Hey guys! What's you least favorite video game genre? Mine is Sports for sure. Be sure to reply! ;D
Simulators, by far. (http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/JediQuestMaster/hmph.gif)
Then I guess MMOLRPG (http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/JediQuestMaster/hmph.gif)
Followed by RPGs :-\
I hate Sports titles, simulated football, basketball, soccer, hockey, baseball and any other title you can think of. Sports games are the worst ever.
OMG, simulated sports games! Two levels of crapdom!
My least favorite genre is anything online-only.
Online gaming is a natural step up from single tv multiplayer sure, but I stilll think that multiplayer should be a game's afterthought, not its focus.
The biggest problem with multiplayer only games is that the experience to play them is fleeting. Over time fewer and fewer people will go online to play and eventually the game servers will shut down resulting in an unplayable game.
I really don't like realistic sports titles. I think the only exception would be EA's NHL games for the Genesis, although I'd consider those more checking/fighting sims rather than hockey sims.
So much wrong with sports games, I have only ever kind of liked "Blades of Steel" and thats the only sports game ever partially enjoyed by me.
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on April 02, 2010, 08:44:59 am
I hate Sports titles, simulated football, basketball, soccer, hockey, baseball and any other title you can think of. Sports games are the worst ever.
Soccer is Football.
Foot ball = Play foot ball with feet.
Well I love Sports games but it's only with cars/bikes and football (PES gamer not a FIFA gamer)
I don't like RPG games, it's just not my type but I still play if possible.
One genre that in the middle, it's FPS/TPS.
But if I go play Conker Live & Reloaded is a TPS, I can't say no, it's such a sweet game.
Sports. There are a few exceptions however due to some interesting content the a select few sports games provide.
Sports games get a bad name. If you understand how to play American Football, Tecmo Super Bowl is one of the best games for the NES. It's arcadey and got an 8-bit charm to it.
You guys really ought to check out these games at the very least
Blades of Steel (NES)
Megaman Soccer (SNES)
Tecmo Super Bowl (NES)
Mario Golf (GBC)
Wii Sports Resort (Wii)
I generally steer clear of sports games and turn-based RPGs. I do have some exceptions, like NBA Jam and the Phantasy Star games for example, but I stay away from most games of those genres.
Other good sports games:
-NBA Hangtime (N64)
-Basewars (NES)
-Nintendo World Cup (NES)
-Super Spike V'Ball (NES)
-Tracks & Fields (NES)
& I kinda like:
-Soccer Shootout (SNES)
First person shooters... of the xbox generation and the 360 generation... They're all the same to me. The only thing that changes if the target (humans, zombies, aliens, etc).
I do enjoy Goldeneye and Wolfenstein any day of the week though.
Quote from: Rob64 on April 02, 2010, 01:51:18 pm
First person shooters... of the xbox generation and the 360 generation... They're all the same to me. The only thing that changes if the target (humans, zombies, aliens, etc).
I do enjoy Goldeneye and Wolfenstein any day of the week though.
Have to disagree here, they're not all the same. They're different.
It's like saying all black/white look the same which isn't true at all.
MMORPGs, I don't understand how a game that you need to devote your life to is fun.
They may look different but the goal is the same and there's too many. Mass Effect, Halo, Gears of War, Resident Evil, Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, etc. The only thing notable that really changes (from what I've seen of multiple E3 videos from 2009 from Microsoft and Sony) is:
the perspective: 1st or 3rd
the overall objective: I hypothesize that the goal involves saving something like the civilization, world, galaxy, etc by destroying a large race of beings. I am only hypothesizing because I stopped partaking in this genre after Medal of Honor Frontline (which I'll admit wasn't bad) and then I went back to Goldeneye, so I do not know much about the genre outside of what G4 shows and E3 (which goes hand in hand in my case)
and lastly the target: Humans, Aliens, or Zombies
While the things that I find are similar are very broad, there is absolutely room for there to be variety but that isn't how I see the game. I see the games as how I just described them and I think there's too many to choose from.
The same can be said about pretty much any genre.
That is true UglyJoe. However (kind of like the extreme sport games) it seems like you need a kind of attitude mind set to enjoy the game that appeals to college guys that are "frat guy" type of guys where everything is balls to the wall. Not to say that there aren't people outside of the that enjoy it but it seems like Microsoft and Sony focuses on that market because there's a lot of people in that category to market to with the sports games, shooter games, and extreme sport games.
I see what you're saying ROB64. FPS games are falling into cookie cutter patterns more and more these days, but there are some notable FPS games that stray from the cookie cutter fasion that I would highly recommend:
Serious Sam (Xbox 1) - While this might seem like a bad example since Serious Sam is as formulaic as they come, Serious Sam is a no holds-bar oldschool style FPS where there is no cover system no squad based missions or other bullshit to get in your way. The game is about going from point A and to point B while shooting up as many aliens as you can. It's very very fun. The Xbox 1 version is fully playable on the 360 as well and can be found for around $8 or less. It's an exellent port of the first two PC games.
Half Life 2 and Portal - HL2 is hands down the best FPS ever made. There are physics based puzzles, ingenious level designs and the game puts you in situations that no other FPS has done before or since. Portal is what happens when you cross an FPS with a puzzle game. Both can be found on The Orange Box collection with a few other games so you really can't go wrong with this one.
Fallout 3 - Fallout 3 is a cross between an FPS and an open world RPG. The primary focus isn't on the gunplay, but the gunplay is unlike any other thanks to the V.A.T.S system the game employs. This is my favorite game of this console generation.
I'm not into sports games or FPSs, but there are some exception, (Like someone said, NBA Jam, Goldeneye) but I love the Mario sports games. Theyre usually good because they make it interesting.
Thanks for the recommendation satoshi. Another shooter I did enjoy on the xbox was max payne. The 1st was much better than the sequel.
Beat em Up games, Racing games, Adventure, Football.. Are all very alike, but with different perspectives.
FIFA/PES don't have big changes through the years they're released, teams/players are updated, a new cover, improved graphics, a new game mode and there's a new game done.
They should just release it as a DLC for the games, it's not worth spending on a new game which'll be exactly the same.
LBP is a bit like Super Mario, I've said before in another forum that LBP was Sony's Super Mario, and technically it is. Also ModNation is a kind of Mario Kart, with more options, create your own map, character and car (I think).
All games are pretty much the same, like UglyJoe said.
Rob64, I didn't enjoy that TPS game, oh, well, this is just my opinion, played and wasn't my taste.
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Other things apart from games are too very similar or copies, like every mobile company is trying to compete or making theirs better than the iPhone.