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

[Deleted member 2731765]

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]

MMO's: Tera, Blade & Soul but my all time favorite was (is) City of Heroes.

Open World: Division (1/2), Witcher, Fallout, Hitman, Just Cause, Assassins Creed (favorite) series. I even got a creed symbol tattoo (fairly new, about 2 months old).

FPS: Battlefield series, Half-Life, AVP:2 ( early2000's I think) I liked COD up to Modern Warfare 1 but for me it went downhill since then.

RTS: Homeworld (1/2/Cataclysm), Starcraft, Rise of Nations, Command & Conquer.

Turn-based: Worms.

There's others but above are my favorites.

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

I even got a creed symbol tattoo (fairly new, about 2 months old).

I really like your Tattoo !

 

[WildCard999]

I really like your Tattoo !

Thanks! Yea it's my first, wanted one on my hand and looked at a bunch of designs but then thought "what's something I'd never regret? GAMING!" so then went AC. Next one is going to be on my forearm, getting the Ouroboros symbol from Full Metal Alchemist (same as what the homunculus have).

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

By the way, why is MINECRAFT so popular among gamers ?

 

[WildCard999]

By the way, why is MINECRAFT so popular among gamers ?

Maybe the creative stuff you can do but honestly I tried it and nope. I don't get why its so popular and the odd part is some of the stuff they've made like remaking Mordor and it took something like 9 years...

 

[NightHawkRMX]

By the way, why is MINECRAFT so popular among gamers ?

I'd say for the same reason GTAV is still so popular. You can do just about anything in that game. And unlike GTA, Minecraft has nothing that would make a parent say "no" to a purchase.


I like Automation and BeamNG. Automation is a tycoon game and BeamNG is really not a racing game, but that's where it fits the best.

Automation allows you to design cars super in-depth. You can design engines and everything else. The graphics are really top tier. Heres a screenshot:

https://imgur.com/a/4oMimbI

View: https://imgur.com/a/4oMimbI

BeamNG allows you to design drive, race, and crash the cars you design in automation. Unfortunately, its not well optimized at all. My 580 struggles at 1080 high. Different maps perform very differently too.

https://imgur.com/lTiSM4p

View: https://imgur.com/lTiSM4p


Heres a car called the Nefice Allegiance. Its an 80s muscle car with a massive v8, in its natural habitat doing a burnout.

 

[COLGeek]

I prefer FPS and RPG types.

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

But I think it comes down to the age group, from my understanding it's majority is like under 18 right?

Not sure about this, but yes, I think the Younger generation of gamers are mostly into Minecraft, since this game is suitable for ALL age groups, IMO..

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

And unlike GTA, Minecraft has nothing that would make a parent say "no" to a purchase.

This indeed Makes sense.

 

[Phaaze88]

Favorite genres: Racing, RPG/JRPG, simple puzzles, shooters, action/adventure(though I haven't played any of these in a while U_U)
Racing:
Extreme G(from the ol' N64 days)
Mario Kart
Need for speed - Most wanted being the fav of this series
Redout: Enhanced Edition
Boson X - not really a racing game, but an indie title where the levels just get faster and faster as you collect more 'energy' until you crash

RPG/JRPG:
"Tales of" series
Pokemon up to the 3rd season(ruby, sapphire, emerald), it got bloody ridiculous after that, IMO.
FFVII... (it was the first one I had the privilege of playing, can't really help that)
Chrono Trigger
Seiken Densetsu 3, now dubbed as 'Trials of Mana'
Phantasy Star Online 1/2/Blue Burst
World of Warcraft - Wrath of the Lich King best X-pac

Puzzle:
Love me some sudoku from time to time!

Shooters:
Goldeneye 007
StarFox - snes & n64 versions
Metroid - Super & Prime Trilogy

Action/adventure:
Some of the most memorable titles for me have been old Rareware titles, before they went to crap.
Banjo/Kazooie 1 & 2
Donkey Kong Country 1/2/3/64
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Legend of Zelda: OoT, Majora's Mask, Link to the Past(even though I could never seem to solve some of the dungeons on my own without a walkthrough... SMH)
Okami

Some Honorable Mentions:
Streets of Rage 2, Super Smash Bros series, Super Street Fighter 2(back when the combos were easier to execute, XD!), Soul Calibur 2, and One Finger Death Punch
*Yea, all fighting games. Not one of my favorite genres, but some of them really pulled me in.

