Joystiq Poll: What genre do you enjoy most?

by Blake Snow on Sep 27th 2006 9:00AM

Though not the most scientific of selections, do your best to vote for the genre (or sub-genre) you enjoy most while gaming. But which will win...

What genre do you enjoy most?
	Action-adventure (platformers)
	First-person shooters
	Fighting
	RPG
	Simulation
	Sports
	Racing
	Strategy
	Other (shmups, brawlers, puzzle, retro)

Technical mumbo jumbo: this is not a scientific or rigorous poll and is only intended to capture the general consensus of Joystiq readers. Results will be posted approximately one week after the poll is opened for votes. Sure, you probably could hack this poll if you worked at it, but it's more fun for everyone if poll results accurately reflect the opinions of all readers, so please refrain from tampering with poll results.

Source

Reader Comments (38)

Is there a multiple option? Because my "favorite genre" changes every few months or so.

Sports and racing are probably my least favorite, but I still enjoy them once in a while. They're great party games.

This is a tough one to pick. I'd say action-adventure, but every now and then a good shmups (Ikaruga) is worth sometime. RPGS too.

Right now, I'm playing Ace Attorney (simulated), Megaman ZX (platformer), Dragon Quest: Rocket (RPG/puzzle), Guitar Hero (simulation) and Okami (RPG?).

I think part of the problem is that some genre's have been producing better games than others lately.

I enjoy PROPER adventure games on the PC, but on the console front I am an RPG man

Oooh,tough poll to choose from.
Oh bollox to this I'm off to play Test Drive on the 360,damn fine game and doesn't fit in any genre.

Uh, Blake, "Retro" is not a genre. Where's the "new" game option, then? Also, lumping platformers into "action-adventure" is a misnomer.

I've been playing Disgaea2 lately, which is S-RPG, other then that I like platformers (Jak, Mario) I like party games too, Mario Party, Ape Escape, and I like some racing mostly the N64 racing games, Crusing USA, and I like RPG's like Final Fantasy IX.

on PC, its RTS for sure, Starcraft and WC3(tower defense games mostly)

hmm my favorite genre is whenever a good game worth playing is out on that genre, its a mix od fps/rpg/racing/platofrmer/action etc...

can't really say just one cause all genres have great games and a flood of crap games.

whatever okami is, thats what I like. I put it as action/adventure, although it has rpg elements, too.

all I know is it's the greatest game ever made.

I'm really a big fan of first-person adventure RPGs. But that wasn't an option.

just went with fps because right now im hyped for resistance on ps3, and gears of war (3rd person) on 360

so i had two there which out-weighed the 1 rpg ffXII on ps2

Where do wrestling games fall on the spectrum? Are they their own genre, or do they qualify as fighting games?

Well, I can see Blake's opinion on rhythm games, seeing as it's not listed as an option. So if you're addicted to Guitar Hero, Donkey Konga, DDR, and the like, no option for you!

Even with that, though, I've been a dedicated RPG player since the first Final Fantasy came out in the US. I guess I just started to want a bit more story than most non-RPGs provide.

Oh, and Okami is most definitely an action/adventure game. I can see where you might call it an RPG, though - the enemy AI is so bad, you'd practically have to drop the controller to lose most fights.

I like games with no genre. So, jet set radio-sports..platform..action..grafitti..thing? Ecco - timetravelling underwater flight sim? Katamari- ..roll em up?

My groundings are probably in action/adventure, i love being able to explore and interact, and theres just something that makes me smile about finding medipacks or spare ammo. Things like RPGs,especially heavily story based ones like FF are far too 'on the rails' for me, you dont really get any 'moments' where the game glitches or you do something wrong and hilarity ensues, like finding a gap and walking through a wall or hiding in a corner so that the dragon cant reach you in tomb raider 2 ;D

But at the same time i've became addicted to rythm action over the past year and theres nothing more on the rails than pressing buttons in exact sequence.

I get a greater sense of accomplishment out of racing games than anything else. After 8 or 9 tries at a race for a platinum medal in PGR ya finally get that perfect run. That's what it's all about!

First-person shooters, but I also have a soft spot for light RPGs (like Oblivion, Diablo and the recent Castlevania games), Metroid games and the SSX series.

I enjoy a good FPS just as much as the next guy, but I still prefer a good third person adventurer and/or platformer.

I still think Resident Evil 4 is a perfect game and that's one of the reasons (and even it has some very minor RPG elements to it).

I'm playing Baten Kaitos Origins right now. It's easy to call it an RPG, but it has strategy and adventure elements in it as well.

Either way, this is tough because of genres crossing over so much nowadays, but my vote went to Action/Adventure.

While I always have a racing game on hand, and I'll buy a console for a good survival horror game, I had to vote RPG. When I'm in the middle of playing a game, none suck me in an tickle me in all the right places like RPGs. The strategy of turn-based battles, the billion side-quests you can do or not, and the involved stories are fantastic. I just finished Xenosaga 3 last week, and it breaks my heart that there won't be another 3 games in the series. Oh well, on to Enchanted Arms.

