Games you make an exception of despite being in genres you hate?

I don't really like Real-Time Strategy, but for some reason I dig Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. I think this is probably because compared to most of its type, its pretty easy to pick up and play, and also has a sort of humorous, campy nature about it ("Join the army they said! See the world they said! I'd rather be sailing!")

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I'm not really a FPS type off guy, but Condemned and FEAR are exceptions.

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I generally find FPS overrated Frat Boy fodder, but the major exception to this Metroid Prime. Mainly because of the focus on superb single player, instead of being all multiplayer with a single player campaign tacked on "for nerds who like gay shit like that".

Also, I tend to hate WRP Gs, especially Bioware, because they tend to be boring, cliche, love-letters to D&D. Though I have to admit Knights Of The Old Republic was an excellent game.

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I'm not much of a racing game fan (mostly because I'm terrible at them) but there's always that part of me that lights up with glee whenever I play Crash Team Racing. Mostly because a) it's Crash Bandicoot and b) it's still a blast to play after all these years. I also enjoy Burnout, but that's because it's rather cathartic to blast through enemy cars and watch them crash and burn in spectacular style.

I guess we could go... wherever we please.

I don't like overhead Action RPG's that much(save the traditional Zelda games, up to Minish Cap since I hate how the Stylus controls were used, save the Boomerang).

Main exceptions? Lagoon and Shining Soul 1. Not 2, 1. Well, I don't have 2, and I like it simple, despite it's major shortcomings, something Lagoon knows a lot about.

And yes, I did enjoy Illusion of Gaia as well, before anyone asks. I just want less pure Action RPG's(where partial ones like Paper Mario and Quest 64 work well for me.) for once.

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^^^ You, sir, are playing the wrong FPSs then, because I have played many that have a strong single player focus. In fact, those tend to be the only ones I do play.

But I too tend to hate the ones that are competetive multiplayer only. The main exception is Team Fortress 2, though admittedly, my interest comes in waves. When I get into a good rhythm, and have some consistent play with nice people of a similar skill level, it can really be a lot of fun. In online shooters, I much prefer co-op games, it's too bad there aren't that many of them. Although even they do succumb to GIFT, so I do get put off of them for awhile sometimes.

In any case, speaking of co-op games, I don't think it's really fair to harp on Left 4 Dead's in-game story exposition in comparison to a single player game. It's completely multiplayer and relies on replayability and social interaction. Having a game like that be story-heavy would be a pretty severe hindrance. Having to go through a lot of story-oriented content would get old very quickly. I thought adding most of the exposition in the form of wall graffiti was a nice, uncumbersome way to do it. It's fine not to like that kind of game, but putting the styles up against each other doesn't really work, in my opinion.

I guess there's also different expectations to a zombie game/story. I've never felt that the intricate particulars of the cause of a zombie apocalypse were the important part of the story.

Then again, I thought most of the plot of Resident Evil was drivel that got worse as the games went on, so to each their own.

I also don't really care for fighting games, but I really liked Zeno Clash. It was a nice, unique spin on it, and of course, single player with a story.

edited 13th Oct '10 9:16:51 AM by Stranger

I don't like real time strategies, but I do like Pikmin.

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For me it's less a matter of genre and more art style. That sugar-y, tooth rottingly obnoxious art style in games like Touhou and so many other Japanese games have nowadays is a repellent in the extreme for me in all games except Harvest Moon on the GBA. I actually even forgave the art style again because of it and picked up Rune Factory 2 on the DS.

I also don't care for FP Ses either but game Modern Warfare 2, Bioshock, and Condemned 2 a go because:

For MW 2: The airport controversy got me interested and lead into a game where the story telling from a first person perspective was very creatively done. Paradoxically, I'm also very fond of (relatively) realistic depictions of different militaries in fiction even if I don't like FP Ses.

Bioshock: all the hype got me interested, the setting drew me in, and the powers kept me from getting bored even as Rapture's same-y last few levels started to wear out their welcome.

Condemned 2: The bear.

I think what I'm seeing here is that people don't like realistic racers, but they do like kart racers, which are quite a different genre. Do I read correctly?

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Generally when I say I don't care for nth-person shooters, I mainly mean console ones (Halo and Gears Of War) and military shooters (Call Of Duty, Medal Of Honor). You know, the kind of games associated with your stereotypical fratboy.

But give me Team Fortress 2 (and a computer that can handle it) or S4 League and I'll be down for it.

edited 14th Oct '10 12:16:23 PM by TsundeRay

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I dont really like FPS.at all.Except for Counter Strike,obvioulsy

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I figured I would like stealth-based games, but it turns out there are a lot of things about the genre that impede my enjoyment (holding down the "crouch" button until my fingers ache, having to wait ten seconds for a guard to turn his back, getting beaten up whenever I try unusual or inventive tactics . . .) Second Sight avoided just about all of that by letting the player become invisible for a few seconds at a time.

