What's your type of game?

I don't know what Mario has in his pants to make him jump all the time, but I'm curious, what's your preferred type of game to play? Or what type of game would you like to see made more often.

RPG. Racing game. Puzzle games. Gothic horrors. Vehicular simulations. Goofy games like Mario, or quest games like elfhead Links and KOTOR or Metroid search 'n' explore?

 

Anything I can kill something in

 

Boggle.

I mean...I used to mostly be into RTSs, Empire Earth and Age of Mythology being my favorites. Flight Sims came next: one day I'll get my TIE Fighter: Empire. Then RPGs--Neverwinter Nights owned my soul. Then did FPSes. Jedi Outcast multiplayer was terrifically fun, especially with the TFN server and our various tests of mods and skins. I've been a big Halo fan, but I've never had Xbox Live, so that isn't as crazy devoted as others tend to be.

At this point, I'm in an RPG/FPS mood most of the time.

 

I wouldn't really say I have a preferred type. Unless "not terrible" counts as a category. FPSs, platformers and fighting games are quick and easy to get in to, Strategy and RPG are great when you want something a little more in-depth. Sports games are probably what I play the least but even they are fun on occasion. Wii Sports rocks your socks.

 

My favourite genre is RPGs easily; turn-based or action, Japanese or Western. I also love action-adventure games (Beyond Good & Evil, ICO, Devil May Cry). Basically I like games with interesting characters and well-conceived environments.

I hate, hate, hate MMORPGs and FPSs though. I'm also not keen on most survival horror games, which is a shame because I love games with gothic influences or atmospheres.

 

RPGs first, football (soccer) simulations second, strategy games third, everything else far behind.

 

Anything that appeals to me. RPGs, adventures, racing games, fighters, beat-em-ups... the only genre of games I 100% will not play is a RTS. I hate those.

 

Reasons, Enigma? Is it the real time micromanagement, repetitveness of play?

 

I'll play pretty much anything except most RPGs.

 

I'll play anything but I prefer first or third person shooters.

 

Pretty much anything except racing games(other than Mario Kart and Burnout) and J-RPGs.

 

I'll go for pretty much anything that isn't a MMORPG, if it's good.

I really really like the mix of FPS and Puzzle in HL2, and I'm also looking forward to a more developed puzzle aspect in Portal.

I also really like RPG's, with an emphasis on the Role Playing part, rather than just leveling up so you can be cooler in battles.

 

Well, I've actually never played one. But there seems to be a lot of thinking and strategizing involved, two things I don't like doing a lot in a video game (with the exception of the Sims).

 

Just depends on what I'm in the mood for and what game system(s) I have available at the time. *shrugs*

 

RPGs I love the most. Action-RPGs, action adventure, shooter type games are all good. I also like some puzzle games...really Tetris only. As for sport games, only those Blitz like games where I can make own rules up and not play a "straight" football game per se. Racing games are good, but only Burnout like games. I hate racing, but I like to crash my car and watch it blow up

And the Sims I play every once in a while.

 

AO games

 

games with boobies.

 

Enigma, try Starcraft then, if that's your first. The early missions ease you into the feel, and the gameplay is simplistic compared to more recent games like warcraft 3, which add more complex variables to the game.

 

That's a good point. I played World of Warcraft for ~2 years. It was my first MMORPG and also my last. Don't misunderstand it was a great game but I'm such a competitive person that I can't just play those types of games casually. So as a result I ended up sinking more time into the game than I should have. I canceled my account and haven't looked back.

 

I consider KOTOR the perfect game for its time.

It accomplished everything I could ever hope for in a video game, and subsequently (as well as unfortunately) raised my expectations for every game I have played after. I knew not that such entertainment existed until after I played KOTOR. Only KOTOR II and Jade Empire have come so close in reaching the same level of quality, though they never did meet it.

Ever since KOTOR, I am still able to enjoy other video games, but not to the extent that I would have or used to. Before KOTOR, Indiana Jones and Goldeneye were my top contenders.

I can only hope that Mass Effect raises the bar, though I doubt it will. I still enjoy most Star Wars game though (Episode III, Jedi Knight series, Starfighter, Episode I, etc.).

_Max

 

Goldeneye . . . I remember that. Hours with my bros. The split screens were so small. Took me months to beat the train stage on hardest level. Had to systematically memorise the prise entry points of every foe, but eventually did it.

 

Man, that game was golden age and some of the most fun I've had on console multiplayer. Goldeneye was one of, what, three good games for the N64?

Being the Man With the Golden Gun was such a great feeling until someone managed to kill you and take it from you.