 

[Phaaze88]

By the way, why is MINECRAFT so popular among gamers ?

I don't get the hype with Minecraft either.
I watch some videos of others playing it from time to time to get a better idea before I go and blow money on it...
I get this feeling of loneliness and isolation when watching these play-throughs, which I find unusual, as I do enjoy some single player games.

You can invite friends and play together, but they're not going to be around all the time.
At it's core, it's a huge sandbox game with just you in it... Well now, that explains the feeling of loneliness... and the NPC's don't alleviate this one bit, they have no personality, save for maybe those Creeper things!

 

[AngelTech]

Not sure about this, but yes, I think the Younger generation of gamers are mostly into Minecraft, since this game is suitable for ALL age groups, IMO..

Well no the reason Minecraft is so popular is because a lot of people have very creative minds or want to build great things with there bare hands someone actually built the ENTIRE earth on Minecraft and actually a lot of adults are the ones who make these amazing projects there's another server that made all of Russia (I believe) I use to have a very creative mind so I loved playing Minecraft now I am not that creative so it's no longer fun there's also others who mod the crap out of the game like Skyrim totally changing the game and some of the mods are very awesome and make the game more fun or harder for hardcore players.

I love The Sims series I know EA made it into a cash grab but I just can't hate the game it's sort of like a huge part of my childhood as I didn't get into all types of games till I was like 8 so the game holds a very special place in my heart esp. sims 2 but I like sims 4 just hope sims 5 is better.

Bully...I prefer it over GTA people believe because the game is called "bully" it's a bad game where you bully kids but in reality, the story is pretty wholesome the protagonist just wants to have a peaceful school life and stop the bullying so he bullies the bullies into submitting to him and making the school a more peaceful place, of course, you CAN beat up kids and bully them but that isn't the main focus of the game at all it's about changing the school to be more peaceful and not have fighting.

I don't really have any other games that stick with me BUT I can say a few genres I love: Mystery JRPG/RPG Adventure MMO and Open World.

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Thanks for ALL the replies, and the explanation !

I have slightly edited the Topic's TITLE to make it more appropriate. """currently playing Game on your PC ?

Anyways, how many of you can actually play and BEAT the DARK SOULS series (any of them, 1 ,2 or 3) ?? This game has PUNISHING difficulty, and I couldn't even skip past the first two levels, lol....Even with Cheat codes/TRAINERS I was unable to proceed further in the Game.

Because, I couldn't figure out where to go next, since there is NO objective marker, and we don't even have proper mouse/keyboard prompt buttons, if I'm not mistaken. Sometimes I used to get LOST, since there is no MAP as well I think ?

But anyways, the entire DS series is really tough to beat, at least in my opinion. Though, I've heard others don't have any problem, and they have also completed 2 playthroughs as well.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

I play a bit of TF2 now and then. Capture the flag is plenty fun.

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

I'm currently playing RAGE 2.

Weird graphics in some of the Game level areas though, PINK color applied/painted on some of the objects, environment and Enemies. Not sure why the DEVs decided to implement this feature.

But anyways, the game is actually real FUN....Having a blast.

 

[AngelTech]

Thanks for ALL the replies, and the explanation !

I have slightly edited the Topic's TITLE to make it more appropriate. """currently playing Game on your PC ?

Anyways, how many of you can actually play and BEAT the DARK SOULS series (any of them, 1 ,2 or 3) ?? This game has PUNISHING difficulty, and I couldn't even skip past the first two levels, lol....Even with Cheat codes/TRAINERS I was unable to proceed further in the Game.

Because, I couldn't figure out where to go next, since there is NO objective marker, and we don't even have proper mouse/keyboard prompt buttons, if I'm not mistaken. Sometimes I used to get LOST, since there is no MAP as well I think ?

But anyways, the entire DS series is really tough to beat, at least in my opinion. Though, I've heard others don't have any problem, and they have also completed 2 playthroughs as well.

I beat DS 3 only but on xbox it was a PAIN!

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

IF anyone plans to play WITCHER 3 again, then check out this MOD, and the Videos... Sounds very interesting at least to me, something different but similar to SKYRIM, and I have never ever got the chance to finish this game, but now I might replay this game.

