Question Your Favorite Games in Each Genre

[Zloth]

Real Time Strategy: Battlezone II

Have you seen this game? https://store.steampowered.com/app/624970/Battlezone_Combat_Commander

 

[McStabStab]

If you haven't read it yet, here's some of the favs from the PCG crew:

The top 100 PC games

PC Gamer's annual list of the 100 best games you should play right now.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[Zloth]

Pththth, saw that in the magazine months ago! 😉

There's also a video of a few of them:

 

[badman]

• First Person Shooter: Doom 2
• Third Person Shooter: Max Payne 2
• Competitive Online Shooter: CS Global
• Immersive Sim / FPSRPG / Stealth: Star Citizen
• Platformer / Metroidvania: Duke Nukem 2
• Survival / Exploration: Fallout 4
• Horror / Thriller: Vampire the Masquerade (the mansion 😀)
• Turn-Based Tactics: Jagged Alliance 2
• Real Time Strategy: C&C Red Alert
• Beat Em Up/Fighting: Mortal Kombat 2
• Racing: Need For Speed Porsche 2000

Their you have it. Didn't mean to make this retro, but those are the classics I still love today.

 

[Dan]

Very difficult to answer, but I'll try.


First Person Shooter: Timesplitters 2
Third Person Shooter: Enter The Matrix
Competitive Online Shooter: Rainbow Six Siege
Immersive Sim / FPSRPG / Stealth: Deus Ex
MMO: Elder Scrolls Online
Platformer / Metroidvania: Spyro (I don't play many platformers)
Survival / Exploration: The Long Dark
Walking Sim: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Job / Life / Animal Simulation: Emergency 20
Horror / Thriller: Silent Hill 2
City Building / Management: Cities Skylines/Rimworld
Turn-Based Tactics: Final Fantasy Tactics
Turn-Based Strategy / 4X: Advanced Wars Duel Strike
Real Time Strategy: Age of Empires 2
Grand Strategy: Stellaris
CRPG: Neverwinter Nights
JRPG: Lost Odyssey (probably the only one I've completed, I don't play many in this genre)
ARPG: TES: Oblivion
Roguelike: Dead cells
Beat Em Up: Streets of Rage
Fighting: Virtua Fighter 2
Sports / Competitive: Blood Bowl
Racing: Moto Racer
Puzzle: Portal 2
Party / Couch Co-Op: Jackbox Party Pack 2
Sandbox: Gmod

 

[Zloth]

Didn't mean to make this retro, but those are the classics I still love today.

Retro? One of those doesn't even have a release date yet!

 

[Brian Boru]

Good list McStabStab—PS have you got my back?

First Person Shooter:
Far Cry series from FC3 on—#1 FC4, #2 FC Primal

Third Person Shooter:
Just Cause 2

Walking Sim:
Firewatch

City Building / Management:
Royal Envoy series—#1 RE3

Turn-Based Strategy / 4X:
#1 Civ4 BtS, #2 Endless Legend

Real Time Strategy:
C&C franchise—#1 Generals Zero Hour, #2 Red Alert 2

Tower Defense:
Plants v Zombies 1

ARPG:
Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director's Cut

Puzzle:
#1 Portal, #2 The Talos Principle

Deck Building / Cards:
Pohtzee

Sandbox:
Far Cry Primal, wandering the beautiful environment

Browser:
Text Twist

Adventure:
Syberia

PS What's "Idle"?

 

[badman]

Retro? One of those doesn't even have a release date yet!

LOL, yeah. That's the most strange one. Somehow it's fun playing it together with some friends... if it works.

 

[McStabStab]

Good list McStabStab—PS have you got my back?

PS What's "Idle"?

Your list is great as well, and I definitely have your back 🔪

I didn't know about these until maybe six months ago, but its a game where you collect achievements for leaving it running on steam I guess? Some have things where you just kind of click and grind things but I've never really played one so not entirely sure this is correct.

 

[Brian Boru]

a game where you collect achievements for leaving it running on steam

All I can say is a heartfelt 'Harrumph!'

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Which reminds me of a fav PG Wodehouse quote:
‘Very good,” I said coldly. ‘In that case, tinkerty tonk.’ And I meant it to sting.
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