Favorite games by genre?

[GenocideHeart]

simple, list your favorite games by genre. Up to 3 titles per genre can be listed, in order of preference.

I'll start.

Platform

1) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn)
2) Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Sega CD)
3) Gunstar Heroes (Genesis)

Action/Adventure

1) Dynasty Warriors 4 (PS2)
2) Samurai Warriors (PS2)
3) Oz: The Sword of Etheria (PS2)

Sidescrolling Fighter

1) Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis)
2) Guardians: Denjin Makai II (Arcade)
3) Guardian Heroes (Saturn)

1-on-1 Fighter

1) Asura Blade: Sword of Dynasty (Arcade)
2) Guilty Gear XX #Reload (PS2)
3) Capcom vs. SNK 2 (PS2/GC)

Shoot'em Up

1) Radiant Silvergun (Saturn/Arcade)
2) Sexy Parodius (Arcade)
3) Psyvariar: Complete Edition (PS2)

First-Person Shooters

1) Half Life (PC)
2) Serious Sam (PC/PS2)
3) Killzone (PS2)

Role Playing Games - Console

1) Shin Megami Tensei II (SNES)
2) Magna Carta: Tears of Blood (PS2)
3) Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (PS2)

Role Playing Games - PC

1) Planescape: Torment
2) Planescape: Torment
3) Planescape: Torment ...what? It's so damn good it deserves all 3 first spots. :snigger:

Action RPG

1) Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)
2) .hack//INFECTION, MUTATION, OUTBREAK, QUARANTINE (PS2)
3) Ys: The Ark of Napishtim (PS2)

Strategy RPG

1) Super Robot Taisen Gaiden: Masou Kishin - The Lord of Elementals (SNES)
2) Yggdra Union - We'll Never Fight Alone (GBA)
3) Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (SNES/PSX)

Strategy

1) Uncharted Waters: New Horizons (SNES)
2) Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen (SNES)
3) Dragon Force (Saturn)

Driving Games

1) Gran Turismo 3 (PS2)
2) Out Run (Arcade)
3) Daytona USA (Arcade/Saturn)

Puzzle Games

1) Puyo Puyo (Genesis)
2) Tetris (too many platforms to count)
3) Bust A Move (Arcade)

Massively Multiplayer

1) Phantasy Star Online (GC/Dreamcast)
2) Ragnarok Online (PC)
3) OGame (Browser)

Hentai Games

1) Noturnal Illusion (PC)
2) DiviDead (PC)
3) Deus Machina Demonbane (PC)

Ren'ai (Dating/romance sim) Games

1) Tokimeki Memorial (Multiplatform)
2) Princess Maker - Legend of Another World (SNES)
3) Angelique (SNES)

Misc. Genres

1) Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (SNES)
2) Katamari Damacy (PS2)
3) Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (NDS)

There, now it is yer turn, d00ds.

EDIT: Added five more categories, with picks, and edited strategy games.

 

[nuclear death frog]

I measure my favorite games by replay value. No video game under any genre for any platform has ever had as much replay value, to me, as Final Fantasy VI. If I could only play one video game for the rest of my life, that would almost certainly be it.

 

[Moshulel]

Well now... not going to bother to fill up all the categories at this moment but it's quite obvious that you're a bit dedicated to RPGs.

A few more categories:

Turn Based Strategy.

Real Time Strategy.

Real Time Tactics.

City Building.

Economic Simulation.

God Mode.

Grand Strategy Games. *small branch though.*

Massive multiplayer.

And so on...

I guess it depends on personal favorites though... no Sports!?

 

[nuclear death frog]

Sports franchise games have no replay value by market fiat, because they keep repackaging the same game with better graphics every year or three. It has to have a new name on it or people get bored.

 

[GenocideHeart]

Agreed. About the only sports game I like as of now is Pro Evolution Soccer.

I did forget driving games and puzzle games, though, so...

Driving Games

1) Gran Turismo 3 (PS2)
2) Out Run (Arcade)
3) Daytona USA (Arcade/Saturn)

Puzzle Games

1) Puyo Puyo (Genesis)
2) Tetris (too many platforms to count)
3) Bust A Move (Arcade)

Also editing my previous Strategy selections...

