[PPOTW] What is the best video game genre?

[KingBlank]

I think MMO's are the best, because MMO just means Massive/ly multiplayer online... soo any of the other Genres can be tied onto it, Games are more fun with friends after all.
But yeah, stupid poll, but what did I expect?

 

[Kirito-kun]

Feel free to try and simulate Ni No Kuni in Excel, on paper or a calculator. If you can, then you can use your shit argument for any game/genre.

I bring to your attention the TI-Nspire CX CAS. An powerful graphing calculator with a 320x240p color LCD screen, 64 mb of RAM, a 150 MHz ARM processor, and 100mb of flash storage. It's capable of running a fully-fledged port of Doom and GBC emulators. Your argument is invalid.

 

[grossaffe]

I bring to your attention the TI-Nspire CX CAS. An powerful graphing calculator with a 320x240p color LCD screen, 64 mb of RAM, a 150 MHz ARM processor, and 100mb of flash storage. It's capable of running a fully-fledged port of Doom and GBC emulators. Your argument is invalid.

I don't get what point you're trying to make here.

 

[Hells Malice]

This is kinda like asking what the best colour is.
It's a lot safer just to ask what peoples favorites are.

My favorite is jRPG. I enjoy stories above all else and that's what a majority of jRPGs focus on and excel at.

But really I enjoy a little of every genre. But i'm one of those people that loves anything with proper RPG elements. I just enjoy that progressive feeling.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

I bring to your attention the TI-Nspire CX CAS. An powerful graphing calculator with a 320x240p color LCD screen, 64 mb of RAM, a 150 MHz ARM processor, and 100mb of flash storage. It's capable of running a fully-fledged port of Doom and GBC emulators. Your argument is invalid.

...so are you just going to completely change the topic? That's how you work? Gotcha. Drop one thought and go right onto the next as soon as someone says your argument is shit.

 

[Hells Malice]

They differ significantly. WRPGs tend to be open-world and allow for more player-choice than JRPGs. WRPGs are usually real-time and often emphasizes immersion. JRPGs tend to be more linear and story-driven. They tend to be turn-based and push players into an already-established role.

I personally prefer WRPGs. I haven't played a single JRPG which couldn't have been simulated by an Excel spreadsheet, some grid paper, and a scientific calculator.

Weeaboo name
Anti-japanese opinion.

Are you attempting to crash the universe?

I have so much more to say but your horrid attempt at a joke hardly qualifies for a response...at least any more than it has gotten.

 

[calmwaters]

It appears that people on here like a variety of games, but the first person shooters are a minority. Just pointing that out.

I can't help but feel this poll is amazingly flawed. There is no particular genre which best represents gaeming and I would tell that to a non-gaemer.

Exactly. I love JRPG's, but I love the action and adventure in them. That's why I love grinding so much. It's not challenging, technically, but that's what makes it easy to grind. If it were challenging like puzzle games, then I'd hate JRPG's. (I like Monopoly on the Wii; that's cool...)

...so are you just going to completely change the topic? That's how you work? Gotcha. Drop one thought and go right onto the next as soon as someone says your argument is shit.

Dude, your avatar. What gives?

 

[Kirito-kun]

...so are you just going to completely change the topic? That's how you work? Gotcha. Drop one thought and go right onto the next as soon as someone says your argument is shit.

...just how bored are you? Why do you always feel the need to flame me without attempting to target the topic itself? You didn't even provide evidence of how I "completely" dropped the topic. The previous poster said I couldn't simulate the gameplay of Ni No Kuni on a calculator. I provided a calculator capable of running a real-time game. Maybe read the entire thread next time? If you're going to flame me every time you find me on the forum, at least make your flames interesting. Have a nice day.

 

[calmwaters]

...just how bored are you? Why do you always feel the need to flame me without attempting to target the topic itself? You didn't even provide evidence of how I "completely" dropped the topic. The previous poster said I couldn't simulate the gameplay of Ni No Kuni on a calculator. I provided a calculator capable of running a real-time game. Maybe read the entire thread next time? If you're going to flame me every time you find me on the forum, at least make your flames interesting. Have a nice day.

Hey, attention is good. But you getting attention because someone's flaming you isn't exactly desirable. And I wondered why you posted a picture of a calculator... (I like how you say he feels the need to flame you whenever he sees you on the forum. That's so awesome...)

>JRPGs
>winning

I knew GBAtemp had bad taste but I didn't think it was THAT bad.


(puzzle game master race)

Y... y... you *waggles finger offensively* And JRPG's are full of action and definitely adventure (which is what I voted for since I like action/adventure games; JRPG's just have a good balance of them.)

And it's better than having a bunch of CoD retards on here. (No offense, CoD: MW2 Wii clan)

 

[Satangel]

RPG's really, that's what the biggest stereotype of games is (living in an other world, escaping reality, imagining you're a powerful knight in some fantasy world) .
I picked WRPG's because I like those more than JRPG's.

 

[FAST6191]

>JRPGs
>winning

I knew GBAtemp had bad taste but I didn't think it was THAT bad.

