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What console's library shaped your taste in games the most?
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SEGAvangelist
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Mid-90s PC. Before that I liked games but never really got into them deeply. I didn't care about beating anything and I was a cheat code fiend.
I was late to the party on TIE Fighter (95 or 96) but it got the ball rolling. The game had a built-in 'invulnerability' toggle in the menus which I thought was absolutely insane. I could just cheat for free, no codes needed? Awesome!
But then I realized it made the game boring, and it affected my score. So I turned it off and played on the easier difficulty at first. Then I turned it up. Then I turned it up some more and did all the secret objectives. Suddenly I realized I was having tons of fun and was crazy good at the game.
Something similar happened with mechwarrior 2 mercenaries. Then when I got a better PC I got into FPSes and RPGs pretty heavily, both genres I'd ignored for a long time. I remember hating RPGs specifically because I had FF1 as a kid and found it way too hard. But I plugged my NES back in around 1998 and finished it.
I guess I just gained an appreciation for challenge and deep systems that I never had before. And that's reflected in my taste in games nowadays, I like raiding in MMOs as well as games like Monster Hunter and Dark Souls.
I was late to the party on TIE Fighter (95 or 96) but it got the ball rolling. The game had a built-in 'invulnerability' toggle in the menus which I thought was absolutely insane. I could just cheat for free, no codes needed? Awesome!
But then I realized it made the game boring, and it affected my score. So I turned it off and played on the easier difficulty at first. Then I turned it up. Then I turned it up some more and did all the secret objectives. Suddenly I realized I was having tons of fun and was crazy good at the game.
Something similar happened with mechwarrior 2 mercenaries. Then when I got a better PC I got into FPSes and RPGs pretty heavily, both genres I'd ignored for a long time. I remember hating RPGs specifically because I had FF1 as a kid and found it way too hard. But I plugged my NES back in around 1998 and finished it.
I guess I just gained an appreciation for challenge and deep systems that I never had before. And that's reflected in my taste in games nowadays, I like raiding in MMOs as well as games like Monster Hunter and Dark Souls.
Sojiro
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I can't quote this enough. Where JRPG's were king (especially PS1).
User 479360
Banned
Probably the N64, with its platformers, action/adventure games and FPS titles.
robotzombie
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SNES shaped it, PS1 cemented it
FrostuTheNinja
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Either the Genesis/CD or TG16/CD/Duo. Horizontal and vert shooters, action platformers, aRPGs and grid/hex based strategy. I played the NES and such before, but was really influenced by Sega and NEC. Really loved arcade titles, as well.
PumpkinSpice
Banned
Maybe I'm alone here but GameBoy Color. Two great Pokemon games, moving into two fantastic Dragon Warrior Monsters games, and on to three awesome Dragon Warrior games.
For me it would be 486 pc era (I don't know if that's an era,for me it is) and Amiga.
With games like Another World,Syndicate,Flashback, Alone in the Dark,Black Thorne,Warcraft,Doom,Wolfenstein,Primal Rage and MK
My first console was PSX and I played there mostly platformers,racing games and jrpgs.
From that three genres I still play racing games but there in not many jrpgs and platformers that I like or play.Especially on PC and Xbox which are my main platforms now.
With games like Another World,Syndicate,Flashback, Alone in the Dark,Black Thorne,Warcraft,Doom,Wolfenstein,Primal Rage and MK
My first console was PSX and I played there mostly platformers,racing games and jrpgs.
From that three genres I still play racing games but there in not many jrpgs and platformers that I like or play.Especially on PC and Xbox which are my main platforms now.
SNES. I still love 2D games and virtually all of my favourite games are on it.
More recently, the DS. The mix of SRPGs, dungeon crawlers, adventure games (Last Window, Hotel Dusk, Ghost Trick, Phoenix wright etc) combined with plenty of 2D goodness like the Castlevania games, Contra IV, Aliens Infestation. It had pretty much everything I like in gaming.
