Poll: The next step in gaming genres?

[stormcaller]

As long as any americans live there will always be shooters
Not a bad thing just there needs to be more rpgs and developers are focused on fps

I don't quite understand the comment and to quote yahtzee "The best way to blow off some steam is to blow off somebody's nadjers" I don't think it really matters where you're from.

 

[Jandau]

Depends, if Duke Nukem Forever gets released, FPS games will rule the world

 

[stormcaller]

Depends, if Duke Nukem Forever gets released, FPS games will rule the world

what happens if we find Nessie or Bigfoot first?

 

[USSR]

Ok, first of all, you are comparing battle systems of a first person shooter, with a role playing game. Not trying to be mean, but if you are saying first person shooters have a better battle system, no shit.

First person shooter is a battle system to be technical

I wasn't confirming that RPG's had better battle systems. FPS's have near perfect battle systems but it gets repetitive. A bit more repetitive than RPG's. RPG's still retain a somewhat uniqueness to it's genre.

In response to the first part of what you said: "If I am saying?" I said what I meant to say: "FPSs are just about as repetetive as RPGs, they just rely on different gaming mechanics."
The second part: So, you disagree. Why?
In my post, I just stated how I felt that RPG battle systems are typically more like the coordination involved in cooking. Apply my feelings to the hundreds of fights that I would have to go through in an RPG, and you have the makings of repetitive gameplay. Tell me what about RPGs you feel is less repetitious than a FPS.

FPS's will always be dominant because non-gamers also play them

One word: Pokemon. And if "non-gamers" are the criteria for the top genre, then isn't casual gaming the true king?

A still say FPS's a little repetitive. I'm not saying a lot. You have a point about RPG's being more like cooking, but at least a 1/3 of it's genre isn't cooking the same god damn meal over and over again. World war 2 games have put FPS's through more hell than the infamous RPG's Final Fantasy.

FPS's normally consist of you being stuck somewhere, where only option is to shoot and kill. In a war, in a zombie apocalypse, in a era where robots are trying to fry the living shit out of your brains. It's always one or another, basically, the majority is, shoot-kill-survive/win war.

RPG's remain a sense of uniqueness as they have numerous scenarios that have different plots that might actually require thinking for a good bit, not just tossing a grenade and praying to god. The are puzzles, long term quests the require to save, capture, or destroy a certain item, and every once in a while, a plot twist.

I'm not saying they are always unique, but I am saying they are just a bit less repetitive.

I'd write more, but I have to go.

 

[Jursa]

RPGs and FPS's will stand through even the strongest attacks and MMOs have such dedicated fanbases that it would take Gordon Freeman's crowbar to pry them off and RTS is also a genre that is like a bottle in an ocean, it will never sink and someone will always find it and use it. Personally I think the genres are very nicely placed, I play FPS, RPG and RTS and I love the mix.

 

[The Rockerfly]

Yeah but theres got to be a better way of blowing off steam then just shooting people. We already have a million and one games where we can shoot other people to death. What about a online martial art game? I surpose im looking for a different type of online game thats not just shooters

 

[mhitman]

Ok, first of all, you are comparing battle systems of a first person shooter, with a role playing game. Not trying to be mean, but if you are saying first person shooters have a better battle system, no shit.

First person shooter is a battle system to be technical

I wasn't confirming that RPG's had better battle systems. FPS's have near perfect battle systems but it gets repetitive. A bit more repetitive than RPG's. RPG's still retain a somewhat uniqueness to it's genre.

In response to the first part of what you said: "If I am saying?" I said what I meant to say: "FPSs are just about as repetetive as RPGs, they just rely on different gaming mechanics."
The second part: So, you disagree. Why?
In my post, I just stated how I felt that RPG battle systems are typically more like the coordination involved in cooking. Apply my feelings to the hundreds of fights that I would have to go through in an RPG, and you have the makings of repetitive gameplay. Tell me what about RPGs you feel is less repetitious than a FPS.

FPS's will always be dominant because non-gamers also play them

One word: Pokemon. And if "non-gamers" are the criteria for the top genre, then isn't casual gaming the true king?

I mean that non-gamers + us + _____ = profit

dunno about u but i dont play casual games

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

JRPGs will reign again.

Maybe they will eventually, but they have become stale like Pre Baldurs Gate Western RPG's did before that title came out. JRPG's need some improvement before they can take back the throne they held in the PS1/PS2 era. Also FPS's have died down before and it looks like they may fall again in the near future. This is a good thing because usually it takes another Half Life or Halo to restart the genre. Hell look at what Gears of War did for Third Person Shooters, before that it was a "dead" genre.

 

[stormcaller]

I mean that non-gamers + us + _____ = profit

dunno about u but i dont play casual games

what constitiutes as a casual game?

 

[Damolition]

MMO's are the way of the future, I wouldn't even call them a separate genre as they can encompass all.

All we need is a decent FPS MMO and I'm set.

 

[SquirrelPants]

I believe that there should be an MMO somewhere that is completely built off of player ideas and whatnot. Sort of a Guild Wars style thing(forces you to party up, and you adventure in the world by yourself), but updates weekly or so, and just gets bigger and better each time, because things are based on what players want.

So essentially what spore should be + medievel setting?

Yeah, but the setting could theoretically be anywhere. The game could even be an FPS, the possibilities go on and on.

 

[Jerakal]

MMO's seem to be on the rise, I imagine we'll see a number of new MMO's of varying genre, companies are trying to break the deathgrip that blizzard has on the majority of the MMO community and there is a lot of money to be made there.

 

[keithburgun]

ERROR: Poll Question Makes No Sense

 

[Uncompetative]

MMORTSFPSRPG with episodic quests as DLC.