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Your favorite dead genres/sub-genres?
- Dec 23, 2012 1:51 am GMT
Now playing: Assassin's Creed (360), Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (360), Pokemon: SoulSilver (DS)
So, what is/are your favorite genres/sub-genres that are currently DEAD? Also explain your favorite games (or franchises in that category).
My choice is the sci-fi/futuristic racer. While other parts of the racing genre (Kart Racers, Simulation) are still alive and well, sci-fi/futuristic is pretty much gone. Nintendo hasn't published an F-Zero since GameCube/GBA and refuses to do so due to business reasons. Acclaim (Extreme-G publishers) is out of business. Lucasarts only put podracing in Star Wars Kinect instead of a third pod racing game (the first was on N64, Dreamcast, and PC while the second was PS2 exclusive), and Sony shut down their Liverpool studio (formerly Psygnosis), who developed the most popular Wipeout series.
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- Dec 23, 2012 1:53 am GMT
King Manticore of 2012
Isometric RPGs like Baldurs Gates and Fallout 1/2- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Dec 23, 2012 1:53 am GMT
Horror should count....
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- Dec 23, 2012 2:31 am GMT
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God games and Tycoon games.
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- Dec 23, 2012 2:41 am GMT
3D platforming, thank god for Sly next year.
Survival horror too I guess.
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- Dec 23, 2012 2:45 am GMT
Well nintendoboy,thereīs Nitronic Rush and the awesome upcoming [url=http://survivethedistance.com/]Distance[/url],so itīs still going for futuristic racers.
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- Dec 23, 2012 2:46 am GMT[QUOTE="mccoyca112"]
Horror should count....
[/QUOTE] The horror genre is doing extremely well,though almost exclusively on the PC these days.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Dec 23, 2012 2:48 am GMT
[QUOTE="R4gn4r0k"]
Tycoon games.
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Agreed. Those games can suck me in for hours!
I remember personally hijacking my friends laptop because it had Sim City 4 on it, and my personal favorites were always Roller Coaster Tycoon, and Sid Meier's SimGolf.
We have Tropico today, which is actually pretty good, but we could definitely use more!!!
I also vote for beat-em-ups. Personally I feel like the Batman games are beat-em-ups, and I'd love to see more games like it (yah yah I know hack n slash, but Batman feels much more raw like old arcade games). I wouldn't mind if they were 2D though since those are still awesome.
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- Dec 23, 2012 3:01 am GMTA none-RPG Hack n' Slash or Racing game. Those are getting scarce.
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- Dec 23, 2012 3:09 am GMT
Ebony....Ivory....i missed you girls
[QUOTE="MrYaotubo"][QUOTE="mccoyca112"]Horror should count....
[/QUOTE] The horror genre is doing extremely well,though almost exclusively on the PC these days.[/QUOTE]Well there's your problem,it's only one thing.amnesia slender 8 pages penumbra cry of fear and white face are cool and all.but horror should be spread acrossed all platforms- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Dec 23, 2012 3:13 am GMT
GT: LAMEIRAS 360
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Now playing:
The Witcher 2 (dark mode)
Most antecipated:
GTAV, Battlefield 4 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Point and click adventures (monkey island, beneath a steel sky...) beat em ups (street of rage 2, cadillac and dinossaurs...) and survival horror games (resident evil 1, 2, 3 and code veronica, alone in the dark...).
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- Dec 23, 2012 3:30 am GMT
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Front mission series srpg/strategy, not fme abomination. Turn based chrono trigger/final fantasy.
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- Dec 23, 2012 3:32 am GMT
[QUOTE="R4gn4r0k"]God games[/QUOTE] Like Black and White?
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- Dec 23, 2012 3:33 am GMT
Garden simulatrors, I want another Viva Pinata god damn it.
Survival Horror.
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- Dec 23, 2012 4:56 am GMT
[QUOTE="Ly_the_Fairy"]
[QUOTE="R4gn4r0k"]
Tycoon games.
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I also vote for beat-em-ups. Personally I feel like the Batman games are beat-em-ups, and I'd love to see more games like it (yah yah I know hack n slash, but Batman feels much more raw like old arcade games). I wouldn't mind if they were 2D though since those are still awesome.
