What is your least favorite genre and why?

[irrelevantnugget]

MMO's with monthly fees.

Simple analogy to illustrate my hostility to this kind of shit:
Games are ice creams. You can buy these ice creams at quite a few stores... but if you buy an MMO Ice Cream, the manufacturer will take away your ice cream if you don't cough up some more money.

I like to completely finish my Ice Cream if I want it, once I've paid for it. Maybe a few additional scoops if the ice cream is delicious (these would be expansions, of course).

But I'll never pay extra to get a few extra licks on an Ice Cream, even if it's the most delicious thing on earth (or at least, if that's what other people claim).

 

[GoldenDalek]

I enjoy Realistic games, like Counter Strike. I even enjoy sci-fi games. (HL2 for example.)

the three types i cant even bring myself to look at now are:

MMOs: Just so pointless and almost everyone there does nothing but nag and ***** about how they misplaced a skill point or something.

Sports games that DON'T feature something new and innoavtive in it's genre: self explanatory.

Third Person Shooters: i just dont get it.

 

[shatnershaman]

JRPG- When I can't tell who's a boy and who's a girl I have problems with the game.

 

[-Seraph-]

Sports games- Just the same garbage put out every year with very few to no new improvements what so ever. Boring and all play the same, just go out side for god sake.

99% or racing games- Games like NFS and whatnot are complete bore fests, you never get that feeling of speed at all, well..I don't. I am not big on cars so that could be the reason why, I don't like customizing a digital Viper or lambo, or anything, I'll go to a garage for that.

That 1% you ask? well the FUN and CREATIVE racers like mario kart, F-Zero, Wipeout (my fav), SW: pod racing, and all those non realistic racing games that are crazy and things you cant do in real life. Futuristic racing for me is a whole lot more innovative and fun than racing with current day vehicles.

RTS- eh...I don't mind them too much, I just don't like all the micro management. I prefer turn based strategy games over some crazy starcraft player kicking my ass in under 5 minutes with a zerg rush. Turn based strategy games I find more fun because it's like an elaborate game of chess and if given the right game, requires some important thinking so not to get what little troops your allowed killed.

 

[Kovash86]

Racing Sports and most horror games.

Racing: I don't get much of a thrill from seeing who can go faster when there is no murdering happening that I am the direct cause of (crashes don't count since you typically lose when you do this) plus the controls are kind of counter-intuitive to me.

Sports: why do that when I can just go outside?

Horror games: they typically disappoint, plus you are never allowed to do anything intelligent to get yourself out of the situation.

 

[kyekye]

I enjoy Realistic games, like Counter Strike. I even enjoy sci-fi games. (HL2 for example.)

the three types i cant even bring myself to look at now are:

MMOs: Just so pointless and almost everyone there does nothing but nag and ***** about how they misplaced a skill point or something.

Sports games that DON'T feature something new and innoavtive in it's genre: self explanatory.

Third Person Shooters: i just dont get it.

I can't bear to be in the same state as sports games and MMOs
and i'll agree mostly with the third person shooter but there are some games that pull it off nicely
(there was one on the gamecube but i can't remember)

 

[Brognus]

Sports/Fights/Racing: all the sequels are too similar (ESPECIALLY sports games!)

In defence of MMORPG's that monthly fee is actually needed. It's used to cover bandwidth costs, the 24/7 customer support (GM's), Free Content Development (New dungeons, events, ect), Constant Patches/Hotfixes, Server Maintenance, and the like. MMORPG's make most of their money of inital sales, while most of the monthly fee is used to cover the server expenses.

 

[GenHellspawn]

Sports games. If I am playing a video game, I want to be doing something that could not be done under normal circumstances, not just doing what could be done by calling up your friends and going to the park. Heck, that is a lot more fun than a sports game, too.

Secconded. I also hate realistic racing games, like nascar and such. Other ones like Mario Kart and Lego racer aren't that bad because of the tracks and power ups.

