RE: We chat about videogames and videogame accessories.
10-03-2013, 11:02 PM
I definitely have that attitude towards gaming genres as well.
Honestly, I don't know anyone who just likes one genre of games. (There are people who only play one game, but that's not exactly the same).
What I look for in video games is reasonable challenge and a tight and satisfying loop of player action to feedback (preferably in a way that informs the story). Storytelling is pretty important, as are visuals, but if that gameplay loop is strong enough I'll overlook most things. That can occur in any genre if the designers did their job.
I think there are certain genres, namely jrpgs, fpses and 2d platformers, that tend to be repetitive, but they still provide cool experiences on occasion. They're just oversaturated by lazy designers who try to repeat the successes of great older games by rehashing them.
Tile matching is probably far worse than any of these. Until this point I didn't actually realize it was an entire genre, but on second thought what the hell why would anyone make that many games which are all the same I can't even
Honestly, I don't know anyone who just likes one genre of games. (There are people who only play one game, but that's not exactly the same).
What I look for in video games is reasonable challenge and a tight and satisfying loop of player action to feedback (preferably in a way that informs the story). Storytelling is pretty important, as are visuals, but if that gameplay loop is strong enough I'll overlook most things. That can occur in any genre if the designers did their job.
I think there are certain genres, namely jrpgs, fpses and 2d platformers, that tend to be repetitive, but they still provide cool experiences on occasion. They're just oversaturated by lazy designers who try to repeat the successes of great older games by rehashing them.
Tile matching is probably far worse than any of these. Until this point I didn't actually realize it was an entire genre, but on second thought what the hell why would anyone make that many games which are all the same I can't even
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