PS360 made me utterly tired of third-person shooters. I played and enjoyed a dozen or so, particularly the Gears, Dead Space, Uncharted, Resident Evil, Binary Domain and Mass Effect games, and played loads more besides, but I'm just not interested in them any more, I feel like I've crouched behind enough convenient waist-high walls to last a lifetime. Same goes for Assassins Creed/Far Cry/Ubigames. Maybe something this gen will spark my imagination again.
Even more recently, the Vita has introduced me to a hell of a lot of smaller titles that I wouldn't have played otherwise. And the Ys series.
More recently, the DS. The mix of SRPGs, dungeon crawlers, adventure games (Last Window, Hotel Dusk, Ghost Trick, Phoenix wright etc) combined with plenty of 2D goodness like the Castlevania games, Contra IV, Aliens Infestation. It had pretty much everything I like in gaming.
PS360 made me utterly tired of third-person shooters. I played and enjoyed a dozen or so, particularly the Gears, Dead Space, Uncharted, Resident Evil, Binary Domain and Mass Effect games, and played loads more besides, but I'm just not interested in them any more, I feel like I've crouched behind enough convenient waist-high walls to last a lifetime. Same goes for Assassins Creed/Far Cry/Ubigames. Maybe something this gen will spark my imagination again.
Even more recently, the Vita has introduced me to a hell of a lot of smaller titles that I wouldn't have played otherwise. And the Ys series.
jailbird20022
Banned
Playstation 1 and Gamecube easily.
learned to enjoy a wide variety of games.
learned to enjoy a wide variety of games.
Matt Attack
Member
The DS is what made me fond of visual novels (Ace Attorney series, 999) and solidified the dominance of RPGs for me. The Gamecube and PS2 definitely had a lot of influence as well.
Skiptastic
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NES/Genesis - Platforming games (Mario, Sonic 1/2/3/Knuckles), sports games (EA Sports)
N64 - FPS genre (Goldeneye, Perfect Dark)
Dreamcast - Music genre (Samba de Amigo), further sports games (Sega Sports 2K brand)
OG Xbox - Western RPGs (KOTOR, KOTOR II, Jade Empire), further FPS (Halo)
If I had to pick one that best represents my gaming habits now, it would be OG Xbox.
But I'm 32, ffs, NES is the bedrock upon which all my gaming is based.
N64 - FPS genre (Goldeneye, Perfect Dark)
Dreamcast - Music genre (Samba de Amigo), further sports games (Sega Sports 2K brand)
OG Xbox - Western RPGs (KOTOR, KOTOR II, Jade Empire), further FPS (Halo)
If I had to pick one that best represents my gaming habits now, it would be OG Xbox.
But I'm 32, ffs, NES is the bedrock upon which all my gaming is based.
eXistor
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NES and SNES and in a lesser way, PC. Most of my favorite games are from that era and they pretty much set my gaming tastes in stone. I'm talking both about the fact that games allowed players to play the game the way they wanted to and not be lead on the entire time and the actual genres.
Games like Zelda and Monkey Island (though that's on PC obviously) shaped my tastes in genre, though movies also really helped there with Indiana Jones and Star Wars.
The generations that came after just ended up being compared to the previous two from my formative years and mostly I've found them wanting. There's a ton of games that I love that came later, but they're mostly games that do what NES and SNES games already did for the most part.
Adventure just always really spoke to me and if you look at what I prefer playing nowadays, it's obvious that still holds true today. My favorite game last year was Legend of Grimrock II which is just everything I want out of the genre.
Games like Zelda and Monkey Island (though that's on PC obviously) shaped my tastes in genre, though movies also really helped there with Indiana Jones and Star Wars.
The generations that came after just ended up being compared to the previous two from my formative years and mostly I've found them wanting. There's a ton of games that I love that came later, but they're mostly games that do what NES and SNES games already did for the most part.
Adventure just always really spoke to me and if you look at what I prefer playing nowadays, it's obvious that still holds true today. My favorite game last year was Legend of Grimrock II which is just everything I want out of the genre.
Kelegacy
XBOX - RECORD ME LOVING DOWN MY WOMAN GOOD
NES - platformers and sports games. RBI Baseball, Baseball Stars, Tecmo Bowl and Bases Loaded were awesome.
SNES - my first real JRPGs. Never played them on NES. FFIII (VI) got me hooked.
