Author Topic: If you could only play one genre (Read 17291 times)

Stogi · « **Reply #25 on:** February 05, 2013, 02:10:52 PM »

This may sound hypocritical considering what I picked as my genre, but EA. I love my Fifa too much.

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #26 on:** February 05, 2013, 02:18:57 PM »

Quote from: Stogi on February 05, 2013, 02:10:52 PM

This may sound hypocritical considering what I picked as my genre, but EA. I love my Fifa too much.

Which branch of EA? EA has many developers. EA Canada makes the FIFA games, so I assume you mean them.

Morari · « **Reply #27 on:** February 05, 2013, 02:24:54 PM »

Minecraft is all the "genre" I need.

Fatty The Hutt · « **Reply #28 on:** February 05, 2013, 06:02:02 PM »

Probably 3D action adventure games like 3D Zelda, Metroid Prime, Uncharted, God of War, Red Dead Redemption.
though 2D platformers run a very close second.

Louieturkey · « **Reply #29 on:** February 05, 2013, 07:14:59 PM »

Quote from: NWR_insanolord on February 05, 2013, 02:52:35 AM

He capitalized it, so he may be referring to Retro Studios, which still isn't a genre, but raises another interesting question of if you could only play games from one developer, who would it be?

NIS America or Square Enix.

Actually, since NISA just publishes the games for multiple developers, would that work? Would I just have to choose Nippon Ichi or GUST or would I get to lump them all together? Because SE also includes Eidos and other development studios. I might even say Activision since they include Blizzard.

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #30 on:** February 05, 2013, 07:19:43 PM »

If you picked Activision, you would only get games they directly developed, not games developed by studios they own like Vicarious Visions or Blizzard Entertainment. It's like if you picked Nintendo, you would only get what their main studio develops, not Retro or Intelligent Systems. So if you picked Nippon Ichi Software, you don't get games that Gust developed.

Morari · « **Reply #31 on:** February 06, 2013, 01:47:03 PM »

I could probably go for quite a while on just Valve titles, actually.

Ceric · « **Reply #32 on:** February 06, 2013, 02:45:57 PM »

Quote from: Morari on February 06, 2013, 01:47:03 PM

I could probably go for quite a while on just Valve titles, actually.

Really... Valve doesn't have that many actual titles last I checked.

azeke · « **Reply #33 on:** February 06, 2013, 02:53:04 PM »

Quote from: Ceric on February 06, 2013, 02:45:57 PM

Really... Valve doesn't have that many actual titles last I checked.

And majority of them are FPS.
And last five of them don't have significant singleplayer or are completely online-only.

I don't mind online FPSs once in a while (playing TF2 cost me a job four years ago, that's how addicted to it i was), but i can't imagine myself playing basically the same thing.

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #34 on:** February 06, 2013, 02:56:10 PM »

Quote from: Ceric on February 06, 2013, 02:45:57 PM

Quote from: Morari on February 06, 2013, 01:47:03 PM
I could probably go for quite a while on just Valve titles, actually.
Really... Valve doesn't have that many actual titles last I checked.

According to Wikipedia, they have developed:

Half-Life (PlayStation 2, Windows, Linux) with 4 expansions (Opposing Force, Blue Shift, Deathmatch Source, Decay)
Half-Life 2 (Windows, OS X, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Half-Life 2: Episode One (Windows, OS X, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Half-Life 2: Episode Two (Windows, OS X, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Counter-Strike (Xbox, Windows, Linux)
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (Xbox, Windows)
Counter-Strike: Source (Windows, OS X)
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, Windows, OS X)
Team Fortress Classic (Windows)
Team Fortress 2 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows, OS X, Linux)
Day of Defeat (Windows)
Day of Defeat: Source (Windows, OS X)
Portal (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows, OS X)
Portal 2 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows, OS X)
Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360, Windows, OS X)
Left 4 Dead 2 (Xbox 360, Windows, OS X)
Alien Swarm (Windows)

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #35 on:** February 06, 2013, 03:10:32 PM »

Because it's you, I'll make the overly pedantic correction and say that the original Half Life is on Mac as well; it came the same day as the Linux version.

Louieturkey · « **Reply #36 on:** February 06, 2013, 03:16:33 PM »

What about mods that are created by the community for games that were developed by your company? Can you use those? If so, I'd say Valve is a really good one because the mods that are created make for some entirely new games almost. Or Bethesda could be good as well with mods.

