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[valkrin]

I predict Platformer will be the most popular.

[Valter]

Strategy for me. Turnbased, specifically.

[Paul Eres]

This does not include some of my favorite genres -- adventure, experimental, etc.

[Paul Eres]

Also I question whether "FPS" is an actual genre, or just a 3D version of "shooter" -- a lot of places group shmup and FPSs together, even though they play very differently, as "shooters". It's kind of like calling isometric games a genre -- a visual perspective doesn't itself a genre make. Doom-clone is at least a subgenre though.

[rob]

I don't care.

A good game is a good game.

[mirosurabu]

You didn't list the sadlet genre.

[mark]

I don't care.

A good game is a good game.

And what about cockpit games!?

[moi]

I think this thread could have accepted two answers.
And by RPG do you mean JRPG or baldur's gate/fallout like RPGs , because I hate the former, while I love the later.

Also:

I don't care.

A good game is a good game.

[TOM SENNETT]

You guys are complicating this too much. I voted Puzzle!

[Eric McQuiggan]

Also I question whether "FPS" is an actual genre, or just a 3D version of "shooter" -- a lot of places group shmup and FPSs together, even though they play very differently, as "shooters". It's kind of like calling isometric games a genre -- a visual perspective doesn't itself a genre make. Doom-clone is at least a subgenre though.

If you question that, then I question that "shooter" is even a genre, its just a subgenre of "action" games, a lot of places group platformers and shooters together, even though they play very differently, as "action" games. It's kinda like calling 3D Platformer games a genre -- visual representation doesn't itself a genre make. Bullet-Hell is at least a subgenre though.

Still, my point is, this ratchets up and down, I look at it like an evolutionary tree, kinda like how  "A Theory of Fun" tracked the progression of space invaders clones, at any point in that tree you can take a slice and define genres based on features and play styles. Right now I think 3D shooters are a Genre and within that Genre, there are a multitude of subgenres and to ignore the amount of different yet similar games is doing it a disservice.

[Valter]

Right, we should just classify all the genres into "Malevolent (murder/violence", and "Benevolent (no murder/violence), and vote on those two.

I'd say it's a pretty-well detailed list, based on how specific it's trying to be, but Point 'n Click Adventure should be included, as Paul said.

[Paul Eres]

i agree that genre classifications are almost entirely arbitrary, but even though they are, there are social conventions about what the big genres are.

funny relevant chart:

[Valter]

That is amusing.

I'd say "Shooter" and "FPS" fall under rather similar categories, though. It would probably be better as Shooter, to include third person games like Gears of War.

[JoeHonkie]

That chart is great.

[Eric McQuiggan]

i agree that genre classifications are almost entirely arbitrary, but even though they are, there are social conventions about what the big genres are.

The whole social conventions thing was my point. I think that you aren't a fan of FPS games, so you are quick to dismiss them, as I am not a fan of JRPGS so I am quick to do the same.

funny relevant chart:

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Doom_clone_vs_first_person_shooter.png[/ img]

Good chart, notice that the switch occurs around the time that Half-Life comes out?