Your Preferred Genres
#1
Posted 30 December 2007 - 06:49 PM
Turn-based games are games like Golden Sun and Fire Emblem/Advance Wars where actions are carried out in turns like a board game. Real-time games are games like StarCraft and shooters.
#2
Posted 30 December 2007 - 06:53 PM
FPS's for just the adreniline of shooting people up, since I'll never do it in real life, or will I.
Racers and sports for party fun, or for when my cousins and **** come over. And I love the MC series.
Adventures for straight up fun beat up up, slash em games.
But ya RPG's are my fav.
#3
Posted 30 December 2007 - 07:27 PM
RPGs are honestly my favourite genre though, and there are a few good western RPGs (Fable and ES: Oblivion comes to mind)
#4
Posted 30 December 2007 - 08:00 PM
Except Golden Sun of course. Golden Sun's awesome.
#7
Posted 30 December 2007 - 08:06 PM
The FF games. Tales Of. Dragon Warrior. Sukedon.
And yes FF13 looks amazing.
#8
Posted 30 December 2007 - 09:32 PM
I really dont play much anymore and it's either JRPGs or Beat 'em ups when i do
#9
Posted 31 December 2007 - 12:09 PM
Well, I hate sports and puzzle games, but those are the only two I dislike. Games like NBA and NHL make me sick, as do Tetris and Dr. Mario. However, for some reason, I do like Tennis games quite a bit. Oh, and I also dislike hack-and-slash.
I've noticed I like more complicated games more than I like the ones that are very fun and simple to play. By "complicated" I mean Zelda, Metroid and Fire Emblem(which aren't very complicated actually), and by fun with simple controls and not much to think about I mean Mario.
Racing games are great, but to a certain extent. I believe I like fighting more than I do racing, unlike my brother.
RPG's are also great, but I can't play a lot of 'em. All the stats and weapons and leveling up sometimes get tiring.
My favourite is probably adventure games, though I enjoy almost anything else: from shooters to strategy.
#10
Posted 31 December 2007 - 12:30 PM
#11
Posted 31 December 2007 - 01:06 PM
I don't mind shooters (I was a big Counter Strike player back in the day), but they can't hold me for too long. I'm not a huge fan of sports games in general either, but the big exception here is football (soccer) - I love the Fifa and Winning Eleven games.
EDIT: on a side note, what genres do you want in a poll? I was creating one earlier, and I then realized just how many there are, not to mention some are similar (i.e. action-adventure, strategy-RPG, JRPG, etc.)
#12
Posted 31 December 2007 - 02:27 PM
I just don't have the reflexes for much else.
#13
Posted 01 January 2008 - 01:10 AM
#14
Posted 01 January 2008 - 05:35 AM
#16
Posted 01 January 2008 - 11:08 AM
Skidzorz, on Dec 30 2007, 06:06 PM, said:
The FF games. Tales Of. Dragon Warrior. Sukedon.
A lot JRPGs are linear, usually strict to the story and turn based while western RPGs are non-linear with more action oriented combat and not as much story involvement. Games like The Elder Scrolls, Diablo, Neverwinter Nights, The Witcher, Baldur's Gate are western RPGs.
#17
Posted 01 January 2008 - 05:22 PM
In order of most liked to least liked:
FPS
Action
RPG
Racing
Beat em up
Puzzle
Sports
Everybody says shooters are all the same, but they're wrong. Theres no way in hell you can compare Bioshock to timesplitters. Every shooter is different to another, so I can never get bored of them. Each will have a feature that another doesnt have.
Action games like Overlord are great fun, and most of the time there's no boundaries so you can do whatever you want, where you want.
RPGs like oblivion are awesome. Completely free roaming, nothing stopping you from doing whatever the hell you want. Love em.
Racing games are only good with a certain amount of realism. If you try to make them too realistic, you get a game thats too frustratingly difficult to even play, like Forza 2. The perfect balance is when there's enough realism that the cars are real and the physics are all right, but none of the complicated customizing cars etc. Burnout is a good example of one of these games
Beat em Ups are only really fun with mates, as theres hardly any story, and its only button bashing really, and its hilarious with mates.
Puzzle games are kinda hit and miss with me. It depends on the context. If its quite involving and fast like meteos, then i'll love it and play it loads, however if its slow paced and takes a while to get going, like tetris, then i'll give it a miss
Sports games are just for lazy people who watch the sport on TV, but are too lazy to actually go and play the sport for real.
