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Favorite game, by Genre? - retrolinkx - 03-24-2013
It's an interesting twist, and opens up more options.
FPS: Close tie between Half Life Opposing Force and Halo 2
JRPG: Skies of Arcadia
WRPG: Fallout 3
Racing: Metropolis Street Racer
Fighter: Soul Calbiur
Beat em' Up: The Warriors
Platform: Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins
Stealth: Metal Gear Solid 2.
Shoot em' Up's: Space Invader's Extreme
Third Person Shooter: Saint's Row 2. (If it counts, if not, I am not sure)
Action Adventure: Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Visual Novel: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attoney
Interactive Movie: lol all ps3 games Heavy Rain
Real Time Strategy: Turn Based Strategy: Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
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SpoilerPuzzle: Portal
FREE: Shenmue
All time favorite is The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap.
RE: Favorite game, by Genre? - thescottishgamer - 03-24-2013
Boy oh boy this is gonna make me think XD, ok here we go.
FPS: Wolfenstein 3D (even though I suck royally at it)
JRPG: Pokemon (If that counts,its from japan and i would say its an RPG)
WRPG: Mass Effect Series (I cant pick just one :P)
Racing: Burnout Paradise (Explosions and stupidly fast cars! whats not to love)
Fighter: WWE series (agian I cant just pick one, they are all fun as heck)
Beat em' Up: Final Fight (HAGGAR! muscle and a 'stash)
Platform: Super Mario Land (The first one I ever played so it holds a special something in my heart)
Stealth: Splinter Cell: Conviction (Shoot ALL THE LIGHTS!)
Shoot em' Up's: Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved (So! Many! COLOURS!
Third Person Shooter: Saint's Row 2 (Just for the insanity and customization, mostly for the insanity)
Action Adventure: Castlevania: Symphony of the night (Not much to say on this one :P)
Visual Novel: Professor Layton and the curious village (I loved the change between puzzle and animation)
Interactive Movie: Ripper (Dis guy, Dis guy is un-F***ing believable)
Real Time Strategy: Empire Earth 2 (You go from caveman to robots!)
Turn Based Strategy: Heroes of Might and Magic 3 (The first for me and by far the best I have played)
Puzzle:Portal 2 (The multi-player was challenging and fun as heck)
All time favorite has to be Pokemon Blue version. :3
RE: Favorite game, by Genre? - Psychospacecow - 03-24-2013
(Here is a Template)
FPS:
JRPG:
WRPG:
Racing:
Fighter:
Beat em' Up:
Platform:
Stealth:
Shoot em' Up's:
Third Person Shooter:
Action Adventure:
Visual Novel:
Interactive Movie:
Real Time Strategy:
Turn Based Strategy:
Puzzle:
FREE:
FPS: Far Cry 3
JRPG: Final Fantasy 9
WRPG: Fallout New Vegas
Racing: Forza 4
Fighter: Soul Calibur 3 (my first one, and I hate 5)
Beat em' Up: Bastion
Platform: I guess Scribblenauts Unlimited
Stealth: Metal Gear Solid 3
Shoot em' Up's: Borderlands 2
Third Person Shooter: Tie between Gears of War 3 and Ghost Recon : Future Soldier
Action Adventure: Spyro I guess
Visual Novel: N/A
Interactive Movie: N/A
Real Time Strategy:Starcraft 2/1
Turn Based Strategy: Sid Meier's Civilization 5
Puzzle: Portal 2
FREE:Team Fortress 2
RE: Favorite game, by Genre? - PixelXenoKing - 03-24-2013
JRPG: Final Fantasy 7
WRPG: Skyrim
Racing: Forza 3
Fighter: Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3
Beat em' Up: Final Fight
Platform: Jak And Daxter
Stealth: Metal Gear Solid 2
Shoot em' Up's: Boderlands 2
Third Person Shooter: Resident Evil 4
Action Adventure: Red Dead Redemption
Visual Novel: Never played
Interactive Movie: Heavy Rain
Real Time Strategy: Warcraft II
Turn Based Strategy:
Puzzle: Portal 2
FREE: Team Fortress 2
RE: Favorite game, by Genre? - FUS RO DAH - 03-24-2013
FPS: Halo 3
JRPG: Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
WRPG: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Racing: Mario Kart Double Dash
Fighter: Super Smash Bros
Beat em' Up: Double Dragon 2
Platform: Nope
Stealth: Splinter Cell
Shoot em' Up's: Ikaruga
Third Person Shooter: Gears of war
Action Adventure: Mass Effect 2
Visual Novel: Nope
Interactive Movie: Nope
Real Time Strategy: Halo wars
Turn Based Strategy: Nope
Puzzle: Portal
FREE: Star Wars TOR (even though EA won't let me on my account anymore)
RE: Favorite game, by Genre? - Arjahn - 03-25-2013
FPS: Team Fortress 2
JRPG: Tales of Symphonia/Dragon Quest 9
WRPG: Daggerfall
Racing: Mario Kart 64
Fighter: Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Beat em' Up: Castle Crashers
Platform: Super Mario World
Stealth: Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Third Person Shooter: Ratchet and Crank: Up your Arsenal
Action Adventure: Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Visual Novel: No idea.
