Favorite Type of Game?

So really, what's your favorite type of game for the Genesis?


I'll go with Platforms. There's enough of them.... And most of them are REALLY great games (Sonic comes to mind here)

Action RPG.

Action-games in general,
be it MUSHA, Zero Wing, Contra, Mega Turrican or Duke Nukem 3D.
And Sports-games,
just look at the whole EA-line...Unfortunately I hate sports-games.

I usually prefer RPGs and Action-Adventures, but there are pretty few of those on the Genesis, and even fewer can be compared to the great SNES-RPGs.

For the Genesis? Platformer, definitely. I generally prefer RPGs, myself, but the Genesis has few that I care to play.

Straight-up action games like Battletoads, Vectorman, Castlevania Bloodlines, Rolling Thunder 2, Shadow of the Beast, etc.

I like Comix Zone: Nice fighting game in a Comic!
Also found of Sonic 3 in combination with Sonic & Knuckles: Hyper Emeralds rule.
And me like Streets of Rage 2: Grand Nappa in Your Face, Final Fight!

Platformers are nice, but honestly the RPG's win. And I have to say that I'm just kind of sad that there are so many people who believe that the Genesis didn't have many good RPG's, or many RPG's at all. There were plenty and most of them were good.

I don't want to sound rude, but of those of you saying that the RPG's weren't good enough, how many did you actually bother to play? And Genesis RPG's can hold their own very well against most of the ones on the SNES that I've played.

could be i didnt like land stalker i hate the graphics very limited,maybe if you come further it is going to look nicer,i have to play it with all the patience.Phantasy star 4 erm yeah that one ruled the hell out of many snes RPG,s.But i have to stay with it that i have to give snes credit fot that,not that i say the MD cant or has good RPG,s the excakt opsite,story of thor,but many seemed to have lacking colours for yess the magic in the RPG,s that are for me the graphics plus storyline to make diffrence i like the magic in the RPG,s and if the graphics are crap the game can bore me faster like ps3 bores the hell ou of me,4 is a great exsample of RPG goodnes on genesis.and same as been sead on this site Ranger x almost looked as good as snes(in the review) as i recall its better then many snes games maybe not in colours but the paralax and level 4 almost 32bit atleast gave me the feel of 32bit,i dont want to be harch but the genesis with its so called meager pallete surpasses snes somethimes maybe even many times im not bothered with the minor colours casue i know youlle never see a game as good animated as a ristar on a snes -- / and some only clor depth in RPG,s and some games shine on snes,their on par the graphics genesis has the animtions to make a game look like 32bit in strange ways while snes has the colours to make DK been preferd as a common 32bitish title.
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If you judge games by graphics then you're going to get some games with pretty awful gameplay, storyline, and music to boot. Not all the time, but some of the time.

Now if you prefer graphics then that's what you like, but I find them to be a pretty hollow point in games. As long as they aren't so bad that I can't play I'm generally cool with graphics.

And honestly, I don't like Landstalker that much either, but it is an impressive game. And there's Beyond Oasis, Warsong, Shining Force, Crusader of Centy, Light Crusader, Cadash, Exile, D&D, Phantasy Star, Faery Tale Adventure, Chiki Chiki Boys, and Gemfire to consider and that's only the titles I can think of off the top of my head.

I'm sorry, but the Genesis most definitely can compete with the SNES. I didn't like Earthbound very much, the Lufia's though good were very tedious, FF4 was pretty good though kind of mediocre, Breath of Fire 1 and 2 were both okay though somewhat tedious, and Bahamut Lagoon was terrible. Zelda was pretty good though as well as Illusion of Gaia and Chrono Trigger was indeed awesome. That's still only 3 titles that I liked a lot on the SNES off of the top of my head though compared to all the ones I named above for the Genesis.

And aryincorporated, would it be too much to ask that you try to punctuate your sentences? I frequently have trouble reading them.

you already got it,to make a pact of al what i sead is that genesis isnt limited compared to snes ranger x surpasses snes,and yes genesis has its RPG,s nut the ones you named above arent all that good,the music sucks or the graphics do,Graphics is a essence of my cause i liketo see what genesis can do and it isnt strange that i dont like games like phantasy star 3 cuase graphic and music suck.the storyline and gameplay are the two brain halves,but the thinkwork includes music and graphics im not going to play a shining force stratigic boring story of yess that more like it everything kin of okay,and some more light crusader wasnr bad and PS4 was awesome,it can helds its own genesis.Who here is going to say just ones please that crono trigger is overated and has ugly photo images in the background.

I like SHMUPS...Genesis shmups library rules. Its my fav genre. Gunstar heros rocked as well.

You just said what you wanted to hear about Chrono Trigger. And I agree that PS3 was not the best game. If graphics are your cause I suppose I can understand why you prefer the SNES, although as I say I'm pretty neutral on most graphics.

I must protest however when you say that Shining Force is a boring tactical game? Or perhaps the boring part in your mind is that it is tactical? I never fail to be amazed at all of the people who complain about the slowness of tactical games.

The simple fact of the matter is that they force you to think out your strategy and are not reduced to simply seeing an enemy on the screen and to start button-mashing. Whether people like it or not it's probably the most mature kind of battle-system there is because you have to consider your actions.

Or is taking the time to actually think about what you're doing a chore to you?

Probably platformers.

I liked platformers when I was younger, but now I'm more into run-n-guns like Contra. I tried getting into Genesis RPGs but the ones I've played I either have no idea how to play because I don't have the manual or I don't have enough time to play through them.

1. platformers (includes shinobi-type games)
2. shooters (of all kinds)
3. action rpg's (like wonder boy, ecco or flashback)
some of the traditional rpg's (ps4, shining in the darkness, shadowrun) and s-rpg's (langrisser 2, shining force 2, vixen 357) are excellent, but there's too few of them.