Nowadays I just tell people I play Dark Souls. Much quicker conversation than explaining what Shin Megami Tensei is or why a grown man is playing Kirby.
I once sent someone into complete confusion by saying that I like playing roguelikes, so I just simply say that I like games like Elden ring, cyberpunk, and rdr2 (peak games imo)
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I thought to myself (shit best think of a normie answer to blend in) "oh ... erm ... that new god of war game is pretty good"
I was met with blank faces and they declared me a super nerd cos they'd never heard of it
"Monster: Hunter World"
and how it looked really cool despite the terrible title
the intonation of his voice didn't say
"Monster Hunter: World"
he said it like
"Monster ... HunterWorld"
Counter Strike: Source (7100 hours)
Counter Strike: Global Offensive (5400 hours)
Ark Survival: (6.4 hours)
most of them barely knew what a resident evil or a metal gear solid was
Then again, I've maybe got way too many hundreds of hours into Vampire Survivors or Factorio to TRULY judge.