Years / Decades:
70s , 80s , 90s , 00s , 10s , 2020
Genres:
2D Platformers, Bullet Hell / 2D Shooters, First Person Shooters, Flash, Horror, indie, Point and Click , Racing, Real Time Strategy, Roguelikes, RPGs (Turn Based), Visual Novels
Welcome back. This part of the series will be primarily focusing on genres. So far I have [Action RPG, Board Game, Tabletop RPG, Arcade Game, Third person shooter, MMO, Action, 4X (Civilization-like), 3D Platformer, Dungeon Crawler, Card Game, Text dungeon, Souls-like, Stealth, Rhythm, Metroidvania, Survival, Sandbox, Shoot/beat 'em up, City Builder, Adventure, Simulation, Puzzle, Fighting, MOBA, Turn Based Strategy, Real Time Tactics, Grand Strategy, Handheld, Walking simulator, Tower Defense, 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.
Blood Bowl - it's Warhammer orcs and elves and shit playing "football" that's mostly about beating the shit out of each other, it's a cool turn-based strategy/luck game of careful positioning and risk management. Blood Bowl 2 is the prettiest version with probably the most players, there's also the FUMBBL league which I haven't tried, it has a free minimalistic client
Pyre might not look like a sport game but work as one.Great game gameplay with with unique movement from each race and beautiful artwork,also is from the creator of Hades.
I know this genre might be a bit of a slim pickings category since EA owns the rights to almost every major sporting franchise, but this is probably still worth doing. That being said, FIFA is probably the easiest and most fun franchise to pick up if you don't play sports games.
BASE WARS. Best sports game OF ALL TIME. Fight me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Stadium_Series%E2%80%94Base_Wars
late for this and not really applicable but Rocket League. as close as you'll get to playing football (soccer) in a videogame.
International Superstar Soccer Deluxe for the SNES is really the only sports game I get down with.
My personal favourite sports game is SSX 3. Great graphics for the time, and amazing gameplay and soundtrack. Best arcade snowboarding game by far. The trick system as well as the "SUPER UBER" is just soo satisfying. I still emulate it on my phone with a controller today.
For a soccer game, FIFA 14 and the FIFA 14 world cup edition is peak FIFA in my opinion. Gameplay and menus were perfect. Any FIFA after FIFA 16 is pure rubbish because of the switch to the frostbite engine. Let's just say a game engine designed around a first person shooter with a destructible environment does not work well in a soccer/football game.
Completely forgot about SSX. Always preferred them to Tony Hawk, despite not having the staying power.
Yeah some of those tracks on SSX 3 are wild. Can pick up some insane combos and get into the "Uber zone" within 10 seconds and stay there throughout the whole run.
There are some really great, realistic sports games out there but my favorite will always be NBA Jam Tournament Edition. Great gameplay, fun codes, 90s basketball, iconic announcer... NBA Jam rules.
