Genre & Subgenre Guide

[Izret101]

Split into the breakdown i had before?

Action - mindless actiony button games - Everything from Pong/Breakout to Pac-man and Asteroids to WarioWare(oh never mind that is a compilation/minigame...) Fruit Ninja

Adventure - Adventurey adventure games from Zork to Zork II to Visual Novels to Myst to other games with no action.

Action/Adventure - Actiony button games with Adventure-ish qualities 1/3 of all games released since 1990?

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Just to clarify, Compilation should be SPECIFICALLY for games that were repackaged into a collection, and not for things like WarioWare.

The intention of requiring Subgenres to be added to the DB rather than a text entry is to have the opportunity to review the new Subgenre before adding it. In this case, the Submission Notes field can be used to indicate what the Subgenre should be if it doesn't match, or a Staff member can request a different Subgenre be added to accommodate.

[tactical_nuke]

Just to clarify, Compilation should be SPECIFICALLY for games that were repackaged into a collection, and not for things like WarioWare.

I already moved the entire Warioware series to Compilations as well as a few other minigame titles that didn't qualify as Party games. Do I have to change all of them back? I really don't think there's a better fitting genre for them.

Split into the breakdown i had before?

Yeah pretty much. I just have to read up on Act/Adv some more because the only two examples I can think of are Zelda and Beyond Good and Evil. I really don't want to get into that before we're done with the current stuff because it's a whole 'nother can o worms.

[Izret101]

Minigames would be Action IMO anyways.

The only difference i could see that you came up with between Minigames and Party games is an overlying point system.

[Izret101]

MISCELLANEOUS IS DONE!

QUICKLY DELETE IT BEFORE SOMEONE TRIES TO USE IT AGAIN!

EDIT
Also fixed of the "Misc." genre stuff that i previously linked to.
/EDIT

[blcklblskt]

Just to clarify, Compilation should be SPECIFICALLY for games that were repackaged into a collection, and not for things like WarioWare.

The intention of requiring Subgenres to be added to the DB rather than a text entry is to have the opportunity to review the new Subgenre before adding it. In this case, the Submission Notes field can be used to indicate what the Subgenre should be if it doesn't match, or a Staff member can request a different Subgenre be added to accommodate.

I agree with this.  WarioWare is definitely not a compilation.  All of the mini games are unique (well, unique to the series as some are recycled game to game), and I think it qualifies much more as action because you rely on quick button presses to win.  To me, compilation is like those Atari classics games that compile a number of previously released games onto one or more discs.

[Izret101]

MISCELLANEOUS IS DONE!

QUICKLY DELETE IT BEFORE SOMEONE TRIES TO USE IT AGAIN!

EDIT
Also fixed of the "Misc." genre stuff that i previously linked to.
/EDIT

One game was approved with the Miscellaneous genre today. (Seriously WTF guys?)
Another was in queue. Both of them have been edited and the genre is once again empty.

Can the genre be removed before some lazy approver lets another one through?

[Shadow Kisuragi]

I'll do it first thing tomorrow.

[tactical_nuke]

Alright I can change WarioWare to action later on. As for trajectory, Puzzle or Action?

[Izret101]

Genre: Puzzle
Subgenre: Action, Trajectory


Also:
Art - The game is about making works of art! - Mario Paint, Art Academy, Color a Dinosaur, Inchworm Animation, ACME Animation Studio
Editing - Arranging video and audio. - The Sega CD Music Video Creator Games

Move from Simulator to Non-game genre?


EDIT
ALSO!
Borderlands Genre - RPG Subgenre: Shooter
It is most certainly a shooter. But unlike other games with "RPG elements" Level progression isn't a tacked on feature. You are required to level up to use weapons/armor/etc as well as to complete the main story and side quests.

Is the general populous in agreeance?

[techwizard]

Genre: Puzzle
Subgenre: Action, Trajectory


Also:
Art - The game is about making works of art! - Mario Paint, Art Academy, Color a Dinosaur, Inchworm Animation, ACME Animation Studio
Editing - Arranging video and audio. - The Sega CD Music Video Creator Games

Move from Simulator to Non-game genre?


EDIT
ALSO!
Borderlands Genre - RPG Subgenre: Shooter
It is most certainly a shooter. But unlike other games with "RPG elements" Level progression isn't a tacked on feature. You are required to level up to use weapons/armor/etc as well as to complete the main story and side quests.

Is the general populous in agreeance?

i second this, borderlands is to me an RPG first, shooter second. especially with things like the unlockable character bonuses that improve things like weapon accuracy and damage.

[tactical_nuke]

Homebrew has been sorted. Standby for deletion.

[tactical_nuke]

On a semi-related note, some approvers have been adding Titles with "A" at the beginning and not properly formatting them as ", A". I recall fixing them before but now there's more in the DB. For shame.

[Duke.Togo]

I'm not sure if this belongs here, but would it be possible to standardize the publisher "RetroZone"? It's entered Retrozone, RetroZone, and RetroUSB. I believe that they are changing their branding over to just RetroUSB, but I'm not sure if that is what they should all be changed to.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

On a semi-related note, some approvers have been adding Titles with "A" at the beginning and not properly formatting them as ", A". I recall fixing them before but now there's more in the DB. For shame.

I saw one example you changed, and wasn't sure about that, considering it's part of the pun for the title.
"A Mazing", to me, shouldn't be "Mazing, A"