SPORTS!!!

As my brother deemed them: TPotSSs. That is: Third-Person over-the-Shoulder Shooters. B)

Because race car.

There doesn't seem to be enough variation in FPS games for me to want to play 'em. Get guns. Kill things.

RPGs FTW.

rumpatas wrote:SPORTS!!!

I second the sports notion! Gimme some ncaa football and ill show u a happy man. Well until the middle linebacker seemingly jump 13 feet in the air

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

Racing games

racing games all day erry day

Zork!

It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

Solonari wrote:Zork!

It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

Zork! FTW!!!!

gholt121 wrote:Zork! FTW!!!!

ummm what does harvest moon qualify as?

Assassin15 wrote:There doesn't seem to be enough variation in FPS games for me to want to play 'em. Get guns. Kill things.

RPGs FTW.

the same could be said for RPGs get sword kill things though i agree a lot of FPS are same-ish

FPS for unwinding and relaxing without having to think. RTS for something more challenging.

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

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

Pen and Paper forever.

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

it's ok. you love books instead of rotting your eyes out over a tv/ computer screen

Point and click adventure games!!!
Monkey Island FTW!!!

Solonari wrote:Zork!

It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

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?

sports games

Read a book!

For one, not all RPGs are Japanese... meaning not all have the anime hair and look.

I guess my favorite would have to be 4x games (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate) like Galactic Civilizations, Master of Orion, Civilization, etc.

Anything like GTA

Sports Games. RPG a close second... Give me a good football, soccer, baseball, or basketball game anyday...

Somehow I knew before I even voted that RTS would lose this poll, even with my vote.

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.

theyankster wrote:Point and click adventure games!!!
Monkey Island FTW!!!

or syberia I and II, grim fandango, the sherlock holmes sseries- come on woot!

a good hack-n-slash adventure game is the best at venting stress

dg12345 wrote:
BTW: What is a grue, anyway?

You could ask a grue, but then he'd have to eat you.

MMORPGs for me. Like Guild Wars.

RPG's baby! give me a point system were I can build a guy to my own will, and I'm a happy guy! I just like progress in a game, finding treasure, killing baddies, shooting spirit energy through master swords...

Racing games. I wanna go fast.

Racing/Driving games are the Best.

gholt121 wrote:Zork! FTW!!!!

I concur! The adventure game genre has been all but forgotten. What about Myst?

Text based adventures like Zork. There's some really good storytelling in those games, one of my favorites is Aisle. It's a super short game, where one command ends the game, but each command reveals different things about the protagonist and builds layers to the story.

Other than text adventures (and admittedly what I spend the most time on) MMORPGs are where it's at, specifically Lord of the Rings Online.

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.

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.

8-Bit.

My favorite is the platformer and the puzzler TOGETHER! In other words.....Portal! :D