 

[shout27]

I would have to say
FF5
Wild Arms: 2nd Ignition
Suikoden

though i have been getting into action games that let you power-up stats a la Fable.

 

[Moshulel]

Sports franchise games have no replay value by market fiat, because they keep repackaging the same game with better graphics every year or three. It has to have a new name on it or people get bored.

It depends on preferences. I'm not a big Sport Game fanatic myself, but i have friends that like to play them and they're not all the same.

Besides while games about a specific sport tend to remain the same, the fact that there are so many sports out there and so many games made after them offers quite a selection.

 

[OniGanon]

Warning: Nintendo Fanboyism ahead

Platform

1) Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
2) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
3) Banjo Tooie

Action/Adventure

1) Metroid Prime
2) Eternal Darkness
3) Metroid Fusion

1-on-1 Fighter

1) Soul Calibur II
2) Super Smash Bros Melee
3) Erm.... I dunno... Killer Instinct?

Role Playing Games - Console

1) Final Fantasy V (my first FF, and the game that got me into RPGs)
2) Tales of Symphonia
3) Golden Sun: The Lost Age

Role Playing Games - PC

1) Neverwinter Nights (various mods)
2) Knights of the Old Republic
3) Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Action RPG

1) Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
2) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
3) Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
...what?

Strategy RPG

1) Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones
2) Final Fantasy Tactics: Advance
3) Advance Wars: Dual Strike

Strategy

1) Total Annihilation
2) Homeworld
3) Age of Empires II

Driving Games

1) F-Zero GX
2) Mario Kart 64
3) F-Zero

Puzzle Games

1) Meteos
2) Tetris
3) ...*shrugs*

Space

1) Freelancer
2) Freespace 2
3) X2: The Threat

 

[jwolf0]

Platform

1) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn)
2) Black Tiger (Arcade)
3) Kid Icarus (NES)

Action/Adventure

1) Metal Gear Solid (PSX) (PSYCHO. MANTIS. That is all.)
2) Okami (PS2)

1-on-1 Fighter

1) Tekken 5 (Arcade/PS2)
2) Darkstalkers (Arcade)
3) Soul Calibur 2 (Arcade)

Shoot'em Up

1) R-Type Final (PS2)
2) Einhander (PSX)
3) 1941 (Arcade/NES)

Role Playing Games - Console

1) Suikoden II (PSX)
2) Final Fantasy VI (SNES)
3) Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (PSX)

Action RPG

1) .hack//INFECTION, MUTATION, OUTBREAK, QUARANTINE (PS2)
2) Legend of Zelda 2 (NES)
3) Grandia 2 (PS2)

Strategy RPG

1) Final Fantasy Tactics (PSX)
2) Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (PS2)

Strategy

1) L' Empereur (SNES)
2) Aerobiz (SNES)
3) Romance of the Three Kingdoms...hell, there's like 12 of them. Pick one. (NES/SNES/PS2)

Rhythm

1) Guitar Hero 2 (PS2)
2) Dance Dance Revolution (Everywhere)
3) Beatmania (PSX/PS2/Arcade)

Non-traditional sports (just because)

1) Super Dodge Ball (NES)
2) Cyberball (Arcade) Yes it's football. But it's robots playing football.
3) Super Dodge Ball (NES). Okay, ya got me. I just wanted to mention Super Dodge Ball.

I'm blanking on a lot of games for some reason....but I do tend mostly towards RPGs and rhythm games anyway. That might also explain the presence of some games from the 80s....

 

[GenocideHeart]

Strategy RPG

1) Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones
2) Final Fantasy Tactics: Advance
3) Advance Wars: Dual Strike

THERE WILL BE DEATH.

FFT:A is utter shit. It insults the legacy of FFT, and even Tactics Ogre is better than it by a large margin, despite being one of the oldest SNES games with a crappy PSX adaptation. Heck, the GBA Tactics Ogre owns FFT:A for free.

