WHAT OTHER GENRES/GAMES DO YOU LIKE/PLAY THAT AREN'T RPGS?

So about Tower Defense games there was a new one that came out recently that in my mind totally stands out. Its on Steam it has a main character that seems a lot like Ache from Evil Dead. It looked great and easy to use.

Other than that Fat Princess or Plants vs Zombies.

A list of my more recent purchases provides some more specific insight into my tastes:

Heroes of Might and Magic 6
Gears of War 3
Uncharted 3
Batman: Arkham City
Frozen Synapse

Preorders:
Skyrim
Zelda: Skyward Sword

I have no time for any of this shit, though. Out of the lot, I've beaten half of the campaigns in HoMM6 and am almost finished with Arkham City. Uncharted 3 and Gears of War 3 are still in their plastic wrap.

Orcs Must Die... that's the tower defense game that stands out from the pack.

Fuck yes Sonic Generations owns so fucking hard. It's a fine evolution of what they started with Unleashed and I hope it means the Sonic cycle is broken and discarded.

There's no real genre of game that I buy into anymore. I just go for fun games. Platformers, action, puzzle, brawler, strategy, adventure, whatever. I just go in and try to have fun. Except fighting and racing games, I just can't manage to click with those games as well. Even with buddies and drinks I'm usually the first to end up in spectator mode.

Little Big Planet is a pretty fun game, but aside from RPG's I really only play NHL 12 and Super Smash Brothers Brawl. I used to be a huge civ III fan back in the day too but I haven't played that in a few years.

PLATFORMERS :)

in fact platformers are my favorite genre. 3D platformers—when done RIGHT like (mostly the mario games)—are my absolute favorite games to play. in fact I very rarely play RPGs—they're usually pretty boring. when I play a game I want something with lots of gameplay, lots of interaction—and that usually comes in the form of platforming.

I also am not a multiplayer kind of guy, which helps feed the platforming as my favorite genre. I play games for myself, so fighting games or online stuff don't really appeal to me.

my favorite game of all time is Mario Galaxy 2.

In recent years, I've been VERY into fighting games. Yes, I mean the professional scene, where everyone plays with arcade sticks and is EXTREMELY good. Ironically, I've never been to one of those heavily commercialized tournaments nor do I have an arcade stick. I'm just getting into and following the community.

Other than that (and RPGs) I don't really have preferences other than action and/or adventure games. Just picked up the newest Zelda, too.

The only genres I generally dislike are first person-perspective games; I want to be able to see my character, not pretend that the character is me or some shit. I think that's horribly overrated. I'm also sick of seeing heavily action-packed shooting games, first or third person. Enough is enough. The market is so over-diluted with first-person shooters its depressing.

Course, there are a few of the exceptions: I enjoyed Borderlands and Fallout: New Vegas. I'd also like to try Deus Ex: Human Revolution. I didn't know that series was a RPG series until I actually watched some videos lol.

And, it may come to no surprise since I actually come to this site, but I don't like the direction that modern RPGs are taking. I'm not saying the classic, "obsolete", turn-based battle system is what I miss (even though I do), but it seems that RPGs nowadays are just a shooter or an action game where your character can learn skills, gain EXP, and has other RPG staple attributes. To me, most modern RPGs are missing one vital element that I wish I could see more of: battles of knowledge/wit. I want to be able to stop and take AS MUCH TIME AS I WANT to decide my strategy while still technically being in a combat situation. Though, I guess that's not what the rest of the world wants.