Some of you may not find this interesting though.

https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/3346?tab=files

https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/3346?tab=description

One Modder released a pretty cool mod for The Witcher 3. The “Magic Spells for Signs” mod brings new magic abilities to The Witcher 3, allowing players to cast meteors and tornadoes, summon golems and more.

Going into more details, this mod brings new magic items that modify/replace signs abilities when equipped in quick and/or trophy slots. You can buy these items from ofieri and novigradian merchants. Not only that, but each of the items has unique descriptions to connect them with the game lore.

In order to make spells work, you’ll have to place quickslot items in your quick slot (where the torch is) and simply choose one, like you choose bomb or crossbow. It’s also worth mentioning that you can use the following console command to get all of them:

witchermage

https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/3346?tab=description

https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/3346?tab=files

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AczXTtAo2dE

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znR6oU1iaf4

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Some Honorable Mentions:
Streets of Rage 2, Super Smash Bros series, Super Street Fighter 2(back when the combos were easier to execute, XD!), Soul Calibur 2, and One Finger Death Punch
*Yea, all fighting games. Not one of my favorite genres, but some of them really pulled me in

What are your thoughts about the MORTAL Kombat series ?

 

[Phaaze88]

What are your thoughts about the MORTAL Kombat series ?

I enjoyed most of the ones I played - Ultimate was the bomb, IMO!
I played 1, 2, and Ultimate. 4 was ok - there was even that Sub Zero spinoff for the N64(I think?). That, was 'different'.
Armageddon was the last one I played. I feel Midway slipped up with that one, it wasn't very good. I also watched bits and pieces of my brother playing 10 - I wasn't interested in playing it myself.
I imagine my interest waned after Armageddon. But I'd have no issue playing Ultimate again!

I know it's not something to be talked about on here, but I am playing some titles via emulator - for some games it's the only way to get 'em.
There are games from 20, 30 years ago still better than some of today's titles. Graphics isn't everything, eh?

Another game I just remember that I enjoyed playing was NFL Blitz. I don't know how some folks can keep playing literally the same sports games year after year(I'm looking at you, Madden), but being able to slam and knock the crap out of other players in that game was really fun.
A special spice, if you will, that those other sports games lacked.
I'm not even a fan of sports titles, save for racing(some people don't consider racing a sport, so I don't know), but this is one of the sports games I thoroughly enjoyed!

Any interest in those wrestling games? I got the most out of the custom character creation some of them had.
Another thing I liked about those were that I didn't have to put up with the BS drama that plagues the show that eventually stopped me from watching it.
I don't care if it's staged, I just wanted to see some action, not some drama after every match - or in the middle of one. If I want some drama, I'll go watch a soap, for Pete's sake!

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Any interest in those wrestling games?

Nah, I don't play fighting games, or any game from a 2D perspective. I mostly play only first-person shooters like I mentioned in my OP, with some exceptions like Action, TPP, RPG games etc..

But I know action/fighting games can sometimes be real fun. I haven't actually tried playing one though. The only 2D or side-scrolling game I tried playing on my friend's PC was Darkest Dungeon. Pretty good game though...

 

[NightHawkRMX]

I used to play a ton of racing rivals. It was a mobile game, but i emulated it in bluestacks.

That game well, to put it short, had developers that got too greedy and it ended up causing them to loose too much money.

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

I used to play a ton of racing rivals. It was a mobile game, but i emulated it in bluestacks.

That game well, to put it short, had developers that got too greedy and it ended up causing them to loose too much money.

Which Game was that ?

Oh by the way, did anyone notice this ? The "Best Answers" trophy/icon is showing ZERO for everyone, including the MODs as well ? I think this is a forum software bug, imo ? Not that I care much about all this, but just pointing it out.

 

[AngelTech]

Which Game was that ?

Oh by the way, did anyone notice this ? The "Best Answers" trophy/icon is showing ZERO for everyone, including the MODs as well ? I think this is a forum software bug, imo ? Not that I care much about all this, but just pointing it out.

Yep I noticed

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Yep I noticed

Strangely, I think it is back....Now it's showing the correct info. But now the up/down votes button is glitched, imo