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.

 

[Frag Maniac]

Hey man, thanks ! Yes, I have Dead Space Remake on my Steam Library, but I only played the first 2 levels of the game due to lack of time at that time. But I had no performance issues at all on my PC.

But the game is demanding on the GPU, and can eat up a lot of VRAM, which might cause occasional "traversal stutters" in some areas. But these aren’t shader compilation stutters though, and I didn't experience any of these while playing the game. The game ran smoothly on my rig.

I guess those Steam players might be just ranting about this, and/or they might be facing VRAM-related issues in some areas. Hard to say though, without knowing their exact system specs. But I will benchmark the game again on my rig once I reinstall it.

And yes, I have an RTX 4060 8GB GPU paired with an Intel 12600K CPU (got this one dirt cheap though)! Not a very powerful combo but sufficient for the type of games I play on 1080p.

Looking at your sig it appears you also did an upgrade recently ? RTX 4080 paired with an Intel 13700K !? Cool.

Anyway, I have not played Ghostrunner 2 yet. The gameplay doesn't suit my taste because of the parkour mechanics. I have been playing the following AAA/AA titles lately, apart from some regular old-school first-person shooters.

Callisto Protocol (still progressing slowly in this game,, as it can get tough to beat on certain levels).

Immortals of Aveum. Completed 2 playthroughs. Lots of magic to use !

Atomic Heart.

Assassins Creed Mirage. A nice tribute to the original game and the franchise's roots .

REDFALL. Got this title when it was on sale. It's an okay-ish game though. Can get buggy on sometimes.

Next on my playlist would be Dead Island 2 and Dying Light 2 if I get time.

I will be sure to let those on Steam insisting Dead Space Remake stutters for everyone know that a moderately priced $300 GPU plays it quite smoothly. These people that make such claims almost NEVER post their spec too, so it's rather suspicious.

I am still playing The Callisto Protocol btw. After beating the main game a couple times, then on Hardcore, I played the DLC Final Transmission, but only got two play throughs out of it because I didn't realize it unfortunately has no Hardcore mode. So instead I'm doing a final playthrough of the main game on Contagion mode. Contagion mode is in between Normal-Max Security, and Hardcore in difficulty, but your only save points are at the start of each chapter. I'm now at the start of the final chapter Tower, so nearly finished.

I also bought Atomic Heart on the holiday sale as well, but have not gone back to it since their 2nd story DLC caused some falling through the ground bugs. I believe they are fixed now though.

The main game I've been playing a lot lately is Alan Wake 2. There are some things I don't like about it, like the HUGE amount of time you have to pin up evidence photos to build cases as Saga, and you can only speed it up slightly by holding Space to wait for it to recognize you want to skip what segments of it you can. I see this part of the game as being boring filler, because you HAVE to go through it many times to progress the story, yet you're just going through the motions. When every evidence pic of a case is pinned up, that completes her investigation, but she never actually has an Aha! revelation moment where she suddenly understands the case at that point. Worse yet, the room you're taken to as she does this is called her "Mind Place", and she is supposedly psychic.

This part of the story just ruins an otherwise great game IMO, but it gets worse. There is very little combat, and MANY times as Alan there are Taken in close proximity that are just standing around. They mostly just say "Wake" as you come near them, and even ones that look to be directly in your way can be dissolved just by shining the flashlight at them for several seconds without even boosting it, so it doesn't drain batteries at all. The most upsetting thing is when there finally IS a threat to get by that isn't an actual boss you have to fight, you cannot at all experiment with different tactics, as reloading a prior save point (of which there are MANY available via mini safe rooms) will cause the AI to then disappear. So players if they wish to can easily cheese through many parts and save resources this way.

It's a shame too because it's got some pretty scary parts, and some pretty challenging combat here and there. I guess I will know more when I play it on The Final Draft, which is a NG+ mode that is a harder mode, and available on each difficulty setting.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Btw, Stalker hype lives on but don't fall for it yet. STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl new trailer.

GSC GameWorld plans to release the game on September 5th.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHQs4n-U94U


Also, GSC GameWorld has released a new set of 4K screenshots for STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. These new screenshots show off some of the game’s amazing environments.

Not only that, but they appear to be showcasing Unreal Engine 5’s Lumen lighting system.

