How have your gaming tastes changed over the years?

[whoisKeel]

When I was younger I enjoyed long single player games the most like RPGs and platformers. The only real exception was a few fighters, namely Street Fighter series.

Now I find it hard to sit through a long single player game, I'm all about fast actions, play for 20 mins arcade style games, notably shooters. The very idea of sitting through an RPG makes me cry. I'm trying to play Sly 2 right now, and even though I enjoy it, I find it very hard to play it for more than 30 mins at a time.

I don't want to sit through storylines and fmvs...I just wanna blow something up real good. I used to be the opposite...but I just don't have the attention span anymore.

how 'bout you? How have your gaming tastes changed over the years?

[Big Papa Husker]

I used to be obsessed with Fighters and Platformers. I didnt play my first RPG until 1997 when I played FF7. I got into the genre and now have most of Squares RPGs on the PSX and currently have CT on the SNES. I wish I would have been into RPGs back in the NES/SNES days because I would have been able to get games that have went up in price since then.

[Ernster]

Ive always loved Nintendo, especially Mario games. Im a fan of 2D platformers but this 3D collecting/walking around bullshit is boring me:(

I have exactly the same tastes now in gaming, but I do wish Nintendo would get serious and make SOME games that dont just appeal to Nintendo fanboys and kids.

[Richter Belmount]

I need games with really good stories now then I was used to back then , Im easily entertained anymore like I used to like zelda now I can really enjoy like ys 1 and 2 for duo.

[GobopopRevisited]

They haven't changed... not at all... why? Because Nintendo hasn't changed.

[retroman]

i have and always will just love a good game.....so no they have not changed

[mr_nihilism]

RPG/S-RPG games (especially Nippon Ichi) are beginning to appeal to me, but otherwise my taste in games hasn't changed. I still like anything done well, except for sports. I hate sports games.

[max 330 mega]

my tastes really havn't changed, i still hate rpgs, and almost all sports games. almost all platformer games still bore me, and SNK,Sega,and shmup titles are still the best.

[tuxedojoe]

When I was younger (6-10 years old), all I wanted to play were platformers. Now I am in to stratagy games and games with really good story lines (notably RPGs). I also fancy the occasional side-scrolling shooter. I feel that the natural progression amoungst serious gamers is to games that are more deep in plot and in character developement.

[DDCecil]

I used to be able to sit down and play RPGs all day when I was younger, but these days, I don't really have the patience anymore...

[Bratwurst]

Platformers used to be my bag but now I like SHMUPs best. Probably because generally you're able to move around in an open space and there's so much opportunity to dodge properly.

I have always liked vapid arcade games in the vein of Joust, Pac Man, Robotron, etc. Easy to squeeze a brief game into a busy schedule and skill through practice really shines in the genre.

[Perkar]

When I was younger I enjoyed long single player games the most like RPGs and platformers. The only real exception was a few fighters, namely Street Fighter series.

Now I find it hard to sit through a long single player game, I'm all about fast actions, play for 20 mins arcade style games, notably shooters. The very idea of sitting through an RPG makes me cry. I'm trying to play Sly 2 right now, and even though I enjoy it, I find it very hard to play it for more than 30 mins at a time.

I don't want to sit through storylines and fmvs...I just wanna blow something up real good. I used to be the opposite...but I just don't have the attention span anymore.

how 'bout you? How have your gaming tastes changed over the years?

i feel just about the same way. when i was younger, i played an RPG or two, and liked type of thing.... nowdays, there's no way i can bring myself to invest the sort of time that one of those entails. i just don't get the point, doing the same exact battle over and over endlessly.

[Kamino]

I used to play with player's guides and cheating devices. I had to cheat on EVERY game. EVERY game. Had to have guides for most.
I went clean of cheating in 2003, clean of guides in 2004.
I used to play boring-ass nintendo 64 collecting quests like banjo kazooie, and collect every damn note/jiggy/etc.
Now, i don't bother with 100% on most games. Vice City being an exception.
I used to think atari VCS was "too" simple.
Now I <3 Atari.
Oh yeah. And this coming from a HUGE console FPS freak.....
I couldn't get into FPS games. Although i did play them on pc. *roll*
Oh yes. I used to think disc-based gaming was THE DEVIL!
Nowadays, I wish i'd discovered Saturn in 1996 instead of N64.
I used to hate any and all imports. *clutches his zero wing PAL cart*
Oh yes, and for years I hated RPGs. That is changing.
I still think fighters suck though ;)

[Cirrus]

I used to get a big kick out of RPGs when I was 12 or 13, even younger. Now I basically can't get through them, unless they are different or exciting somehow. (I consider the timing based attacks in Paper Mario exciting, by the way.)

Admittedly, I will still play certain series no matter what, but I can't imagine sitting through some boring "Legend of Dragoon" boring typical cookie cutter Fantasy RPG. Too much time, too much repetition. (Within the game, and for that matter, throughout the genre.)

Basically now, shooters, arcade games, fighters, and good adventure/action games top my list.

[videogameking26]

Well when I was younger I really enjoyed my Nintendo because it's all I really owned till my teenage years...because I was a casual gamer in my younger years and my parent's bought me an occasion game here and there that I really enjoyed.


Then came my teenage years and I really can be honest I wasn't really a gamer and instead just worried about sports & girls and I owned a Sega Genesis that I got my 16th Birthday with both Sonics and really enjoyed them but mostly it just coleted dust :( ...but I didn't sell it or my NES, actually I still own them :D.


Then came year 2001 and it seemed like everything changed with my gaming hobby as I was at Walmart one night, was browsing thru the game section to see what I missed, then I saw Driver 2 & Silent Hill in action on the PS1 and I started playing the demo and I was hooked...a week later got my paycheck and went back to Walmart and bought the PS1,Silent Hill,Driver,Driver 2 and Madden 2001 :)...since then I'm very much a huge gamer and collector and now I own all three current-gen consoles and a bunch of older consoles that I totally missed out on.

