POLL: Which Genre Has Evolved The Least?

It's the next gen...which is actually the current gen.

There's always a good amount of hype during that transitiona period when one realizes the end of a console generation and starts ponying up some cash to buy the next gen console.

Expectedly, we look forward to all the genres we know and love to be redesigned, reinnovated, and remade into something much more bigger & better.

Sadly this is not always the case. Some genres make slow progress, and in all honesty, don't differ much from anything we can't experience in last gen games.

So, without further talking, which genre do you feel has made the least strides in terms of innovation and lack that next-gen coat of paint?

Also, this doesn't have to be about comparing last gen games to current gen games-- in general, which genre has evolved the least and feels out-of-time?

My personal vote is sports games.

It's the Law of Nature that those that do not adapt do not survive-- do you see any particular genre dying if it doesn't make necessary modifications?

Define "evolve." Many genres haven't been innovated very highly but have been refined for decades.foxhound_fox

Define "evolve." Many genres haven't been innovated very highly but have been refined for decades.foxhound_fox

I'm talking about the genres that haven't adapted to the times and feel that you can play the exact same thing in past consoles. I'm talking about genres in which they have made such little improvement in terms of core gameplay mechanics that it may soon be a dying genre because not much has been done with it.

I'm talking about the genres that haven't adapted to the times and feel that you can play the exact same thing in past consoles. I'm talking about genres in which they have made such little improvement in terms of core gameplay mechanics that it may soon be a dying genre because not much has been done with it.Alpha-Male22

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Define "evolve." Many genres haven't been innovated very highly but have been refined for decades.Alpha-Male22

I'm talking about the genres that haven't adapted to the times and feel that you can play the exact same thing in past consoles. I'm talking about genres in which they have made such little improvement in terms of core gameplay mechanics that it may soon be a dying genre because not much has been done with it.

[QUOTE="Alpha-Male22"]I'm talking about the genres that haven't adapted to the times and feel that you can play the exact same thing in past consoles. I'm talking about genres in which they have made such little improvement in terms of core gameplay mechanics that it may soon be a dying genre because not much has been done with it.foxhound_fox

Sports Games was my pick: each game feels the same as the last with nothing major done to change core concepts.

Sports Games was my pick: each game feels the same as the last with nothing major done to change core concepts.

Alpha-Male22

Anyway I'd have to go with RPGs, simply because it's such a high-risk, low-reward genre. People are either going to ***** and moan because you're using SPECIAL/AD&D-style gameplay from 10+ years ago, or because you're not using SPECIAL/AD&D-style gameplay from 10 years ago. And even if you do get it right, you're spending a ton of money on a game that has a pretty limited appeal.

EDIT: For those of you saying racing, go track down copies of the original GT and Ridge Racer, and compare those to Forza 2 and PGR 4.

Sports Games was my pick: each game feels the same as the last with nothing major done to change core concepts.Alpha-Male22

[QUOTE="Alpha-Male22"]Sports Games was my pick: each game feels the same as the last with nothing major done to change core concepts.foxhound_fox

I did not say that sports games 14 years ago are in any way similar today-- I said that the genre has had the least improvements. Yes, it has come a long way, but lately it's much of the same.

Perhaps I should ask which genre has had the least innovation thus far this generation?

And as to your point on core gameplay, you are right. I should say gameplay in general then.

I did not say that sports games 14 years ago are in any way similar today-- I said that the genre has had the least improvements. Yes, it has come a long way, but lately it's much of the same.

Perhaps I should ask which genre has had the least innovation thus far this generation?

And as to your point on core gameplay, you are right. I should say gameplay in general then.

Alpha-Male22

Racing.funnymario

[QUOTE="funnymario"]Racing.Great_Ragnarok

Vote: Other... Survival Horror.

They got real dumbed-down. The last cool one I played was the Penumbra series on PC, which BTW was VERY cool. But man console SH games have sunk to new lows. Sure, Silent Hill Homecoming was sweet but 1 good game in 3 years is bogus from my favorite genre!

If you specify innovation, then definitely RPG's have had the least. They have for the most part, only gone down in quality since last generation. Both Western and Japanese games.foxhound_fox

Eh? Fallout 3 and Fable 2 are both fantastic RPGs. I'll just assume youre a JRPG fan, because both those games are very high quality...