(puzzle game master race)

I think a sentence along the lines of "it is what we deserve, not what we need" is appropriate at this point in time.

 

[Veho]

Point and click adventures.

 

[xThrice]

In our gaming era of next gen consoles and online gaming most "new" gamers or non-gamers that are joining the gaming world would probably say that if you cant play online then you suck....so moba is the best genre at the moment or micro transaction games as they are all the rage nowadays i mean who hasnt spent some money on some card trading game or even a browser game.

My Favourite is still jrpg but thats just me and everyone deserves to have his own opinion.
Hopefully we see more from indie gaming industries and also i would like a revamp on the star ocean series x)
Cheers!

 

[FAST6191]

so moba is the best genre at the moment or micro transaction games as they are all the rage nowadays i mean who hasnt spent some money on some card trading game or even a browser game.

*raises hand*
If I can not invest a reasonable amount of time and beat the game I usually turn around and dub it pay to win and then write it off with the next breath.

 

[ilman]

Kirito-kun Tried 'The World Ends with You'?
How about Xenoblade Chronicles?
Ever heard of Monster Hunter?
Or even Final Fantasy:Crysis Core for something more Japanese?
I'd really like to see you run Kingdom Hearts 3D on that calculator.
I think I've proven my point.

Btw, I find it kinda funny how much against the genre of the game your username/avatar comes from. Yeah, I know the game based on the anime, but, still, it's kinda ironic.

 

[Blaze163]

Games are ultimately about escapism, killing time in between more important matters in life. Since I've killed the most time in the Final Fantasy series, by definition it did the job of gaming in general the best, it's a series of JRPG's, therefore it's the best genre.

 

[Foxi4]

>JRPGs
>winning

I knew GBAtemp had bad taste but I didn't think it was THAT bad.

They differ significantly. WRPGs tend to be open-world and allow for more player-choice than JRPGs. WRPGs are usually real-time and often emphasizes immersion. JRPGs tend to be more linear and story-driven. They tend to be turn-based and push players into an already-established role.

I personally prefer WRPGs. I haven't played a single JRPG which couldn't have been simulated by an Excel spreadsheet, some grid paper, and a scientific calculator.

Diffferences in style and overall execution don't necessarily lead to differences in the essence. RPG is the "mother-genre" which encompasses sub-genres such as JRPG, SRPG, WRPG and so on and so forth.

JRPG and WRPG are not separate genres, they're separate sub-genres, however both refer to role-playing games, meaning RPG's. Similarly you have Sitcoms and Sketches, but at the end of the day they're just types of comedy which is a bigger, broader, more general entity.

As for the whole pen-and-paper plus calculator "point", I'd like to remind you that all RPG's are descendants of RPG's played on "spreadsheets". You may think that, say, "Fallout: New Vegas" is entirely real-time, but the truth of the matter is that each character has a number of stats which determine their strengths as well as action points which determine their turn, all set within the S.P.E.C.I.A.L system.

Your point is valid, but goes far beyond JRPG's - it refers to video games in general which are governed by maths, especially RPG's, even if their surface doesn't give it away

The World Ends with You'?
How about Xenoblade Chronicles?
Ever heard of Monster Hunter?
Or even Final Fantasy:Crysis Core for something more Japanese?
I'd really like to see you run Kingdom Hearts 3D on that calculator.

"Monster Hunter" is not a JRPG.

As for "Xenoblade Yawnicles", I am so not opening that can of worms again.

 

[Kirito-kun]

Kirito-kun Tried 'The World Ends with You'?
How about Xenoblade Chronicles?
Ever heard of Monster Hunter?
Or even Final Fantasy:Crysis Core for something more Japanese?
I'd really like to see you run Kingdom Hearts 3D on that calculator.
I think I've proven my point.

Btw, I find it kinda funny how much against the genre of the game your username/avatar comes from. Yeah, I know the game based on the anime, but, still, it's kinda ironic.

Maybe not on the Nspire CX, but there is a calculator capable of running said games. The HP Prime graphing calculator. It has a 3.5in 240p LCD-TFT multi-touch capacitive touchscreen, a 400 MHz ARM processor, 32 MB of RAM, and 256 MB of flash storage. It's capable of 3D graphing and is more powerful than the 3DS in terms of CPU power.

 

[CompassNorth]

The previous poster said I couldn't simulate the gameplay of Ni No Kuni on a calculator.

Oh, that's what you meant. I thought you were talking about mapping dungeons.

Okay, you're obviously high and I doubt you know anything you're talking about.

 

[grossaffe]

Maybe not on the Nspire CX, but there is a calculator capable of running said games. The HP Prime graphing calculator. It has a 3.5in 240p LCD-TFT multi-touch capacitive touchscreen, a 400 MHz ARM processor, 32 MB of RAM, and 256 MB of flash storage. It's capable of 3D graphing and is more powerful than the 3DS in terms of CPU power.

Durr hurr, calculators have CPUs so you can play games on them so I'm technically right about one genre being able to be simulated on calculators even though at this point you're basically just playing a computer game that has nothing to do with math.

Go home, you're drunk.