Objectives

This post is a continuation from the game design lesson where we discussed player objectives in video games.

This post is focused in particular to the Bartle's Taxonomy Types, killers, socializers, explorers and achievers.(I have left and image of the taxonomy types below.)

Using the Taxonomy types I am going to discuss which I fit into when playing two of my favourite games.

GTA V

The first game I will talk about is Grand theft auto, in this game I am a Socialiser as I mainly play this game with friends. When playing with friends we are always talking about the game or some other random topic whilst messing around in the open world of Grand theft auto online. However I also fit into the killer type as when playing I sometimes engage in PvP combat using my special vehicles and weapons that I spend my hard earn money on. When killing other players it is mainly because they attacked me first or I had a good reason to kill them such as a Bounty target. When it comes to the other types I don't really see myself in Gta as the achiever or the explorer but when Gta first launched I would have put myself as the explorer as I did allot of it when I first played Gta.

Call of Duty

The last game I am going to talk about is Call of Duty, this includes both Warzone and cold war. When it comes down to call of duty multiplayer I definitely strive to be the Achiever as I try to get everything unlock such as gun camos or level prestige's, this is my type of grind as it gives me something to do for a very long time. As well as being the achiever I am also the Socialiser as this is another game I like to play with friends and even friends of other friends. I think that with the team based games in call of duty it is hard not to be a socialiser as communication is key to doing well in both Warzone and cold war. I of course see myself as the Killer because call of duty is all about PvP and that's what I play call of duty for. Finally when it comes to the Explorers I do not fit in to this type as with call of duty I don't tend to explore anything.

In summary when it comes to playing my favourite games I am mainly the Socialiser, the killer and the Achiever.