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« on: December 12, 2012, 12:05:02 PM » |
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Staff and VIP members have already had their chances to make suggestions. Bringing it to the general populace now...
NOT NEARLY A FINISHED PRODUCT PLEASE READ, CRITIQUE AND POST IDEAS FOR SUBGENRES OR GENRES. Including specific examples of games that could cause problems or might have trouble finding a new home. I am hoping that we can get this fully flushed out so that in the coming month or year or whenever it is implemented there is (almost*)no confusion as to what game belongs where. (*because lets face it there are always games that cross/blur genres)
Action/Adventure- combine elements of Action and Adventure, as the name suggests. A game in this genre might incorporate a strong storyline, exploration of the game environment, peaceful interaction with non-player characters, and puzzle solving, among others, to complement and give context to its action mechanics. Adventure - 2600! LEGEND OF ZELDA FOR NES IS AN ACTION/ADVENTURE THIS IS NOT FOR DEBATE. Sandbox GTA, Crackdown, Assassins Creed Stealth Chronicles of Riddick, Splinter Cell, Batman Arkham, MetalGearSolid Survival Horror Resident Evil, Alan Wake, Blue Stinger, DinoCrisis
Action - is a diverse genre that groups games where the primary appeal and challenge is to test the players physical skills, such as timing, precision, or reaction speed. Beat'em Up - Street of Rage, TMNT, etc Hack N Slash Devil May Cry, Dantes Inferno(? RPG elements), Gauntlet(?), Dynasty Warriors Shoot 'em Up - Space Invaders, Asteroids, Ikaruga, Defender, R-Type, Castle Shikigami Run N Gun - Contra Maze - Pacman and the hundreds of clones Minigame - WarioWare, XX/XY, Pong - Pong and its 10k clones.
Adventure - games where the player takes part in an interactive story. The gameplay typically involves gathering information and items to solve puzzles and advance the plot. Pure Adventure games lack physical challenges, instead proceeding based on a series of choices, especially dialogue prompts, which may result in success or failure. Text Adventure - Zork, etc Visual novel I only know of Japanese Storybook games. Voyuer?, NightTrap? Do those 2 qualify? EDIT: Ace Attorney does! Point and Click Myst, Monkey Island, etc
Board&Card&Trivia Board Family Game Night etc Card Poker, Solitaire, Hearts, Spades, Etc Casino? To include things not covered in the above. Dice games, slots, pachinko, etc Trivia Scene it, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, etc
Platformer 2D Mario, Sonic, Trials HD, Joe Danger 2.5D/Isometric Sonic 3D Blast, Toejam and Earl, Congo Bongo 3D Crash, Sonic, Mario, Gex
Puzzle Word/Number Crosswords, Sudoku, Karuko, etc Matching Bejeweled, Bust-a-Move, Tetris, Puzzle Arcade Physics Based - Portal, World of Goo, Osmos Platformer - Qbert, Braid Hidden Object
Music/Rhythm Karaoke - duhhh Dance DDR/Space channel5(?) Instrument Guitar Hero, DJ Hero, Taiko Drum Master, Samba de Amigo(?) Creation - Music Maker, eJay Clubworld
Simulation Life - The Sims, SimAnt Construction/Management - Farming Simulator 2013(seriously this is coming out)/Harvest Moon(?), Wall$treet Kid(?) - SimCity, Roller Coaster Tycoon, EverythingElse Tycoon Vehicular - Flight Simulator, Train Simulators
Sports Baseball Billiards/Pool/Snooker Bowling Boxing Cricket Cycling Darts Dodgeball There are only 20 of these in the DB(as of writing) most of them from Japan I think we could get away with not having this subegenre. Extreme THPS, Dave Mirra, 1/2/3Xtreme, SSX, 1080, 720, etc? Football(/American Football?) Golf Futuristic Cyberball, Speedball 2100 Hockey Hunting/Fishing Lacrosse Management(IMO could be the subgenre of the sport you are managing) I believe NFL Head Coach and some others I dont care about
Soccer(/Football?) Skiing Tennis/Badminton Track and Field Olympic(?) Rugby Whatever other godforsaken sports I missed
Racing F1/Grand Prix Simulation - Gran Turismo, Forza NASCAR Street/Drag TestDrive, Need for Speed, (Burnout? See vehicle combat) Offroad ATV vs MX, DiRT Rally (Combine with offroad?) Futuristic Star Wars Episode 1, Venetica, Rollcage(?)
Vehicular Combat - MARIO KART, CRASH TEAM RACING, DIDDY KONG RACING ETC Arial Ace Combat, JASF, Wing Commander(?) Automotive Burnout, blur Carmageddon, Mayhem, Twisted Metal, Vigilante 8 Naval Shipwreckers, BattleStations,
Strategy Real Time Command and Conquer Turn Based Civ Tower Defense Time Management - [Insert Title] Dash series, etc
RPG Dungeon Crawler MMORPG Tactical?/Turnbased?/Strategy? - Final Fantasy Tactics(?), Disgeae(? Or would there need to be a Tactical/Strategy RPG Subgenre ) - Decide what you actually want this to be called. Action RPG Sandbox - Morrowind, Fallout, Borderlands Game Creation - RPG Maker series
Shooter First Person Third Person Mech Rail
Fighting 2D MK, SF, Marvel vs, ETC 3D MK, Virtua Fighter, Tekken MMA I suppose could also be put into sports. I like it here though Wrestling could also could get put into sports I REALLY REALLY prefer this in fighting Game Creation - Fighter Maker series
Compilation - For compilations that include multiple genres Mario/Duck Hunt/Track Meet Sega GT 2002/ Jet Set Radio Future
Non-game - For the things that are not quite hardware but are definitely not games. PSP Media Manager i am looking at you.
Unique - I would like us to try and categorize all the games that fit into this field currently. Unique seems like a cop out.
EDIT Forgot these Adult Edutainment
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