Just a simple quiz for fun.

1) Not particularly. I'm currently playing Divine Divinity (2002) and it's a lot of fun. But generally, I prefer newer games because most old games are a bit too clunky for my taste.
A) Divine Divinity is cool, but I just started it, so I can't really tell much about it after just about 6 hours. There are lots of games I loved to play as a kid (Diablo 2, GTA 2, GTA Vice City, Gothic 2, etc.). But whenever I replay these games as an adult, I notice that movement is often a bit weird or the controls are more clunky than in new games. I do however love the Pokemon Games Gen. 1 and 2.
2) Probably about 2 or 3. Currently it's Divine Divinity (Solo), Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition (Coop with a friend) and maybe a bit of Titan Quest.
3) Almost never
B) Minesweeper (perfect to kill some minutes of waiting time)
4) It depends. When the game is longer than 30 hours, chances are good that I won't finish it. The chances of me finishing the game are higher though if I play coop or when it has a brilliant gameplay or story. I often stop after 10-20 hours if there's something significantly wrong with the experience.
5) I'm trying to play as many good games as possible. Sadly, my backlog has become so big that the task of playing at least the good ones is way too big. So, in conclusion I would say that I'm somewhere in the middle of these 2 extremes
6) I like both. Third Person can be better for story-driven games because you always see your own character which I think helps you to form more of a feeling for your character. First Person can help you though to become immersed in the action.
7) Story-driven games all the way. There are way too many Open Worlds with trillions of questmarkers on the map but all of these are as generic as they can get. This can become way too repetative after some while.
8) Primarily at the weekend. During the week mostly evening.
9) For their great story: Spec Ops: The Line, To The Moon. For great gameplay: Grim Dawn, Divinity: Original Sin. For everything: The Witcher 3
10) all kinds of RPG

1) Yes, but I actually prefer retro console games over PC games, simply because running the later too often has some downsides.
A) Chrono Trigger. On the PC it might be Imperialism 2.
2) Three or four usually
3) Pretty much all but Xbox.
B) All Zelda games.
4) No standards there, it depends on the game.
5) Gaming is the hobby.
6) Neither, I prefer map view to frolic in border gore.
7) Both
8) Between 22:00 and 2:00
9) It's too hot for such serious thoughts. xD
10) Strategy and RPGs.

1) Yes but I don't do it regularly, it can be fun.
2) I'm fairly young, but I used to have an old NES with some Warrio game? I don't remember the title but it was super fun.
3) I play Guild Wars 2 (MMO) on a regular basis and play 1-2 strategy games when I feel like it but if i'm playing story driven games I try to keep them one at a time. B) GW2 I mentioned previously.
4) I try to finish them, and I can usually tell if I'll like the game or not about an hour in.
5) I just get the games that look appealing and if/when I have money, I don't feel the pressure to stay up to date.
6) FPS. I actually can't stand 3rd pov shooters.
7) Both, just depends on the execution.
8) Evening to night, but depends if soloing or co-op.
9) Dragon Age, Guild Wars 2, Life is Strange, Tales From The Borderlands, Sly Cooper.
10) RPG (especially fantasy).

1) Definitely! I grew up with the early PC titles.
A) I don't know if it can really be considered retro, but my favorite game of all time is Grim Fandango (1998). Pre-1995... maybe Sim City 2000 or Star Wars: X-Wing (both 1993). More retro than that, maybe Commander Keen (1990) -- played through the entire original trilogy back then. Also had plenty of fun tying up my parents' phone line to play the original Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (1994) with friends.

2) At the same time, I'm probably legitimately playing up to three or four games. I'm trying to break myself of the habit, because inevitably one or two of those gets dropped as I pick something else up.

3) I play things on Android, but not very "seriously" even though they can definitely take a lot of time. Every once in a while I'll go to an emulated console game (it's amazing how many can just be run over the internet now), and on rare occasion I'll branch out to a platform on PC besides Steam.
B) My favorite non-Steam game... I... have no idea. The Saboteur on Origin was pretty good. No One Lives Forever still needs to arrive on a digital platform. Goldeneye 007 was really good, and I can play it on my Android now (it's aged poorly). Maybe the first Halo game.

