| | |
View Poll Results: Which RPG subgenre do you prefer most? | |
Action RPG
|     | 47 | 22.60% | |
FPS/RPG
|    | 8 | 3.85% | |
MMORPG
|    | 13 | 6.25% | |
RTS/RPG
|    | 4 | 1.92% | |
Tactical RPG
|    | 8 | 3.85% | |
Traditional RPG
|    | 128 | 61.54% | Which RPG subgenre do you prefer most?
| 
06-20-2008, 07:53 AM
|  | Site Owner/Administrator | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Nine Hells
Posts: 1,531
| | |
Some examples of each:
Action RPG: Diablo, Mass Effect
FPS/RPG: Deus Ex, System Shock 2
MMORPG: EverQuest, World of Warcraft
RTS/RPG: Dragonshard, SpellForce
Tactical RPG: Dungeons & Dragons Tactics, Fallout Tactics
Traditional RPG: Baldur's Gate, Ultima VII
I'm referring to video games only, so I left "tabletop" off the list.
| | |
06-20-2008, 08:48 AM
|  | Exalted Member | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: back from the dead, back from The End
Posts: 4,752
| | |
I had hard time in choosing between traditional RPG and Tactical RPG. Both have good games, but in the end I chose traditional.
__________________ "As we all know, holy men were born during Christmas...
Like mr. Holopainen over there!"
- Marco Hietala, the bass player of Nightwish | | |
06-20-2008, 09:39 AM
|  | Super Moderator | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Denmark
Posts: 13,863
| | |
Of the ones mentioned - Traditional with MMORPGs as a second.
| | |
06-20-2008, 11:21 AM
|  | Moderator and Twisted Sister | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The maelstrom where chaos merges with lucidity
Posts: 19,215
| |
Hmmm... so far everybody has voted for Traditional, strange that... 
I picked Traditional too.
I'm not even sure I'd even rank MMOs as second, to be honest, though I guess out of the rest of list, maybe. Just feeling pretty bored of the whole "Go kill x number of y" thing, which is what so many MMO quests seem to consist of.
But I digress...
__________________
testingtest12Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
testingtest12.......All those moments ... will be lost ... in time ... like tears in rain. | | |
06-20-2008, 11:58 AM
|  | Moderator | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: middle of 10 acres of woods in Ky.
Posts: 1,077
| |  Quote:
Originally Posted by dragon wench  Hmmm... so far everybody has voted for Traditional, strange that...
. | Not so strange when you consider our members here, and how active we are on the "traditional" forums... 
although I have to admit to liking a few of the games that fall under the other catagories....
__________________ I do not intend to tiptoe through life only to arrive safely at death"-anon | | |
06-20-2008, 12:16 PM
|  | Super Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: The sun, the moon, and the stars.
Posts: 30,320
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueSky Not so strange when you consider our members here, and how active we are on the "traditional" forums... | I'd have to disagree.  The most frequented forums are for the action RPGs, both first and third person.
That said, make mine traditional.
__________________
To the Righteous belong the fruits of violent victory. The rest of us will have to settle for warm friends, warm lovers, and a wink from a quietly supportive universe. | | |
06-20-2008, 01:26 PM
|  | Member | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: in the darkness
Posts: 48
| |
action....only for fable and soon fable 2
__________________
be warned...the shadows will pull you into the darkness.
| | |
06-20-2008, 03:01 PM
|  | Exalted Member | | Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,651
| | |
If I had a preference, I'd know right now what game to install for the summer. More chess it is.
| | |
06-20-2008, 05:34 PM
|  | Exalted Member | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: CA
Posts: 170
| |
Traditional RPG gets my vote.
FPS/RPG would be my second, as there aren't fricking enough of these, at least good ones.
Action RPG: Cause killing stuff is fun.
Tactical RPG: I wish there were more of these for PC. If I'd actually played many of these this would be above Action, and perhaps FPS as well. (By the way, any good PC games in this subgenre, that you know of, people? Thanks ).
RTS/RPG: Because these are better than...(see below)
MMORPG: Because this is the bottom of the list, and there's no lower slot where I could put this. (No offence to people who like these, that's fine, I just don't, not really my thing). 
__________________
"You like my helm? It's +5 Sexterity...It's...It's like Dexterity...but with 'sex'...in the front. Like a prefix...I'm kind of a linguist." - Zaboo, The Guild
Last edited by Kienan; 06-23-2008 at 07:14 PM.
| | |
06-20-2008, 09:32 PM
|  | Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Somewhere a man such as I exist.
Posts: 5,430
| | |
I would vote traditional RPG but my lust for decent gaming will never be satisfied in that kind of market, thus Action RPG is the better choice considering I know what to expect when hearing the word "Action" in it. Unlike traditional RPG's, I expect little plot from the very start.
| | |
06-22-2008, 10:05 AM
|  | Member | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Somewhere in this universe
Posts: 31
| |
I like Action RPG's the most of this list. Although I have to agree that Traditional is for me a very good second. Unlikely to other people I also like to play MMORPG's, but not as much as for the other two I mentioned.
To bad you can only vote once
__________________
How should a world without games look like?
I think it would really be lame.
| | |
06-23-2008, 10:11 PM
|  | Exalted Member | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Across the Rhine
Posts: 5,324
| |
RPG subgenre? None of them. I don't like Diablo and Prince of Qin, so no action RPGs for me. FPS/RPG? After playing Bioshock, I detest that genre very much. I admit System Shock 2 is better, but it didn't win me over. RTS/RPG? Didn't like Overlord and others. Besides, quite a lot of RTSes are going the 'micro-manage a unit' route these days, what's the point of playing a RTS/RPG game? 
Eh, looks like I'll stick to traditional RPGs. I'm not that big of an RPG fan, but hey, at least the games there didn't disappoint me.
__________________
''What really makes me insane is how eager politicians are to use the pop culture as a whipping boy. It's easy for them, even sort of fun, because the pop-cult always hollers nice and loud. Also, it allows legislators to ignore the elephants in the living room.'' -Stephen King
| | |
06-24-2008, 12:40 AM
| | Exalted Member | | Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,651
| | |
Des, how do you feel about the first Deus Ex?
| | |
06-24-2008, 04:19 PM
|  | Exalted Member | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 45°34'45" N ; 73°44'33" W
Posts: 514
| | |
Traditional, by far.
I can name at least a dozen traditional RPGs I loved, but not that much in the other categories.
__________________
Dr. Stein grows funny creatures, lets them run into the night.
They become GameBanshee members, and their time is right.
- inspired by an Helloween song | | |
06-25-2008, 12:59 AM
| | Exalted Member | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Across the Rhine
Posts: 5,324
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by Tricky Des, how do you feel about the first Deus Ex? | Nothing? I haven't played the first game but I did play Deus Ex 2 a while ago and didn't like it very much.
__________________
''What really makes me insane is how eager politicians are to use the pop culture as a whipping boy. It's easy for them, even sort of fun, because the pop-cult always hollers nice and loud. Also, it allows legislators to ignore the elephants in the living room.'' -Stephen King
| | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | | Display Modes | Rate This Thread |  Linear Mode | | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | | |