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Disgaea and Jeanne D Arc are the only SRPGs I actually enjoy. Also the Halo series are the only FPS games I care about.

edited 13th Oct '10 6:29:54 PM by dmysta3000

@Freezair: To me, a racer is a racer is a racer.

I liked Eternal Darkness too, but its not a survival horror game. I thought the fact Death is often inevitable, would tip more people off. I'd like to see a sequel or too though, to re popularize psychological horror games.

As for genres I make exceptions for...

Golden Sun, though it suffers many of the problems I have with RPG games, once I learned its mechanics, it was really fun, there wasn't any need to grind, the deep class system gives you many choices, you can move your party from the first game to the second and take bring their music with them, it had fun bonus bosses... the only real issues I have with it are Guide Dangit to basic game play mechanics, but that's sadly to be expected in RP Gs and some unnecessary Save Scumming, but that's also to be expected in RP Gs. Oh yeah, I can kill people in multiplayer. My Issac is better than yours!

Pokemon is an RPG is used to make an exception for. I may get Black and White when they come out in English...in September 2011... Dragon Warrior on the game boy and Paper Mario on the 64 were passable too.

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, for Awesomeness Meter games. I'm not even that good at it, I can hardly win gold on most levels, never got a Platinum, but ignoring that I'll never get 100% completion, playing an action game with bongos is great.

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I absolutely hate turn-based RPGs, but I love Super Mario RPG. Which makes sense, actually, as it addresses my complaints about the genre. It's fast-paced rather than slow, you don't have to grind much at all, and there's plenty of platforming and other non-RPG elements. So as such, it steps kind of outside the genre. I also enjoyed Chrono Trigger, but I didn't have anywhere near the desire to go back to it that I did Super Mario RPG.

I also have no interest in sports games, or sports themselves. Yet Ice Hockey on the NES is somehow a lot of fun. It's very unrealistic, simplified and super fast paced, and rather fun. And this is coming from someone who hates sports!

Finally, I absolutely can't stand GTA and its clones, such as True Crime. I feel there's nothing much to their gameplay, that they're really glorified "goof around and do what you want" games sandwiched inbetween missions that I don't find fun, and I just hate the style of progression, and find them thematically immature and pretentious, to boot. But from watching my brother play Red Dead Redemption, it looks like a lot of fun. It actually addresses my complaints about the GTA games by taking itself a little more seriously (in the right way), having missions that flow naturally from gameplay or show up in your random travels, and allowing you to progress through the game's many side missions by doing random things in your quest (i.e. all those birds you shoot down? There's a guy who needs feathers for his flying machine. To give just one example). I feel it has a much better flow to it than GTA and its clones, while at the same time, not coming across as immature.

I guess I'll add another one I just remembered...

Military games piss me off. They're boring. Often times all the characters are ugly as crap. They always seem to kiss the military's ass way too much. Too much emphasis on boring old gun porn. And they're cliche to the point that I once thought I might be psychic because I guessed nearly the entire plot.

The exception? Both DS Advance Wars series. Music? Sweet. Colorful characters? Even in Days Of Ruin many of the characters are neat...but not as good as Dual Strike.

And the gameplay is actually fun.

edited 13th Oct '10 7:58:54 PM by Signed

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Oh yeah, that's another one. Advance Wars: Days of Ruin is the only turn-based strategy game I ever liked. I don't plan to go back and play through it again, but the fact that I actually played it through to the end and enjoyed it says a lot.

edited 13th Oct '10 8:13:55 PM by BonsaiForest

"Damn, the amount of people with a lack of love for racing games saddens me here.

Am I the only one here who likes them?"

I like racing. Like Gran Turismo, and... other games. Not play many, but like genre.

edited 13th Oct '10 8:13:42 PM by Meophist

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The only way for me to enjoy racing games is if it involves firing stuff at other racers and dinosaurs...and dragons...and all sorts of gimmicky levels...and NO F*CKING BLUE SHELLS!!

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I liked Need For Speed, but this thread is about genres you normally dislike.

Hmm, I enjoy Madden NFL, despite usually not caring for yearly sports titles.

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Another racing-game fan here, of both realistic stuff like Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport and sometimes more arcadey offerings like Need For Speed.

On-topic, I don't really play many WRPGs except for The Elder Scrolls and Alpha Protocol, although I wouldn't say I hate the genre.

edited 13th Oct '10 10:22:10 PM by Eriksson

I don't tend to like horror games generally. ...Come to that, I'm not much of a fan of violently M-rated games.

That said, Eternal Darkness and the first half of Conkers Bad Fur Day own my soul.

I hate JRP Gs, especially what they've become, but I still like Chrono Trigger and love Anachronox.

Also, I pretty much hate all Japanese games nowadays, but I still loved No More Heroes, Mad World, Katmari Damacy, Yakuza, Shenmue, Jet Grind Radio, and the MGS series.

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I'm not really a fan of shooters, but I make an exception for Raptor Call Of The Shadows.