Since the inception of print magazines, personality tests have been a fun and sometimes unpleasant way to categorize yourself and your friends. Obviously you can’t fully classify someone’s personality in just ten questions, but you can get some important insights about it.
In some video games, this little trick is used to tailor the gaming experience to your personality, or to subtly (or sometimes not so subtly) influence the events and outcomes of the game’s story. Or it could be completely random! But then again, that’s also kind of in line with regular personality tests, if you think about it.
9 What kind of Pokemon are you? – Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Series
In all Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games, you take on the role of a human who has spontaneously transformed into a Pokemon and is in a Pokemon-centric society. Of course, everyone has different Pokemon that they like, and it wouldn’t be fun to be randomly assigned one, so to pick the right Pokemon for you, the games start you off with a personality test.
The way you answer the questions, as well as the gender you set your characters to, will determine which kind of Pokemon resonates with you the most. For example, are you a naive boy? You are a Totodile. Are you a spicy girl? You are a Torchic. In the later games, you can also just pick Pokemon from a list if you don’t want to bother with the test.
8 Jedi Classes – Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic
While the Jedi of the Star Wars universe are often viewed through a blanket lens of “space samurai with a cool sword,” there are actually a few different types of Jedi Knight, with different focus and abilities. When you undergo your Padawan training in Knights of the Old Republic, you’ll be given a short quiz to determine what kind of Jedi class is right for you.
Depending on how you answer, Dorak will recommend a blue lightsaber for a guard, a yellow lightsaber for a sentry, or a green lightsaber for a consular officer. Of course, you can also just ignore his recommendation and specify your character however you want.
7 The GOAT – Fallout 3
During your education in Vault 101 in Fallout 3, all adolescents must take the Generalized Occupational Aptitude Test or “GOAT”. It’s a quick test that determines which role in the Vault lifestyle you’re best suited for, and it’s also the building blocks of your character’s skills.
However, no one takes the GOAT that seriously, so when you’re done taking the test, if you talk to the invigilator, he’ll happily turn your answers in any direction you want. This lets you set your favorite tagging skills, but also lets you drop things where they can if you’re more committed to role-playing.
6 Dive to the heart – Kingdom Hearts
The deeper concepts of the Kingdom Hearts series are… abstract, to put it nicely. Example: At the start of the first game, during Sora’s Dive to the Heart, a mysterious voice asks him a variety of questions, even in the form of several of his friends in the process, to determine what kind of hero he is. would be. to be.
The weapon you choose and the weapon you specify determine your combat specializations, while the answers you give to your friends determine how Sora gains experience throughout the game. You can make him level up quickly to start, or start slow and accelerate through his levels later.
5 Order Vs Chaos – Shin Megami Tensei Series
A recurring theme in the Shin Megami Tensei series is the balance between order and chaos, rather than good and evil. Order is about harmony at the expense of individuality and choice, while Chaos is about freedom at the expense of security and direction. Each game in the series gauges your allegiance to these factors with a sporadic series of questions throughout the story.
Sometimes you’ll be asked to make a choice during an important cutscene, while in other cases you’ll have to answer a seemingly innocuous question while talking to an NPC. The way you answer ultimately determines who you side with, although in some cases certain choices can set you on a completely different path.
4 Just a normal behavior test – Prey
During Prey’s cold opening, you, as Morgan Yu, must undergo a series of behavioral tests. Your brother, Alex, relays this as a simple formality prior to your trip to space, although the tests are a bit unusual. You will be asked to remove blocks from a pedestal and hide in a room with no hiding places.
After that, you will be asked to answer a handful of questions. Three of these are variations on the classic Trolley Problem thought experiment, in which you can rescue people from a runaway vehicle by killing another person. The way you go through this test won’t affect the game, but once you’ve completed the story, the bizarre experiments may make more sense.
3 Teen Magazine Quizzes – Monster Prom
As a game that revolves around your social stats, Monster Prom needs a way to actually determine what your stats are. Since it’s a game about monstrous teens, what better option than a silly magazine personality quiz? Well, probably several options, but after all, the game’s tagline is “be your worst self”.
You’ll be presented with a handful of questions, and using the quote-unquote “PhD in bullshit”, the game will determine your highest and lowest starting stats, as well as which of the qualifying monster bachelors or singles you have the best chance with.
2 Therapy Sessions – Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Between the great set pieces of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, we regularly switch perspectives back to a person, later revealed as Cheryl Mason, in the middle of a therapy session. This is an important part of the game’s signature Psych Profile system, in which it slightly adjusts itself based on how you respond to the therapist.
Depending on how you complete the therapist’s exercises and answer his questions, several factors in Harry’s adventure will change. The stunned bodies that attack him in the Ice World will change shape, certain characters will have their appearance and personalities modified, and the final ending you land on will be determined.
1 Getting to Know Your Sims – The Sims 4
While The Sims 4 still offers the series’ tried-and-true Create-a-Sim system, which lets you build and customize an all-new Sim, it also introduced a new way to create a virtual person: a personality quiz.
With the Create-A-Sim Stories feature, your hypothetical Sim asks you for your opinion on various situations and topics. This ranges from things like the location of your ideal home to your opinion of insects. Your answers will help shape your Sim’s personality and traits.
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