PS1 - Further cemented my love of RPGs and many other genres. Just a great system and JRPGs abound. RE and Twisted Metal were the gateway drugs into that system. Never played a game like RE before and it just absorbed me.
PC - Adventure games and RPGs. Just massive, complex and deep games overall. In my life PC is the system I've gamed on the least amount of time compared to consoles but the experiences have been the most memorable.
I don't really even play some of these genres anymore, but the SNES and PS1 were my favorite consoles ever. PS1 holds up like crap in many ways but I still remember it fondly.
SNES - my first real JRPGs. Never played them on NES. FFIII (VI) got me hooked.
PS1 - Further cemented my love of RPGs and many other genres. Just a great system and JRPGs abound. RE and Twisted Metal were the gateway drugs into that system. Never played a game like RE before and it just absorbed me.
PC - Adventure games and RPGs. Just massive, complex and deep games overall. In my life PC is the system I've gamed on the least amount of time compared to consoles but the experiences have been the most memorable.
I don't really even play some of these genres anymore, but the SNES and PS1 were my favorite consoles ever. PS1 holds up like crap in many ways but I still remember it fondly.
Bjoern the Smexy
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Shaped:
Broadened:
I'm still a Nintendo fanboy today, but I can find very fun games on every platform I can get a hold on.
Broadened:
I'm still a Nintendo fanboy today, but I can find very fun games on every platform I can get a hold on.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
My overall preferences in gaming have gotten a major redefinition a couple of times:
The SNES shaped my preference for platformers
The PS1 moved my preference towards fighters, and the Resident Evil series
The Xbox 360 shaped my current preference away from fighters; largely 3rd Person Shooters and other AAA genres (open world Assassin's Creed / GTA style games; Action Adventure stuff like the Arkham games; back to platforming via Rayman, etc). I'm pretty open to most genres these days.
The SNES shaped my preference for platformers
The PS1 moved my preference towards fighters, and the Resident Evil series
The Xbox 360 shaped my current preference away from fighters; largely 3rd Person Shooters and other AAA genres (open world Assassin's Creed / GTA style games; Action Adventure stuff like the Arkham games; back to platforming via Rayman, etc). I'm pretty open to most genres these days.
For me it was the Gamecube.
My love of JRPGs and more difficult, varied games was shaped thanks to that console. There was Tales of Symphonia, Baten Kaitos, Chibi Robo, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Fire Emblem... All of those games did a lot to help shape what games I enjoy now and I feel the Gamecube gen is the gen that has stood against the test of time best. Although that last note is probably just nostalgia talking.
My love of JRPGs and more difficult, varied games was shaped thanks to that console. There was Tales of Symphonia, Baten Kaitos, Chibi Robo, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Fire Emblem... All of those games did a lot to help shape what games I enjoy now and I feel the Gamecube gen is the gen that has stood against the test of time best. Although that last note is probably just nostalgia talking.
PC gaming. Be it fast paced shooters, old school cRPGs, eurotrash RPGs, quirky European games like pathologic, games like STALKER etc. basically games that give you a breadth of things to do and express yourself and not limit you to a prescribed path. And games that have writing that would not fit with a Michael Bay movie (or its fantasy equivalent).
That and as a corollary of that emulating SNES titles. Platformers from SNES, PC platformers, older indie platformers like cave story, within a deep forest etc.
That and as a corollary of that emulating SNES titles. Platformers from SNES, PC platformers, older indie platformers like cave story, within a deep forest etc.
Parappa_the_Fapper
Banned
The first Playstation...
So many JRPGs
Sigh - good times, good times
So many JRPGs
Sigh - good times, good times
I'll take that as platform rather than console. Mid-late 90s PC games. StarCraft, Diablo, and Half-life.
If limited to console... PS3. It made me very tired of third person perspective games and Elder Scroll/Fallout games. Seriously burnt out on those ones. My current taste is all indies, big FPS, space games, anything that looks like a SSX tricky, and RTS.
Farewell open world games.
If limited to console... PS3. It made me very tired of third person perspective games and Elder Scroll/Fallout games. Seriously burnt out on those ones. My current taste is all indies, big FPS, space games, anything that looks like a SSX tricky, and RTS.
