Video game genre you likes as a kid but hate now? (explain why)

Is there a video game genre, you really really liked as a kid, but you hate it now?

If you do, tell us the genre and explain what made you love it less.

I will start, as a kid i liked strategy games [any kind of... AOE, Red Alert...], but nowdays i dont like them so much.

As i started to play more action games i think i kinda neglected the strategy genre and it not looks as fun as it was back then.

I also think that strategy games a little bit slow, and time consuming, and now days i dont find any intrest to play them.

I used to like beatem-up's like Streets of Rage, Final Fight, and Ninja Turtles, but now they're really the only beatem'ups I like. As a genre I find it rather boring now.

2d platform games. On the commador and Amiga days I used to play any of them I could get my hands on. These days it's my most ignored genre, I don't want to go collecting stars and coins for extra lives while making leaps across platforms over bottomless pits and pools of water while jumping on things heads or punching them. It's old school gameplay that doesn't do anything for me now.

2d platform games. On the commador and Amiga days I used to play any of them I could get my hands on. These days it's my most ignored genre, I don't want to go collecting stars and coins for extra lives while making leaps across platforms over bottomless pits and pools of water while jumping on things heads or punching them. It's old school gameplay that doesn't do anything for me now.

Evil_Saluki

Im not playing platforms now days also.... but played them as a kid.

My favorite game was Rayman the classic one from 1996.

I beat this game over and over again when i was small, nowdays i have only the sweet memories about it... because i dont think i will play it ever again

Racing games and sports games (exception baseball), extremely boring to me now but thats all I played as a kid, now they barely hold my attention.

Fighters for me. Just can't get into Mortal Komabat, Streetfighter anymore.

Platformers...

Thats all there really was most of the time back in the 80s and early 90s. Sick of 1 hit 1 kill or instant death falling into pit gameplay. 3D gaming changed all that.

JRPG's.

Used to love them up until the age of 12 or so, now can't stand them.

But I think it's the whole JP anime thing, because I can't stand that either anymore.

Definitely platformers for me. There was a time where the only games I had were games like Bungie's Oni, a sci-fi epic called Outcast, and even Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb (still an awesome game for me haha). Not to mention American McGees Alice, and oh yeah! Those old Crash Bandicoot games.

I wouldn't say I hate the genre, but I think the last time I played one has to be The Emperor's Tomb. Can't wait to play Uncharted though.

Fighting games are probably another big one. I don't think I was every particularly good at them, but I remember my earliest memories of gaming playing Marvel vs Street Fighter and Soul Blade (not Soul Caliber, SOUL BLADE FFS) and loving the hell out of them. Now I have come to terms that I suck at them and don't get any enjoyment out of them.

Other than that, I've been pretty consistent. I've always hated racing; as much as I like Lucas Arts graphic adventures now, I never played them as a kid. And I've even grown to love RPGs after my time spent with KoTOR.

sports games

Racing games

I dislike games I used to play way back then, I dont hate them.

Fighters - Don't want to take the time to learn all the moves. Plus, I would rather play against an opponent in my house...and I rarely have people over.

RTS - I enjoyed C&C et al, but they are just too difficult for my wee brain now.

Sports - I don't think I loved them, more that I'm not that great at them now, and the idea of playing a season in any of the big four sports gamesdoesn't really get me all hot and bothered.

Fighting games: going 3D made moving around and performing attacks more difficult for me. Also, next gen system controllers don't do me any favors. If I had a choice I'd stick with 2D and a game where the controls were simple.

Crash Bandicoot coz its getting old, but i dont hate it

first person shooters !

back when goldeneye007 came out i could play any one that came out and have fun with it

i dont really hate them im just getting bored of them

but hey try telling that to these developers they just dont understand

gta type games mario games and racing games to me are more funner then fpses are today

in fact the only fpses i am getting this year is goldeneye and bloodstone , compared to yr 2006 where i had got several fpses

Revenge of Shinobi

Super mario 2

Both these games I gleefully bought once they were avail on downloadable content for the wii. I loved both of those games as a kid. After playing it afresh I couldn't believe I had ever liked both games. What was I thinking? I also do not remember them being so difficult. A total waste of money. Just plain frustrating!

i dont think theres any genre i actually hate, just genres that dont have any games i really want to play. the most notible are platformers and beat em ups.

I used to like beatem-up's like Streets of Rage, Final Fight, and Ninja Turtles, but now they're really the only beatem'ups I like. As a genre I find it rather boring now.

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