Best of the Genres!

[wonderfulwardy]

I don't know if any other topic has been mentioned like this before but I just thought I should post my favourite kick-ass game of mostly all genres and see what other people come up with too. These can be games that are either out or games that are about to get a release date within the year of 2008.

Why best of each genre you might say?... Well, to tell you the truth, I am a gamer obsessed with only buying what I consider the very best of games and normally tend to only own a single game of each genre unless it can be classed as a mixed kind. Well, here goes:-

Fighters:-
Virtua Fighter 5 (Xbox 360) - Hardcore 3D Fighter
Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii) - Party Arena-Based Fighter
& Close choice between:-
Street Fighter IV (Xbox 360) & Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (XBLA) - Projectile Fighter

Racers:-
Burnout Paradise (Xbox 360) - Open World Racer
Outrun 2006: Coast2Coast (Xbox) - Classic Arcade Racer
& close choice between:-
Mario Kart (Wii) & GripShift - Weapon-Based Racer

FPS:-
Timesplitters 4 (?) - Ultimately Non-Serious, Pure Fun FPS

Puzzlers:-
Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2 (Dreamcast) - Most In-Depth Strategic Puzzler
Twinkle Star Sprites (Saturn) - Unique Puzzle / Traditional Shooter Hybrid

Strategy:-
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (DS) - All out Wireless Multiplayer Thinking Strategy
Worms World Party (PC) - Multiplayer Party Strategy

Scrolling Beat Em' Up:-
Streets of Rage Remake (Xbox?) - Greatest 2D Beat Em' Up Improved upon

Platformers:-
Sonic The Hedgehog 1, 2, & 3K: My Personal Hacks (Xbox) - Favourite 2D Platformers
Super Mario 64 (Wii-Gamecube Controller) - Favourite 3D Platformer

Adventure
Resident Evil 5 (Xbox 360) - Survival Horror Adventure

[Madmarkus]

Much of your list disgusts me. I'll put one up a little later.

[slayerr]

SM Galaxy > Sunshine > Shadow the Hedgehog >>>>>>>>>>>>>>A pile of dung >>>>>>>>> SM64

[wonderfulwardy]

what's so discusting about that list?

[moonmaster1]

just to place opinion and you might not even know what i'm talking about. lol.

Fighters:
Xmugen
eternal champions (Gen and CD)
The Vs. Series (DC)

Racers:
mario kart (Any)
Hot wheels turbo racing (ps1) (one of the few decent EA games in the 32-bit era)

Fps:
Quake 3 (PC)
Ghostbusters (2008)

Puzzlers:
meteos (DS)
Mean Bean machine (Gen)
Panel de' pon (aka tetris attack) (snes)

Strategy:
Worms world party (DC)
Populous (Any)

Beat em up:
Xmen
Simpsons
All SOR (no brainer)
Maximum carnage and Separation Anxiety (Gen versions)

Platformers:
Sonic MegaMix
Demo World (Cause Brutal Mario Locks up on Xbox)
Jewel Master FTW!!!

Adventure:
Phoenix Wright
Just about any Resident Evil besides survivor and nemesis


and there you go, my life....in a nutshell.

[DanteLv3]

Fighting:
- Street Fighter III 3rd Strike
- Street Fighter Alpha 3
- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core
- Super Smash Bros. Melee

Racing:
- Gran Turismo 4

FPS:
- Call of Duty 4
- Battlefield 2
- Call of Duty 2
- The Orange Box

Puzzle:
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
- Kirby's Avalanche

Strategy:
- Age of Empires II

Beat em'up:
- Streets of Rage (I, II, III, Remake)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - The Arcade Game

Platform:
- Super Mario 64
- 2D Sonics

Adventure:
- Resident Evil 4
- Megaman X to X4

Stylish Action:
- Devil May Cry 3 (and I guess that pretty soon it will be DMC4 )

And there's a lot more like all the Metal Gears, Syphon Filters, Armored Cores....I like too many games to be honest....

[^_^ *break* ^_^]

(Based on Dante's):

Fighting:
Street Fighter II (the SNES one, I'm not that big on the series..)
Rocky
SSB/M/B

Racing:
Mario Kart
F-Zero

F/3rdPS:
Call of Duty 4 + CS:Source (I don't have them but I play them at my friend's house. I'm a peasant atm )
Goldeneye
Star Fox Assault
Conflict: Desert Storm I+II

Puzzle:
Columns
Daedalian Opus (old GB game)

Strategy:
Age of Empires II + Conquerors
Desktop Tower Defense
Commandos

Beat/Shoot em'up:
Streets of Rage (I, II, III, Remake)
Gunstar Heroes
Metal Slug
CT:Special Forces
Killzone: Liberation

Platform:
Castlevania
Metroid
Shinobi/III
Rocket Knight Adventures/Sparkster

Adventure:
Resi 4
MGS/2
Legend of Zelda
Monster Hunter
Kingdom Hearts (I know MM will appreciate this one )
Guild Wars Nightfall

That's all I can think of right now..

[Saven]

I will just base it off of what I have played at the moment.