4) Lately (the past year or so), I've been much better about actually finishing games. In the past month though, my focus is elsewhere, so that's taken a bit of a hit as my gametime is mostly limited to very quick drop-in diversions.

5) Definitely the gaming is the hobby, not the purchasing. But... the purchasing is the enabler, and digital storefronts make it so easy....

6) Depends on the game. I liked Deus Ex: HR's mix of both first- and third-person views. I liked Jedi Knight's ability to toggle between them (mostly because 3rd person is great for peeking around corners). This is definitely a development design choice, imho, and not a strict gameplay preference.

7) I prefer a good story, regardless of openness/linearity.

8) Hmm... night. Few distractions, little glare, don't need the volume turned up much to hear it, can stop playing and go right to bed.

9) Grim Fandango, Day of the Tentacle, Super Meat Boy, Deus Ex, and Ori and the Blind Forest.

10) Classic point-and-click adventure, followed closely by action/adventure games.

What kind of quiz?

1) I like it probably.
2) Age of Empires and Ascendancy (1995) were good.
3) I did not count the number of times.
4) Until the reality calls me.
5) I have not bought it recently. There are things to receive from real friends.
6) Anything.
7) Anything
8)24 h. What?Unless the reality calls.
9)Er. .FTL, Terraria, Skyrim, Elone, Stellaris (Actually, I do not have a remake of ascendancy, but I want to do it.
10)I'll do whatever. However, rarely 3D sickness. that's all.

1) Not one little bit.
2) I currently have 138 games installed (200 unfinished) on Steam alone, some of which I haven't touched for years. Realicticaly I probably play about 10 different ones at once.
3) Other PC ones (Origin, Bnet, Uplay,...) yes, other no.
B) Probably Overwatch
4) I used to be really bad about not finishing games I started but in the past year or so I got my shit together and I have started and completed 6 games today alone (yes, I am aware I have a problem, but they were short games ok?)
5) Buying games because gaming is my hobby
6) I can't decide. I have put way over 2,5k hours into both kinds of games.
7) Depends on the day, mostly linear due to the fact open world can be overwhelming at times.
8) 9PM-3AM
9) This is a hard one. I will just take some of my top playtimes on Steam. They are from very random geners. Euro Truck Simulator 2, Killing Floor 2, Sleeping Dogs, Saints Row: The Third, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
10) Shooters and hidden object games.

1) Do you like retro-gaming? (For this question only PC gaming and games from 1995 at most.)
Yes! 1996-2002 are my favorite years! Deus Ex. Baldur's Gate, Fallout, Arcanum, VMTB - so many!
A) If so, what is/are your favorite retro-game?
Arcanum
2) How many games are you playing at the same time at any given time?
Many. 6-12
3) Do you play on other platforms other than Steam?
Yes. Uplay, Origin, Battlenet, Twitch, Gog Galaxy
B) If so, what's your favorite non-Steam game?
A game I play not on Steam is Van Helsing Final Cut. But, a game that is not on Steam? Hmmmm... Diablo III
4) Do you often finish the games you started or just until you get bored or something else catches your attention?
I don't finish very many games. Most games are longer than they should be.
5) Are you buying games cause gaming is your hobby or buying (getting) games became a hobby?
I like to play the games. But I buy too many. Less now. When shovelware was just starting I got sucked into collecting. No more.
6) First person shooter or Third person shooter?
FPS
7) Open world or linear story-driven games?
Both
8) Favorite time of the day to play games?
Night time is the best time.
9) 5 games you absolutely recommend.
Shadowman, Into the Breach, Recursed, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Darkest Dungeon
10) Favorite genre (RTS, FPS, RPG, etc.)
RPG

1) Do you like retro-gaming? (For this question only PC gaming and games from 1995 at most.)
Yes of course.

A) If so, what is/are your favorite retro-game?