Where does monkey island fall?

Yes! I am glad people are wanting a traditional point-n-click adventure! Monkey Island, Gabriel Knight, Sam n Max...c'mon...that genre shouldn't be 'other'!!

/begin sarcasm

RPGs FTW!!! I love giant enemy crabs!

/end sarcasm

No option for adventure games. :(

Moogoob, the Metroid Prime-games are not RPG's, they are FPSA (first person shooter adventure). ;D

I like action/adventure-games, and I pick that one because of the Zelda games is my definitive favourite in gaming history. (I don't like calling Zelda an RPG). And Mario! Best platformers ever is Super Mario 64, World and Bros. 3.

But since I got my Xbox 360 I've been playing lots of FPS games such as COD3, BF2: MC, Condemned, and so on. I am in love. =D

FPS is close, but I'll go with Strategy.

I'd say over 50% of my gaming time, life long, has been in either the Civilization series, X-Com series or Jagged Alliance series. Well, at least post-1992.

Throw Counterstrike in there and you're probably looking at 75%. But it's probably arguable that the NES would take a big chunk, hence the "post 1992."

I like Action-adventure, RPG, and First Person Shooters equally.

Well...I'm growing tired of "the grind" on RPGs. Leveling up has to be the most boring activity ever (unless it's related to some goal, like an achievement).

Give me a minus I don't care, but anyone that calls arcade shooters "shumps", or whatever, is retarded.

2D Platformers (none of the fancy-shmancy 3d ones).

RPG is for me. I love how long and "epic" some can be, also the turn based action is something that appeals to me. I also like the "Tactics" type games (FF Tactics, Tactics Ogre, etc) and of course the adventure types too (Zelda, Psychonauts, etc) And finally the other types that take some of my time (Megaman Zero series, Summon Night, Mario Kart, RE4, Trauma Center, Phoenix Wright, and many others)

Types of games that do not interest me in the least are FPS, Sports, "serious" racing, RTS)

Just my two ducats...

Whoa. I was under the impression that way more people liked racing games. Based on the success of GT, Forza, Rallisport etc. Maybe people that hate racing games still buy them anyways? :)

other -- any game with multiplayer.

m3mnoch.

3rd person shooters aka socom 3 or 2 w/e

i like to blow shit up in games,but i suck at fps,so i have to say rts games are my fav.

Why lump platformers with action adventure? I like games like Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, Soul Reaver etc but I can't stand traditional platformers like Spyro, Banjo Kazooie etc. I don't feel right selecting that choice in your poll even though action adventure is my favorite genre.

Wow. I see why there's only one game of my favorite genre on the Xbox 360. Nobody likes fighting games anymore?? Are all you guys to young to remember the days of Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat in the arcades?? Fighting games are the best games to play with friends because you can talk the most shit about them.

I won't say I HATE RPGS, but nothing ever wanted to make me buy one. What's so good about them?

Me:
5.Racing
4.Sports
3.Action
2.FPS
1.Fighting

Come on, who doesn't want to go home from a hard day at a crappy job and play someone else? I will have to say that first person shooters come a close second to that!

Exactly what category would these games fall under:

Ninja Gaiden
Devil May Cry
God of War
Heavenly Sword*

Heavenly Sword doesn't have a jump button, so don't even tell me it's a "platformer" :)

I only own seven PS2 games and six of those are racing games.

RPGs, followed oh-so-closely by Action/Adventure games. Of course, I usually like games that blur the line between them- be it with stats (IGA's Castlevanias) or a real-time battle system (Tales, Star Ocean, Kingdom Hearts)

You know what I miss? Point and click adventure games. Lucasarts + Sierra. (Mostly Lucasarts though)

Joystiq Poll: What genre do you enjoy most?

Reader Comments (38)

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 9:10AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 9:10AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 9:12AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 9:13AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 9:15AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 9:21AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 9:26AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 9:26AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 9:27AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 9:28AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 9:28AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 9:29AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 9:38AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 9:39AM Rudolphe22 said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 9:56AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 10:02AM The Pork said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 10:08AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 10:26AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 10:29AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 10:29AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 10:29AM KapsLocked said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 11:07AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 11:12AM MosquitoControl said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 2:25PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 9:45PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 11:47AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 12:00PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 12:26PM AirIntake said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 12:33PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 12:34PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 4:33PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 4:51PM Cuddlefish said

Posted: Sep 27th 2006 6:22PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 28th 2006 12:36AM Firegrl said

Posted: Sep 28th 2006 4:25AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 28th 2006 10:48AM Galley said

Posted: Sep 29th 2006 12:46AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Sep 29th 2006 10:45PM (Unverified) said

Info

Description

MSRP

Release Date

Genre

Developer

Publisher

Rating

Breaking News

38 Studios employees unpaid since May 1, health insurance ends on Thursday

Featured Stories

Among Japanese developers, Sting quietly thrives

Waiting Game: Everything that's been delayed into 2013 (so far)

Analyst estimates Amalur IP worth $20 million, 38 Studios employees head to job fair

Engadget

TUAW

Massively

WoW