Fighting:
Street Fighter II
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Mortal Kombat II
Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Tekken
Tekken 2
Tekken 3
Tekken Tag: Tournament
Tekken 5

Racing:
F-Zero X

FPS:
Half-Life
Half-Life 2
Goldeneye
Perfect Dark
Quake III: Arena
DOOM

Third Person Shooter:
Max Payne

Puzzle:
Columns

Strategy & Strategy RPG:
Age of Empires II + Conquerors
Final Fantasy Tactics

Beat em' up:
Streets of Rage
Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 3/Bare Knuckle III
Streets of Rage Remake
Double Dragon II: The Revenge (NES)
TMNT (Arcade and NES TMNT II)
TMNT: Turtles in Time (Both SNES and Arcade)

Platform:
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Rocket Knight Adventures
Sparkster (Genesis)
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan)
Super Mario Bros. 3
Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Shooters:
Contra
1943 Kai

Adventure:
The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
God of War
God of War II
Tomb Raider II

Free-Roam:
Grand Theft Auto III
Assassin's Creed

Horror:
REmake
Resident Evil 2
Silent Hill

Stealth:
Metal Gear
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater


Hack n' Slash:
Dynasty Warriors 3
Golden Axe

RPG:
Xenogears
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy XII
Kingdom Hearts
Chrono Trigger

Sport:
Wii Sports

I can't think of anymore at the moment.

[Don Vecta]

I'm mostly an arcade gamer, though I have some favies on platforms and handhelds.

Fighters:-
The King of Fighters series. The best in 2D.
Tekken series (and yes, for the Tekken hates you know what to do by puting gently your lips on my round, latino ass. Thanx).
Garou Densetsu (Fatal Fury) series.
Ryuuko no Ken (Art of Fighting) series.


Racers:-
Outrun series. Enough said.


FPS:-
None... oh wait, there was this twisted arcade FPS called CarnEvil. Real freaky game, I so loved it!
Oh yeah, a possible entry might be Silent Hill: Arcade. Only played it in Japan once and was great. I must play it deeply to make it my favie.


Puzzlers:-
Bejeweled. Enough addiction.


Strategy:-
Final Fantasy Tactics. Enough said.


Scrolling Beat Em' Up:-
Streets of Rage series. Greatest 2D Beat Em' Up, including our beloved Remake.
Final Fight series. Classic badassery.
Double Dragon series. Everything began with it. Special love for 1 2 and Super.
Crime Fighters/Vendetta. Grittiness to the top. Luv u Konami!


Platformers:-
Castlevania series. Symphony of the Night is, definitely, my passion.

Horror Survivor/Adventure:-
Silent Hill series. Everything beyond human's grasp of sanity.
Fatal Frame series. Smile to the camera.

RPG's:-
Wizardry series. Special love for V and VIII.
Chronno Trigger. This game changed my childhood.
Earthbound. Contemporary quest made of the fabric of Nintendo and WIN.
Final Fantasy series. Yes, hate me and bite me fags, IV, V, VI, VII and IX took many hours of my life and have a special fondness of those titles. And yes, FUCK X, and X-2!!
Valkyries Profile. This game was a beautiful symphony for my senses. Sylmeria i'm yet to play it, though.
Dragonquest VIII. Old school RPG'ing extravaganza.


Free Roaming:-
Grand Theft Auto series. Crime and redemption FOR GREAT INJUSTICE! Special love for 3, VC, SA and LCS.
The Godfather. Stylish italiano thug behind the strings of the Corleone family. One day, and that day might never happen...
Scarface. Yes, cockaroaches, Tony Montana is ALIVE, chazzas!


Music Games:-
Pump it up series. Best dancing simulation ever. The source of the best freestyle.
EZ2Dancer. Another hot Dancing game. Made me win 2 titles in China with freestyle.


That's it. for now.

[slayerr]

Needs a lot more Kirby Super Star! D:

[wonderfulwardy]

I'm mostly an arcade gamer

Me too!

Needs a lot more Kirby Super Star! D:

I don't know about that game but Kirby 64 was definatly the definate version due to mixing two of the abilities together. I so want this to appear on Virtual Console. Come on Nintendo, make it happen!

[Xillatem]

FIGHTING:
Street Fighter 2 (Any version)
Soul Calibur
Tekken 5

RACING (ARCADE STYLE)
OutRun 2006
Burnout 3

RACING (SIMULATION)
Grand Prix 3 and 4
Formula One '97
TOCA 2 Touring Cars

FPS
Goldeneye

PUZZLE
Columns
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine

BEAT EM UP
Streets of Rage series
Final Fight
The Simpsons

PLATFORMERS
Sonic series (2d)
Super Mario Bros

SPORTS
Sensible Soccer
FIFA 2008

[wonderfulwardy]

I noticed a few people on here choose Columns as one of their favourite puzzlers.
Sorry to go slightly off subject but have any of you guys ever heard of Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2 for the Dreamcast?
If not, All Columns & Puzzler fans should deffinatly check out this underated gem out.
It has way more strategy then any other puzzler that I know of.
I really wish more puzzle games had more depth and overall strategy like this one.

[moonmaster1]

theres no worry about off topic in an off topic topic. just as long as it doesn't mean ill will otwards others, which its not.

anyways, this columns you speak of. it sounds interesting, I only played the first and third (why the 2nd was on the arcade instead of genesis i don't know). I'll be sure to take a look. I always sort of cheated at columns 5 mil. gems accumulated and 3 mil points just by pausing everytime a gems is about ready to fall. maybe thats what in other puzzlers they obscure the screen.

[DanteLv3]

Reading others lists, I missed a lot of games in my list:

Final Fantasy Series (my favorites are VI, VIII, X and XII), FF Tactics, Castlevania series (and yeah, SotN is the one I have played the most), Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Dragon Quest VIII, Fable, Sonic Heroes (IMO the best 3D Sonic yet...), Max Payne II, The Legend of Zelda - A link to the Past/Ocarina of Time/Twilight Princess, Splinter Cell, Kingdom Hearts, Cybernator, Super Mario World 2...damn it, I would never end if I keep going like this...