Discussion What's your most favorite GAMING GENRE ? **General game Discussion thread**

[Metal Messiah.]

Hello everyone !

As the title says, which is your most favorite Gaming GENRE ? And, what all games do you actually play, be it any genre, or a mixture of 2 genres ?

Some examples of genres: Action game, Action role-playing game, SIMs like City-building or a Flight game, First-person shooter, Tactical role-playing game, Third-person shooter, Tactical shooter, "Platform game", Racing video game, Real-time strategy, Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter game, 2D Fighting games, Stealth game, Sim racing, and Role-playing video game among others.

Mine is mostly First-person Shooters, with some third-person action Games, like Gears of War 4, Mass Effect 3, DEAD SPACE, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, JUST CAUSE. Though, FPS has always remained my topmost priority.

I'm not an actual gamer though, very casual. But I've been playing FPS games since the good old days of DOOM, QUAKE, HEXEN, HERETIC, DUKE Nukem 3D, Wolfenstein, Soldier Of fortune, PAINKILLER, HALF LIFE, F.E.A.R, Call Of Duty series, Battlefield series and few others.

These are my list of games owned by me, all LEGIT, not pirated. This list is not exhaustive though. Some are lesser-known titles though.

ALIEN RAGE. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Rage

Aliens versus Predator 2.

Alpha Prime (excellent FPS, by an indie DEV studio). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Prime

Area 51. I love this shooter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51_(2005_video_game)

Battlefield 3, 4, 5, Hardline, BF: BAD company 2.

BIOSHOCK 1 and 2.

Bordelands 1 and 2.

BREED. A good old-school FPS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breed_(video_game)

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30, earned in Blood, and Hell's Highway !

BULLETSTORM.

CALL of DUTY series (starting from the fist game till BLACK OPS).

CALL OF JUAREZ.

CHASER ! This is my most favorite FPS of all time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaser_(video_game)

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.

Clive Barker's Jericho ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Barker's_Jericho

Contract J.A.C.K. Hell Yes, lol !

CRYSIS 1, 2 and 3.

DOOM, DOOM 2 and 3, BFG edition and DOOM (2016).

Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition.

DYING LIGHT.

F.E.A.R. series.

FAR CRY series !

HALF LIFE series.

Halo: Combat Evolved.

Hard Reset. This game is TOO tough for me, I had to use Cheats/Trainers to beat it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Reset

HERETIC, HEXEN.

MEDAL OF HONOR series.

No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way. I like Cate Archer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nne_Lives_Forever_2:_A_Spy_in_H.A.R.M.'s_Way

PAINKILLER series.

PREY (only the first title which came out in 2006).

Project Snowblind ! This is my MOST favorite FPS. You guys must try playing this shooter.

Project: Snowblind on Steam

Experience the dramatic intensity of the frontlines of a war through the eyes of the first of a new breed of super soldiers in this gritty and epic first-person action game. An augmented super-soldier must stop a renegade regime from eradicating the civilized world. Hong Kong, 2065. 2nd Lt.

store.steampowered.com

QUAKE 1, 2, 4.

RAGE 1 and 2.

RED FACTION 2.

Section 8: Prejudice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8:_Prejudice

SERIOUS SAM series, All the games released till now. And, yes I'm SERIOUS !

Shadow Warrior 1 and 2.

SiN Episodes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SiN_Episodes

Soldier of Fortune series.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, Clear SKY.

SWAT 4.

Titanfall 2.

TIMESHIFT ! I love this game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TimeShift

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2.

TRIBES Vengeance. This game is really good. Strong STORY campaign. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribes:_Vengeance

Unreal II: The Awakening.

Wolfenstein: The New Order and The Old Blood.


Thanks for reading, NICK.

 

[WildCard999]

Anyone get the chance to try Ghost Recon: Breakpoint? I was fortunate enough to get invited to a technical test and it was pretty good. A few glitches & graphical errors but all in all ran decently but one thing I thought was really neat is that you can go prone and when in the dirt/mud your character can roll around in it to create a temp camouflage. First thing I thought of was the first Predator movie with Arnold, was hoping for leaf grenades but didn't see any...

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Is that game also an always-ONLINE PC title, like other UBISoft titles like Division ?

 

[WildCard999]

Is that game also an always-ONLINE PC title, like other UBISoft titles like Division ?

