Poll: Your "Pet" Genre?
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JRPGs and Platformers (damn, that one didn't even make the list...)
Both are a dying breed, sadly.
Jak's gone, Rayman's out playing with his rabbits, nobody even knows who Ty is anymore, Vexx never got a second chance and neither did Psychonauts, they fucked up Spyro and then moved the gang-bang over to Crash Bandicoot's place. All we got left is Nintendo, with Mario remaking SMB3 for the hundredth time and Kirby with its ridiculously easy copy/paste formula - then Ratchet goes 4-player co-op and some fresh meat tries their hands at Sly Raccoon. All the while, we're being run over by shooters about zombies and modern warfare...
And don't get me started on JRPGs, I remember days of Chrono Trigger, FF I to X, Legend Of Legaia, Shadow Hearts, Breath Of Fire and Jade Cocoon... These days, the only ones who seem to be able to cook up a decent JRPG are Atlus and Tri-Ace.
Both are a dying breed, sadly.
Jak's gone, Rayman's out playing with his rabbits, nobody even knows who Ty is anymore, Vexx never got a second chance and neither did Psychonauts, they fucked up Spyro and then moved the gang-bang over to Crash Bandicoot's place. All we got left is Nintendo, with Mario remaking SMB3 for the hundredth time and Kirby with its ridiculously easy copy/paste formula - then Ratchet goes 4-player co-op and some fresh meat tries their hands at Sly Raccoon. All the while, we're being run over by shooters about zombies and modern warfare...
And don't get me started on JRPGs, I remember days of Chrono Trigger, FF I to X, Legend Of Legaia, Shadow Hearts, Breath Of Fire and Jade Cocoon... These days, the only ones who seem to be able to cook up a decent JRPG are Atlus and Tri-Ace.
FINALLY!! Someone who shares the same interests in games!kman123 said:
Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden baby!!!
Mucho Macho. It's still pretty fun, but it just isn't as good as Tropico 2, which just isn't as good as Tropico 3. Tropico two is different from 1 and 3 in that it's about pirates instead of the Banana Republic, but personally I'd pass on the first two and just grab Tropico 3 if your machine can handle it.chronicfc said:
Basically, Tropico 3 is the first Tropico, except with cars, instant-build roads, better pacing, tons of tweaks (all of which improve on the original), and two epic DJs. Try the demo. If your computer can't take it, but you still want a Banana Republic simulator, the first is still worth twenty bucks or so.
An Adventure title like Zelda is hard to come by these days, they're so awesome to play through.
BTW, what's the difference between Action/Adventure and just plain Adventure? I'm not sure how to define it.
BTW, what's the difference between Action/Adventure and just plain Adventure? I'm not sure how to define it.
I think its just that people dont see it as a genre, for example Fallout 3 was an FPS, but I classify that as an RPGbeliever258 said:FPS. I've only seen one other person list this one so far, and he said he liked WRPG's a bit better. So I feel like a bit of a loner here.
I can take solace in the fact that I like at least one game from pretty much every genre imaginable except sports and text based adventures, but when it comes down to picking a genre I love to make other things die from a first person perspective. With a gun.
That made me sound a bit sadistic, didn't it?
Tactical level Turn Based Strategy/RPG style games. Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, Final Fantasy Tactics, Luminous Arc, X-Com, and the Heroes of Might and Magic series.
Of course, I don't have a problem with semi-tactical turn based RPG games either. I'm a big fan of the Ultima series and Persona.
Games like that are what I lean towards.
Of course, I don't have a problem with semi-tactical turn based RPG games either. I'm a big fan of the Ultima series and Persona.
Games like that are what I lean towards.
For me it's puzzle-platformers. Especially those, but platformers in general would do. Or even games with platforming elements, as long as I'm grooving through the air, racking my grey matter.
I'm thinking Portal and Braid here specifically, but basically the Mario games and Prince of Persia are pretty fun to play (blimey, I can't wait for Limbo to come out for PC-users). But games like Bionic Commando, Just Cause 2 and Assassin's Creed, which would otherwise be extremely bland, come alive simply because you can jump about and swing on stuff and fly through the air; awesome! It kind of gives you the feeling that you're floating over the scenery, you know?
My second choice is shooters, since, and you might have guessed it by now, I like to use (reflexive) skill and intellegence side by side to complete video games. You have more to do, so the experience becomes more intense. So yeah... Bionic Commando, Just Cause 2 again. If you combine that platforming with some old-school firing action you can get some pretty amazing experiences. (That's the same reason I like playing Scout and Soldier in TF2; you just get to jump about the place performing the most stunning of stunts.)
Surely JRPGs are not so different from other kinds of RPGs that they get a separate vote and platformers do not. If you're going to coop up all the different kinds of shooters in with action games, then surely you could have done that with the RPG genre.
Or what about Action-Adventure? That's just a hybrid between two of your other posted genres, not to mention that you did not specify Adventure games to only be "point-and-click" adventure games.
And what about sandboxes? Did you hypothesise that sports games are played more than sandboxes are?
I just think this poll isn't very representative of genres in general.
I'm thinking Portal and Braid here specifically, but basically the Mario games and Prince of Persia are pretty fun to play (blimey, I can't wait for Limbo to come out for PC-users). But games like Bionic Commando, Just Cause 2 and Assassin's Creed, which would otherwise be extremely bland, come alive simply because you can jump about and swing on stuff and fly through the air; awesome! It kind of gives you the feeling that you're floating over the scenery, you know?
My second choice is shooters, since, and you might have guessed it by now, I like to use (reflexive) skill and intellegence side by side to complete video games. You have more to do, so the experience becomes more intense. So yeah... Bionic Commando, Just Cause 2 again. If you combine that platforming with some old-school firing action you can get some pretty amazing experiences. (That's the same reason I like playing Scout and Soldier in TF2; you just get to jump about the place performing the most stunning of stunts.)
I also have a bit of a gripe about your separation of JRPGs and WRPGs. I understand that they have some rather different formats and that considering your choice you might not want have been mistaken liking all types of RPGs, but come on!chronicfc said:
Surely JRPGs are not so different from other kinds of RPGs that they get a separate vote and platformers do not. If you're going to coop up all the different kinds of shooters in with action games, then surely you could have done that with the RPG genre.
Or what about Action-Adventure? That's just a hybrid between two of your other posted genres, not to mention that you did not specify Adventure games to only be "point-and-click" adventure games.
And what about sandboxes? Did you hypothesise that sports games are played more than sandboxes are?
I just think this poll isn't very representative of genres in general.