#18
Posted 01 January 2008 - 06:47 PM
#19
Posted 01 January 2008 - 06:48 PM
#20
Posted 03 January 2008 - 04:15 PM
Advanced Wars has to be my favorite Strategy, followed closely by FE (which is actually made by the same company). Super Mario Galaxy is my absolute favorite Platformer or Adventure game. GoldenSun:TLA and Contact tie for my favorite RPG's, and don't kill me, but Halo 3 is my favorite FPS. But, I also haven't gotten to play many FPS's, since I've only owned Nintendo consoles (they're cheaper), and my PC sucks, and I haven't the cash to build myself a better one.
#21
Posted 18 January 2008 - 08:35 PM
I'm curious here. Who voted Hentai? XD
#22
Posted 19 January 2008 - 01:15 AM
Me loves teh RPGs. There's nothing more fun than manipulating party members and screwing with morality.
Shooters are great too. Not much to say really.
Racing is D: I think its boring. Unless their is some kind of explosion or crash, I get bored with them fast.
Puzzles are really interesting to me. Sometimes I can finish them real easily. Others might take a day or two of thinking. But nothing beats the feeling of completing a really hard puzzle. Makes me feel really smart and stuff.
Fighting games are ok, but they get repetitive real fast.
Sports are double D: Why play a video game of a game? Its much more fun to go play it in real-life (unless its like, golf or something).
Dunno what Hentia is...
Every game requires strategy to some extent. So I don't really know how to answer this one, besides their "good".
#23
Posted 19 January 2008 - 01:25 AM
#24
Posted 19 January 2008 - 01:44 AM
#25
Posted 19 January 2008 - 02:12 AM
maybe i should have voted seriously....
but none of the other genres have a rape sim XD
#26
Posted 19 January 2008 - 02:18 AM
I uninstalled it. XD
#28
Posted 19 January 2008 - 02:24 AM
i played the Rape sim after one of those Jack Thompson types was busy ranting about it as an "evil game" that will never be released in the west or even translated into English >>
#30
Posted 19 January 2008 - 02:32 AM
-RPG
-Strategy
-Adventure
-Fighting
-Shooter
-Racing
-Sports
-Hentai
Also, I prefer turn-based far more than real time. I'm a big fan of the classic RPG battle system, which is part of the reason why I believe Final Fantasy is definitely getting worse. Real time isn't bad, but games that are turn-based from the beginning should stay that way.
#31
Posted 19 January 2008 - 02:36 AM
Wind Dude, on Jan 19 2008, 08:26 AM, said:
well its called RapeLay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapelay
only in Japan.........>>;;
#32
Posted 19 January 2008 - 02:38 AM
#33
Posted 19 January 2008 - 02:42 AM
there are a lot more Puzzle games than Hentai ones XP
#34
Posted 19 January 2008 - 02:52 AM
#37
Posted 19 January 2008 - 03:06 AM
Sorry to any of the 5 voters that like puzzle games. XD
#39
Posted 19 January 2008 - 03:10 AM
#40
Posted 19 January 2008 - 03:16 AM
#41
Posted 19 January 2008 - 03:17 AM
I prefer raceing games that let you fine tune your car the most, and no, what you can do in Carbon/Pro Street isn't fine tuneing. NFS:Porsche Unleashed is fine tuneing, and is still the best NFS title made to date imo.
The only fighting game that I like (as far as I remember) is the SSB series. I don't mind games like Soul Calibur 2, but SC is pretty much the only exception.
I like most adventure games. Depends though.
I've liked every strategy game I've tried so far. I'm more of a fan of turn based than RTS though. Same goes for RPG's.
I haven't had the pleasure of playing many FPS, but I seem to like the non military based ones, as in CoD, Ghost Recon, etc. But CoD 4 is getting a lot of praise.
As for puzzle games, yay for Tetris!
#42
Posted 19 January 2008 - 03:25 AM
Anyway, in order from favourite to least favourite genre: RPG, Strategy, Adventure, Shooter, Puzzle and Hentai are tied (can't decide which goes where), Fighting, Racing and Sports.
I prefer fantasy worlds thank you, as opposed to games that you have to play just because you feel you cannot play the ACTUAL game yourself.
