Genre & Subgenre Guide

[tactical_nuke]

Technically Limbo has no story...
Also Limbo is a 2d sidescrolling puzzle platformer. So if you DO want it in Action/Adventure you need at least platformer as a subgenre.

You're right, it should be in action, my bad.

[tactical_nuke]

Just curious how far off this differs from other sources...are we starting to wander off too far, or is there other information we could use as a modifier instead?

Most of this is pretty much Wikipedia content I agreed with. The pages all pointed out that it's still up for debate though. One of the things I changed was having a platforming adventure subgenre under Act/Adv which I think needlessly complicates things.

^Disgaea?^

Added

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Alright. I know Genres are still a hotly-debated topic in games, unlike movies.

If it helps, Genres are now specified upon submission for Microsoft and Sony consoles when they're submitted to first-party, though they haven't standardized across the two (which makes no sense to me).

[tactical_nuke]

The third and hopefully last item is that of the Shooter Genre's bloatedness. The way it works right now is if the main thing you do is shoot, in it goes (with the exception of Run N Gun which is under Action because of large gameplay differences) So I'm going to propose a split that divides the classic styled ones from the modern.

Shoot 'Em Up

In a shoot 'em up, the player character engages in a lone assault, often in a spacecraft or aircraft, shooting large numbers of enemies while dodging their attacks. Games may include player characters on foot and a variety of perspectives. Shoot 'em ups call for fast reactions and for the player to memorize levels and enemy attack patterns.

Subgenres:
Vertical
Horizontal
Single Screen or "Fixed"
Bullet Hell
Tube
Rail Shooter
Light Gun
3D

Shooter

The genre of shooting games commonly associated with the first person shooter. This genre extends to other non-classic shooting games and are usually more realistic.

Subgenres:
First Person
Third Person
Tactical
Arial Combat
Naval
Mech



Let me know what you think!

[Izret101]

Cute 'em up?
WTF does that even mean?!?!

EDIT
Looked it up.
No just no.

That is not a real subgenre.

[tactical_nuke]

Cute 'em up?
WTF does that even mean?!?!

EDIT
Looked it up.
No just no.

That is not a real subgenre.

But how could you possibly say no to this?
[img width=700 height=395]http://i.imgur.com/Am4D4xg.png[/img]

If it really bothers you I can take it off. Wouldn't be a big deal.  

[Izret101]

All the others are descriptive of how the game actually plays.
"Cute 'em up" is a shitty reference to the characters art style only.

I clearly should go to sleep because it offends me much more than it should lol

EDIT
lol you removed it before i posted.

EDIT2

Any examples of "3D" Shmups?

[techwizard]

i don't see any glaring issues with your recent updates, keep up the good work! i'm sure action/adventure will never stop being debated, but i like the way you're going with it.

[tactical_nuke]

Any examples of "3D" Shmups?

Starfox, Wing Commander, Star Wars Arcade

i don't see any glaring issues with your recent updates, keep up the good work! i'm sure action/adventure will never stop being debated, but i like the way you're going with it.

TY!

[SirPsycho]

Panzer Dragoon!

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Cute 'em Up is an actual legit subgenre, though it's mainly centered around Japan. I don't think it should exist in our database though (too specific).

[Izret101]

"Cute 'em ups" feature brightly coloured graphics depicting surreal settings and enemies.[7] Newer, particularly Japanese, cute 'em ups may employ overtly sexual characters and innuendo.[26] Cute 'em ups tend to have unusual, oftentimes completely bizarre opponents for the player to fight, with the Parodius franchise being a perfect example.

That is not a description of genre it is the description of an art style.

"Hmmm that game is cel shaded. Lets call it a Cel 'em up"
"Three D 'em up"
"Black 'n' white 'em up"
"Spaceship 'em up"
"Alien Spaceship 'em up"
"Blow up the aliens intestinal tract 'em up"
"Hide behind destructible shields 'em up"

[MaterialHandlerMike]

"Blow up the aliens intestinal tract 'em up"= Abadox?

[Izret101]

THE DEADLY INNER WAR!

Loved that game

[Duke.Togo]

<old man rant>I don't like that games that were traditionally always called "shooters" have now been bumped to "shoot 'em ups" because FPS games have become more prevalent.</old man rant>

It's not a battle I am willing to fight, though.