The DCEmu Questionaire # 1 - Whats the Greatest Genre of Games ?

Most of us play games from every genre although we have one particular genre we call as favourite.

The Gaming scene is a vast arena covering so many types of games and with new genres hitting the mat all the time.

To Answer my own question, which is my favourite type of game.

Well for me its 100% RTS games, the command and conquer games, starcraft, warcraft and the battle for middle earth games have kept me happy for years.

Next would be platform games, i dont think theres any better games than the Mario games in the platform world.

in 3rd place for me are the management sims, games like Championship manager and the theme park/hospital games are excellent for losing many hours.

So in my eyes the RTS games are the greatest genre but what do you all think is the greatest genre of games and why ?

TACTICAL ESPIONAGE ACTION

metal gear rules my life

next would be adventure RPG.

Metal Gear Solid has literally changed my life it is one of THE best games eva made it defined an era of brilliant storylines not a ooooo evil creature...must kill! i've saved £500 for a ps3 and mgs4 and it sits in me little piggy...GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS! oh and also FF7 kicks arse too

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Splinter Cell Sucks

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its between fighting (dead or alive 4 and street fighter) or first person shooters (too many to name) hard for me to choose but the next one would be racing preferably simulation ones like forza motorsports, gran turismo,moto gp (xbox ones).

sorry i have to mention that im in love with zelda games but i dont like any others in the genre so i cant put it up there.

It has to be RPG's
Second sports and in third place platform games.

for me gotta be First person shooters, the probably simulation like sim city and transport tycoon :)

RTS for me.... AOE, Rise of Nations, Starcraft...

Also, Stronghold is a good one if you haven't tried it, and it's available in the $10 game section at Target, Wal-mart, etc. in the U.S.

rpg and fighting games

FF7 & marvel vs capcom 2

I really love FPSs and platformers.

without a doubt action adventure / platformers games

mario, zelda, sonic etc.

pro evolution soccer mario games & Resident evil

I like FPS but i also like fightig
halo vs Tekken

woah after im done metroid im going to make a tekken lua game:) :) :D :D

i love a variety, i generally avoid sports games or playstation-esque third person junk (tomb raider etc.).

The games I've probably spent the most time playing is probably platformers, I guess that's pretty unexciting but I'm a bit of a Mario purist. the Zelda games too so Action RPGs?

like the most to like a litte less:
FPS
RPG
MMORPG
Sidescrolling mario like games
puzzle games

i like games like rpgs like chrono cross + trigger, and also first person shooters like king kong and socom, and also racing like need for speed underground 2 (xbox)

First person shooters are my fave! Halo, Doom, Quake.. so many good fps.

Next would probably be RPG's, I'm not that good at them but they are fun.

Recently I have been getting into racing games though.

thats easy. MMOFPS
coming up tailgating it is RPGs.

My least favorite: Virtual sports. Just go outside and play the real thing, slackers.

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Hmmm tough question.
I would say that beat em up's (like streets of rage / final fight) would be on the 1st place. Unfortunately, that genre is getting always some bad games. A pitty really.
2ndly, FPS. Love them
And at 3rd place, adventure games

1. Survival Horror ;)
2. RTS
3. Turned Based Strategy games
4. Tie between RPG's and Simulation games.
5. Classic Side Scrollers (From Metal Slug to Sonic)

oh yeah... most sports games suck
ghetto gangsta' style games suck
movie games suck
most spoof games suck
games that promote street raing suck
and if a game has advertisement of real world things makes a game that much more cheesy( im talking about stuff like in need for speed underground where you and everyone uses the same type of cell phone and nothing else, i think its cellular or verison wireless, and all of the menue screens have the cellphone's logo on it). That stuff grids my gears because my cousin said he wants to be a streed racer when he grows up and I don't want him even thinking of that because my step brother does that crap.

a good mmorpg is at mapleglobal.com

RPG is simply the best, FF7, chrono trigger,etc. etc.
and driving/racing games is my second best, GT4, ridge racer. anyone agree with me????

tbs...homm series
adventure
rpg
puzzle
sports
driving
i like all of them equally

Well considering this thread was put on the PSP section I will list my top 3 favorite genres for the PSP with examples of PSP games that fit under those genres.