Farewell open world games.
Iriscomeback
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N64 started it all with Ocarina of Time, that's when I became interested in RPG's (which is a bit wierd considering I don't think Zelda games are RPG's).
The first Xbox gave me Kotor and fable. That's when it really took off.
And then I got a Ps3 and Vita...
The first Xbox gave me Kotor and fable. That's when it really took off.
And then I got a Ps3 and Vita...
publicpwnerer
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The earliest consoles I played were the NES, SNES and Master System 2, however, it was the PS1, Dreamcast and Xbox that actually shaped my tastes.
When I say Xbox, most people would likely assume shooters / Halo etc, but it was predominately the PC ports (KOTOR, Jade Empire, Morrowind) and occasional unique entry like Shenmue 2, Jet Set and Deathrow.
When I say Xbox, most people would likely assume shooters / Halo etc, but it was predominately the PC ports (KOTOR, Jade Empire, Morrowind) and occasional unique entry like Shenmue 2, Jet Set and Deathrow.
AntiFacebook
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PC gaming in the 90s
Begaria
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The SNES for me for all of the JRPGs. While I played a decent variety of games on the NES, few of which were RPGs, it was the SNES that solidified my love of console style RPGs. This continued on to the PS1, to the PS2, to the PSP/PS3, and right around this time I got a DS as well. I got a PS4 a couple of weeks ago specifically for Type-0HD/FFXV, Bloodborne, Persona 5, Ys 8, DQHeroes, etc.
Wickerman22
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Pretty difficult to limit my taste to a particular console. Plus I'm 40 years old and I've been a "gamer" since Atari 2600. I had almost every Nintendo console, Playstation, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, now Xbox One.
You're a cool person.
RSB
Banned
Yep, same for me. The PSX is the console that's influenced me the most, definetly.
flatearthpandas
Member
DS
I owned other consoles before it and have had a gaming PC of some kind since even before then, but i was done with gaming before the DS. I can trace many of my favorite games to this day back before the DS, spread across Nintendo, Sony, and PC (i had an Xbox and Game Gear as well but I can't say I cared that much for what i played on either). But all the same, I got sick of gaming and my consoles were Guitar Hero and Smash Bros. machines while my PC was just for playing and quitting WoW seasonally. I even had a DS then, but didn't care that much about it.
And then Dragon Quest IX came around and ruined my life. Pulled me straight back in. My current gaming tastes existed before the DS but that machine ended up reinvigorating my passion for them and without it i would undoubtedly be doing something more useful with my time today instead of checking Gaf and playing handheld RPGs.
I owned other consoles before it and have had a gaming PC of some kind since even before then, but i was done with gaming before the DS. I can trace many of my favorite games to this day back before the DS, spread across Nintendo, Sony, and PC (i had an Xbox and Game Gear as well but I can't say I cared that much for what i played on either). But all the same, I got sick of gaming and my consoles were Guitar Hero and Smash Bros. machines while my PC was just for playing and quitting WoW seasonally. I even had a DS then, but didn't care that much about it.
And then Dragon Quest IX came around and ruined my life. Pulled me straight back in. My current gaming tastes existed before the DS but that machine ended up reinvigorating my passion for them and without it i would undoubtedly be doing something more useful with my time today instead of checking Gaf and playing handheld RPGs.
Denton
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If only consoles count, then split between PS1/PS2/PS3. I owned all three and played some great games on all three. If pressed under gun, I would probably say PS1..the time spent on Driver/Quake2/Crash Bandicoot/Fighting Force/MGS and many others was substantial.
It still pales to time spent on PC games though, which is definitely most formative for my taste.
Fallout 1/2, Deus Ex, Planescape Torment,Baldur's Gate, Vampire Bloodlines, Incubation, GTA3, Hitman, Mafia..too many great ones.
It still pales to time spent on PC games though, which is definitely most formative for my taste.
Fallout 1/2, Deus Ex, Planescape Torment,Baldur's Gate, Vampire Bloodlines, Incubation, GTA3, Hitman, Mafia..too many great ones.