GreyHorace
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I remember during the late 90's up to the early 2000's, it seemed like there was a wealth of genres with which one could indulge their gaming hobby. I wasn't much into city building genre like my brother was with SimCity, and I kind of sucked at real time strategy with games like Starcraft and Warcraft 3. But I fell in love with games on console, mostly third person action games like Prince of Persia, Ninja Gaiden and Tomb Raider. I was also big on stealth games like Metal Gear Solid, Splinter Cell, and Tenchu. And of course, there were rpgs like the Baldur's Gate series, Neverwinter Nights, Knights of the Old Republic, hell, probably all of Bioware's output at that time.
My point is, gaming seemed so diverse and varied back then. Now? I'm not so sure what game genres are still alive and kicking. I mean just from looking at gaming websites I could probably narrow down the genres that are still alive by the following (with some examples):
First Person Shooters - Call of Duty, Battlefield, HALO, Ghost RECON
Third Person Shooters - Gears of War, Uncharted, Tomb Raider
First Person RPGs - The Outer Worlds, Cyberpunk 2077, Fallout, The Elder Scrolls
Third Person RPGs - The Witcher 3, Greedfall, Dark Souls, Zelda
Turn based RPGs - Most Jrpgs in general like Persona, Darkest Dungeon
Third Person Platformer - Super Mario Odyssey, Yooka Laylee
Third Person Action Game - Sekiro, Devil May Cry
Survival Horror - Resident Evil, The Last of Us, Until Dawn
Open World games - Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, Assassin's Creed, Yakuza
Adventure games - Detroit: Become Human, Life is Strange
Fighting games - Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Super Smash Bros
Racing games - Forza, Gran Turismo, Mario Kart
Stealth games - Hitman, Dishonored
Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) - League of Legends, DOTA 2
Those are the genre of games I've found are still alive today. But others have sadly fallen on the wayside in recent years. Genres like:
Real Time Strategy - Aside from the upcoming Age of Empires 4, what else do we have to look forward to? RTS's used to dominate the PC gaming scene but after the rise of MOBAs they disappeared overnight.
Flight Simulation - The upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator is looking good I'll admit. But where are the others?
City Building games - We all have to thank EA for ruining this, after their disastrous launch of SimCity in 2013.
Sports games - There used to be a videogame for almost every sport. Now? What other titles are out there aside from FIFA, Madden, NBA 2K and WWE 2K? I don't see any hockey games or any golfing games around.
Puzzle Strategy games - A new Desperadoes is coming at least, but not much action here since Commandos 2.
Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game (MMORPG) - They don't dominate the industry as they once did in the mid 2000's when World of Warcraft was around. And many have gone free to play like WoW.
So what say you GAF? Do you feel there are other game genres that I haven't listed? Genres that have fallen on the wayside because of the ever shifting trends and tastes of the gaming market? Do you feel they're ripe for a comeback? Discuss.
My point is, gaming seemed so diverse and varied back then. Now? I'm not so sure what game genres are still alive and kicking. I mean just from looking at gaming websites I could probably narrow down the genres that are still alive by the following (with some examples):
First Person Shooters - Call of Duty, Battlefield, HALO, Ghost RECON
Third Person Shooters - Gears of War, Uncharted, Tomb Raider
First Person RPGs - The Outer Worlds, Cyberpunk 2077, Fallout, The Elder Scrolls
Third Person RPGs - The Witcher 3, Greedfall, Dark Souls, Zelda
Turn based RPGs - Most Jrpgs in general like Persona, Darkest Dungeon
Third Person Platformer - Super Mario Odyssey, Yooka Laylee
Third Person Action Game - Sekiro, Devil May Cry
Survival Horror - Resident Evil, The Last of Us, Until Dawn
Open World games - Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, Assassin's Creed, Yakuza
Adventure games - Detroit: Become Human, Life is Strange
Fighting games - Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Super Smash Bros
Racing games - Forza, Gran Turismo, Mario Kart
Stealth games - Hitman, Dishonored
Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) - League of Legends, DOTA 2
Those are the genre of games I've found are still alive today. But others have sadly fallen on the wayside in recent years. Genres like:
Real Time Strategy - Aside from the upcoming Age of Empires 4, what else do we have to look forward to? RTS's used to dominate the PC gaming scene but after the rise of MOBAs they disappeared overnight.
Flight Simulation - The upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator is looking good I'll admit. But where are the others?
City Building games - We all have to thank EA for ruining this, after their disastrous launch of SimCity in 2013.
Sports games - There used to be a videogame for almost every sport. Now? What other titles are out there aside from FIFA, Madden, NBA 2K and WWE 2K? I don't see any hockey games or any golfing games around.
Puzzle Strategy games - A new Desperadoes is coming at least, but not much action here since Commandos 2.
Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game (MMORPG) - They don't dominate the industry as they once did in the mid 2000's when World of Warcraft was around. And many have gone free to play like WoW.
So what say you GAF? Do you feel there are other game genres that I haven't listed? Genres that have fallen on the wayside because of the ever shifting trends and tastes of the gaming market? Do you feel they're ripe for a comeback? Discuss.
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