know Neptunia before Steam.
Just don't play it in front of others.
>>333066374
The setting and story are actually what makes the 4th wall stuff possible, so it's very disingenous to say that they're not related. And that's leaving out how important music is to that game series too.
>>333053661
>Fighting games
>"I love Mortal Kombat"
EZ PZ
