Decades:
Genres:
Welcome back. This part of the series will be primarily focusing on genres. So far I have [Turn based RPG, Action RPG, Board Game, tabletop RPG, Arcade Game, Third person shooter, MMO, Action, 4X (Civilization-like), 3D Platformer, Dungeon Crawler, Card Game, Point and click, Indie, Text dungeon, Souls-like, Stealth, Rhythm, Horror, Metroidvania, Survival, Sandbox, shoot/beat 'em up, City Builder, Adventure, Simulation, Puzzle, Fighting, MOBA, Real Time Tactics, Grand Strategy, Walking simulator, Tower Defense, Sports, Idle, Trivia, miscellaneous, and Casual] as available genres. Let me know if I missed something, and I will try to get it added.
This is eventually all going to get compiled into one megathread for people who want gaming recommendations from Chapos specifically. Other consoles and genres will come in sporadic subsequent threads. Please contribute to previous threads if you missed them. This is meant to be an exhaustive list.
Expanding on your choice(s) is definitely a plus. Not everyone knows about or has played non-mainstream titles.
A lot of people hate it but it's my favourite: Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed.
Pluses:
Insanely good menu music. (Just search Shift 2 Gladiator on youtube, there's like 10 of them, all good)
Decent car selection. (Not massive, but had all of the iconic cars at the time, except Ferrari)
Perfect mix between arcade and simulation. (About 25%/75%, great for transitioning from Arcade to Simulation)
THE ATMOSPHERE. Can't describe it. But it like the developer focused a lot on recreating the feeling of driving a race car.
Negative:
Drift mode is trash.
Keyboard control is utter garbage. Like nearly unplayable. But since I can't afford a racing wheel at the time I managed to get used to it and complete the campaign with KB. Even got a 6:45 on Nordscheleife.
Annoying announcer at the start and end of race.
Wrap editor is very clunky even for 2011.
No per-part customization. Instead you choose 1 from 3 body kits, or stock.