What types of games, do you like?

[St Leo]

Strategy: Civ2, EU2, Warlords III, Warlords Battlecry II, Total Annihilation, Kohan, Transport Tycoon Deluxe
FPS: Doom, Duke3D, Serious Sam

[Adagio]

Originally posted by St Leo
Strategy: (...) Transport Tycoon Deluxe

Wouldn't that be a Tycoon game?

[Urban Ranger]

A bit of everything, except RTS, racing, and FPS. But the one I like most defies classification: M.U.L.E.

[Sarxis]

Puzzle games are fun for a while, until you actually have to start thinking.

[St Leo]

Originally posted by ADG


Wouldn't that be a Tycoon game?

I didn't feel like subcategorizing them (because EU2 is neither RTS or TBS though it could fit under 4x).

[Dis]

well I voted for TBS, RPG, and Sim

I do play some sports games like Madden football. But that is the only sports game I play. And even then I don't buy it every year. The PC version is pretty crappy anyways.

I rarely play FPS. I have played a little bit of Max Payne. Just couldn't get into it. I have also played. Counterstrike.

I could have voted for boardgames, but I never play any of those anymore. In the past I have played monopoly, risk, and axis and allies.

[Boris Godunov]

In order of preference:

1. TBS. The Civs, 4x games, and SMAC in particular.
2. RPG. Isometric ones as opposed to first-person, though. I even will count Diablo in this.
3. Simulation. In this I include the SimCity genre andf the flight sims like X-Wing.

I initially enjoyed the RTS games like Warcraft, Command & Conquer and Total Annhilation, but got really bored with the genre. I don't intend to buy any more unless I see one come out that is dramatically different.

I liked EU and EU II ok, but also got bored after a while. Too many stretches of tedious nothingness.

I would probably enjoy FPS more if they didn't give me motion sickness.

I never understood the appeal of fighting games like Mortal Kombat.

[Zopperoni]

Sports and Simulation these days...

[Adagio]

Read this:

Originally posted by ADG
Btw, just so you know: Sim(City, etc) type of games, goes under Tycoon... I have seen SimCity type of games, in many different categories (From Sim(ulation), to strategy... and lots between), but I'd say such games belong to the Tycoon genre...

Then this:

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
3. Simulation. In this I include the SimCity genre andf the flight sims like X-Wing.

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
1. TBS. The Civs, 4x games, and SMAC in particular.

What is 4x games?

[Static Universe]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
A bit of everything, except RTS, racing, and FPS. But the one I like most defies classification: M.U.L.E.

I remember this from my Commodire-64 days. Great game. Too bad the DOS version never came out.

[Boris Godunov]

4x games: MOO3, GalCiv, Space Empires IV, etc. Conquer the galaxy games.

I never considered SimCity a Tycoon game, but if that's where it goes, fine. I always considered those types of games to be business sims (Capitalism, Railroad Tycoon), which I usually find boring.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by ADG
What is 4x games?

MOO3, SEIV etc.

Stands for exploration, expansion, ex -um- communication, and the extra one I can't remember.

Edit: Narrowly pipped by BG, but I see he doesn't know what the x's stand for either.

[Boris Godunov]

Exploration, Expansion, Extermination and Exploitation.

[DrSpike]

Noone likes a smartypants.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
4x games: MOO3, GalCiv, Space Empires IV, etc. Conquer the galaxy games.

Thx for the info

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
I never considered SimCity a Tycoon game, but if that's where it goes, fine. I always considered those types of games to be business sims (Capitalism, Railroad Tycoon), which I usually find boring.

Wouldn't SimCity be a bussiness sim? I see 'bussiness' as "dealing with money", and AFAIK you "deal with money" in SimCity games...

Sim(ulation)s I always considered only applied to flight Sims... I can't see what SimCity has to do with flight sims...