A gaming community free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.
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I just remembered another one - the original Car and Driver game (way before Need for Speed 1) was a vector 3D affair that ran at full speed on a 386.
One of the courses was the San Dimas Mall parking lot - I worked out that I could use the "drop camera" command in one spot, and then it became a radio control car simulator since the 'dropped' camera followed the car being driven :-)
When I regularly played Need for Speed: Most Wanted (the old one from the 2000s), I often intentionally didn't escape the cops at low wanted levels in order to get to higher wanted levels. Not sure this counts because it's basically what you have to do if you want to have fun in this game...
Recently I've been playing a lot of EA FC 25, and when I'm already clearly winning (or losing), I usually commit a lot of fouls just because I can.
That's how people play football in person too
Beamng drive.
I don't actually know the point of this game but it's awesome.
Money generated from Community Chest/Chance goes to Free Parking and players can buy Jail.
I’ve never heard of buying jail, but near the end of the game jail is the place to be.
Hollow Knight and Silk Song. I put an unlimited jump mod on. There's too much back and forth from getting lost or finding hidden area and im trash at anything platforming.
I like to look for secrets in Action Half-Life maps
Probably all of them... I mostly play single player games, which I either mod, and/or edit memory/save games to skip grindy parts. I am there for the story, exploration and puzzles.
By the most different way I play, would be Beyond All Reason, where I mostly just spectate public matches, since I am pretty sure I would be stomped, and to get good at it, might be out of my abilities. But watching is fun.
I really like Dark Souls/Elden Ring multiplayer PvP. I especially like Dark Souls 3 and it's still pretty active, at least on PC! Hosts can choose to be invaded by intentionally using an ember and the dried finger and even try to "gank" the invader by teaming up with other players to fight them with a massive advantage. It's fun to invade these worlds and have a duel, or try to overcome a gank. I got pretty decent at fighting, spacing, parrying, weapon-swapping during animations for massive critical damage, etc.
But the game will also ember you after beating bosses, opening you up to invasions even if you didn't want that. And invading is such an aggressive act that I don't find it fun to hunt down and kill someone who doesn't even want to PvP. So when I encounter someone who very obviously doesn't want to fight me (and I can't entice them to attack), I'll just follow them around in underwear or a crazy outfit, staying out of the way and gesturing and yelling by using the carvings at all the PvE enemies they kill. You can also drop items for other players. It's a silly, time-wasting thing to run around until the host dies or goes to fight a boss and you get kicked out of their world...
From GTA, Saints Row to Cyberpunk, I just prefer to walk.
In Fallout 4, I would toggle god mod and just focus on building settlements.
Back when i played Hearthstone (briefly) my friend and i woulf pass until the 10th turn and then try to one-shot eachother before the other is able to.
I don't play it any more, but the only thing I did for most of my time playing The Sims was cheat in money and design baller houses. Couldn't have given less of a shit about the Sims themselves.
I play most MMOs as Auction House PvP.
on some of the later pokemon games i was mostly farming berries, quite obsessively, and the semi fun end game "avenue. rather than battling online.