Only thing Wildlands needed for me was a bit more of the linear stuff for the big moments,
and obviously it didn't have the base element so it isn't competitive there.
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When do you feel your favorite genre peaked?
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and obviously it didn't have the base element so it isn't competitive there.
I don't think any genre has peaked. Every genre has the potential to be better in the future than it ever has been before. I haven't really enjoyed an RPG more than Mass Effect 1 since Mass Effect 1 came out, but that doesn't mean that there will never be another RPG as good as it. That's a hell of a pessimistic attitude to have.
Platformers.
With Mario, Crash, Spyro etc, I actually think today is as good as it was many years ago.
With Mario, Crash, Spyro etc, I actually think today is as good as it was many years ago.
I'm not sure if rhythm games can even peak, there are probably still 100s of ways to sync player action to music. Pop'n Music is still my favorite but every rhythm game has their own little quirks that keep you going back to them.
I will say they started on an incredibly high note. Beatmania in 1997. Dance Dance Revolution and Pop'n Music in 1998. Beatmania IIDX, Guitarfreaks, and Drummania in 1999. God damn Konami/Bemani were on fire. All 5 series still get new versions to this day.
I will say they started on an incredibly high note. Beatmania in 1997. Dance Dance Revolution and Pop'n Music in 1998. Beatmania IIDX, Guitarfreaks, and Drummania in 1999. God damn Konami/Bemani were on fire. All 5 series still get new versions to this day.
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There's dozens of us! I really miss space combat sims. Stuff like EVE or Elite Dangerous just don't cut it for me sadly.
2014 or 2017, momentum-based platformers with Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze or Sonic Mania.
Platformers in the late-90's hit their stride of introducing collectibles in a satisfying and clever way without going into the overly engorged feature-creep and excruciating backtracking; mistakes of Rare's Donkey Kong 64 and Banjo-Tooie, and preceding the era certain successful sequels becoming the dominant image for later entries moving forward (Crash is especially victim of this)
1998 had Crash 3, Spyro, and Banjo alone, it was already a pretty loaded year without including smaller titles like Glover.
1998 had Crash 3, Spyro, and Banjo alone, it was already a pretty loaded year without including smaller titles like Glover.
I guess my favorite genre could be more meditative/artistic games like Ueda's games and Rime etc.
Have they peaked......no idea really,Ueda's still making games so hopefully his magnum opus is still yet to be conceived.
Vane is out on Tuesday so hopefully that gives the genre another great game.
Have they peaked......no idea really,Ueda's still making games so hopefully his magnum opus is still yet to be conceived.
Vane is out on Tuesday so hopefully that gives the genre another great game.
I enjoyed 3d strike more, but the same sort of scene could never have existed back then. That's why I think USF4 was the culmination of the genre. And I never liked Super Turbo (heresy, I know).
Hyrule Warriors definitely comes to mind for the hack 'n slash. Was about to say Dynasty Warriors 8, but Hyrule Warriors felt like the most definitive hack and slash game that we got and everything after that was either lacking or an overall disappointment.
Honorable mention to Berserk Musou, but man was the final boss come hilariously unfair that it forced me to be as cheap as the boss to beat it.
Honorable mention to Berserk Musou, but man was the final boss come hilariously unfair that it forced me to be as cheap as the boss to beat it.
Well different kind of puzzles and adventure, but Lucas Arts made even better ones. Not the best comparison though, not really the same genre =P But it gets me to my answer, adventure games peaked with Lucas Arts. Grim Fandango being the culmination. Too bad the genre kinda died for a while too, or atleast went to coma. Wadjet Eye and Daedalic are doing decent job carrying the torch nowadays, yet they don't reach the heights of Lucas Arts and their many incredible games. They had hell of a ten years, Maniac Mansion, Indiana Jones, Sam & Max, Monkey Island etc. Gilbert and Schafer were on their prime, they still got it though.Puzzle Adventure
Tell me I'm wrong.
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I love me some D2 and there's no accounting for taste, but I really feel like the genre peaked with Splinter Cell Chaos Theory. In terms of a pure stealth game - where, circumstances being what they are, you really don't have the option of taking dudes down openly - it was and arguably remains peerless.
I love the Dishonored series' options though, but you're almost a little to powerful for a proper stealth game.
Third Strike is the pinnacle of 2D fighting games. Music, art, depth and speed of the gameplay, there was never anything before it that reached its Heights, and 20 years later there's been nothing since. I don't know if I can legitimately say that fighting games are my favorite genre these days, as I barely even play them now, but there it is.
I'm 70 hours into TLoZ: BotW and as much as I'm loving it, I'm a bit worried this game is the peak of open world games.
With kingdom hearts 2 and 3 action rpg genre peaked i never played a action rpg as good as kh2 ever. It's one of the most fun combat and gameplay systems ever especially if ya play on proud mode or higher.
Based of the 0.2 demo and kh3 footage so far kh3 seems to even one up kh2 so that game is for sure gonna peak the genre for me personally.
Based of the 0.2 demo and kh3 footage so far kh3 seems to even one up kh2 so that game is for sure gonna peak the genre for me personally.
I can see that, especially the power imbalance present in D2, but I'd have to point out Mark of the Ninja is arguably a contender for peak stealth.
