why do you like games?

[VioletDolphin]

It might seem like a really simple and pointless question but when you think about it, it isn't at all.
When I was younger I liked the challenge of it. It was also something to do when I was bored. I felt a sense of achievement every time I had thoroughly completed a game and had gained the skill to finish it easily. There was a variety of gameplay I enjoyed and I often liked a game that told a story.
These days I mostly play games to relax. I no longer worry about being very skilled at a game.

So what do you like about games?

[gerlock]

I guess I started out liking platform games like Alex Kidd and Crash Bandicoot, but they don't make em like they used too. I find myself not playing them as much as I used too because I have lost skill at them. But I like the story of games as well as the gameplay. graphic doesn,t matter so much too me. It seems that as graphics gets better in games they have to put more effort into the graphics and less into gameplay, so in some way series I likes in the past like resident evil isn't so good to me anymore because they focus on graphics instead of gameplay. I find myself playing large free-roaming games more these days, because a lot of effort goes into them.

[VioletDolphin]

Free-roaming games are fun! At least the ones that aren't difficult are. You can play all of them!
What about platform games like Mario?