Why isn't there an "yes" or "all of the above" response to the question?
Do people really only play one type of game?
I Love Them All!

dg12345 wrote:Free!
http://www.infocom-if.org/downloads/downloads.html

Or, if you don't want to relive the hassles of configuring your computer to work correctly...
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/the_zork_anthology

BTW: What is a grue, anyway?

A grue is a fictional predator that dwells in the dark. The word was first used in modern times as a fictional predator in Jack Vance's Dying Earth universe (described as being part "ocular bat", part "unusual hoon" and part man).

Dave Lebling introduced a similar monster, whose name was borrowed from Vance's grues, into the interactive fiction computer game Zork, published by Infocom. Zork's grues fear light and are ravenous devourers of adventurers, making it impossible to explore the game's dark areas without a light source. The grue subsequently appeared in other Infocom games.

Due to Zork's prominent position in hacker history and lore, its grues have served as models for monsters in many subsequent games, such as roguelike games and MUDs.

Adventure Games - Broken Sword, Black Mirror, Syberia, Monkey Island, etc. and all their sequels and spinoffs!

Also Hidden Object Games - there's a ton of new and great HOGs that are getting better all the time.

FPS's. There is no other.

I'm thinking Harvest Moon is a Sim. RPGs forever.

StarCraft II , Nuff Said

RGP's don'g mean Giant swords and Spiked sowrds that is JRPG and all of those are CRAP.

/Want something like the old Baulders gate games to come back. Turn based control a full party RPG. A full party that you create not like the JRPG's that you have to find and recruit them.

and where is the option for MMO's ?

who puts these surveys together??

kitepower wrote:MMORPGs for me. Like Guild Wars.

I used to play Diablo II for hours daily back when I was in college. It was very rare for me to come across another female playing it. Nowadays, I just don't have the time to devote to a MMORPG.

scmtim wrote:Space combat sim. I wish LucasArts would re-re-release XWing with modern graphics.

I was just looking at XWing the other day, thinking the same thing. Great game!

AnnaLovesBooks wrote:I'm the only person on the planet who doesn't like video games at all, aren't I?

You and my girlfriend.

AnnaLovesBooks wrote:I'm the only person on the planet who doesn't like video games at all, aren't I?

No, I can't be bothered to give them the time of day either.

elarjay00 wrote:Read a book!

Two thumbs UP!

That game where the little yellow circle goes around trying to eat ghosts. Golly gee howdy Bob, i jest cain't get enuff of that feller.

My gole is to get to the secund level.

Driving and Flying games hands down. The Ace Combat series, Gran Tourismo, Driver... stuff like that.

video game. I care not of genres

Turn-based strategy. X-Com, Civs, HoMM...

elarjay00 wrote:Read a book!

Yes, because long ago science determined it was impossible to do both in a day. Get over yourself, gramps.

DrunkOnTheWind wrote:The best game I've ever played was Eidos' "Thief: The Dark Project" series. It was a First-Person Sneaker. You were a guy in a cloak and leather outfit. You had a blackjack, some rope arrows, "water" arrows, a sword (mostly useless) and you had to stay hidden in the shadows. If the guards caught you, they'd cut you to pieces in seconds. So the entire time you were playing, you were worried about getting caught. Playing that game in the dark with headphones on was awesome. There were puzzles you had to solve ("how do I break into this place?") or secret doors to be discovered, guards to blackjack... While FPS gets redundant after 1 hour of gameplay, Thief never failed to be impressive. And the fan-made missions were often better than the original. Sadly, it was made for Win 98-early XP. Uses Direct X, so I can't run it in VirtualBox on my Mac. I've even had difficulty getting it to run on a friend's PC. Sorely missed opportunity for the gaming world, I'd pay $100 for a multi-platform re-release.

Didn't Thief come out on the 360 too? Its not PC but if you are jonesing for a play through that may work!

RPG != JRPG in my book. love rpgs, never played a jrpg.

llandar wrote:Yes, because long ago science determined it was impossible to do both in a day. Get over yourself, gramps.

GET OFF MY LAWN! DAMN KIDS!

AnnaLovesBooks wrote:I'm the only person on the planet who doesn't like video games at all, aren't I?

i prefer books too. no video games for this lady.

I always enjoyed the Flight Simulator series - even going back to the first releases when the graphics were on par with Pac Man.

Sports, racing and quick play bright colorful kiddy stuff on the Wii

AnnaLovesBooks wrote:I'm the only person on the planet who doesn't like video games at all, aren't I?

Another game hater here!

My favorite is the one called, "Playing outside". It's made by me and my imagination!

Starcraft II, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and Everquest are the only games I need. See you all at Season's Beatings this weekend!

ganome wrote:ummm what does harvest moon qualify as?

I love Harvest Moon!... It would be a rpg (role playing game). You are assuming the role of, and developing a character.

lgranger wrote:Another game hater here!

I'm not alone!

To date myself - when I was a kid and PCs didn't exist, my dad was the ONLY computer geek in the neighborhood. He brought work home one day when he decided to buy a Heathkit kit. He wrote a game for it, just for me. It was called State Capitals. I did learn the capitals of every state... but I think he killed my computer game buzz before I (or anyone else!) got addicted.

I like action RPGs like Borderlands, Fallout 3, and Oblivion. Western RPGs I guess? It's not all giant swords and spikey hair.

Tiamat114 wrote:You and I sir should date. I can't get enough of the Thief series, I've even started building my own fan mission and played through 53 others.

I was on the beta test team for Calendra's Cistern, which was arguably one of the all-time greatest FMs ever... Ah...miss that game...

ROGETRAY wrote:[Portal end credit video is a lie]

Thanks :] It will be my theme song for the day as it is now stuck in my head...and I didn't even watch the video yet! :D

Who the hell has time for video games?

Racing. Rally preferred.

TETRIS!!!!

eepeep wrote:Fighting games (streetighter, virtua fighter, tekken, soul calibur, etc)

ditto

I would like to say RPG, as aall of my favorite games are generally RPG's of one flavor (JRPG's from 2001 and before, Western RPG's since) or another, but now I have a son so we just play co-op platformers and Animal Crossing.

And I do believe Thief came out for the original Xbox at some point. Not sure about 360 backwards compatibility, but it's also super cheap on Steam. I got it on sale for like $5.

Sneaky western developer games, whether they be strictly stealth action or stealth characters in an open world RPG, are my absolute favorites. Being sneaky is awesome.

escape the room games...the weirder the better.

Madden.

Racing!

Gran Turismo, Forza, PGR, NFS, F1 ...freakin' Mario Kart... take your pick, I'll play them all.