I mainly play fighters and RPGs. I especially enjoy new-school or "anime" fighters like Melty Blood, BlazBlue and Guilty Gear, but I enjoy pretty much style of fighting game. I've recently been playing Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code and Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown. I like RPGs because they serve as a nice contrast to fighting games. Less focus is placed on gameplay, but so much more is placed on story and the sheer amount of content.
What type of games do you actually play?
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I'm a shooter junkie, I've always loved shooters of all shapes and sizes, and I will probably play them until the day I die. Currently I partake in;
Team Fortress 2
Quake Live
Loadout
Xonotic
Halo 4
Call of Duty (whichever one is the most recent, atm BO:2)
I do dip into other shooters (gotham city impostors and tribes are good examples) And I enjoy a singleplayer romp as well, namely DOOM/DOOM2, the Turok series, and the Far Cry series.
Pretty much anything with guns =p
Team Fortress 2
Quake Live
Loadout
Xonotic
Halo 4
Call of Duty (whichever one is the most recent, atm BO:2)
I do dip into other shooters (gotham city impostors and tribes are good examples) And I enjoy a singleplayer romp as well, namely DOOM/DOOM2, the Turok series, and the Far Cry series.
Pretty much anything with guns =p
I like large open world games with lots of exploration but they also need to have a decent story and combat. Sorry skyrim and saints row but you guys fail horribly at this.
Its generally either fantasy games like Dragons Dogma, Two Worlds 2, Dark Souls, Assassins Creed, Dragon Age or current/post apocalyptic like New Vegas, GTA, or Farcry. I absolutely hate sci-fi games. I am actually downloading Sleeping Dogs right now since its free for PlayStation plus members. I also like the occasional steal game like Metal Gear Solid. Then there are the oddities such as the Katamari games, Diablo 3 or Disgaea series. I used to play a lot of hack and slash/platformers like god of war or prince of persia but not really very much anymore.
There are some obvious exceptions but that is pretty much it. I can enjoy games like Cod, or Battlefield if I am playing with friends but I cant stand playing them alone.
Its generally either fantasy games like Dragons Dogma, Two Worlds 2, Dark Souls, Assassins Creed, Dragon Age or current/post apocalyptic like New Vegas, GTA, or Farcry. I absolutely hate sci-fi games. I am actually downloading Sleeping Dogs right now since its free for PlayStation plus members. I also like the occasional steal game like Metal Gear Solid. Then there are the oddities such as the Katamari games, Diablo 3 or Disgaea series. I used to play a lot of hack and slash/platformers like god of war or prince of persia but not really very much anymore.
There are some obvious exceptions but that is pretty much it. I can enjoy games like Cod, or Battlefield if I am playing with friends but I cant stand playing them alone.
What ever I'm in the mood for really.
If I want an engaging story I'll play Mass effect.
If I want a large world to explore I'll play wow
If I want to just destroy things and have mindless fun violence Prototype's free roam mode is great for that.
I like to have variety in the games I play so It's hard to get tired of them.
If I want an engaging story I'll play Mass effect.
If I want a large world to explore I'll play wow
If I want to just destroy things and have mindless fun violence Prototype's free roam mode is great for that.
I like to have variety in the games I play so It's hard to get tired of them.
Most of my collection is shooters (the non-COD kind) because ever since I played shareware Doom back in 92 I've been an fps connoisseur. The few games in my collection that aren't FPS or TPS games are still from the first person perspective (Dead Island, Skyrim, Fallout) ... except Mortal Kombat, I guess.
That said, I really really really love oldschool 2d platformers and play emulators a lot.. as well as Wii U. Love me some Mario.
That said, I really really really love oldschool 2d platformers and play emulators a lot.. as well as Wii U. Love me some Mario.
FPS mainly TF2
Post nuclear apocalypse games whatever genre they may be (Fallout series STALKER Metro etc.)