I hated its characters, hated its setting, ahted the storyline, hated the BLOODY FUCKING RETARDED LAW SYSTEM (yes, it's loads of fun to get the whole team redcarded because the random law generator put you in a battle with only beasts with the 'no damage to animals' rule. Die, Square.), and above all hated how it took a perfectly good setting and shat all over it.

And it was the explosive-diarrhea variety.

</rant>

Now we return to your scheduled topic posts.

 

[ttestagr]

Platformer

Super Mario 64

Action/Adventure

Spider Man 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Ninja Gaiden

Fighter

Street Fighter 2
Soul Calibur 2
Marvel V Capcom

FPS

Halo
Halo 2
Half Life 2

Action RPG

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

RPG

Final Fantasy 7
KOTOR
Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind

Flight Sims

Rogue Sqadron 2: Rogue Leader
Star Fox 64
Rogue Squadron

 

[toraneko]

Platform

1) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
2) Metroid: Fusion
3) Gunstar Heroes

Action/Adventure

1) Dynasty Warriors 3/5 (tie)
2) God Hand
3) Samurai Warriors: Extreme Legends

Sidescrolling Fighter

Now this category brings back memories. (suggested rename: Sidescrolling Beat-em-up; that's what I see them called in the arcades all the time)

1) Final Fight 3
2) Streets of Rage 2
3) Final Fight (the original; nostalgia for my first victory over an arcade machine)

1-on-1 Fighter

1) Soul Calibur II
2) Guilty Gear XX Slash (by the way, wasn't #Reload only on Xbox?)
3) Marvel Vs. Capcom (still has LAN gaming support in its favor, due to emulation)

Shoot'em Up

1) Ikaruga
2) Giga Wing/Progear (tie)
3) Galaga. Hail to the classics!

First-Person Shooters

1) Serious Sam (+ The Second Encounter expansion)
2) Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
3) Halo

Role Playing Games - Console

1) Disgaea 2 (can I include the entire set of NIS games with this one?)
2) Final Fantasy IV
3) Chrono Trigger

Role Playing Games - PC

Haven't played any.

Action RPG

1) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2) Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
3) LoZ: Link's Awakening DX
(note: these are the only games I've played that fit into this genre, I think)

Strategy RPG

1) Shining Force I/II
2) Fire Emblem (don't know which actual series number it is; the first one released in the US)
3) Final Fantasy Tactics

Strategy

1) Advance Wars II
2) Advance Wars I
3) Uhhh... there isn't a third that i've played. Chess? No, I suck at that... :huh.:

Driving Games

1) Twisted Metal 2
2) Mario Kart 64
3) Cruis'n World (arcade ver.)

Puzzle Games

1) Tetris Attack
2) Tetris/Bejeweled (tie)
3) Bust A Move/Twinkle Star Sprites (tie, and no comments about the second one plzkthx)

Massively Multiplayer

NONE, by the grace of Nagato.

Hentai Games

1) Tsukihime (thank you, Mirror Moon!)
2) Let's Meow Meow!
3) Do You Like Horny Bunnies? 1 & 2 (hey, they sell them in a box set, so it's one entry! )

Ren'ai (Dating/romance sim) Games

Haven't played any, as they're pretty rare here in the US.

Misc. Games

1) Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
2) Guitar Hero!!!
3) na naaa nanananana na na na Katamari Damacy-y-y-y-yyyy....

 

[GenocideHeart]

GGXX#Reload was released on PS2 too. I should know, I always use Robo-Ky in it. I find the names of his moves (almost all of them have 'Ky' in them) amusing, and he actually does a ripoff of JoJo in one of his supers, where he goes 'Damedamedamedamedamedame' while punching in succession (homage to Dio's MUDAMUDAMUDA).

Also, Disgaea 2 counts as a strat-RPG, even though it's more mindless powerleveling than any sort of strategy.

And finally, the first Fire Emblem on GBA is technically the seventh in the series - Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken.

 

[toraneko]

GGXX#Reload was released on PS2 too.

Kickass. I'll still be waiting for Slash to hit the US before I buy another GG game, though; I played the import version at A-Kon 17, and I found the faster pace and better game/character balance to be a huge improvement.