 

[HSIAMetalKing]

Sports games. Yuck.

 

[Mnemophage]

Never did get into the FPS genre, which is tragic because that seems to be the one thing everyone and their autistic niece is putting out nowadays. It's a rare thing when an FPS enthralls me - Portal did, because it was adorable; Bioshock tried, but the constant need for twitch and adrenaline kind of ruined the whole atmosphere for me. And when they're not trying to be creative and dramatic, you have people remaking your high school history textbook or high-school-level recreational science fiction instead.

Other than that, rhythm games are something else I've never quite gotten. It's like Simon Says, except often obscenely difficult and with some awkward peripheral to have to work around. That sounds like the opposite of fun.

 

[Joe Lobo]

sports games, and puzzle games. Why would you pay 60 bucks for a puzzle game when there is a perfectly good version of it on a flash game site.

 

[N-Sef]

Sports games (If I wanna play that sport, I'll go and play it) and 'Simulation' Racing games (If I wanted to control a Shopping Trolley, I'd go to the mall). Remember, these are my opinions.

 

[Silver]

Other than that, rhythm games are something else I've never quite gotten. It's like Simon Says, except often obscenely difficult and with some awkward peripheral to have to work around. That sounds like the opposite of fun.

How could I forget? (Oh, right, selective memory loss) That's the worst kind of game ever. I've played one good one, and the rythm hardly mattered in that one, it was more of a puzzle game (but it called itself a rythm game). I feel the same way about music as I do about sports. Play it for real.

Joe Lobo, you should see if you can try out a game called Fatal hearts. It's not a 60 dollars puzzle game (I don't think I've ever seen one that costs that much). It's about six dollars, if I remember correctly, but I got it for free from giveawayoftheday.com

That game will show you why people pay for puzzle games, if I'd known it was that good I would have payed more for that than most of the games I've purchased.

 

[Necromaniacal]

Sports games, im not going to reiterate everything everyone has already said.

Beat em ups, Because I hold issue with a game i can spen four days learning combos and pop up strings, only to have say, my sister beat me cause she hammers the buttons like a derranged chimp!

RTS games, where the idea of building a base, which is what they all entail usually, is thrwon out of the window online cause base building doesnt make the best units en masse fast enough

 

[Iori Branford]

Sports, for reasons already mentioned.

Most RTSes, because I don't believe in controlling multiple characters in real time, especially not with point-and-click interfaces that should stay in turn-based games. Games that try to remedy this with AI friendlies just have me saving them more from their own pants-on-head-ness than from the enemy. Foraging, building, and politicking are not really my idea of fun times, either.

And I know there's going to be a lot of hating on JRPG's, but to those of you who really hate them, I have this to say; play Earthbound.

I tried. Stupid slow-ass Dragon Quest interface and combat put it in the loo pretty quickly.

 

[TommyGun465]

Sports. its always the same. sports are cool in real life.

 

[EOT]

JRPG's there have been a few that i have taken an interest in over the years but i find most of them very shallow and banal. And their much touted "stroies" often feel like some 12 year olds wanky fan fiction.

 

[tooktook]

Turn based strategies. JRPG's too but not because I hate the genre, because there doesn't seem to be any good ones. (To my taste anyway.)

I think people should stop saying sports games because I don't think they even qualify as games.

 

[Novajam]

Gold: Sports games. Never played one, hopefully never will. I just can't see the attraction, and there are way too many controls for my liking.

Silver: Racing Sims. Arcade racing or Rally (Project Gotham, Colin McRae etc) are fun but having to concentrate on racing line, brake times, shock absorbers, tyre temperature and all that other crap just to watch mysef spin out on gravel just because I happen to bump another jerk is NOT fun.

Bronze: Turn Based RPG's. If I want turn based combat, I'll play Chess.

 

[Lord Krunk]

Whatever genre Guitar Hero and WiiSports falls into. I mean, if you have enough time to master the game, why not do it for real?