I realised something today

[krazykidd]

Today after about 20 years of gaming i realised something today. I don't care for video games that aren't Rpgs. I don't mean i don't like them, they are fun and enjoyable, but i just don't care about them. If any genre outside of Rpgs were to suddenly disappear , i wouldn't have any reaction. I also realised that i prefer turn based rpgs to any other kind. This realisation came to me after a dream i had last night about SMT: Nocturne.

For the past 20 years i have played games from every genre and enjoyed games from ever genre, but just today i realise i don't care about them. Sure games like uncharted are really beautiful , games like portal , that are well written, games like L4D that are fun to play with friends, CoD that has great online multiplayer, alan wake that is beautifully written , but i personally couldn't care less if these games exist or not . Up until today i was excited by the bombardement of videogames that were being released, like saints row 3 , mw3, batmsn AC , assassins creed , Mass effect 3, zelda skyward sword , kirby return the dreamland , etc...etc... But i now realise that that they mean nothing to me since none of them are rpgs . I look at my library of games , spot the many that are not rpgs and wonder to myself why did i buy them instead of buying other rpgs that i don't have with that money. And i have decided that starting today , i will not buy anything that isn't a rpg in some way, forme or manner , and put priority on turn based rpgs.

Discussiin value : Have you ever made a similar realisation? That after playing games from a certain genre for x amount of time and realising that you don't care for that genre anymore? Or that you prefer one genre over all others and focus your purchases on games of that specific genre?

If so , what genre is it and how did you come to realise that?
If not what do you think about people that disregards other genres of video games to focus soley on one ?

 

[Giest4life]

I've realized that I simply don't like turn-based strategy games. I sampled Civ IV and even bought Civ V, but I simply can't muster enough enthusiasm to keep playing those games. I Medieval II: Total War but I was thoroughly disappointed as there was an enormous turn-based element in the game.

 

[Mr Fixit]

Hmmm, No such epiphany for me. I don't think i would be capable of doing such a thing. One day i want to play a RPG the next day its a racing game or a shooter or whatever. I do believe that you are the first person i've ever heard of liking only one genre. Anyway whatever works for ya.

 

[SckizoBoy]

Sports games & fighting games... I don't like them, I don't hate them... I 'nothing' them... *shrug*

 

[loc978]

I've known for awhile now that I don't enjoy most turn-based strategy... and I'm so picky with FPSes that I may as well simply say I don't like the genre at this point...
Also, any RPG or strategy RPG that focuses on statistics over combat mechanics. Hard to explain effectively without citing examples, though. Basically, Tactics Ogre games=good, Disgaea games=bad.

**edit**
also, games based on team sports. completely worthless to me.

 

[twaddle]

I found that i don't enjoy sports games that much and also i don't enjoy realistic shooter games, by this i mean call of duty or similar games but i do like scifi shooters. I know the irony is astounding. I guess one could say that I don't care for history/real world shooters.

 

[Wolfhowl the shadow lurker]

i like a lot of games but love rpgs i know were your comeing from but there are too many good non rpg games to play out there

 

[RickyRich]

I know that I play a lot of different games and I do care more for an RPG than I do anything. I have spent more time and more effort on Oblivion, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, ect... than any other game type I can imagine, leaving out online multiplayer, I'm a sucker for TDM.

 

[Babitz]

RPG is a dead genre so I don't understand.

 

[gigastar]

Turn Based Strategy games arent worth bringing up with me anymore.

FPS's have been going downhill so hard in my book that im even finding it hard to bring myself to play Team Fortress 2 now, and the only game of this genre ive been looking forward to is Serious Sam 3.

Fighting Games i had slightly less than no interest in until i actually tried one (MvC3) and now im fighting friends at least once a month in good fun. And with UMvC3 hitting shelves next week its not about to change.

Sports games, while preferable to actual sports, i still wouldnt go for them. For the curious this also includes realistic racing games.

Other genres i do go for include Action and Western RPG, Flight Sim, Hack & Slash, Real Time Strategy, Platformers, Shump's, 4X and hybrids of those if theyre proven to be any good and/or suit my personal tastes.

 

[Jarlaxl]

Well, I've realized that I am *extremely* context-dependent when it comes to games, mostly because I derive more pleasure from (observing) gaming culture and social elements of gaming than anything.

For example: I could be sitting around with a bunch of buddies playing Modern Warfare or Gears of War or something (some "serious" game), but have just as much fun sitting with my kid sister trying to get 3 stars on a tough Angry Birds level, or watching my school's StarCraft team play. Remove the social element, and I put down these sorts of games after playing for a few minutes. (This is also probably why I often play MMORPGs, and why I care more about a video series like Two Best Friends Play than upcoming AAA releases.)

I'm also interested in games for their story-telling ability (in an almost academic sense), though, so a good single-player game with a nice integration of mechanics and story really appeals to me. I've also discovered that Japanese games are the toughest to win me over in this regard (I'm looking at you, Metal Gear series/anything in Final Fantasy that wasn't 1 or a Tactics game), possibly because of cultural divides in my understanding of story/because I see most Japanese games as a phantasmagoria plus a frustratingly subservient female support character.

Finally, I love self-expression through games. Games like Pokemon, Minecraft, and Tactical RPGs afford a world where there are resources and rules, but you can do what you like so long as you stay within those rules (a team of 6 Rattatas? DONE!). Sandbox games also fall into this category.

It's worth mentioning that any game can succeed in one sphere, fail in another, and still be fun. I played Phantasy Star Online for a few years because a lot of my buddies played, but I couldn't tell you for the life of me what the hell was going on plot-wise in that narrative train wreck.

 

[StorytellingIsAMust]

Well, I've realized that I am *extremely* context-dependent when it comes to games, mostly because I derive more pleasure from (observing) gaming culture and social elements of gaming than anything.

For example: I could be sitting around with a bunch of buddies playing Modern Warfare or Gears of War or something (some "serious" game), but have just as much fun sitting with my kid sister trying to get 3 stars on a tough Angry Birds level, or watching my school's StarCraft team play. Remove the social element, and I put down these sorts of games after playing for a few minutes. (This is also probably why I often play MMORPGs, and why I care more about a video series like Two Best Friends Play than upcoming AAA releases.)

I'm also interested in games for their story-telling ability (in an almost academic sense), though, so a good single-player game with a nice integration of mechanics and story really appeals to me. I've also discovered that Japanese games are the toughest to win me over in this regard (I'm looking at you, Metal Gear series/anything in Final Fantasy that wasn't 1 or a Tactics game), possibly because of cultural divides in my understanding of story/because I see most Japanese games as a phantasmagoria plus a frustratingly subservient female support character.

Finally, I love self-expression through games. Games like Pokemon, Minecraft, and Tactical RPGs afford a world where there are resources and rules, but you can do what you like so long as you stay within those rules (a team of 6 Rattatas? DONE!). Sandbox games also fall into this category.

It's worth mentioning that any game can succeed in one sphere, fail in another, and still be fun. I played Phantasy Star Online for a few years because a lot of my buddies played, but I couldn't tell you for the life of me what the hell was going on plot-wise in that narrative train wreck.

Wow. Way to say what I wanted to say with better word choice than I would have come up with.