 

[Frag Maniac]

Btw, Stalker hype lives on but don't fall for it yet. STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl new trailer.

GSC GameWorld plans to release the game on September 5th.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHQs4n-U94U


Also, GSC GameWorld has released a new set of 4K screenshots for STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. These new screenshots show off some of the game’s amazing environments.

Not only that, but they appear to be showcasing Unreal Engine 5’s Lumen lighting system.

Looks very impressive, I just hope they can manage to get the actual game itself to look that good, and play as smoothly as the trailer does.

 

[35below0]

Btw, Stalker hype lives on but don't fall for it yet. STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl new trailer.

Great. Now i get to crap myself in the Red Forest all over again.

Speaking of brown underwear, i've spent a lot of time recently in Tunnet (Steam link). If you like builder type games that focus on networks (roads or railroads, or something like factorio), and if you like FPS horror then congratulations. You belong in a non-intersecting Venn diagram.
Also, Tunnet is like legal crack for you.

For an allegedly small game, it can consume hours and hours. To quote a typical review:
"Great way to mess up your sleep schedule for 7 bucks!"

 

[Metal Messiah.]

For me, right now, classics from the 2000s. KOTOR 1 and 2, and black mesa, and half life 2

I was playing SW: Republic Commando recently. It's nice squad-based FPS. Haven't played KOTOR though. Recently bought "Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster" as well.

They have overhauled the game for modern PCs. Worth giving it a try, though with the current price tag, $30 USD, it's hard to recommend. You can grab it once the game is on sale, if interested.

STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster on Steam

The evil Empire is currently creating a doomsday army behind a veil of secrecy. However, they are no match for the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division. Your mission is to infiltrate the Empire and put an end to their plans for terror and domination.

store.steampowered.com

 

[Frag Maniac]

I was playing SW: Republic Commando recently. It's nice squad-based FPS. Haven't played KOTOR though. Recently bought "Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster" as well.

They have overhauled the game for modern PCs. Worth giving it a try, though with the current price tag, $30 USD, it's hard to recommend. You can grab it once the game is on sale, if interested.

STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster on Steam

The evil Empire is currently creating a doomsday army behind a veil of secrecy. However, they are no match for the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division. Your mission is to infiltrate the Empire and put an end to their plans for terror and domination.

store.steampowered.com

One of the better non Jedi games in the Star Wars universe IMO is the original Battlefront that came out way back in 2004. It averaged about 8/10 in reviews, the clone humor alone is very good, and makes it worth playing. There's also a Remastered version called Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection, which includes the sequel that came out 3/14/24.

 

[Order 66]

One of the better non Jedi games in the Star Wars universe IMO is the original Battlefront that came out way back in 2004. It averaged about 8/10 in reviews, the clone humor alone is very good, and makes it worth playing.

I've played battlefront 2 for the original xbox (played on my xbox 360). I found it hilarious that you could shoot the clones when I was younger, now I realize how wrong that is.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

One of the better non Jedi games in the Star Wars universe IMO is the original Battlefront that came out way back in 2004. It averaged about 8/10 in reviews, the clone humor alone is very good, and makes it worth playing. There's also a Remastered version called Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection, which includes the sequel that came out 3/14/24.

Yup, I have played the original Battlefront. Currently the remastered copy is plagued by many issues I think based on so many negative reviews posted on Steam, mostly for online play.

The original version still plays better IMO. Though, I only play offline campaign and instant action modes, so it shouldn't matter much in my case.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Not my gaming taste, but definitely might interest other gamers out here .

Electronic Arts has released a new video for F1 24, featuring 13 minutes of raw gameplay footage.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKbpm3LQppU&t=128s

On some other news, Kalypso Media has released a gameplay teaser trailer for its upcoming RTS/strategy Commandos game, Commandos: Origins.

"Commandos: Origins promises to offer an exciting story with more than 10 missions full of tough challenges and sneaky gameplay. The game world will be detailed and diverse, letting you try out different strategies. You can sneak, climb, drive vehicles, or use stealth tactics to complete missions your own way."

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyRJaEfeX7o&t=22s

 

[Frag Maniac]

Not my gaming taste, but definitely might interest other gamers out here .

Electronic Arts has released a new video for F1 24, featuring 13 minutes of raw gameplay footage.

This looks amazing, though the tires did seem too glossy at one point.