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Post by toei on Jun 26, 2022 17:28:55 GMT -5
Are there any genres you got into through games that weren't particularly good examples of them? If so, do you still hold some fondness for those games, or do you look back on them like "what was I thinking?" Conversely, are there any genres you didn't get into initially (or ever) because you just played really bad examples of them?
I'll be back with a few examples later.
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Post by anayo on Jun 26, 2022 18:33:16 GMT -5
My first SRPG was Shining Force. I love that game and the Internet does too, but later I played one of the Langrisser games. It smacked me senseless. Then I realized that Shining Force is a "bunny slope" SRPG.
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Post by toei on Jun 26, 2022 19:37:12 GMT -5
anayo Yeah, Langrisser is probably the only Japanese SRPG series from that era where strategy really matters. Gameplay-wise, it's a lot more advanced than Shining Force or Fire Emblem. Actually, might as well throw a recommendation - I feel like Ex would like Langrisser, especially the first two games (which are the most hardcore). Growlanser too, of course - same team, new semi real-time system.
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Post by Ex on Jun 26, 2022 21:40:16 GMT -5
I'll start by saying the very first video game that I personally owned, as in I was the first and sole owner of the cartridge, was E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial on Atari 2600. That was a birthday present when I turned eight years old, along with an Atari 2600 console. Considering I still wanted to own video games after that, is a testament to something. Thankfully E.T. was not the first video game I'd ever played prior to owning it - that helped. >Are there any genres you got into through games that weren't particularly good examples of them?SCUBA diving simulators for sure. The first SCUBA game I played was this: >If so, do you still hold some fondness for those games, or do you look back on them like "what was I thinking?"I have no interest in playing ScubaVenture again. What I was thinking at the time (1993), was it was a unique piece of shareware about a subject I had some interest in (was living in Florida back then). The SCUBA games I've played in the years since are astronomically better. No reason to play ScubaVenture when the Everblue and Endless Ocean games exist, as examples of superior successors.
>Conversely, are there any genres you didn't get into initially (or ever) because you just played really bad examples of them?
Probably the whole FMV adventure game genre. There are a LOT of FMV adventure games, and some of them are legitimately good. I have played a few good ones. But the amount of bad ones that existed in the beginning of the genre, left an everlasting distrust/avoidance of the genre for me.
Edit: toeiI do intend to eventually play Langrisser and Growlanser stuff. Too many credible sources have praised these SRPGs for me to ignore them. Just a matter of time is all. |
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Post by paulofthewest on Jun 28, 2022 13:47:04 GMT -5
I'll start by saying the very first video game that I personally owned, as in I was the first and sole owner of the cartridge, was E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial on Atari 2600. No one is going to top that.
>Are there any genres you got into through games that weren't particularly good examples of them?
Nothing comes to mind. I did a decent amount of research into the few games I could afford. My parents would buy me one video game for Christmas and another for my Birthday (no others.) So I was very selective in my youth. Unlike now...
>Conversely, are there any genres you didn't get into initially (or ever) because you just played really bad examples of them?
Well I despise Tetris -- it is really boring. So I did shy from puzzle-like games for awhile. The adventures of Lolo brought me back in later on.
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Post by anayo on Jun 28, 2022 19:28:28 GMT -5
I'll start by saying the very first video game that I personally owned, as in I was the first and sole owner of the cartridge, was E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial on Atari 2600. That was a birthday present when I turned eight years old, along with an Atari 2600 console. Considering I still wanted to own video games after that, is a testament to something. Thankfully E.T. was not the first video game I'd ever played prior to owning it - that helped. E.T. for Atari VCS came out before I was born, but I remember reading somewhere online from a guy who got it for Christmas as a kid (maybe The Video Game Critic) claiming that he was so hyped up for it that he convinced himself he was having fun and didn't realize it was a bad game until years later. |
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Post by Sarge on Jun 28, 2022 19:44:21 GMT -5
I don't know that I can think of anything really bad that particularly got me into a genre. I tended to read a lot of game mags, so I avoided most of the iffy stuff.
I can definitely see where Shining Force would feel like the tip of the iceberg, but I still prefer that sort of light strategy + RPG than the longer, more strategic ones. Not entirely sure why, but it's why I really cottoned to both that series and Arc the Lad.
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Post by Ex on Jun 28, 2022 20:31:26 GMT -5
he convinced himself he was having fun and didn't realize it was a bad game until years later Sounds like Stockholm syndrome to me. Even as an eight year old I realized E.T. was awful. Luckily I had a friend just a few houses over who owned dozens of Atari 2600 games. He hooked me up with plenty of fun in short order. |
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Jul 11, 2022 12:07:03 GMT -5
I'll start by saying the very first video game that I personally owned, as in I was the first and sole owner of the cartridge, was E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial on Atari 2600. That was a birthday present when I turned eight years old, along with an Atari 2600 console. Considering I still wanted to own video games after that, is a testament to something. Thankfully E.T. was not the first video game I'd ever played prior to owning it - that helped. This is the first video game I ever recall playing, period. I've written about this before, but I totally wrote of the 2600 as a youth. Thought it was a boomer console for folks who didn't yet own an NES. It finally clicked with me in my 20s and now I love it. As far as genres go, I'm kind of drawing a blank! I was an avid Nintendo Power reader back in the day and I feel like I was always steered towards popular and critically-acclaimed games as a result. The first JRPG I remember playing was FFVI, for instance. The first action-RPG, Secret of Mana. And so on. I guess visual novels kinda count? I played so much random (Western) shit before discovering the VNDB charts which steered me in a better direction. |
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Post by Sarge on Jul 11, 2022 12:21:48 GMT -5
I think the 2600 appeals to a simpler time. If you dig single-screen score attack games you can just jump right into, then they'd do the trick. I did overlook it myself back in the day, although I'd take any excuse to play games so I'd still play it at friends' houses.
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