#44
Posted 19 January 2008 - 03:55 AM
#46
Posted 19 January 2008 - 07:12 AM
RPGs are a form of escapism, which is one of the reasons they're so popular
#47
Posted 19 January 2008 - 02:09 PM
#48
Posted 19 January 2008 - 02:23 PM
#49
Posted 19 January 2008 - 02:24 PM
#51
Posted 19 January 2008 - 11:30 PM
#52
Posted 19 January 2008 - 11:31 PM
Evil, be gone!
#54
Posted 20 January 2008 - 12:02 AM
No. Just no.
#55
Posted 20 January 2008 - 12:16 AM
#56
Posted 20 January 2008 - 01:15 AM
#57
Posted 20 January 2008 - 01:49 AM
like WD states GTA is 3rd person action
i grew out of platformers years a go, these days its only the Mario titles that can half hold my interest
#58
Posted 22 January 2008 - 03:45 PM
Meh, I like RPG's best, then shooters, the sports games.
Real-time is better then turn-based in my opinion, makes things go faster etc.
#61
Posted 22 January 2008 - 05:28 PM
#62
Posted 22 January 2008 - 05:31 PM
Alot of RPG's nowadays are very different in even gameplay, and the characters are greatly designed.
But omg, Halo is the same as Half Life because they are trying to save the world, from aliens. :ph34r:. Wow. No.
#63
Posted 22 January 2008 - 05:36 PM
#64
Posted 22 January 2008 - 05:40 PM
Mario, Halo, FF, they all have somebody saving the world, or an important object, or person, from somebody else.
RPG's actually have the best plots of all video games. Yes the plot is the same at the front and back of the book, but in the middle, is always different.
#65
Posted 22 January 2008 - 05:47 PM
#66
Posted 22 January 2008 - 05:51 PM
#67
Posted 22 January 2008 - 06:30 PM
Earth Dude, on Jan 22 2008, 03:28 PM, said:
Western RPGs are better in my opinion. Although one of my favourites (Paper Mario TTYD) is TECHNICALLY a JRPG, but I find it MUCH better then any others.
#68
Posted 22 January 2008 - 06:53 PM
And Western RPGs > JRPGs.
#70
Posted 22 January 2008 - 07:00 PM
#71
Posted 22 January 2008 - 07:01 PM
Idk, JRPG's jsut seem to have a better story, which is what interests me most about games, well game-play, but ya, second thing I look at is story line, which most WRPG's dont have.
#72
Posted 22 January 2008 - 07:10 PM
In the WRPGs I play you just generally feel involved in the story since many times you get to make your own decisions rather than have story the story told to you in JRPGs. I remember my time in FF12, sometimes I felt more like I was watching a movie than playing a game. :ph34r:
#73
Posted 22 January 2008 - 07:12 PM
Meh.
#74
Posted 22 January 2008 - 07:16 PM
You seem to have skipped my argument on linear storylines. But I like to think I'm open-minded, so one day I intend on picking up FF12 again and a couple other JRPGs I missed.
#75
Posted 22 January 2008 - 07:21 PM
I like that better than the non-story, hack & slash, RPGs liek Baulders Gate and Diablo.
#76
Posted 22 January 2008 - 10:11 PM
Nosferatu, on Jan 22 2008, 04:30 PM, said:
That is one of Nintendo's best games EVER.
But I'm in between the two sides of this argument.
I haven't played many RPG's in general, but the JRPG's I've played are a lot more like interactive novels, while WRPG's are more "roam around and kill stuff" kinda games. I like JRPG's for the storyline, and WRPG's for the ability to make your own choices. If there was a JW or WJ RPG genre, I'd go with that.
As for FPS's, there isn't really much of a difference between Halo 2 and Halo 3 besides graphics and weapons, and GoW feels pretty similar. However, they feel different to me than the military FPS (CoD, MoH, etc.), though all of the military FPS's feel EXACTLY the same to me. Only difference being setting and weapons.
Crysis on the other hand, well it feels a lot different to me. In pretty much ALL other FPS's, there's only one way to take out the enemy. Most of the time it consists of running in and painting the room with lead. However, there's always more than one way to take out the enemy in Crysis (so far at least). Plus, Crysis has AWESOME physics. No one can play the game deny that.
#80
Posted 23 January 2008 - 10:46 PM
Lemontime, on Jan 23 2008, 09:20 AM, said:
there has been simce the SNES days (i think), although only a handful ever see release outside Japan.
a favourite with the sexually uneducated japanese nerd
A disturbing amount of those dating sims end up being hentai.
anywa~y....
go JRPGs! :)