We have some early favourite game data, which has been added to the Class pages – you can now see which game series have proved popular with other people who share your BrainHex class.
Compiling this data was difficult, because certain games are universally popular and score well with everyone, including the Zelda, Mario and Final Fantasy series, plus certain games were disproportionately popular in this sample (probably as a result of the test being linked to from specific sites). In particular, Team Fortress 2 was wildly more popular in the current sample than in any of our previous survey data, suggesting a sampling bias.
In choosing which games to show among the favourites, we looked at disproportionate values with respect to the other Classes, for instance Bioshock appeared at least once in the favourite games of all the Classes, but on average constituted only 2% of each Class' list of favourite games. We listed it among the favourite games of Survivors because it was 4% of that Class' favourite games - twice the mean popularity. Some subjective decisions were also made in sorting the data.
Here, for reference, are the popular titles by Class, in alphabetical order:
- Seeker: Elder Scrolls (Morrowind in particular, but Oblivion also scored well), Final Fantasy, Grim Fandango (this was a surprise!), Okami, Shadow of the Colossus, and Zelda.
- Survivor: Bioshock, GTA, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, and Silent Hill.
- Daredevil: Ace Combat, Call of Duty, GTA, Mario, Mario Kart, Shadow of the Colossus.
- Mastermind: Animal Crossing (this was quite unexpected here!), Chess (...while this was predicted), Chrono Trigger, Fallout, Half-Life, and Zelda.
- Conqueror: Call of Duty, Halo, Metal Gear Solid, Metroid, StarCraft, and Super Smash Bros.
- Socialiser: Final Fantasy, Left 4 Dead, Pokémon, Team Fortress 2 (actually pretty popular with all Classes in the current sample), and World of Warcraft.
- Achiever: Final Fantasy, Mario, Monopoly (only popular with this Class!), Monster Hunter, Pokémon, and World of Warcraft.
We'll update the favourite game list in a few months time when we have a more diverse sample.
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