I guess I can say I'm 26 now and got a full time job and apartment and reponses...but I'm now a huge gamer that puts many hours into this great hobby everyweek.

Great to be a gamer...man I love this hobby! :D :)

[Tatsu]

It's not my taste that has changed but my behaviour. Most of the time I don't have patience or the attention span to play the same game (or games at all) 10 hours straight. I've also noticed that when I'm at a point in a game where I don't know what to do I don't have the nerves of trying some things to find a solution. If it doesn't work out after a view tries and I don't have anything in mind what to do I just look it up in an online guide. I'm really getting lazy about gaming and I think this sucks!!

[jdc]

I used to be entirely addicted to RPGs. I'd play them one after another. It seems funny that I have the Arc The Lad box set and the PS2 game, Tales Of Symphonia and several others sitting here untouched. Back then....they would have been completed long by now. I am playing FFXI Online every day tho.....

The first games that I played were racers....and I STILL love them to this day. Same with adventure/platformers. I never cared much for FPS TPS then....and still don't today.

I guess that I haven't changed much.

[Lady Jaye]

I used to think that I could never adjust to 3D games, back when the PS1 and the Dreamcast were butting heads. I was content with playing on my SNES, coupled with emulation of old consoles and arcade games. I now play mostly games on modern consoles (aside from when I'm on the GBA) and even though I still love the pre-crash, 8- and 16- bit games, I rarely play them anymore (although that's more due to laziness over the RF switch than anything else).

Oh, and I never thought much of skateboarding games until I tried out Tony Hawk 2 and got hooked on the Mac demo.

[Graham Mitchell]

When I was younger I enjoyed long single player games the most like RPGs and platformers. The only real exception was a few fighters, namely Street Fighter series.

Now I find it hard to sit through a long single player game, I'm all about fast actions, play for 20 mins arcade style games, notably shooters. The very idea of sitting through an RPG makes me cry. I'm trying to play Sly 2 right now, and even though I enjoy it, I find it very hard to play it for more than 30 mins at a time.

I don't want to sit through storylines and fmvs...I just wanna blow something up real good. I used to be the opposite...but I just don't have the attention span anymore.

how 'bout you? How have your gaming tastes changed over the years?

Actually, this description matches mine pretty well. I don't have time to invest in long games anymore. I got Phantasy Star 3 a while ago and I just can't play it right now--too much time required between saves.

One type of game that I still love and will always love is what Nintendo used to call the "adventure" game; the kind that uses both your brains and your reflexes. I guess the Zeldas would be a good example. The pinnacle for me right now is the Metal Gear Solid Series, because that's pretty much as close to the adventure/action RPG category things get while still introducing novel ideas.

My penchant for arcade-style games made Dreamcast a favorite of mine, as well.

[Crush Crawfish]

I used to play with player's guides and cheating devices. I had to cheat on EVERY game. EVERY game. Had to have guides for most.

Me too! I really regret doing that. Now I really kinda suck at everything because I didn't sharpen my skills when I was young. I have so much more fun beating the game on my own.

[Promophile]

I use guides because I can't stand missing something. If I find out that I missed a treasure chest thats impossible to get anymore and I'm 20 hours into a game I will restart the game. I guess what has changed is that I can't enjoy a game unless I do everything perfectly, getting every item and secret. Nothing annoys me more than games where it's impossible to 100 percent it, if you know what I mean.

[NintendoMan]

Ive always loved Nintendo, especially Mario games. Im a fan of 2D platformers but this 3D collecting/walking around bullshit is boring me:(

I have exactly the same tastes now in gaming, but I do wish Nintendo would get serious and make SOME games that dont just appeal to Nintendo fanboys and kids.

GEIST is coming out and looks awesome! Finally a "new" game produced by my fav. company, and it's a shooter, my fav. genre.

I used to like basically ONLY sports games for the most part when I was younger. With the exception of Mario and Sonic games. Nowadays, I only play b-ball sports games and that rare!

[crazyjackcsa]

I don't think my tastes have really changed. The games I play have. I'd love to play a big beautiful 2d sonic game on the cube, or a great ecco. But these games aren't made anymore. I have discovered I now have zero patience when it comes to games. I don't mind hard games, but when wonky control a bad camera or cheap ai beat me, I'm quick to reset and play another game.

[Graham Mitchell]

I don't think my tastes have really changed. The games I play have. I'd love to play a big beautiful 2d sonic game on the cube, or a great ecco. But these games aren't made anymore. I have discovered I now have zero patience when it comes to games. I don't mind hard games, but when wonky control a bad camera or cheap ai beat me, I'm quick to reset and play another game.

I'd give Ecco the Tides of Time a chance, if you're into Ecco. That's still one of the best 128-bit titles ever made in my opinion. It translates to 3D nicely, and is easily the best Ecco game. Not without problems, but I'd still give it a try.

[unbroken]

my taste hasnt changed much, the only thing that is changing as i get older, is it seems like every year i have more work and more school to worry about and not enough time for games. I use to be able to sit down as a kid and play RPG's for hours, now im scared to get into a rpg because i dont have enough time to dedicate to it. I still love rpg's and hope one day that i will be able to play them more, but nowadays i try to stick to the short games, like fps's , shorter rpgs, and almost any game on the nes that isnt a long one.

[imanerd0011]

My taste has stayed relatively the same for the last 15 years, mainly because I am playing the same games I was playing 15 years ago. LOL I hate RPG's (turn based) with a passion, and really love action adventure games, sidescrollers and shooters.