Peak Genres

The mechanical constructs I hold to be the ideal forms for games to take.
I'm noticing I have a strong preference for high velocity gameplay. Not speedrunning mind you, but actually just games that let you move really fucking fast.

Super Metroid
Super Metroid
Action-Adventure perfected
Spark the Electric Jester 3
Spark the Electric Jester 3
SPEED Platforming
Turbo Overkill
Turbo Overkill
First Person Schüt
BallisticNG
BallisticNG
Anti-Gravity Racing
Cho Ren Sha 68K
Cho Ren Sha 68K
Scrolling Schüt
Chibi-Robo!
Chibi-Robo!
Wild Card
Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition
Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition
4X Strategy
Hi-Fi Rush
Hi-Fi Rush
Rhythm Action & Stylish Action
Pikmin 3
Pikmin 3
Mass-action-strategy.
Elden Ring
Elden Ring
Catch-all for Meaningful Stat Driven Character Development in a Hack-and-Slash package with Dense Exploration.
System Shock
System Shock
There's too many good genres man. This was supposed to just be 5 entries representing my favorite types of games, but there's too maaaany. Immersive Sims are cool and good, but also so multifaceted that many of them can arguably serve as new sub-genres unto themselves.

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