Interactive Movie: lol all ps3 games Heavy Rain
Real Time Strategy: Plants vs. Zombies (Yes really, never been a RTS fan)
Turn Based Strategy: Pokemon Soul Silver/Leaf Green
Puzzle: Portal 2
FREE: *cough* Not a genre Runescape, since I've already used TF2
Also, unofficially adding MOBA to this list even though I hate mobas.
RE: Favorite game, by Genre? - aapjes - 03-25-2013
FPS: Timesplitters: Future Perfect
JRPG: Final Fantasy VI
WRPG: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Racing: Split/Second
Fighting: Killer Instinct
Beat 'm up: Street of Rage Remake V.5.0 (fan made SOR)
Platform: SMW2: Yoshi's Island
Stealth: Metal Gear Solid 3
Third Person Shooter: GTA San Andreas (If it counts...)
Action Adventure: Zelda: Link to the Past
RTS: C&C: Generals Zero Hour
Turn Based Strategy: Cid Meier's Civilization
Puzzle: Portal
Shoot 'm up: Parodius Da
Free: Realm of the Mad God
RE: Favorite game, by Genre? - Yawackhary - 03-25-2013
FPS: GoldenEye (by default, not really into the genre)
JRPG: N/A
WRPG: N/A
Racing: Just can't decide at all even if the category was broken down even more...
Fighter: Either Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold or Soul Calibur
Beat em' Up: Streets of Rage Remake
Platform: Either Sonic Triple Trouble or Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins
Stealth: Metal Gear Solid (by default, yet to play 2 and 3 and not really into the genre)
Shoot em' Up: Super Stardust HD
Light Gun Shooter: Point Blank
Run and Gun: Metal Slug X
Third Person Shooter: Uncharted (not sure otherwise Syphon Filter Dark Mirror)
Action Adventure: Sleeping Dogs
Sports uhhhh....: Virtua Tennis (by default, apart from unrealistic arcadey golf games and Virtua Tennis, not into the genre)
Visual Novel: N/A
Interactive Movie: N/A
Real Time Strategy: Command and Conquer (by default, not really into the genre)
Turn Based Strategy: N/A
Puzzle: Shanghai
Misc: The Pinball Arcade
RE: Favorite game, by Genre? - Mass Distraction - 03-25-2013
FPS: Killzone (series)
RPG: Final Fantasy VII
TRPG: Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
Racing: FlatOut 2
Fighter: Digimon Rumble Arena
Beat em' Up: Double Dragon II
Platform: Cave Story
SHMUP: Strikers 1945 II
Third Person Shooter: Uncharted
Adventure: Walking Dead
Visual Novel: Ace Attorney: Phoenix Wright
Point'n'Click: Viridian Room
Real-time Strategy: Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour
Real-time Tactics: Valkyria Chronicles
Puzzle: Mighty Switch Force
Sports: Baseball Stars 2
Run'n'Gun: Metal Slug 3
Sandbox: Grand Theft Auto IV
Horror: Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Hack'n'Slash: Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Car Combat: Vigilante V8: 2nd Offense
Light Gunner: Resident Evil Dead Aim
Added a few genres to my list because I felt they needed to be there.
No western RPG on my list? Oooooh nooooo... I don't play those.
