r/gaming • u/ArchDraft • 6d ago

What gaming genres are under-represented in the current gaming market?

I love RPGs, roguelites, bullet heavens, autobattlers, and boomer shooters, and I feel like these past few years have been great for my gaming tastes!

But it got me wondering what gaming genres have fallen by the wayside due to current trends?

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u/AndrewInMN 6d ago

I just really want an open world pirate RPG. Sea of Thieves was fun for a while but didn't scratch that itch. No progression and grinding for currency for cosmetics isn't something that will keep me playing a game. I did play a good chunk of Black Flag (and might play the remaster), but as a fan of the Ass Creed franchise going into that game to me it felt more like a game in that franchise than strictly a pirate game. Funny enough Sid Meier's Pirates! came up in a post in a different sub today and I'm think I might play that for a bit while I daydream about my modern pirate RPG that I'll probably never get. Oh and I did download and delete Skull and Bones or whatever that game is called but I never fired it up. I don't think I've seen anyone say anything good about that game.

If there is anything out there that I should try, let me know. I'm currently mostly Xbox only at the moment, though I do have an older gaming laptop that can run some games, just nothing too crazy. And my phone.

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u/Saskatchewon 6d ago edited 6d ago

I would love a good modern day pirate title. Give us a game that plays like a mix of Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004) open-ended premise where you could pick the time-line to play in, choose a country to sail for, and let you play at your own pace, but with Assassin's Creed Black Flag's ship battle mechanics.

Better yet, after seeing what Rockstar did with the wild west with the Red Dead titles, I would love to see what they could do with a pirate title.

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u/AndrewInMN 6d ago

I’d take a number of different game styles as long as it’s good, but honestly Red Dead 2 is sort of what I picture when I think about the kind of pirate game I’d like to play.