Favorite Genre and Why

[Azuren]

Topic is in the title guys. What's your favorite genre and why? 

 

Mine is Soulslike. Until this genre came out, I couldn't quite describe what my perfect game was. Before that, all I could ever say was "I really like Ocarina and Majora", everything else is ranged from "hate it" to "Soul Reaver 2". Even my previous favorite game of all time (Shadow of the Colossus) wasn't perfectly to my liking, and I constantly daydreamed about changes I would make to it. 

 

Then Demon's Souls came out and... I hated it? I had a strange relationship with it. I got to the Defender and sort of lost hope. Looking back on it, I feel like I cheated myself out of several years of loving Souls.

 

When Dark Souls came out, I gave it a try. I couldn't get very far, and the controls felt awkward to me. I ended up bringing it back, despite having purchased the collector's edition. I regret it. 

 

When Dark Souls II came out, I gave it another shot. I could feel in my bones that this series was somehow made for me, but I had yet to open the door to it. I played momentarily at a friend's house and felt that sense of camaraderie you get when socializing with other Souls fans. My friend and I took turns trying to fell the Troll in the beginning, and I liked it. The small taste didn't entice me enough to buy it right away, though. I ended up purchasing it digitally on PS3 some time later, but I never got past the first Dragonrider. I never felt that sense of camaraderie that I had at my friend's house; only an overwhelming sense of oppression as I trudged through invasion after invasion. It really turned me off.

 

It wasn't until more information had come out about Bloodborne, and I was compelled to look up a good argument for a typical list war. My discovery was Bloodborne and the very near release date (compared to other games I was waiting for anyway). I pumped myself up for it, and researched multiplayer (which I'd never known about before). A handful of coworkers got it with me, and we tackled it. 

 

As a group. 

 

It was the single most satisfying feeling I'd ever gotten from a game. We tag-teamed it down, solo'd certain parts on our own, and run Yarnham through four times in a row for four consecutive Platinums. Hell, my Platinum screenshot has my friend Victor photobombing me by walking infront of me while using the clasp gesture. Bloodborne had become my favorite video game ever. 

 

Then Heather bought Scholar, and I looked at it with fire in my eyes: I was going to wreck this game, too. I ended up finding a group of players that we added to our "Souls Raid", and there was never a dull moment. We spent even more time on Scholar than we did Bloodborne thanks to the spell collecting trophies. It wasn't until NG++ that we finally ended it and celebrated with a ridiculous Fight Club (DUAL BONE FIST ONLY; PRETEND YOU'RE FROM DBZ).

 

A few of us turned to Demon's Souls immediately after, and it made it easy to team up since we were probably the only people in the world laying down Blue Eye Stones. We wrecked the whole thing, and it was amazing.

 

We all began to run Dark Souls 1, but some of us moved on to other games, so we didn't get far a at all. Bloodborne DLC was right around the corner, so we didn't want our playthrough to be interrupted. After  we finished The Old Hunters, we got Salt And Sanctuary as a pre-game to Dark Souls III and hit it with a Platinum. When Dark Souls III finally came out, we absolutely destroyed it. It was like a nonstop beatdown until we all got our final rings and posed for group photos in our screencaps. 

 

And now here I wait again, knowing that my playthrough of Dark Souls would be interrupted by Ashes of Ariandel. I also impatiently await word on the Vita version of Salt and Sanctuary, hoping it has its own trophies. One day I'll Platinum Dark Souls. Maybe I'll also run the PS3 DS2 as well. I've got so much work ahead of me  and I love it.