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In my opinion, there is a reason why beat em ups died.
They all get boring after a while... (except for BattleToads which is pure awesomeness from start to finish)
Also, point and click adventures evolved into interactive movies and survival horror games into action thrillers. (atleast as far as "AAA" games are concerned)
Anyway, I vote for the odd and forgotten genre of 3rd person shooter/strategy hybrids. (games like Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Sacrifice, Evolva, ect.)
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- Dec 23, 2012 5:01 am GMT
[QUOTE="freedomfreak"][QUOTE="R4gn4r0k"]
God games[/QUOTE] Like Black and White?
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Yeah black & white and Populous. It's never been a big genre but they have gone away for awhile. Molyneux is making a new god game again that got kickstarted but I'm sceptical because it's made for PC and touch devices. The game will be designed in a way to allow it to work on touchscreens.
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- Dec 23, 2012 5:03 am GMTRole Playing Games.
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- Dec 23, 2012 5:03 am GMT
[QUOTE="R4gn4r0k"]
[QUOTE="freedomfreak"][QUOTE="R4gn4r0k"]
God games[/QUOTE] Like Black and White?
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Yeah black & white and Populous. It's never been a big genre but they have gone away for awhile. Molyneux is making a new god game again that got kickstarted but I'm sceptical because it's made for PC and touch devices. The game will be designed in a way to allow it to work on touchscreens.
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A similar recent god game is From Dust.
I enjoyed the first B&W a lot but the second felt kinda average to me. (except in terms of graphics)
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- Dec 23, 2012 5:04 am GMTLy_the_Fairy wrote:R4gn4r0k wrote:
Tycoon games.
Agreed. Those games can suck me in for hours!
I remember personally hijacking my friends laptop because it had Sim City 4 on it, and my personal favorites were always Roller Coaster Tycoon, and Sid Meier's SimGolf.
We have Tropico today, which is actually pretty good, but we could definitely use more!!!
I also vote for beat-em-ups. Personally I feel like the Batman games are beat-em-ups, and I'd love to see more games like it (yah yah I know hack n slash, but Batman feels much more raw like old arcade games). I wouldn't mind if they were 2D though since those are still awesome.
tropic is alright. My favourite ones are Sim City, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Transport Tycoon and Railroad Tycoon.
A new Sim City is coming luckily. There is also a game coming from Introversion Software called Prison Tycoon which is really promising.
Rollercoast Tycoon is dead I think ,the last one was on 3DS and was absolutely awful. Dunno if there'll ever be another Transport or Railroad Tycoon
[QUOTE="Ly_the_Fairy"]
[QUOTE="R4gn4r0k"]
Tycoon games.
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Agreed. Those games can suck me in for hours!
I remember personally hijacking my friends laptop because it had Sim City 4 on it, and my personal favorites were always Roller Coaster Tycoon, and Sid Meier's SimGolf.
We have Tropico today, which is actually pretty good, but we could definitely use more!!!
I also vote for beat-em-ups. Personally I feel like the Batman games are beat-em-ups, and I'd love to see more games like it (yah yah I know hack n slash, but Batman feels much more raw like old arcade games). I wouldn't mind if they were 2D though since those are still awesome.
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tropic is alright. My favourite ones are Sim City, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Transport Tycoon and Railroad Tycoon.
A new Sim City is coming luckily. There is also a game coming from Introversion Software called Prison Tycoon which is really promising.
Rollercoast Tycoon is dead I think ,the last one was on 3DS and was absolutely awful. Dunno if there'll ever be another Transport or Railroad Tycoon:(- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Dec 23, 2012 5:06 am GMT
[QUOTE="nameless12345"]
A similar recent god game is From Dust.
I enjoyed the first B&W a lot but the second felt kinda average to me. (except in terms of graphics)
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I played it on PC and it was awful. It was designed with a controller in mind and the keyboard and mouse controls were disasterous. That is why I'm sceptical about godus.
Yeah, apart from the graphics the second one wasn't much of an improvement.
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