RPGs
Flight sims mainly IL Sturmovik games
Post nuclear apocalypse games whatever genre they may be (Fallout series STALKER Metro etc.)
RPGs
Flight sims mainly IL Sturmovik games
Platformers make up maybe 75% of my game library, with 3D platformers being my favourite genre. The AAA market is leaving me hungry for that though, so many of these are on the PS1/2 
I want to say "action-adventure" is 2nd, but that genre name sounds like a cop-out. Pretty much when I say that, I mean something like Zelda or something similar.
JRPGs I guess make up 3rd, but many of them are Kingdom Hearts and Pokemon games. Only WRPG I have is Skyrim, and I don't play it religiously.
Then I have a few hack and slashes, which I enjoy to an extent (depends on the game). They tend to get repetitive.
Open-world sandboxy type games are alright, but I tend to be picky with them. Just depends on the game. Infamous and Assassin's Creed 2 are good though.
Over the last 8 months I've been playing shooters, but that's only 4 games (not counting Portal 1 or 2). I would only play a shooter if it has some sort of interesting story or mechanic. Those 4 games are Black Mesa, Spec Ops: The Line, Bioshock 1, and Bioshock: Infinite. They also must have an easy mode because I suck donkeys at them.
And then a few miscellaneous games that don't fit evenly in one genre, like Shadow of the Colossus and Journey.
Genres I won't or rarely touch:
-MMOs
-Fighting games
-Strategy games
-Sim/God games
-Point and Click adventure games or games that heavily utilize backwards adventure game logic
-Horror games (not because I don't like them, but because I'm a coward)
-Racing/driving games
Mind you there's always room for exceptions.
I want to say "action-adventure" is 2nd, but that genre name sounds like a cop-out. Pretty much when I say that, I mean something like Zelda or something similar.
JRPGs I guess make up 3rd, but many of them are Kingdom Hearts and Pokemon games. Only WRPG I have is Skyrim, and I don't play it religiously.
Then I have a few hack and slashes, which I enjoy to an extent (depends on the game). They tend to get repetitive.
Open-world sandboxy type games are alright, but I tend to be picky with them. Just depends on the game. Infamous and Assassin's Creed 2 are good though.
Over the last 8 months I've been playing shooters, but that's only 4 games (not counting Portal 1 or 2). I would only play a shooter if it has some sort of interesting story or mechanic. Those 4 games are Black Mesa, Spec Ops: The Line, Bioshock 1, and Bioshock: Infinite. They also must have an easy mode because I suck donkeys at them.
And then a few miscellaneous games that don't fit evenly in one genre, like Shadow of the Colossus and Journey.
Genres I won't or rarely touch:
-MMOs
-Fighting games
-Strategy games
-Sim/God games
-Point and Click adventure games or games that heavily utilize backwards adventure game logic
-Horror games (not because I don't like them, but because I'm a coward)
-Racing/driving games
Mind you there's always room for exceptions.
I tend to play games based on setting and subject material more than genre type (FPS, RTS, etc.) I used to play a lot of games, but I'm broke these days so I'm basically saddled with whatever games my room mate buys (fortunately we have roughly the same taste in games).
Every once in a while I'll get nostalgic and play a NES classic or something, but that's rare these days.
Oh, and not a big fan of MMOs. I like the concept, but they just get so terribly repetitive. But any game would that you spend hundreds of hours on.
Every once in a while I'll get nostalgic and play a NES classic or something, but that's rare these days.
Oh, and not a big fan of MMOs. I like the concept, but they just get so terribly repetitive. But any game would that you spend hundreds of hours on.
Well I play Hack & Slash games like Dmc, Fighting games like MvC, Survival Horror like Dead Space 1 and very few FPS's (Bioshock, Killzone).
RPGs and strategy games are my most often played genres, but if you name a genre, there's a good chance there's a game I own from it. I find games dependent on quick reactions frustrating, and I love a game that allows a lot of freedom whilst still posing challenges.