Your Favorite...

[Wolf Kanno]

You know the drill. I'm going to list some genres, and I want to know what your favorite game of the genre is.

Platformer
Puzzle
RPG
Action
Fighting
MMO
FPS
Rhythm
Adventure
Racing
Sports
Mobile
Survival Horror
4X
Tactical/Strategy
Sandbox
Visual Novel
Stealth

[Fynn]

Let’s go girls


Platformer: Warioland 3
Puzzle: Ghost Trick
RPG: LOADED QUESTION!!! But I guess I’ll say Witcher 3 for now
Action: Nier: Automata
Fighting: Super Smash Bros. (Any. I’m not hardcore enough to be anal about it)
MMO: Probably FFXIV though I haven’t played enough to really say?
FPS: N/A
Rhythm: Theatrhythm Final Fantast: Curtain Call
Adventure: Breath of the Wild
Racing: Mariokart (any)
Sports: Wii Sports (lol)
Mobile: Picross Luna series
Survival Horror: Silent Hill 2 and 4
4X: N/A
Tactical/Strategy: Heroes of Might and Magic series for a more traditional strategy game, FFT series for strategy RPG
Sandbox: The Sims 3
Visual Novel: 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors
Stealth: N/A

[Lord Golbez]

Platformer - Yoshi's Island
Puzzle - I don't play a lot of pure puzzle games, so I'll think on it
RPG - FFVII
Action: Kind of depends on how we distinguish this from Adventure. Let's just go with Secret of Mana here so I don't say the same thing as for Adventure.
Fighting: I don't know. I'm a bit partial to Street Fighter II, but I'm not hugely into fighters.
MMO: Don't play these.
FPS: Ditto.
Rhythm: I don't play a lot of these. Sayonara Wild Hearts is kind of one and it's pretty good.
Adventure: We talking like Monkey Island or like Zelda? If Zelda counts, then Horizon Zero Dawn probably counts too, and I like that better than Zelda. If it's more Monkey Island type, well I really like Tales of Monkey Island.
Racing: Super Mario Kart, probably.
Mobile: No.
Survival Horror: Another one I don't play much. Maybe Silent Hill.
4X - I literally don't even know what this is. Never heard of it.
Tactical/Strategy - FFT
Sandbox - Uhhh....drawing a blank here. I'm not really a GTA fan though.
Visual Novel - Definitely Zero Escape. Not sure if 999 or Virtue's Last Reward.
Stealth - MGS3

[krissy]

Platformer - Crash Bandicoot
Puzzle - Chess
RPG - FF7
Action - zone of the enders 2nd runner
Fighting - battle arena toshinden/ggx
MMO - facebook jk ff14 i guess
FPS - half life
Rhythm - rez
Adventure -
Racing - wipeout
Sports - fifa
Mobile - emulation
Survival Horror - re4
4X - ??
Tactical/Strategy - fft
Sandbox - assasins creed 2
Visual Novel - 999
Stealth - mgs

[WarZidane]

That's a lot of thinking to do, but let's see..

• Platformer - Celeste
• Puzzle - Tetris, nothing against other puzzle games as there are some amazing ones, but there's no beating this classic
• RPG - Trails of Cold Steel 4
• Action - A rather broad genre, this I'd say Metroid Prime (which i consider an action-adventure game, rather than FPS)
• Fighting - Blazblue (More specifically, probably Chrono Phantasma Extend)
• MMO - Final Fantasy XIV
• FPS - Unreal Tournament (1999)
• Rhythm - Elite Beat Agents
• Adventure - As with action, very broad. For the sake of making things simple for myself, I'm going to just interpret this one as point & click adventure and say Grim Fandango (which ironically is not point and click but whatever, just roll with it )
• Racing - Gran Turismo 3
• Sports - Considering I haven't played sports games in ages..I'll say WWE Smackdown for PS2, can't remember which Smackdown game though.
• Mobile - Genshin Impact
• Survival Horror - Resident Evil 2 Remake
• 4X - Civilization V, but really only by technicality because it's the only 4X game I've played.
• Tactical/Strategy - Utawarerumono (either Mask of Deception or Mask of Truth)
• Sandbox - Terraria probably? Only other real contender would be Minecraft, but I'd say I probably enjoyed Terraria more.
• Visual Novel - Ever17: The Out of Infinity
• Stealth - Deus Ex

[I Took the Red Pill]

• Platformer - Hollow Knight
• Puzzle - Tetris
• RPG - Chrono Cross
• Action - Sekiro
• Fighting - Smash Ultimate
• MMO - Guild Wars
• FPS - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 for multiplayer, DOOM 2016 for singleplayer
• Rhythm - Elite Beat Agents
• Adventure - Twilight Princess
• Racing - Gran Turismo 4
• Sports - Rocket League if it counts
• Mobile - Hanging with Friends back in the day, I don't play mobile games now
• Survival Horror - Resident Evil 4
• 4X - Civilization IV
• Tactical/Strategy - XCOM: Enemy Unknown
• Sandbox - Miner Dig Deep
• Visual Novel - Haven't really played any, I guess Persona 4 would be the closest
• Stealth - Metal Gear Solid 3

[Spuuky]

I'm only going to include genres that have a game in my top 50 or so overall games. If you can't place even that high as a genre to me I won't bother.

