Playing the Player: Difference between revisions

As such, the common relationship between the player and the game constitutes a trope. Therefore, it can be [[Playing with a Trope|played with]].

 

 

There are quite a few ways to do this. Most involve deliberate deception of the player (not just the player character). But it has to be a significant betrayal of the player's expectations in order to qualify, and this betrayal must be intended to make the player squirm. And this is not the only manner in which a game can do this. By definition, the game has to have a level of understanding about how players relate to it in order to pull this off.

This trope is often easy to implement in a [[First-Person Shooter]] because players will have a tendency to see their player character ''as'' themselves. Needless to say, most [[First-Person Shooter]] games do ''not'' use this trope. However, it can be implemented in less immersive perspectives by having an [[Audience Surrogate]] character.

 

 

Not to be confused with [[The Game Plays You]]. Naturally full of [[Wham! Episode|Wham Episodes]].