Best game type and why?

[Iffypop]

I guess I am an FPS junkie. I've fallen out of the loop with my PC lately, the only real new title I bought for it lately was Kane's Wrath, that and I haven't bothered getting any shiny new components in a while. As such I guess I've restricted myself to my 360, meaning the majority of my time is spent hopping from shooter to shooter.

Taking a wild stab in the dark, I'm guessing you mean "Personal favourite", as there is no real way of testing the "best" genre. If you did it by popularity it could fall under FPS, maybe sports games or RPGs.

Edit: Sorry if I've used too many howevers and "in terms of" - I'm in a hungover stupor at the moment, and haven't really woken up. As such I spent about 2 minutes between each word staring at my radiator.

I feel one of my lengthy posts comming on, so... I'll carry on.

Although I spend most of my time playing FPS games I would actually rather be playing a really well thought out RPG. I'll admit it loud and proud here, I am a Geek. Not a nerd, Geek. I wear a Halo 3 t-shirt on occasion, listen to Iron Maiden, study computer games programming, play tabletops on occasion and get rat-arsed on a relativly nightly basis.

The immersion and depth in a good RPG is enough to absorb a player for hours on end. I spent 12 hours playing Fallout 2 once, 10 on KotR II. So I'd have to say in terms of engrossing a player RPGs certainly take the biscuit in terms of being the best. They do, however, often require a certain level of attention, one far greater than a shooter and to those ends often mean it's not too easy to play after a good night out. An FPS on the otherhand is excellent for such a predicament.

So, I could argue that in terms of enjoyment and quick thrills an FPS will keep you on edge, keep you laughing at times when that corpse flies past in an undignified mannor and is something that doesn't require as much thought.

I think I see where I was going with that, which I apologise for. I guess it leads me to conclude:

FPS-RPG!

 

[WhiteFangofWhoa]

Just about every genre has it's place, but if I had to pick only one genre to play for the rest of my existence I'd go with the Metroids and current-era Castlevanias, whether 2D or 3D. Something about being able to explore such a massive planet or castle, knowing half the spots you pass by can later open up into massive realms of their own, is very satisfying to my inner cartographer. The music is also set at very high standards (Victorian Haze currently holds the honor of my favorite gaming song), even if the plot is sometimes shallower than what I'm used to.
6 years ago I'd have proudly said JRPGs, but I somehow got tired of having so many dead ends, level grinding and pointless conversations while searching for the one person who would set off the next event chain. More effort should be put into making NPC dialogue interesting or amusing, like in the last RPG I enjoyed, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. Even Goombella's comments were occasionally good for a laugh.

 

[p1ne]

Good oldskool Capture the Flag in an iteration of Unreal Tournament or Quake 3. People don't like hardcore-style CTF much these days because it takes way more skill than most other gametypes, meaning new players get destroyed when they try to pick it up and have to invest too much time in the game to get decent. However, I've yet to encounter a game that can match the excitement of a close match of CTF in UT (except maybe Double Domination from UT2003, which was awesome and very underappreciated).

 

[Rabid Toilet]

RPG fan at heart. I love the leveling up aspect, improving your character until they can rival gods. I also love a good story, which RPG's tend to have. I also love to read, so go figure.

FPS and TPS come in at second, because sometimes you just want to blow some heads off. I'm also probably the only person who actually prefers console controls to a mouse. It's so much easier to control in my opinion.

 

[ReepNeep]

Good oldskool Capture the Flag in an iteration of Unreal Tournament or Quake 3. People don't like hardcore-style CTF much these days because it takes way more skill than most other gametypes, meaning new players get destroyed when they try to pick it up and have to invest too much time in the game to get decent. However, I've yet to encounter a game that can match the excitement of a close match of CTF in UT (except maybe Double Domination from UT2003, which was awesome and very underappreciated).

Holy crap! Someone else who liked DD! I didn't play it much because there weren't any servers for it but DOM-Conduit is one of my favorite maps in any fps.

FPS games are my bag, especially the Quake/UT style ones, but a good PCRPG is fun too.

 

[CosmicStorms]

Point and Click, they are the Dogs Testicles. They're easy to control, you have 2 buttons, left and right click, the puzzles are always imaginative and the story is usually very deep and entertaining and by the way, by point and click I don't mean those crappy escape the room games I mean games like Broken Sword and Myst.

