Games, Genres & more

For this post I will talk about what are my favourite games, my favourite genres and genres I dislike. It will obviously begin with the games I like and love, These games are the reason I love this industry and why I want to be a part of this amazing industry but before that I will explain what I think is the most important parts of a game. For me the narrative and gameplay is king, graphics can suck if the two main elements work will in a game or even better then graphics isn't important. Graphics is a bonus in my book. Obviously there is more elements to games than these elements but a game needs a good story and to be enjoyable to play. Anyway I'll list my favourite games below.


The Legend of Zelda : Link to the Past, Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, Goldeneye, The Legend of Zelda : Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda : Twilight Princess, XIII, Command & Conquer, Command & Conquer Red Alert, Populous The Beginning, Theme Hospital and Theme Park World, Halo Combat Evolved, Grand Theft Auto : Liberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas, Shadow of the Colossus, Resident Evil 3, 4 & 5, The Hitman series, Especially Blood Money
The Gran Turismo series, Especially 4 and no doubt 5 will be more than awesome.
Canis Canem Edit (Bully), The Formula 1 series (SCEI), The FIFA series, Star Wars Battlefront & 2, Worms & 3D, The Super Smash Bros. Series, Deus Ex Invisible War, Dead Rising, rFactor, Team Fortress 2, Red Dead Redemption, Both Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell & Rainbow Six series, Batman Arkham Asylum, Bioshock, The Elders Scrolls IV : Oblivion, Dead Space, Heavy Rain, Ratchet and Clank : Tools of Destruction, Fallout 3, Flower, fl0w, PAiN, PixelJunk Shooter, PixelJunk Monsters, Uncharted Drake's Fortune & Amongst Thieves, Metal Gear Solid : The Twin Snakes, Metal Gear Solid 3 : Snake Eater, Metal Gear Solid 4 : Guns of the Patriots, Metal Gear Solid : Peace Walker.


Most of these games in my opinion have great gameplay & narrative. Obviously some games don't have a story behind them for example the sports titles I like.


Now I'll list the Genres I like.

Driving/Racing Simulations, Platformers, Action/Adventure games, Role Playing games, Sport games, Strategy games, Puzzle games, Simulation games, Interactive Media (Heavy Rain), Survival Horror, First Person Story games, Sandbox/Open World games, Some First Person Shooters (Team Fortress 2, Vegas 2 and Counter Strike), Some Third Person Shooters, Party games and Stealth.

Genres I Dislike.

Shooters in general because it's become too big, over gone it is. 
Fighting games in general, don't understand the appeal myself.
Rhythm games, Music, Singing etc. Just hate them.

Last but not least MMOs, I neither like the genre or dislike the genre. Never experienced what a MMO is like so I can't comment to be honest but probably the reason why I haven't tried it is I don't see a interest in it, I guess it's just me but each to their own.