Ceric · « **Reply #37 on:** February 06, 2013, 03:18:50 PM »

Except for Left 4 Dead and Sorta with Portal. Every single one of those were Half Life mods or Half Life 2 at one point.

azeke · « **Reply #38 on:** February 06, 2013, 03:25:53 PM »

Alien Swarm started as Unreal (3?) mod.

Dota2 is it's own thing.

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #39 on:** February 06, 2013, 03:27:23 PM »

Quote from: Louieturkey on February 06, 2013, 03:16:33 PM

What about mods that are created by the community for games that were developed by your company? Can you use those? If so, I'd say Valve is a really good one because the mods that are created make for some entirely new games almost. Or Bethesda could be good as well with mods.

If the idea is that you can only make games made by the developer, then I would imagine fan-mods would not be included since Valve did not develop them.

insano, you are right. I just did a quick glance on Wikipedia. Since I have no desire to own a Mac (over-priced, I can get a equivalent in specs PC for half the price and have a much wider selection of games), I don't pay attention to Mac news.

Morari · « **Reply #40 on:** February 06, 2013, 10:30:34 PM »

Quote from: azeke on February 06, 2013, 03:25:53 PM

Alien Swarm started as Unreal (3?) mod.

Dota2 is it's own thing.

Aliena Swarm was an Unreal Tournamnet 2004 mod originally. It was completely reworked for the Source engine and released by Valve a few years back. For that matter, DotA started out as a Warcraft III mod. Team Fortress was a Quake mode, Counter-Strike was a Half-Life mod, etc. Valve has a good eye when it comes to cherry-picking the community. They seem to partner up with Tripwire Interactive as lot as well, who have made a career of pushing older Unreal Tournament 2004 mods into the retail space, such as Red Orchestra, Killing Floor, and The Ball. In an industry that is doing everything it can to kill its own fanfare in favor of DLC and micro-transactions, it's nice to see Valve take the stance it so often does.

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #41 on:** February 06, 2013, 10:37:26 PM »

Or you could view it as a company relying on its fan to do the creative work for them instead of coming up with their own ideas.

TrueNerd · « **Reply #42 on:** February 06, 2013, 10:52:44 PM »

2D Metroidvania games. All day, every day.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #43 on:** February 06, 2013, 11:59:48 PM »

If we're allowing mods then my Firaxis pick gets even better.

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #44 on:** February 07, 2013, 12:03:42 AM »

I think the spirit of the question would only allow mods made by the developer, not fan made ones.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #45 on:** February 07, 2013, 12:13:04 AM »

There are arguments to be made either way. At least in games with developer-provided mod tools and SDKs, you could say the game was designed by the developer to allow for those experiences, and therefore they should be included. It raises the question of at what point the game ceases to be made by the developer.

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #46 on:** February 07, 2013, 03:01:57 AM »

Visual Novels. I regularly place high in visual novel tournaments

Morari · « **Reply #47 on:** February 07, 2013, 02:52:49 PM »

Quote from: TJ Spyke on February 06, 2013, 10:37:26 PM

Or you could view it as a company relying on its fan to do the creative work for them instead of coming up with their own ideas.

You could, but then you'd be wrong.

Nothing extends the lifespan of a game better than a well supported fan community. Most of the games that I end up playing past the intended 20-40 hours are designed specifically to allow community interaction. I still routinely load up Quake III Arena because of one mod and a slew of custom maps. The tools are already there, so why not clean them up a bit and release them to the public? Short term profits may suffer since you won't be able to milk people for DLC and yearly sequels, but long term sales will be steady, if not exponential. If you're really lucky, someone will make Day Z for your game, allowing it to sell more than it ever did on its own.

Louieturkey · « **Reply #48 on:** February 07, 2013, 05:40:13 PM »

Quote from: NWR_insanolord on February 07, 2013, 12:13:04 AM

There are arguments to be made either way. At least in games with developer-provided mod tools and SDKs, you could say the game was designed by the developer to allow for those experiences, and therefore they should be included. It raises the question of at what point the game ceases to be made by the developer.

Starcraft 2 is like that. In fact, there is an entire section for fan made maps and games inside SC2 itself. It's technically part of the game even though the final product you play wasn't all created directly by the developers.

Mop it up · « **Reply #49 on:** February 07, 2013, 06:21:31 PM »

This topic was better when it was about genres.

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Author Topic: If you could only play one genre (Read 17291 times)