Yes, I only demo'd the first Wildlands but it was pretty fun and similar to this new one except the enemies seem more advanced in this one (apparently there ex-special forces). I have both the Division 1 & 2.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Yes, I only demo'd the first Wildlands but it was pretty fun and similar to this new one except the enemies seem more advanced in this one (apparently there ex-special forces). I have both the Division 1 & 2.

Wildlands is actually a good Game. The SINGLE player story campaign is pretty addictive, and it features huge maps to explore. But it's a tough game for me to beat, since I don't have much experience with tactical shooters.

But the graphics are good, thanks to the AnvilNext ENGINE. The campaign part is pretty LENGTHY as well !

 

[WildCard999]

Wildlands is actually a good Game. The SINGLE player story campaign is pretty addictive, and it features huge maps to explore. But it's a tough game for me to beat, since I don't have much experience with tactical shooters.

But the graphics are good, thanks to the AnvilNext ENGINE. The campaign part is pretty LENGTHY as well !

I love the coop/leveling up with these types of games. Only had a friend to play with on the first Division but found a very active clan with the Division 2 so it's been really fun.

 

[digitalgriffin]

For me: World building (sim city, City Skylines, Coaster Planet)/simulation games (flight sims)/Team tower defense games

 

[WildCard999]

For me: World building (sim city, City Skylines, Coaster Planet)/simulation games (flight sims)/Team tower defense games

Have you tried flight sims or tower defense games in VR? If not it's worth checking out Defense Grid 2 and DCS World in VR if you have capable hardware.

 

[digitalgriffin]

Have you tried flight sims or tower defense games in VR? If not it's worth checking out Defense Grid 2 and DCS World in VR if you have capable hardware.

I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the heads up. But for this year, a new VR system is off the table.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Have you tried flight sims or tower defense games in VR? If not it's worth checking out Defense Grid 2 and DCS World in VR if you have capable hardware.

Is VR really worth the investment in games? I assume it also requires a powerful RIG as well ? What about the visuals in VR ?

 

[WildCard999]

Is VR really worth the investment in games? I assume it also requires a powerful RIG as well ? What about the visuals in VR ?

Tough to determine worth however if you play it enough I feel like the investment is worth it. When I had my VR system I was using a 4770K & 1080 ti which over the initial build and upgrades I was at about $2000 which was a bit more then I would of liked to spend however the VR (first gen Oculus Touch) was an absolute blast. Played a bunch of fun single player games, met a bunch of fun people with multiplayer games and was always fun when friends and family came over and tried it.

As for the requirements it can be quite different to the min requirements for VR. Most systems recommend the 4590 & R9 290 as a minimum but I did play with a few that had a 6 core FX & 1050 ti and said once they lowered the graphic settings the gameplay was smooth enough to avoid motion sickness and was an enjoyable experience. It's because of this is why I find it hard to believe those who are recommending a 2070 as a base GPU for VR. Hopefully within the next month or so I am buying a Oculus S or Vive Cosmos (depends on price) and will see how it works with my 2600/RX 580 4gb.

The visuals are amazing when you can set the detail to max. One game called the Climb was a FPS style climbing game and the environments were absolutely beautiful. So well detailed that someone like myself who isn't too fond of heights actually noticed my heartbeat racing when looking around and at the ground from a high spot. Probably one of my favorite VR games though was Skyrim but the vanilla version looked pretty bad. Did a bit of modding and it was absolutely incredible. Fighting dragons in first person with one hand casting spells while weilding a shield in the other was awesome but one of the funnest parts was going into a enemy stronghold and going werewolf on everyone as you can slash away and then devour. Gruesomely awesome experience!

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Thanks for the answer. I'm actually tempted to try VR, but I don't think my RX 480 and i7 4790 CPU are enough to play the game smoothly ?

 

[WildCard999]

Thanks for the answer. I'm actually tempted to try VR, but I don't think my RX 480 and i7 4790 CPU are enough to play the game smoothly ?

I think it would be doable as long as you turned down the settings a bit. The CPU and if you have 16gb of memory is good, the GPU is what you may want to eventually upgrade.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

I might try SERIOUS SAM VR !

https://store.steampowered.com/app/552450/Serious_Sam_VR_The_First_Encounter/

 

[Metal Messiah.]

If you love playing SKYRIM, then check out this texture MOD.

Modder ‘winedave’ has released a brand new HD Texture Pack for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. This pack, called Dave’s UFHD Mountains, is 1.8GB in size and adds 8K textures for most of the mountains.

Unfortunately, the modder has not revealed any additional details about this pack. As such, we can assume that the pack overhauls all of the mountain textures. Not only that, but it also includes new moss rocks, as well as matching landscape textures.

