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Title: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Joe Redifer on June 28, 2007, 06:17:46 PM
Which are your favorite genres?  You can have up to THREE votes per user because I am renowned for my generosity..
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: nodtveidt on June 28, 2007, 06:36:30 PM
RPG, Action/RPG, and Platformers. I've been an RPG freak for longer than many current gamers have been alive. :D I wasn't really a platformer fan until I started coding one for the PCE...now it's one of my favorite genres. :)

My list of defeated RPGs is in the triple digits. One day I'll dig out said list and make about 20 new additions to it.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on June 28, 2007, 08:43:35 PM
RPG, Action/RPG, and Platformers. I've been an RPG freak for longer than many current gamers have been alive. :D I wasn't really a platformer fan until I started coding one for the PCE...now it's one of my favorite genres. :)

My list of defeated RPGs is in the triple digits. One day I'll dig out said list and make about 20 new additions to it.

Same with me, though, if there was a choice of 5, I'd add shooter, & run n' gun.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: elnino on June 28, 2007, 08:51:16 PM
H/V shooter + run'n'gun of course!!
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: FM-77 on June 29, 2007, 02:20:50 AM
RACING (and I mean REAL racing like Burnout!) and I also like RPGs of any kind (except strategy RPGs, those aren't RPGs, they are crap). I also used to like platform games, but nowadays, I only find Super Mario World worth playing. Pretty much.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Tatsujin on June 29, 2007, 02:32:31 AM
me i went with:

Run & Gun - (Contra, Gunstar, Metal Slug, etc)  4 (10.8%)
Horizontal Shooter - (Thunder Force 3, Gradius, etc)  4 (10.8%)
Vertical Shooter - (Twin Bee, MUSHA, etc)  2 (5.4%)

since i only can choose 3 of them :mrgreen:
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Necromancer on June 29, 2007, 03:41:13 AM
RPG, Action RPG, and Something I Missed (no Hentai :lol:).
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Keranu on June 29, 2007, 06:10:23 AM
I voted Pipin Atmark, FMV, and Something I Missed (for any games that are designed for odd peripherals).
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: nodtveidt on June 29, 2007, 06:14:49 AM
except strategy RPGs, those aren't RPGs, they are crap
Amen to that.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: nat on June 29, 2007, 06:15:32 AM
You need to allow more than 3 choices.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: FM-77 on June 29, 2007, 06:47:05 AM
I voted Pipin Atmark, FMV, and Something I Missed (for any games that are designed for odd peripherals).

Why? We both know it's not true, so why did you vote for those?
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: nat on June 29, 2007, 07:28:55 AM
Because it's Keranu.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Joe Redifer on June 29, 2007, 07:38:01 AM
You need to allow more than 3 choices.

No I don't.  These are your favorite three, not the ONLY three you like.  It doesn't mean you don't like any other genres.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: termis on June 29, 2007, 09:57:08 AM
1-on-1 fighting, beat-em ups, and traditional RPGs are probably the ones that get the most play from me.
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Post by: Black Tiger on June 29, 2007, 10:26:36 AM
I voted RPG, Action RPG and Platforming.

Although I'm not a big fan of most platformers, I love good platforming which is usually more satified in action RPGs.  :P
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: runinruder on June 29, 2007, 10:37:14 AM
My favorite type of game is the modern manly brawler--titles like Chaos Legion, Drakengard, Crimson Sea 2, Dynasty/Samurai Warriors, etc.  This bunch is so genre-defiant that it can't even be considered "Other" for the poll.  It's a small group and only GUTS and I seem to like these games, so I don't blame the magnanimous Ruddifer for not making mention of them. 

Anyway, I guess I'll go with action-RPG, RPG, and horizontal shooter. 
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: FM-77 on June 29, 2007, 11:12:43 AM
Sounds you'd like Ys Origin, runinruder. It's practically like Chaos Legion. All you do is mash mash mash. Not to be confused with other Ys games, as it is nothing like them.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: runinruder on June 29, 2007, 12:01:55 PM
I'm sure I'd dig it.  I liked Napishtim a lot, largely due to the combat system.  That seemed like the closest an old-school-style ARPG would ever get to manly-brawler-style fighting. 
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: FM-77 on June 29, 2007, 12:48:34 PM
It's pretty different from Napishtim though. Napishtim focused largely on exploration and adventuring, whereas Ys Origin is entirely and completely action-based (and it is much faster, too).
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: nat on June 29, 2007, 02:14:47 PM
I voted platformer, action-RPG and horizontal shooter.