• You can be more retro than 1995, but all the Legacy of Kain games are great. Prior and after 1995, I loved the cinematic platformers like Flashback, Another World and Heart of Darkness.

2) How many games are you playing at the same time at any given time?

Around 10.

3) Do you play on other platforms other than Steam?

GOG is great. Itch.io for C64 games.

B) If so, what's your favorite non-Steam game?

Now it's Sam's Journey a retro Homebrew game for the C64

4) Do you often finish the games you started or just until you get bored or something else catches your attention?

All of that.

5) Are you buying games cause gaming is your hobby or buying (getting) games became a hobby?

I like to play games. So... First option.

6) First person shooter or Third person shooter?

Why no both?

7) Open world or linear story-driven games?

I like both, but I often stop playing the open world games when Ii finish the main story.

8) Favorite time of the day to play games?

When I have time, mostly at night or in weekends.

9) 5 games you absolutely recommend.

On the top of my mind, right now:

• Another World/Out of this World
• Crypt of the Necrodancer
• SOMA
• Sunless Sea
• Desktop Dungeons

10) Favorite genre (RTS, FPS, RPG, etc.)

If the game is good I play anything. But lately I play mostly platformers, RPGs, adventures and Roguelite games of several genres.

1) Yes. I'm an 80's baby so retro gaming is what I grew up on. I still love to play them and games of similar makes.
A) The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past. Pc specific unsure. I was a console gamer. The only pc games I had were like snake, solitaire, or some titles that I can't even remember the name of... But they were for kids for sure.
2) 3 usually. Depends on events.
3) Yes. Usually the official launcher for certain game companies like blizzard. I have GOG too.
B) Warframe although there is a steam version... So I guess I have to say League of Legends.
4) Finish. Rare cases I put down games and forget where I was supposed to go next and I just stop playing with plans to pick it back up again someday.
5) Gaming is my hobby. Although growing my collection has been a spur of my passion. I'd like to someday review the games I play, and even make video play throughs.
6) Either. I don't really mind either way but I feel like first person is more immersive.
7) Open world. Exploring is what I love to do in games.
8) Late night.
9) Disgaea (1), Warframe, Super Smash Brothers (Any), The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Final Fantasy 7.
10) I don't have one really. I find all kinds of games fun. I love fps, sandbox, RPG, turn based, platformers, etc. Very few things I dislike...

1) Do you like retro-gaming? (For this question only PC gaming and games from 1995 at most.)
Yes, very much!

A) If so, what is/are your favorite retro-game?
Hmm, now I am confused. Can I include games even before 1995? O.o That would be Loom and The Legend of Kyrandia for an adventure games! Also Lion King, Aladdin or Prince of Persia for a platformer! And Duke nukem! for shooters Oh, sweet memories. :3
For older 1995 - that would Might and Magic! Mostly part 6 and 7. But I am loyal to them to these days. ;)

2) How many games are you playing at the same time at any given time?
5 - 7 I try to play just one game, but can't help myself and always end up starting a new one and another one.... X)

3) Do you play on other platforms other than Steam?
Yes, Origin, Uplay and GoG

B) If so, what's your favorite non-Steam game?
This got me, most of my games I have on the other platforms is on Steam too.... so I can just think of Mass Effect 3!

4) Do you often finish the games you started or just until you get bored or something else catches your attention?
This is my weak point. I often got carried away and don't complete it, but I will one day come back! But I must say, that lately I am getting better and better at completing games. ;)

5) Are you buying games cause gaming is your hobby or buying (getting) games became a hobby?
Because gaming is my hobby. I buy only games I want to play.

6) First person shooter or Third person shooter?
Both. But better is first person. :)

7) Open world or linear story-driven games?
I have no problem with both types, but I can get easily exhausted in the open world so I maybe prefer the linear way.

8) Favorite time of the day to play games?
Afternoon and evening. On weekend it is all day!