I don’t believe we’ve seen a lot of 8K textures for Skyrim. To be honest, I’d love to see more 8K textures for other objects and characters, or at least more photogrammetry texture packs.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/26662?tab=files

 

[KhouhenStercie.Bacus]

DOOM 3, RTCW and FC1 are my all time favorite. I don't like EVIL within though. The shoulder camera is very weird for my taste, and the game is also TOUGH to beat, imo.

Did you ever complete GR: Wildlands ? Lot of missions to accomplish in this game, and the game level areas/maps are HUGE ! I like the atmosphere and setting of this Game. Single player mode is pretty lengthy though.

Try this one FREELANCER it's a early 2000s game and still rocking today and I still have the installer for it.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Try this one FREELANCER it's a early 2000s game and still rocking today and I still have the installer for it.

Do you mean to say this game ? Is it available on STEAM or GOG as well ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freelancer_(video_game)

 

[treetops422]

I'm trying to find something new, pretty much played it all. I'd like to see a new From Dust game ^^. I used to love warcraft 3, diablo 2, wow, wolf team. Chivalry Medieval Warfare was my latest kick. Mordauh lacks TO and I might be burnt out on the melee fps genre. If they made Castle Storm 2, I'd buy it, they never really had a decent multiplayer. Wolf Team 2 will probably never happen. Mount and blade 2 if that ever comes out. Duke Nukem Forever had some fun multiplayer, I loved 3d back in the day. Mad Max

I want to try something that's not a regular
MMORPG
RPG
FPS (Wolf team, turn into a werewolf or something cool) no Overwatch or standard fps.
God game (unless it's more like Populous From Dust)
Racing game (maybe a racer fighter?)
RTS
Hack and slash
Moba

Has anyone READ Starship Troopers? If they had something like that, fast paced, jumping\flying around dropping mini nuke grenades, leveling buildings with some kind of crazy exo suit.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Found a new MOD for the good 'ol STALKER game.

Anomaly Developers has just released the open beta build for its standalone mod for STALKER: Call of Pripyat, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly 1.5.

STALKER: Anomaly is built upon the Last Day mod, and continues its way on expanding and adding new features. At the same time, this standalone mod aims to maintain a high level of quality and replay value.

According to the developers, its new 1.5 version is now using a custom engine, the XRay-Monolith Engine. Basically, think of it as an enhanced version of the X-Ray Engine that GSC GameWorld used in its STALKER games.

Version 1.5 adds new rich vegetation, new soundtrack and a new menu music. Moreover, it adds it revamps the weather and adds new presets for different cycles, adds a Weather Editor, adds a new Anomaly type and brings new sound effects for Tesla anomaly and controller aura.

Furthermore, this latest version of Anomaly introduces a Gasmasks system and enables raindrops on screen. It also adds new wet surfaces shaders, water reflections, new tonemapping, optimizes HDAO and enables bloodmarks on bodies.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly is a free mod that you can download from here. The Anomaly team has also revealed its complete changelog that you can find here.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=281&v=uVgSP9V6MGs

 

[KhouhenStercie.Bacus]

Do you mean to say this game ? Is it available on STEAM or GOG as well ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freelancer_(video_game)

Nope let me get the youtube video

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX1rIErvKnk&list=PLE3XJqpxQCfxMVd_fTjc7_pER5mkBw6RI


Try that link that's the game

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Nope let me get the youtube video

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX1rIErvKnk&list=PLE3XJqpxQCfxMVd_fTjc7_pER5mkBw6RI

Try that link that's the game

Okay. That looks like some space combat game though, and not a proper first-person shooter ? Anyways, I will check out this game for sure.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Got to love the Dan

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us0EsdiLBJY

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1W7ZCttn9E

Hey, this is a GAMING thread, no ? I think you posted these vids here by mistake, instead unber my original MUSIC thread.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

i will delete, sorry

 

[Metal Messiah.]

i will delete, sorry

Hi, No need to delete, or feel sorry though. I just wanted to let you know about this. Not a big deal. Even I sometimes post under the wrong topic, haha.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Hi, No need to delete, or feel sorry though. I just wanted to let you know about this. Not a bid deal. Even I sometimes post under the wrong topic, haha.

, my Spider Search powers are failing, I must have the flu (like in the old 60s comic) or depression (the Toby McGuire movie)

 

[WildCard999]

Just got PC Building Simulator on Steam, can't wait to get out of work to try it out and see how accurate it is...