Puzzle - The Talos Principle
RPG - Gothic 2
Action - Dark Souls
Rhythm - DDR
Adventure - The Secret of Monkey Island
4X - Civilization
Tactical/Strategy - FFT
Sandbox - Yakuza 0
Stealth - Deus Ex

[Karifean]

Platformer - Crash Bandicoot 2
Puzzle - not sure...
RPG - Final Fantasy X
Action - Touhou 7: Perfect Cherry Blossom
Fighting - Golden Fantasia
MMO
FPS - Call of Duty 4
Rhythm
Adventure - Ys VIII (would've put it as RPG and Action too)
Racing - Gran Turismo 3
Sports
Mobile
Survival Horror
4X - Civilization 4
Tactical/Strategy - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Sandbox - Warcraft III World Editor
Visual Novel - Umineko no Naku Koro ni
Stealth - Metal Gear Solid 3

[Del Murder]

Platformer - Super Mario Bros. 3, mostly for the time it came out and how much that influenced me, the SMW games are also right up there
Puzzle - Tetris, really can't do better than the classic
RPG - Final Fantasy VI
Action - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, I consider this in the "Action" category which is a super broad category!
Fighting - Super Smash Bros. Melee, despite never owning a GC, I felt this was the best one
MMO - Final Fantasy XI
FPS - Goldeneye 007, what a defining game!
Rhythm - Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call
Adventure - Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, I'm considering the old school definition of the point and click "Adventure" category
Racing - Mario Kart 64
Sports - Super Punch Out!!
Mobile - Pokemon Go
Survival Horror - N/A, don't really play these
4X - Age of Empires 2, probably the only one I've played
Tactical/Strategy - Final Fantasy Tactics
Sandbox - Pirates! Gold, I'm just going to call this the Simulation category
Visual Novel - OK I just saw this so I guess ZE:VLR goes here, though I'm not sure what "Adventure" is?
Stealth - Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, curious category since a lot of action games include stealth

EDIT: How funny, about half of us considered "Adventure" as the old point and click variety (but then what is a Virtual Novel?) and half considered it "Action/Adventure" like Zelda.

Also you need a Metroidvania category, WK. 2 of my top 10 games are in that category (and defined it).

[Spuuky]

"Adventure" is not a real genre, that is why. A game in basically any other genre could or could not be an Adventure game. Stealth is the same way, and so is Action, and probably some others.

[Slothy]

Platformer: Mario 64
Puzzle: Ico. I said what I said.
RPG: The Outer Worlds
Action: Dark Souls
Fighting: Soul Calibur 2
MMO: None. They're all garbage
FPS: Half-Life 2
Rhythm: Theatrhythm
Adventure: Zelda: LttP
Racing: Gran Turismo 4
Sports: Virtua Tennis 2
Mobile: There are no good mobile games that aren't better on other platforms.
Survival Horror: Silent Hill 3
4X: Alpha Centauri
Tactical/Strategy: Brood War
Sandbox: Just Cause 2 is the only great sandbox game
Visual Novel: Phoenix Wright 2
Stealth: Deus Ex

[Example]

Platformer: Klonoa
Puzzle: N/A
RPG: Final Fantasy 7
Action: Vanquish
Fighting: Tekken 3
MMO: N/A
FPS: Halo 2
Rhythm: Parappa
Adventure: Ghost of Tsushima
Racing: Wipeout 3
Sports: N/A
Mobile: N/A
Survival Horror: Siren 2
4X: N/A
Tactical/Strategy: Lego Rock Raiders (lol)
Sandbox: N/A
Visual Novel: N/A
Stealth: Metal Gear Solid 2

[Spuuky]

Sandbox: Just Cause 2 is the only great sandbox game

I can't believe how wrong this is, there is Sleeping Dogs, Yakuza, Saints Row, and for those who like that sort of thing Minecraft and Terraria. I bet Dragon Quest Builders is pretty good, too, although I haven't personally played it

[Wolf Kanno]

I left some of the categories vague just to see how people classify things.

[Lord Golbez]

Oh yeah. I forgot about Phoenix Wright. The third Phoenix Wright game in particular is really good. Might have to change my vote. You know what? I can still do Zero Escape and put it under puzzle game. Why not?

Also, mentioning Yakuza under sandbox makes me think that's probably my choice for that category too. Prp ably Kiwami 2.