 

[shadow skill]

Action adventure games like Ninja gaiden or Devil May Cry. There are enough games with a decent story that the ocassional game with a vapid one is not so bad unlike it is in other genres where it seems to be the exact opposite.

 

[unusedaccountdeleteme]

I like Stealth games as they both require me to think, and think on my feet.

Arrrgh. Stealth games annoy the hell outta me. It's always the same, like on Splinter Cell, where you get to the end and something glitches, you fail the mission and have to start again. >.<

The ONLY 'stealthy' game series I enjoy is Hitman

 

[H0ncho]

RPG and RTS for the same reason... You build(or work) yourself stronger and stronger through clever work, unlocking more and more possibilities to bring doom upon your enemies, becoming in the end an unstoppable force of destruction.

I also love a good story. In this regards RPGs and fps are best, but only the single player aspects. Multiplayer fps is a bit lame methinks... Too steep a learning curve for me, and too repetitive gameplay.

 

[Jumplion]

The FPS is my favorite genere. If you add some RPG elements (I.E. you need to purchase guns, level up to increase stats) we've got a winning combo!

And stealth every now and again, though i havn't played one in a while.

 

[krashdummy]

The FPS is my favorite genere. If you add some RPG elements (I.E. you need to purchase guns, level up to increase stats) we've got a winning combo!

This has been done. It's called GunZ and, as the name suggests, it sucks.
Feel free to disregard my opinion, though, since I generally tend to hate FPSs with a passion.

On the topic of what the best gaming genre is, I'd say I honestly don't know. And I have to admit that I've never thought of it before.
I suppose I lean mostly towards anything that requires moderate or little dedication, time and competence, though.
Sadly, I feel this might label me a "casual gamer", which is weird since I played WoW with sheer, extreme, slightly retarded determination for roughly 2 and a half years before dropping it - after several months of incredible boredom and honor grinding (which, I guess, sort of translates into "incredible boredom and more incredible boredom") - 3 or 4 months ago.

 

[bobraj]

I don't know if this applies to the gamers on this forum, but most people tend to play the genres that they are best at and thus these genres become their favourite.

For me its slightly different. I am pretty poor at shoot-em-ups, (especially vertical scrollers for some reason) but I absolutely adore them. Maybe I am a masochist, but the feeling I get when I have completed an insanely tough shmup or finally get the high score after years of trying beats any other feeling in videogames.

 

[boyitsme95]

I like FPSRPG's. Alone there really good, but together there my fine Columbine 8-Ball (Thats a large amount of crack cocaine). The action of FPS's and the costumizeing ablity of RPG's are so much fun together and complement each other so well. If I hade to pick one it would be RPG's where everyone stands in a line and fights. Love um'!

 

[RobotLiberationArmy]

The FPS is my favorite genere. If you add some RPG elements (I.E. you need to purchase guns, level up to increase stats) we've got a winning combo!

This has been done. It's called GunZ and, as the name suggests, it sucks.
Feel free to disregard my opinion, though, since I generally tend to hate FPSs with a passion.

Yes, GunZ, the third-person FPS.

Seriously, I can see how one might get confused about what is or isn't and RPG or something as it's a rather ambiguous category. Also because RPG fans are fucking crazy, I include both FF wackos and OCD CRPG types like myself in this statement.

First person shooter is a pretty cut-and-dried category. There are a couple of borderline cases (Condemned) but mostly you can just use the checklist implicit in the names itself:
[ ]First Person
[ ]You Shoot Things

If the answer to both is yes, it's probably a FPS. Here's a hint: GunZ won't pass that test.

That said, you're right on one point--FPS/RPG has been done. It's called Deus Ex and is probably the best game ever made.

 

[Conqueror Kenny]

RPG's and FPS' should never be combined. Alone they stand; Together they fall. But yes my fav's must be between fps or rpg its too tough to decide for me.

 

[Another]

RPG for me. I just love an epic story. This could also explain my enjoyment of reading...

 

[Jagdedge]

Anything like Elite Beat Agents. Give me anything resembling that sort of playing style, and I will play it into the ground.

 

[vun]

Fun games.
I don't have a preferred genre anymore but I'm not too fond of third-person shooters.

 

[ayoama]

Fun games.
I don't have a preferred genre anymore but I'm not too fond of third-person shooters.

Same here, just change third-person with first-person.