Yes. Also no. (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Wednesday, August 09, 2017, 15:08 (2672 days ago) @ ZackDark
edited by Cody Miller, Wednesday, August 09, 2017, 15:12

I, for one, both want games that surprise me AND games that presents concepts I'm already comfortable with. Which games from which category, however, I'll have a hard time predicting until I do play.

In some sense, every game presents concept you are comfortable with. For instance, a gun is going to shoot and go bang. A horse will trot and gallop, etc. Only the most abstract type of game is going to completely surprise you. Even simple things like the left stick moving a character are hard to deviate from.

I find that I am surprised the most by unexpected complexity. For instance, being able to do something I wouldn't expect but that still makes sense. Like in Beyond Two Souls, just being able to walk right out the door exiting the bar. If you stay, you get assaulted, but the game hints something isn't right. Usually you simply don't get the ability to disengage like that.