I might buy the #Reload soundtrack if I get the chance.

Also, Disgaea 2 counts as a strat-RPG, even though it's more mindless powerleveling than any sort of strategy.

It does involve strategy if you're not inclined to do a lot of powerleveling on your first playthrough (like me).

But, point taken. Bump Fire Emblem off, Shining Force to #2, and the NIS franchise to #1 of Strategy RPGs. For Console RPGs, #1 is Final Fantasy IV, #2 is Chrono Trigger, #3 is Tales of Phantasia.

Also, I remembered one: Action RPG #2 is now a tie with Seiken Densetsu 3.

And finally, the first Fire Emblem on GBA is technically the seventh in the series - Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken.

Ah, thanks for that. I could never get a straight answer before.

 

[OniGanon]

To be honest, I don't pay much attention to story in a strategy game. I mean, my favourite strategy game ever, Total Annihilation, practically has no story (except that it's robots fighting... clones in robots.) FFT:A I found had a fun little battle system. Granted it felt dumbed down, but it was still fun enough for me to play all the way through. The law system rarely bothered me, since you can check it in advance and plan accordingly, and I can't remember how exactly but I'm sure there was a way around the law against harming monsters.

More importantly though, I don't own a PSX and have never played FFT. Hence it isn't going to be on my list.

 

[ttestagr]

Why would you need a PSX to play Tactics??? I have the Playstation version, and play it on my PS2. Or can't you find it anymore?

 

[GenocideHeart]

Can't find it anymore... how? It was reprinted less than 8 months ago in the Greatest Hits series - one of the few PSX releases in the last 12 months, IIRC.

 

[ttestagr]

My mistake, even though I wrote PSX, I was thinking PSP. Ignore me, I'm retarded.

 

[runestar]

Mostly played PC roleplaying games of the dnd variety(BG, BG2, PS:T, NWN + NWN2, Pool of Radiance, tried IceWind Dale(IWD)/IWD2 but got turned off by the linear plot and overabundance of hack-and-slash.

Also played Soul Reaver 2 and Defiance. Couldn't find a copy of Soul Reaver. Actual Gameplay stank, but I stuck around for the storyline, which did not disappoint.

Tried my hands at some RTS(command and conquer, and later Starcraft/BW and Warcraft/FT. Culture shock there - reflexes were retarded by too much pausing in roleplaying games, but human intelligence will ultimately triumph over computer AI anyday, regardless of the difficulty setting.(this is why I don't play first-person shooters -_- ).

Loved Bare Knuckle 3 and Alien Vs Predator(the arcade side-scrolling version). Tried out the fighting games(mostly KOF series and Guilty GearXX). Might consider replaying it sometime later, if I can get my joystick driver to work(the darn thing just won't detect!) :angry:

Played many other games in between, but they didn't really entice me, so I am not mentioning them here.

 

[Ordo]

Action/Adventure
1) God of war
2) Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
3) Ninja Gaiden (Xbox)

First-Person Shooters
1) Half-Life 2
2) Tron 2.0
3) Shogo Mobile Armor Division

Role Playing Games û Console
1) Knights Of The Old Republic
2) Jade Empire

Role Playing Games û PC
1) BaldurÆs Gate Series
2) Fallout Series
3) NWN Community Modules


Action RPG
1) Kingdom Hearts 2
2) Zelda The twilight princess
3) Okami


Honorable Mentions
1) Jedi Knight / Academy
2) Hulk Ultimate Destruction
3) GUN

 

[Erase99]

Platform

1) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
2) Dracula X: Rondo of Blood
3) Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

Action/Adventure

1) Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
2) Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen
3) Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness

Sidescrolling Fighter

Don't play 'em.

1on1 Fighter

1) Melty Blood Re-Act
2) Melty Blood
3) Uh...no clue. Mortal Kombat Trilogy, I suppose.

Shoot'em Up

Eh, no clue. They all run together and feel the same, to me.

First-Person Shooters

Ditto.

