Poll: Has your taste of games changed over the years?

[Frapple]

No so much tastes but definitely my habits.

Used to be a competitive gamer, played years of CS1.3-1.6 in leagues, having PCWs every night, clan matches on Tuesdays, Thursday & Fridays.

I tried again with BF2 but dolphin diving ruined the game early on, I think many people didn't both to go back.

Still play any and all genres, apart from JRPGs, as that archaic gameplay should've died out years ago.

 

[DSK-]

I started off playing RTS games before playing FPS and then later RPG games. I rarely seem to play RTS's. The golden age of the genre has long since passed.

 

[trickyfingers]

I'm 22 and in my younger days I didn't have the patience for RTS. Always loved Starcraft and C&C but just didn't have the patience to get any good at them. Still not very good at rts, but nowadays I can beat most of my friends no problem.

Way way back I always avoided racing sims in favor of more arcade-y titles like NFS. When I got my 360 a few years back I put a few weeks into the copy of Forza 2 it was bundled with and really had a good time. I was really honestly astounded by how much fun I had.

One thing i know for certain, I will always love FPS. My dad was a gamer and got me started on FPS at age 4 or 5 with a little game called Catacombs and the rest is history.

 

[Thimblefoot]

Nope. I still love the genres I always did. Shooters both Third and First person. Stealth games, RPG's, Hack 'n Slashers, Action, Adventure, Strategy Turn based and Real time. Only genres I don't like are the ones I have never liked, Racers and Fighters. Oh, and J-RPG's. Can't forget J-RPG's

 

[Jackalb]

I used to be absolutely dominated by RTS' but then I moved onto RPG. I still occasionally play an RTS but my main lover is a good RPG.

 

[YouBecame]

When I started gaming I was kind of a pussy, so anything like a FPS I'd be too apprehensive to play. I used to play RTS' and RPGs.

Now I'm really into FPSs. RTS and RPG are still fun for me, and I like to get involved still, but the main games I play are FPS now

 

[Slaanax]

I play the sames through the years, but since I am slightly less a pussy that I was when I was a kid I can play scary games without peeing my pants.

 

[Marter]

I don't think it has much. The only thing that has changed was that I can now play the more mature titles, expanding the range of titles I can play.

 

[Blueruler182]

I went from playing only Halo to playing other shooters to (now) playing a bit of everything and growing a little bored of shooters.

 

[likalaruku]

Lesse:

80s: Oregon Trail, Paperboy, Carmen Sandiego.

Early 90s: Side scrollers, Duck Hunt.

Late 90s: WWF, Tony Hawk, Goldfinger, Zelda on PS1, Star Wars, Furcadia, Heroes of Might & Magic 4.

Late 2000s: City builders & fantasy RPGs.

Yup, I'd say they have.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I've been really shifting from platformers to FPS games. A few games still stand out though

 

[superbatranger]

I've never really payed attention to whether or not my taste in games have changed. But, for the most part, it has stayed the same give or take a few changes.

 

[Amberella]

I don't think it has much. The only thing that has changed was that I can now play the more mature titles, expanding the range of titles I can play.

This.

 

[Luke5515]

Used to be adventure and platformers, now its fps, tps, and puzzles.

 

[FieryTrainwreck]

The one thing that stands out most is my tolerance for bad writing. I look back on games I enjoyed as a teenager, and the dialogue, story, characters, etc. are fucking awful. Now I'm a lot less forgiving; if the protagonist is a fucking twit (Uncharted springs to mind), I just don't play the game.

 

[Thunderhorse31]

I used to play a lot of fighters, platformers, and JRPGs.

Now I mostly play FPSs, sandbox games, and WRPGs.

I really can't tell if it's because my tastes have changed, or if it's because the different genres are generally marketed to different age groups. Not many 20-somethings are itching to play Spyro, and 10-year-olds should probably stay miles away from Saints Row. Am I merely a product of my environment???