1.) RPG's (Valkyrie Profile Lenneth, Y's, Brave Story)
2.) Strategy (Field Commander baby!!!)
3.) Platformers (Mega Man, Daxter, Ultimate Ghosts N' Goblins)

The 2nd half of 2006 is looking mighty nice for PSP games.

rpgs and rts best genres of games hands down
command and counquer = best rts ever but generals sucked a big donkey ****

as for rpgs there are to many good ones to count but top three = XenoGear, Chrono Trigger , Dragon Quest III

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R-P-G

RPGs definately. Non-anime RPGs that is.

Neverwinter Nights, Knights of the Old Republic.
I've been thinking of a reason for my extreme enjoyment of RPGs and here it is:

RPGs stand next to RTS games when it comes to control over gameplay. No matter what predefined difficulty you choose, RPGs are as hard as you make them. If one trains, takes what one can and has patience then Roleplaying is easy. For those obssessive cleptomaniacs like me Roleplaying becomes like second nature yet it is still fun and challenging. Characters in RPGs are deep and dialogue is usually rich and there is a compelling story to boot. How many side-quests do you see in FPS games? Most RPGs are non-linear, offering a rich history which can be very interesting.

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thats easy. MMOFPS
coming up tailgating it is RPGs.

My least favorite: Virtual sports. Just go outside and play the real thing, slackers.

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Sword of vermilion thats mi fav of all times.
And i agree all rpgs

2d beat'em up ,uber alles

i like these games: socom, gta, metal gear solid, dragonball.....

FPS | Fighting | RPG's

HL2 - SOULCALIBUR - FF7
HALO - TEKKEN 3 - FF8

first-person shooters rock because the game can be played w/choices (which gun should I use now?) and supplies constant action (and surges of adrenaline). RPGs have great stories, challenging battles and beautiful cut-scenes. RTSs have massive slaughters and strategy(duh?:p ) elements thrown in.
How can I choose just one?

Japanese RPG's all the way!

Hate all these western mmorpg's.

Survival Horror is the absolute best genre. followed by Platformer Adventures like zelda. third is Tactical Espionage Action ala metal gear solids. fourth is the Multiplayer Racers like mariokarts. fifth goes to Fighting Games. sixth reserved for Good Shooters like metroid. seventh is Puzzle games. and dead last is RPG crap.
sorry D&D dorks rpg's suck! trading magic attacks was never cool! you may as well wear a dress and trade pokemon cards losers.
R-eallyP-rimativeG-ames.
yuck final fantasy. yuck zenogears. yuck kingdom farts. yuck metal gear acids.

sorry but it seemed the rpg fanboys were in full effect on this topic. i felt real gamers needed to be represented. :(

soldiers at ease. and as you were.

hey, I'm glad I get to post after somone that likes Survival Horror games :p

But my favorite game styles would have to be
1. 2D RPG's
2. Survival Horror
3. MMORPG's
4. Driving/Racing
5. Simulation
6. FPS

but no sports! the fool that made football for Atari realy started an annoying trend!

That would have to be my list :D

SHMUP!!!!

Where are the old skool "Shoot Them UP" lovers?

Vertical or horizontal scrolling.. Who cares? As long as they are SHMUPs!

good first person games (halo, morrowind)
scrolling shooters (ikaruga, pulstar)
classics (centipede, gyruss)
fighting (good ones where control is tight and blood is good)
puzzle (tetrisphere, zuma)
just any good games really that are NOT "take a turn rpg's", sports, or driving where a line of paint stops the car and nothing can break, gimme driving like in GTA and that is ok but not the no damage/ no traffic/ crappy driving games that look nice and have no substance at all
oh, and diablo2 was one of my all time favorites too.