Although had I been given 5 options I would've included RPG and 1-on-1 fighting.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: FM-77 on June 29, 2007, 02:27:14 PM
Seems like people here prefer horizontal shooters to vertical ones. Why do you do that? Interesting.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Black Tiger on June 29, 2007, 03:22:46 PM
Seems like people here prefer horizontal shooters to vertical ones. Why do you do that? Interesting.

Horizontal shooters are more fun on a 4:3 TV.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: guyjin on June 29, 2007, 03:26:40 PM
I voted for RPGs, puzzles, and platformers.

Considering the turbo is 'not good at' the first two, it's a wonder why I like the system so much.

Incidentally, I don't see why v-shmups and h-shmups are so different they need different categories.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: runinruder on June 29, 2007, 04:03:43 PM
It's pretty different from Napishtim though. Napishtim focused largely on exploration and adventuring, whereas Ys Origin is entirely and completely action-based (and it is much faster, too).

Hm, seems like it runs the risk of being a disaster of an Ys game, but it also sounds really intriguing.  Maybe I'll get to play it someday. 

Seems like people here prefer horizontal shooters to vertical ones. Why do you do that? Interesting.

For me, it just seems like most of my all-time favorites (like 2036, Wings of Wor, Sinistron, Gate, and others) are horizontals, and I think if I counted up all of the shooters I like, there'd be fewer verticals.  Speaking in very general terms, side-scrollers seem to have a little more substance as far as level designs go (in terms of environmental hazards and whatnot) and a little more good stuff going on graphically.  And I guess there's a certain "feel" to them that I just prefer.  But I like verts too, and it's a small margin that separates them in my book. 
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Kitsunexus on June 29, 2007, 04:32:50 PM
I refuse to vote, because I cannot narrow it down to just three.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: nat on June 29, 2007, 04:45:37 PM
I refuse to vote, because I cannot narrow it down to just three.

Yeah, I tend to agree, but Joe denied my request for more choices. So I had to buckle down and vote anyway.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on June 29, 2007, 05:51:19 PM
It's pretty different from Napishtim though. Napishtim focused largely on exploration and adventuring, whereas Ys Origin is entirely and completely action-based (and it is much faster, too).

Hm, seems like it runs the risk of being a disaster of an Ys game, but it also sounds really intriguing.  Maybe I'll get to play it someday. 

Seems like people here prefer horizontal shooters to vertical ones. Why do you do that? Interesting.

For me, it just seems like most of my all-time favorites (like 2036, Wings of Wor, Sinistron, Gate, and others) are horizontals, and I think if I counted up all of the shooters I like, there'd be fewer verticals.  Speaking in very general terms, side-scrollers seem to have a little more substance as far as level designs go (in terms of environmental hazards and whatnot) and a little more good stuff going on graphically.  And I guess there's a certain "feel" to them that I just prefer.  But I like verts too, and it's a small margin that separates them in my book. 

Though Sel doesn't like Ys Origin, I do, it's my favorite Ys so far, but, I don't want to overhype it.  Let's just say it's a good game & leave it at that.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Kitsunexus on June 29, 2007, 06:28:41 PM
Joe the games you listed as Text Adventures are not. You fail.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Joe Redifer on June 29, 2007, 06:30:57 PM
I'll buy that for Manhole, but not for Phoenix Wright.

Changed Manhole to JB Harold Murder Club.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Kitsunexus on June 29, 2007, 06:35:17 PM
I'll buy that for Manhole, but not for Phoenix Wright.

Changed Manhole to JB Harold Murder Club.

Dude, those are point and click games! Text adventures are games like Zork.


And I voted for both styles of shooters, and run and guns, but I might change run and guns to puzzle or fighting.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Joe Redifer on June 29, 2007, 09:28:44 PM
Phoenix Wright is not a point and click game.  I barely even touched the touch-screen at all when playing though PW2.  All I did was read text and choose options.   Kind of like JB Harold Murder Club.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: FM-77 on June 30, 2007, 01:42:15 AM
Phoenix Wright is definitely not a point and click game. The original GBA release featured no pointing and clicking (with a stylus anyway, hehehe). :P It's all text. A text advenure can be a text adventure even though it features graphics and isn't in black and white.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: nodtveidt on June 30, 2007, 03:09:15 AM
A text adventure is not allowed to have graphics, that's why it's called a text adventure. Introduce graphics to the game, and it's no longer a text adventure but simply an adventure game.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Joe Redifer on June 30, 2007, 11:17:38 AM
I consider a "text adventure" game to be a game where the gameplay is handled through text (as opposed to an onscreen character that you control).  Everything concerning actual gameplay happens through the text.  An adventure game could cover so many categories if we go by Nödt's definition.  It could refer to Final Fantasy, Phoenix Wright, Castle of Illusion, Snatcher, Grand Theft Auto... all games where you go on an adventure.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Kitsunexus on June 30, 2007, 11:34:07 AM
I consider a "text adventure" game to be a game where the gameplay is handled through text (as opposed to an onscreen character that you control).