9) 5 games you absolutely recommend.
Mass Effect series, Reus, Slime Rancher, Witcher series, Thief the old ones, the new one not entirely X)
There is so much more!! T_T

10) Favorite genre (RTS, FPS, RPG, etc.)
Adventure, RPG, FPS, strategy, survival.... okay, I wont list them all. XD

1) no
2) I only play one at a time, as it is pretty hard to play more simultaneously. How do even do that? Have more then one pc, but then you need to switch mouse and keyboard pretty fast all the time
3)Uplay and Origin
B)AC
4)mostly finish
5)I'm not buying games
6)Third
7)both
8)every time
9)AC
10)AC

1) Not sure what falls under retro gaming these days and what doesn't so not sure...
A) I loved Zelda games when I was younger
2) Way to many to be honest, but right now at least 2 (not counting in the many games I started but never finished)
3) On my consoles (2ds, ndsl and n64 and stuff like that) and I do own Diablo 3 not even sure which 'platform' that is, wish it would just come on Steam though, much easier!
B) I don't really have a favorite
4) Can be both, I have a pile of games I really finished but also way to many I just got bored with/lost motivation and started a new one later
5) Not sure what to answer here, I mean I don't buy games just to have games, I buy them to (eventually) play them
6) Neither, I dislike shooters!
7) Linear story-driven, Open World can be great but I usually get boring with those fast
8) When I am not at work, or sleeping
9) Some Steam games: Grim Dawn, the Rusty Lake series, Oceanhorn, Amnesia™: Memories, the Hexcells series
10) Puzzle, RPG, Adventure, Dungeon Crawler, Point & Click

1) Definitely, I love them.
A) WarCraft, Dungeon Keeper, StarCraft, Diablo, Commandos, Thief, Command and Conquer, Red Alert, Age of Empires, Heroes of Might and Magic
2) I prefer to focus on one game at a time.
3) Blizzard
B) Warcraft III
4) I play games until I reach 100% achievement completion as well as complete every side content. If I can't reach that I play until I complete as much as I can both in terms of achievement completion and campaign+extras etc.
5) Gaming has been my hobby since I was 5-6 years old. I buy games to play and enjoy them.
6) I don't play shooters but if I had to pick one perspective in my most favourite genre, stealth, I'd go with third person.
7) I enjoy both so I can't pick one over the other. Although I'd go with lineary story driven if the open world version is torturously repetitive.
8) Whenever I feel like it.
9) Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, HITMAN, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, Talos Principle, LA Noire. The games that are mentioned in 1A are automatic recommendations.
10) Stealth first and foremost. Then RTS, Puzzle, Adventure, Tower Defense.

1) Generally, no. When playing games in the 80s and 90s, as much as I liked the games, I always wanted them to look better. Now they do, so I don't generally like going back.
A) For me retro games were from the Atari 2600 era. :p I also liked the old text adventure / Infocom games.
2) Usually about 2-3, but sometimes a little more. One "main game," one "main game with the kids," one "casual game with the kids on the crappy CoreDuo computer upstairs," and maybe another game or two which we've pretty much abandoned but might revisit it every now and then.
3) I have 148 games on GOG, but most of those are freebies or from GOG Connect. It appears I've only bought about 39 of them, and have only played two of them, finishing neither of them. :( I don't think any of them are GOG exclusives. I also have maybe 15-20 games on the PS3.
B) Rock Band 2, basically the reason I bought a PS3 back in the day.
4) I usually finish the games I've started, and don't start it unless I think I'll finish it. There are some exceptions to that, though.
5) If I'm understanding the question, gaming is a hobby-- I'm not a game collector.
6) Neither, I generally don't like shooters. But of the few that I've played-- especially if you consider Portal-- then I'd say FPS.
7) I'm fine with both...in a nice FRPG, I like open-world. In a puzzle or story based game, I'm fine with linear.
8) After the kids are in bed and the wife has plans somewhere! Or, when playing with the kids, a nice lazy weekend afternoon.
9A) The more well-known ones: Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Remember Me, Portal 1&2, Tomb Raider 2014, Ori and the Blind Forest
9B) Somewhat less well-known: A Story About My Uncle, Contrast, Thomas Was Alone, Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas, Snail Bob 2 (for kids)
10) Fantasy RPG and story-rich adventure or point-and-click.

