Perfect Game Examples of the Genre (Opinion)

[Mirroga]

This is a topic wherein you talk about what game/s is the perfect example for certain game genre/s.

My Game Examples:

God of War Series - Hack n' Slash / Action Adventure
Addicting combat, nice puzzles, wonderful soundtrack, and satisfying kills.

Orange Box - FPS
3 different FPS games. All a wonderful example of what I consider a good and unique FPS experience in my book.

Fallout 3 - Free-Roaming FPSRPG
Everything about the game is freedom. Also loved how it added an RPG touch to FPS. You'll certainly have plenty of game hours of fun here.

Infamous / Prototype - Sandbox / Parkour
I consider both to be great examples of its genre. It both gives wonderful parkour freedom; Infamous with its nice platforming and line-gliding, and Prototype with its sprinting and wall-running. The superpowers are a bonus as well considering you just want to do any shit you want in a sandbox game.


What are your perfect game examples of your favorite game genres?

 

[Legion]

No game is perfect. If I find a perfect game, I wouldn't need to go to JB-HIFI again to buy a new game. then how will they make business?

So true. Except switch JB-HIFI with Amazon or some other store.

 

[Legion]

Amazon sucks man. JB-HIFI has cheap prices and the stuff is still up to retail standards.

Probably best to bear in mind the difference in countries here. I am pretty certain JB-HIFI doesn't exist in the UK. I am also sure the pricing on Amazon is different to each country as well.

 

[Christemo]

RTS: age of mythology.

God of war - hack n slash.

turn based straPG - heroes of might and magic 3 (its own genre).

COD4 - FPS.

MMORPG - WOW.

fighter - SSBB,.

RPG - Titan Quest.

Prototype - sandbox.

 

[Harlemura]

Crash Bandicoot: 3D Platforming.
One of the best platforming series ever, in my view.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

Seriously? No one thought of either Knights of the Old Republic or Neverwinter Nights for RPG?

What about Puzzley-Adventure games? Like Monkey Island or Grim Fandango?
Why don't they get a mention?

Casual Game? Something you can jump in for 5 minutes. I'd say one of these: Peggle, Plants vs. Zombies or Audiosurf


I can't pick a perfect for any genre, there's too many good games. We're lucky in that respect, and don't forget it.

 

[4fromK]

Diablo II is probably the best RPG in my books.
I'd say quake (series) is the perfect example of how a multiplayer FPS is supposed to work, Given that everything under the sun has copied it.

 

[veloper]

Point & click adventure - monkey island

FPS - Doom 1-2 and Serious Sam 1-2.
All shooters released in the past few years are very poor examples of the genre, dilluted with elements from other genres.

turn based strategy - civilization 4 bts, galciv 2

realtime strategy - starcraft, homeworld

roleplaying game - temple of elemental evil; flawed as it is, TOEE represents what the genre means

 

[Samman]

Action RPG - Diablo 2.

I could totally try to say SC for RTS but there's been a lot of quality RTS's since SC's time. However, Diablo 2 still owns the hack & slash RPG genre. Nothing has even come close.

 

[Zayren]

Platformer: Yoshi's Island or Little Big Planet. And I don't like platformers!

 

[Markness]

RPG: Baldur's Gate 2

That's all that needs to be said.

 

[Jandau]

Western RPGs: Baldur's Gate 2 - It's the epitome of the genre, with a good story, interesting characters, solid writing, varied setpieces, a variety of character building options, wide range of items to gather, just enough side content, a combat system that's easy to use but provides a variety of options, etc. There are some RPGs that have done some of the individual aspects better than BG2 (for instance Planescape: Torment did the story and characters better), but the overall high-quality blend of all the facets is what makes it the best representative of the western school of RPG making.

RPG - Titan Quest.

ROFL! Good one!

 

[Garg]

Multiplayer FPS- Team Fortress 2
Singleplayer FPS- Half Life 2 or Bioshock
Turn Based Strategy- Civilization 3 or 4
Real Time Strategy- Starcraft
Puzzle Platformer- Portal and PoP Sands of Time
Platformer- Banjo Kazooie
Casual Game- Plants vs Zombies
Puzzle- World of Goo
MMORPG- Ultima Online and WoW
Action RPG- Diablo 2
"Traditional" RPG- KotOR and Pokemon
Fighting Game- Mortal Kombat

My Near-Perfect Game- Pikmin