Your Most Loved & Hated Game Genres

[DrRipley]

I've never been partial to the FPS genre, I see them all as the same thing just with different weapons. I'm sure I'm wrong though, and there are probably a lot of subtle differences that make each game unique, but I just can't see it and it even makes me wonder why we have so much of it. I do like to play them once in a while, and I can still certainly appreciate them for what they are, but like I said, I'll never understand why this genre is this popular.

As for my favorite genres, I'd say RPG and fighting are my favorites, but I don't like the sandbox type or RPG too much, I prefer linear ones a lot more.

Do you have any of the other popular genres that don't appeal to you, or do you pretty much like them all?

 

[themarksquared]

This is one reason why I love the Playstation 1 so much. It had a game for almost every gaming genre in the market. You could never run out of games to play.

To answer your question, my favorite genre would have to be Role-Playing games. I loved to play as a hero out to save the world because it made me feel like I was special. In addition to that, I love going to towns and hanging out with the villagers.

On the the other hand, I never liked the turned-based strategy games. Honestly, I found those games to be very boring. I hope this does not offend any fans of the genre.

 

[ozadin]

I really like every type of genre, but the games in the specific genre may be boring for me.

Personally, I don't like racing games. I feel like the game is straightforward, and no variety in the genre at all. All you do is race from one place to another, don't get me wrong though, I do love mario cart, since there is some variety, I just don't like racing games where all you do is hold down a button to gain speed and race to the end.

As for the genres I like, I really like MMORPGS. I started off playing an MMORPG, and am still playing and looking for some new ones today. I really like the grind aspect although it can be quite repetitive.

 

[BlackSolaris]

For me it's more of a game specific question than a genre based one. But even then, i have some problems with playing FPS in consoles, specially the PS1, which were clunky at the time. As for the best, i would have to say RPG's, mostly because the PS1 was the console of choice for them.

 

[lindbergh]

I loathed FPS games on the PS 1. They simply looked horrible and caused me motion sickness. I also hated car combat games like Twisted Metal. I liked their back story but I did not really like the gameplay. I hate chasing down cars and trying to fire at them. I find it hard to do.

For the PS2, I just hated the car combat games and its match 3 games. I find no point of playing match 3 games on the PS2. I loved everything else on both consoles.

 

[branwen]

I love RPG games too. I've mentioned many times that I loved, loved the Suikoden games and also Final Fantasy.

I really don't like fighting games, for the sole reason that I cant' seem to complete combos. I'm always the loser when playing Marvel or Capcom games. I guess it's because my hand and eye coordination is really lacking.

 

[DrRipley]

This is one reason why I love the Playstation 1 so much. It had a game for almost every gaming genre in the market. You could never run out of games to play.

To answer your question, my favorite genre would have to be Role-Playing games. I loved to play as a hero out to save the world because it made me feel like I was special. In addition to that, I love going to towns and hanging out with the villagers.

On the the other hand, I never liked the turned-based strategy games. Honestly, I found those games to be very boring. I hope this does not offend any fans of the genre.

I agree completely, they had so much variety back then. I wonder what happened? I remember it's probably one of the last consoles to feature (true) side scrollers, and they will be missed. ;_;7

As for turn based games, I have a love hate relationship with those. If the game is cutesy (which in turn based games, they mostly are) , I won't touch it. But if I get a hold of one and really get into it then it's hard for me to put it down until the end.

 

[8bitpenguin]

Turn Based Role Playing Games, absolutely. My entire childhood is basically me plastered with a ps1 controller, playing some old-school JRPG.

Least favorite: Sports. Not a bad genre per-say but it's just not for me.

 

[RaggaJungle]

I really love Sandbox style games such as Grand Theft auto, or simulation games. I would put this along with horror games at my number one spot. I am going to say that FPS games are my least favourite, most of them just don't appeal to me with a few exceptions, CoD being one of them.

 

[Stockgenius]

I enjoyed RPG games such as:

Tales of Destiny: It has a classic arcade style fighting with RPG elements.
Final Fantasy 6,7,8,9,10 - I loved all 5 series. I personally think FF10 was the last great series.
Winning Eleven - The best soccer game!
Metal Slug - This game reminds me of Contra but better graphics!
Marvel vs Capcom - This was the first fighting game I played.

Games I didn't enjoy:

I didn't like the racing games as much, but that was because I wasn't good at it.

 

[Haze]

Sandbox and RPG's are my favourites. Followed by action/adventures (God of War, Prince of Persia) with the occasional racing games. Lastly I would say FPS because they are just all the same more or less these days and JRPG's. Only because they confuse me, I would like to learn more about them but don't seem to have the patience.

 

[themarksquared]

I enjoyed RPG games such as:

Tales of Destiny: It has a classic arcade style fighting with RPG elements.

My Lord, Tales of Destiny and the Tales series as a whole has one of the best gameplay when it comes to fighting! The fighting style made the random combats less tedious and boring. I love mixing skills and trying to combo my attacks. In addition to that, I loved the game's storyline. It was very interesting due to the fact that it also had talking swords.

Awesome game. I miss playing that.

 

[Joker99352]

I don't know if it's technically a genre, but I absolutely hate stealth games. I don't think they're bad, but I'm just so bad at them that it sucks all the enjoyment out of them. On the other hand, when a game does it right (i.e. Arkham Asylum), it can be extremely enjoyable. My favorite game genre is generally RPGs, but it really depends on the specific type. I do enjoy games that require a lot of leveling, because then I know that if I can't beat a specific part of the game that I can spend some time preparing and try it again. I also love the customization aspect--there's nothing more satisfying than entering a new town, heading straight to the shop, and buying your character(s) all the new equipment you can afford.