1) Not really.
2) 1 or 2, and using my "main" game as a break from other 2.
3) Well, does old CD games counts?
B) Silent Hill 2
4) I pick games that I like and I know that I will beat, so I usually complete them until they turns out to be very boring.
5) Both
6) Third person shooter all the way.
7) Linear and story driven, but I'm open for open world too.
8) Mornings and evenings.
9) Both the evil within games, Furi, UBERMOSH, Deus Ex and Dishonored games, Vampyr, upcoming Biomutant and Darksiders games.
10) Survival Horror, stealth, oldschool 3D platformers, hack n' slash and action-adventure.

I WROTE AN HUGE ANSWER, but i didnt know there was a word limit, trust me im cryng, i wrote a lot about each questions and i lost everything.
Im sorry if i short answer now but it is too cruel for me. Damn words limit.

1) Yes! I mostly play emulators for consoles like Snes/Ps1, so Nintendo and Sony consoles, all of them. Im interested in knowing more about Sega consoles aswell. I actually played some arcade emulators aswell and played with an actual real commodore 64, but i absolutely have no knoledge about old pc games. (oldest for me consider is Tomb raider, which was on ps1 aswell but i actually played it when i was 5 on pc).
A. Xenogears. Actually it is in general my favorite game. If u dont consider it retro enough, then im going to catch up the oldest i can have and would say Popeye, the arcade game. It was my childhood with my dad.
2) 3/4, it is a bad habit of mine actually.
3) Yea, i have stuff on Origin and Uplay, but never use them. While the one i actually use daily is Blizzard.
B) Overwatch, but if u consider LoL (yea the moba) a game that could apply , i play that daily. Otherwise i would say The sims? I honestly dk.
4) No i dont usually start a game and leeave it only when i finish it. It is an old habit of mine, i actually get very hypey about tryng another game i recently had in my hands and so i finish to play 3/4 games all together.
5) I dont buy often cuz i dont have the opportunity to do it, actually this is why i stick around mostly around retro console games.So when i buy i do it because of my hobby about gaming. I cannot afford to have as an hobby to buy games xD
6) I dislike FPS in general, but i would say Third person shooter.
7) Linear and story driven, but if they actually learn a way to manage better open worlds, that i actually dislike because they give u the illusions to do whatever, to be in another complete world but in reality u havent much to do in there beside boring and repetitive subquests that makes u lose the main quest, then i would choose open world. They are promising, but they are becoming a bit excessive. Open world when the game doesnt need to it is actually a bad plague.
8) Evenings, playing for me should be relaxing and do not conflict in any way with what you should do in daytime, like studyng, working and managing house and stuff.
9) I actually wrote a lot of stuff explaining why i suggest them but lost it. So let me give you two different suggestions.
Pc only: Furi, Transistor, Tales of Berseria, Any FF Game, To the moon (yea mostly indies but i wanted to suggest games i actually played!)
Not pc only: Xenogears (ps1), Illusion of Gaia (snes), Fire emblem saga (pretty much nintendo consoles), Shin megami tensei: lucifer's call (ps1), Metroid saga (the prime saga on Wii or GCN, the original ones on nes/snes)
10) Jrpg, actually im happy they are slowly coming on pc aswell, because pc became my main platform to play games. Otherwise any game with a strong story behind could be my cup of tea. I highly dislike fps and Horror games. Im not a fan of survivals aswell.

Thanks for the quiz!

1) Yes, i like Warcraft.
2) 2 at the same time.
3) Yes, i like League of Legends, used to have very good time with friends. Now i dont play it often, but still watch some tournament.
4) I usually finish the games I've started, but there are some exceptions ^^.
5) Gaming is my hobby.
6) I enjoy both, but i like FPS better.
7) Both.
8) 10PM to 12PM
9) DARK SOULS, Life is Strange, Borderlands, American Truck Simulator, Cities: Skylight
10) I like all genre. I play mostly FPS, Action and RPGs.