RE: Favorite game, by Genre? - BomberJ - 03-25-2013
FPS: Tie between Duke Nukem 3D and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (don't kill me, please)
JRPG: Chronno Trigger
WRPG: Fallout 3/New Vegas and Skyrim
Racing: Jak X / Mario Kart (series)
Fighter: Tekken (series)
Beat'em Up: God of War II
Platform: Super Mario Galaxy 2 / SM 64
Stealth: Metal Gear Solid (PSX)
Shoot'em Ups: Space Invaders Extreme
3rd Person shooter: Uncharted (series)
Sandbox: GTA San Andreas
Action/Adventure: Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past
Visual Novel: Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Interactive Movie: Heavy Rain
Point n' Click: The Secret of Monkey Island (1 & 2)
Survival Horror: Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Real-Time Strategy: -
Turn-Based Strategy: Pokemon Esmerald
Puzzle: Portal 2/ Professor Layton (1st trilogy (haven't played the 2nd one))
FREE: Angry Birds
All-Time Favourite: Ufff...I would say 3 games Zelda: ALTTP, MGS and Uncharted 2/3
RE: Favorite game, by Genre? - Wardenclyffe - 03-25-2013
FPS: Borderlands 2
JRPG: Final Fantasy IX
WRPG: Fable/Lost Chapters
Racing: Mario Kart 64
Fighter: Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Beat em' Up: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Platform: Yoshi's Island
Stealth: Metal Gear Solid/ Metal Gear Solid 3
Shoot em' Up's: Gunstar Heroes
Third Person Shooter: Mass Effect 2
Action Adventure: Uncharted 3
Visual Novel: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Interactive Movie: Dragon's Lair
Real Time Strategy: Total Annihilation
Turn Based Strategy: Final Fantasy Tactics
Puzzle: Tetris Attack
Music/Rhythm: Space Channel 5
FREE: Legend of Dragoon
Noticed there's no rhythm/music game section, so I added it
RE: Favorite game, by Genre? - lividd3ad - 03-25-2013
FPS: Call of Duty: Black Ops II
JRPG: Pokémon White 2
Racing: Mario Kart Wii
Fighter: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Platform: Super Mario Galaxy 2
Action Adventure: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Visual Novel: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Puzzle: Professor Layton and the Lost Future
FREE: Luigi's Mansion
RE: Favorite game, by Genre? - Xannidel - 03-25-2013
Following Retro's initial post:
FPS: Either Doom or Wolfenstien 3D
JRPG: Final Fantasy 8 or Radiata Stories
WRPG: Fallout New Vegas
Racing: Diddy Kong's Racing
Fighter: Super Smash Brothers
Beat em' Up: Golden Axe
Platform: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest
Stealth: Siren
Shoot em' Up's: Galiga or Galaga (I forget which)
Third Person Shooter: Resident Evil 4
Action Adventure: Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Visual Novel: Hotel Dusk: Room 514
Interactive Movie: Heavy Rain
Real Time Strategy: Age of Empires/Mythology
Turn Based Strategy: Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Puzzle: The 7th Guest
FREE: Dishonored (Xmas gift of 2012 so technically it was free)
Added:
Horror: Resident Evil 2 or Silent Hill 3
RE: Favorite game, by Genre? - pyoro64 - 03-25-2013
FPS: Farcry (only fps I actually like)
JRPG: Dragon Quest IX
WRPG: ---
Racing: Mario Kart 64
Fighter: Super Street Fighter 2
Beat em' Up: Battletoads and Double Dragon
Platform: Super Mario Word
Stealth: Metal Gear Solid 4
Shoot em' Up's: Viewpoint
Third Person Shooter: Ratchet and Clank
Action Adventure: Tomba 2
Visual Novel: ---
Interactive Movie: The Walking Dead (Is it an interactive movie?)
Real Time Strategy: Age of empires
Turn Based Strategy: Civilizatiom IV
Puzzle: Tetris DS
FREE: Minecraft
Run and Gun: Metal Slug X
RE: Favorite game, by Genre? - Psychospacecow - 03-25-2013
(03-25-2013, 04:17 PM)pyoro64 Wrote: FPS: Farcry (only fps I actually like)
JRPG: Dragon Quest IX
WRPG: ---
Racing: Mario Kart 64
Fighter: Super Street Fighter 2
Beat em' Up: Battletoads and Double Dragon
Platform: Super Mario Word
Stealth: Metal Gear Solid 4
Shoot em' Up's: Viewpoint
Third Person Shooter: Ratchet and Clank
Action Adventure: Tomba 2
Visual Novel: ---
Interactive Movie: The Walking Dead (Is it an interactive movie?)
Real Time Strategy: Age of empires
Turn Based Strategy: Civilizatiom IV
Puzzle: Tetris DS
FREE: Minecraft
Run and Gun: Metal Slug X
To be fair, Far Cry is an rpg.