There are millions of games out there, from very old to the "latest and greatest". No one likes all games or even all genres of games. After the post the other day about The Treasures of Montezuma 3, I got to thinking about the "favorite" notes in that thread.
There are some genres that I just don't care for and I'm sure everybody is like that. Even in a genre I like quite well, there are some games I like and some I don't like. Again -- just like everybody else.
This isn't a contest, I just got curious to just what people do like and don't like. So, I'll start it off with some of my favorites - and why.
Match 3: Like the thread I mentioned -- my favorite Match 3 game is The Treasures of Montezuma (first one). Even thought that game has been long "retired" by Alawar, I still enjoy it immensely. I first got it from GOTD but the current version I have installed came from one of several Viva Media game CD/DVDs I've gotten cheap over the years. I got an old copy of 50 Match 3 games from them 2nd hand for $1 and it was on it. It still works, even on Windows 8.1. I don't normally like timed games and the first time I played that game, I got stuck for days on 80 gems but now slide through from the stop through that level in an hour or so! Yes, I still play "normal" rather than "expert". I play for relaxation and fun and find the harder levels too much stress.
HOG: I find the Clutter series of games to be extremely fun (for me). I especially like the latest one, Clutter VI: Leigh's Story to be very good. It's more "un-hidden" than "hidden" because it's a mass of stuff you have to search through rather than odd stuff hidden against a background. In the normal form, the stuff to find is often totally unrelated to where you find it or the story.
For conventional HOGs, I like Settlement: Colossus. It's not looking for different things. In some cases, you have to find multiple of the same item (like berries or firewood). I like it because you don't have to follow a given path. You often need the same location multiple times and you go there if you need certain items for what you want to do. You choose in this game, the game doesn't dictate where you have to go.
If there is a story in a HOG (and most do), I prefer the lighter-hearted games rather than the deep or scary stories. However, I will play most HOGs.
Break-Out: My real favorite in this genre is Ricochet: Infinity. I bought this one from Amazon AFTER Amazon bought out Reflexive. The game dates back to about 2009 or thereabouts but I got it in 2012. When I bought it, the description said there were more than 20,000 extra levels available, but the total was actually more than 40,000 extra levels. Even though that game is quite old, users are STILL making level sets for it. The current total is 4,517 level sets for 69,895 levels! For each level, you can get 5 golden rings and there are rankings up to 100,000 rings. In the early days, I don't think it was possible to get that high and it was never updated. I'm over 245,000 rings. Of the more than 48,000 levels I've done, I've only missed the rings on 2 levels (1 level on each of 2 sets). I normally don't like fast reactions but this game is addictive! I can explain the appeal to this game in one word -- CONTROL! This game has a "recall" option (right button) that gives you control over the ball that no other game has except as a short-term power-up. I LOVE it! Will I ever finish it (even one time through)? I don't know -- they keep adding levels! BTW - except for a few cases where the "boss" is too pushy, or auto-play levels where you CAN'T lose the ball, I generally play "easy" out of the 5 levels of difficulty. Again -- I play for fun!
Maze: Maze games or logic games where you create a maze are a sub-set of logic games I guess but my favorite in this type is one of the Everett Kaser games -- Knarly Mazes. It's just fun! The numbers on each cell tell you how many walls around that cell and you have to figure out where they are. Clues like how many walls in each row and column (can be turned off) help out.
Sherlock: This is an odd sub-set of logic games that I named because the first of this type was Kaser's Sherlock. Of course, my favorite is a Kaser game but not Sherlock. This game you have to decide what symbol goes in what place - usually by rows. My favorite is Honeycomb Hotel. It's also a maze game but it's the symbol location that's the main emphasis of the game.
That's a short list of some of my favorites. Even after clearing things down a bit, I'm still over 1100 games installed.