So how come you don't even mention ZORK?  HUH!?
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Black Tiger on June 30, 2007, 11:42:59 AM
I consider a "text adventure" game to be a game where the gameplay is handled through text (as opposed to an onscreen character that you control).

So how come you don't even mention ZORK?  HUH!?

Cuz only spastics like Zork.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Joe Redifer on June 30, 2007, 12:13:23 PM
Because I've never played or even heard of Zork.  Zork can go to hell.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: FM-77 on June 30, 2007, 12:16:17 PM
Zork can go to hell.

Damn it, you beat me to it!
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Keranu on June 30, 2007, 12:37:53 PM
You guys haven't heard of Zork? I'm not sure if it was the first text adventure game, but certainly the first popular one. I haven't played much of it since I suck at it.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Joe Redifer on June 30, 2007, 01:21:27 PM
I'd rather read a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book than play a game like Zork.  And I'm completely illiterate! 
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: nat on June 30, 2007, 02:36:18 PM
You guys haven't heard of Zork? I'm not sure if it was the first text adventure game, but certainly the first popular one. I haven't played much of it since I suck at it.

I'm fairly sure the first popular text adventure game was the classic Colossal Cave.

"You are lost in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike."
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Kitsunexus on June 30, 2007, 02:41:39 PM
XYZZY!
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: nat on June 30, 2007, 02:55:47 PM
When I was a kid in the '80s our family computer was a Kaypro 4. Very limited graphics capability, and only shades of green for color.

So I had my fun playing lots of text adventures, Colossal Cave included. That and the first Zork were my favorites. I think my parents had the entire Infocom text adventure collection.

Around 1990 we finally got a IBM/PC clone with VGA (!!) graphics and that opened the door to a whole new realm of gaming.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Kitsunexus on June 30, 2007, 05:12:18 PM
Anybody remember the Lurking Horror? No text, but on the Amiga and some PCs, there was SOUND!!

If I can find a better host than Savefile, I'll upload the scream. It's a VERY disturbing scream.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Joe Redifer on June 30, 2007, 05:19:10 PM
What was that game for the Saturn that had no graphics or text whatsoever, only sound?
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Kitsunexus on June 30, 2007, 05:29:48 PM
What was that game for the Saturn that had no graphics or text whatsoever, only sound?


Oh crap, I know exactly what you're talking about... WARP makes it. Lemme look it up:

Real Sound - Kaze No Riglet

http://www.audiogames.net/db.php?action=view&id=realsoundkazenoregret
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: esteban on July 01, 2007, 01:36:57 AM
I had to vote for the "Other" category since "tech demo" / "horribly broken, 1/10 games" wasn't listed as a genre.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Keranu on July 01, 2007, 09:06:13 AM
I had to vote for the "Other" category since "tech demo" / "horribly broken, 1/10 games" wasn't listed as a genre.
:mrgreen:
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: terrormask on July 04, 2007, 05:03:21 PM
arcade, action/adventure, survival horror, and pinball games are my favorite genres. you missed some on the poll list.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Tatsujin on July 04, 2007, 08:46:28 PM
still can't believe that elnino-kun and myself are the only two who voted for the v-shmups.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: elnino on July 04, 2007, 08:49:00 PM
still can't believe that elnino-kun and myself are the only two who voted for the v-shmups.

Makes me kind of sad...
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: FM-77 on July 04, 2007, 09:25:39 PM
I would've voted for vertical shooters if RPG and action RPG were a combined choice.
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: Black Tiger on July 05, 2007, 01:50:23 AM
I would've voted for vertical shooters if RPG and action RPG were a combined choice.

Where's the Action-RPG-Vertical-Shooter (Guardian Legend) category?  :P
Title: Re: What are your favorite videogame genres?
Post by: nodtveidt on July 06, 2007, 01:00:03 AM
I consider a "text adventure" game to be a game where the gameplay is handled through text (as opposed to an onscreen character that you control).  Everything concerning actual gameplay happens through the text.  An adventure game could cover so many categories if we go by Nödt's definition.  It could refer to Final Fantasy, Phoenix Wright, Castle of Illusion, Snatcher, Grand Theft Auto... all games where you go on an adventure.
I didn't give a definition of an adventure game. Besides, you go on an adventure in most games, just like you play a role in most games. See how you can't use the terms so loosely? :P