Deepest apologies if this has been discussed to death. It is something that interests me and I was looking to see what other people had to say.
Looking around, it is obvious that people tend to be partial to certain genres. After all, tastes will differ. But it seems that with most people I talk to, there are genres they do not care for either.
For me, that genre is FPS. I have played a lot of them from Doom to Quake 3 to Half-Life and on. While at times they were mildly entertaining, they never grabbed me like a good puzzle game or most fine RPGs do. It was not that I was bad at them, I just got a very limited amount of satisfaction from them. So when my brother suggested I give Fallout 3 a try, I was dubious. The only real reason I decided to dive in was because the story and setting was very interesting to me.
Pretty much immediately I was immersed into it. Unbelievably, it has become one of my favourite games. One of the best Christmas presents I got was the Game of the Year edition. Granted, there are some RPGlike aspects to it, but it is decidedly FPS in my book.
So! What games defy your own preferences? People who do not care for RPGs, is there an RPG you love? Sim haters, is there a sim title you can sink hours into?
Looking around, it is obvious that people tend to be partial to certain genres. After all, tastes will differ. But it seems that with most people I talk to, there are genres they do not care for either.
For me, that genre is FPS. I have played a lot of them from Doom to Quake 3 to Half-Life and on. While at times they were mildly entertaining, they never grabbed me like a good puzzle game or most fine RPGs do. It was not that I was bad at them, I just got a very limited amount of satisfaction from them. So when my brother suggested I give Fallout 3 a try, I was dubious. The only real reason I decided to dive in was because the story and setting was very interesting to me.
Pretty much immediately I was immersed into it. Unbelievably, it has become one of my favourite games. One of the best Christmas presents I got was the Game of the Year edition. Granted, there are some RPGlike aspects to it, but it is decidedly FPS in my book.
So! What games defy your own preferences? People who do not care for RPGs, is there an RPG you love? Sim haters, is there a sim title you can sink hours into?