Role Playing Games - Console

1) Vagrant Story
2) Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
3) Persona II: Eternal Punishment

Role Playing Games - PC

1) Planescape: Torment
2) Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
3) Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic

Action RPG

1) The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
2) The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
3) Crystalis

Strategy RPG

1) Vandal Hearts II
2) Yggdra Union - We'll Never Fight Alone
3) Disgaea: Hour of Darkness

Strategy

1) Master of Magic
2) Lightspeed (Though this could also be considered a space-sim)
3) Master of Orion

Driving Games

1) Gran Turismo 3
2) Need for Speed Underground II
3) Gran Turismo

Puzzle Games

1) Kirby's Block Ball
2) Tetris Blast
3) Lemmings

Massively Multiplayer

Don't play 'em

Hentai Games

1) DiviDead
2) Tsukihime
3) Critical Point

Ren'ai (Dating/romance sim) Games

Only ones I've played of these also happen to be hentai games...

Misc. Genres

1) Lightspeed
2) Warcraft III Custom Games
3) Deja Vu

 

[GenocideHeart]

Lament of Innocence needs to die. I'm still mad because IGA basically retconned Sonia Belmont out of existence... I LIKED Sonia, dammit. I'm tired of ambiguously gay prettyboy mains.

 

[Erase99]

Lament of Innocence needs to die. I'm still mad because IGA basically retconned Sonia Belmont out of existence... I LIKED Sonia, dammit. I'm tired of ambiguously gay prettyboy mains.

Eh, while I thought Sonia was a decent character, the retcon makes sense. Legends was nothing but an attempt to milk the SotN cash-cow, and the plot changes it made to the series were fucking retarded. Trevor being the love-child of Sonia and Alucard is just...stupid and insane ("OH NOES, now all the Belmonts are fighting against their evil ancestor!!!" ....NO).

Don't blame IGA, blame retarded Alucard fans that want the emo-goth loser to be a part of everything in the series ^_^ .

 

[locke69]

Meh, what the hells.

Side-Scrolling Shooter:
Metroid Fusion
Metroid Prime
Metroid

First Person Shooter:
Jedi Knight
Half-Life
Unreal Tournament

Thrid-Person Shooter:
Megaman Legends 2 (PS)
Citizen Kabuto (PC)
Oni (PS2)

Console RPG:
Final Fastasy VI (SNES)
Kinght of the Old Republic 2 (XBOX)
La Puricelle Tactics (or however you spell that)

PC RPG:
Baldur's Gate 2
Planescape: Torment
Ultima VI

City Builders:
SimCity
SimCity 2000
Casaer III

Console Strategy:
StarCraft (N64) (The game was too easy for me on the PC)
Command & Conquer (N64)
Yu-Gi-Oh: Duelist of the Roses (PS2) (shoot me, I like the game)

PC Strategy:
WarCraft 2
Command & Conquer Red Alert 2
Civilization 95

Fighter games:
Dead or Alive 3
Soul Cailber 2 (XBOX)
Mortal Combat (Sega Genensis)

 

[GenocideHeart]

Eh, while I thought Sonia was a decent character, the retcon makes sense. Legends was nothing but an attempt to milk the SotN cash-cow, and the plot changes it made to the series were fucking retarded. Trevor being the love-child of Sonia and Alucard is just...stupid and insane ("OH NOES, now all the Belmonts are fighting against their evil ancestor!!!" ....NO).

Don't blame IGA, blame retarded Alucard fans that want the emo-goth loser to be a part of everything in the series ^_^ .

Yeah, because Juste being a direct descendant of Sypha Belnades (who was a warlock, for the record - Warlocks use VERY black magic), not to mean an emofaggoty bishie yaoi fangirl fodder, is OK?

And even then, they could just have retconned CV's story with a female character. But no. It has to be YET ANOTHER fucking yaoibait Belmont prettyboy.

I'm tired of main characters who are fucking traps in Castlevania. I DON'T identify myself in an ambiguously homosexual guy with dubious taste in clothing, I want the rugged badass who can TEAR YOUR SOUL OUT WITH A LOOK. Like, a whip-wielding version of Big Boss. Not a pretty pussy who probably spends most of his time before a mirror like the latest CV mains have been.