Most outstanding hybrid genre gameplay in a game

[Iaspis]

My vote would easily go to Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising. What a brilliant mix of shooting/RTS action. How I miss Rage...

What do you think?

 

[EzraPound]

Conker's Bad Fur Day. Good platformer/shooter hybrid. ActRaiser, too.

Whatever else, NOT Spore.

 

[Stringytank]

FPS/RPG's are usually pretty good (e.g. Bioshock and Fallout 3)

 

[Ramza is better then Cloud]

My vote would actually have to go to Yu-Gi-Oh: Duelist of Rose, taking a collectible card game and turning in into a TBS was unique and actually quite fun to play

 

[Samurai Goomba]

Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix combines sandbox environments with arcade-style racing quite nicely.

Baten Kaitos mixed up a fine blend of card battling/RPG stew that I thought was very tasty.

Hitman: Blood Money combines so many styles of gameplay, it's hard to pick them all out.

 

[Fronken]

I'm gonna go with Jade Empire for the original Xbox, as its both a hack&slash game (like DMC or Ninja Gaiden), but also a RPG.

 

[rossatdi]

Beat 'Em Up + RPG from Guardian Heroes
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FPS + RPG from Deus Ex
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FPS + Beat 'Em Up from Condemned 1 & 2 (2 more for the action itself)
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Does Turn based macro-management sim + RTS count? Because I think the Total War series have done that fantastically.

 

[Iaspis]

Does Turn based macro-management sim + RTS count? Because I think the Total War series have done that fantastically.

Yes and agreed.

 

[rossatdi]

Does Turn based macro-management sim + RTS count? Because I think the Total War series have done that fantastically.

Yes and agreed.

Horray, qualification! I love the macro part of the games so much more. It's not that the RTS is bad, far from it, I'm just bad at it. Which is really annoying for a reasonably smart guy. So I just tend to let my generals sort it all out!

 

[Theo Samaritan]

World of Goo. Its a real-time building and physics simulator while at the same time being Lemmings

 

[742]

well i think we can all agree that FPS/RPG's are awesome. that said, i really liked the GBA and DS castlevania games. (platformer/action RPG, i say that last bit only because you equip items and gain experience)

 

[Souplex]

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. I have pointed out time and time again that it is the best game ever and this point has been scientifically proven. The game meshes puzzles, platforming, exploration and blowing stuff up perfectly.

Fire Emblem is a good mix of turn based strategy and RPG. The fact that every game but one in the series had a finite number of battles to prevent level grinding was a nice touch to avoid such things and whenever a character died they stayed dead forcing you to actually think your moves out. It is also the first JRPG series to take on western themes.

 

[Iaspis]

World of Goo. Its a real-time building and physics simulator while at the same time being Lemmings

WoG is indeed a truly exceptional and original game, but I don't think it combines elements from two (or more) major gaming genres. It's a puzzle game. A fantastic one though.

 

[raemiel]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. for the gritty realism the gameplay and atmosphere drown you in.

Also Fallout 3 though I see it more as a rounded package of how you do that type of modern/futuristic RPG instead of a hybrid of FPS/RPG.

 

[Elurindel]

Deus Ex is a decent hybrid, not to mention one of the best games ever. Another one is Sacrifice, which is hard to classify: 3rd person over-the-shoulder roleplay strategy?

 

[ward.]

My vote would actually have to go to Yu-Gi-Oh: Duelist of Rose, taking a collectible card game and turning in into a TBS was unique and actually quite fun to play

That game was both enjoyable and completed in a reasonable amount of time, in fact it'd be a perfect "on the side" game if you actually got to use most of the rare cards without having to cheat.

I guess I liked warzone 2010 for the playstation 1, it was an RTS that let you zoom in and play it in a style similar to a FPS.
Think it might have had rpg elements in their as well now that I think about it.

 

[Ramza is better then Cloud]

My vote would actually have to go to Yu-Gi-Oh: Duelist of Rose, taking a collectible card game and turning in into a TBS was unique and actually quite fun to play

That game was both enjoyable and completed in a reasonable amount of time, in fact it'd be a perfect "on the side" game if you actually got to use most of the rare cards without having to cheat.

Yeah that did suck, but I think after you've beaten both sides you're allowed to win the rare cards from people

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

The TPS/Platformer goodness that is the Ratchet & Clank series.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

The 2d Castlevania games (since Symphony of the Night) mix side scrolling Action/Platformer with RPG, and it works brilliantly.

Personally I want to see a game that combines Gears of War style shooting with Burnout Style driving. GTA4 comes close, but the open world element makes both clunkier and the cars aren't fun to drive in GTA4.