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Title: Genre definitions
Post by: khmr33 on January 24, 2011, 07:24:53 pm: If we are specifically listing "first-person shooters" where are we listing shooters aka scrolling space shooters aka shmups? I've put a couple in Arcade which is fine, unless we want to add shmups or something else.
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: scott on January 25, 2011, 10:53:23 am: Ya we are working on fixing the genre system. Actually we were thinking of a couple of different ways to go about it. Either by adding more genres to the list, or splitting it into main-genres and sub-genres. I've brought it up w/ Matt previously as well. It's definitely on the list.

As of right now I've been listing shmups as action games. But I totally see a need to rework the system, hopefully it can get straightened out soon. Any suggestions are more than welcome.
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: matt on January 25, 2011, 05:04:17 pm: This is definitely something that needs to be addressed. Here is the current list of genres:

Action
Adventure
Arcade
Classic
Fighting
First-person Shooter
MMORPG
Party
Puzzle
Racing
Rhythm
RPG
Simulation
Sports
Strategy
Other

I'm not quite sure how to tackle this and am open to suggestions. I do like the idea of having sub-genres but we'd have to define them all out first.
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: khmr33 on January 25, 2011, 09:20:40 pm: There's gotta be an established set of genre definitions.
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: matt on January 28, 2011, 09:28:20 am: > khmr33
> There's gotta be an established set of genre definitions.

Well let's just start tossing out some suggestions and I'll get them added ASAP. We just need to make sure we cover everything.
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: tpugmire on February 03, 2011, 10:16:57 am: A few I thought of while entering my collection:
Art (as in Mario Paint, etc.)
Edutainment (I hate that word, but for games like Carmen Sandiego and the Sesame Street games)
Exercise (Wii Fit, and the like)

Also, what would you consider fighting games? When I think of fighting games, I think of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. What about games like Final Fight? I've been listing them as platformers, because I think that fits them better. Just wanted to get some opinions.
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: matt on February 03, 2011, 01:08:50 pm: I think I'd place Final Fight into Action or maybe more specifically create a new genre called Beat-'Em-Up. This is traditionally what I called them.

I agree with your other suggestions and will add them to the to-do list.
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: scott on February 04, 2011, 03:15:05 pm: Ya, I would list games like final fight, streets of rage, river city ransom, maximum carnage, etc as beat em up. Much like xevious, 1942, raiden, hydorah, etc would be shoot em up. But I currently list them as action.
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: darko on February 08, 2011, 11:15:52 am: How about Shoot'em Up or maybe Side Scrolling Shooters? I just updated the box art for Abadox and couldn't really pick a genre. Also, Third-Person Shooters might be a good add.
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: darko on February 08, 2011, 11:22:42 am: Not really a Genre...but there needs to be an "Unofficial" release type added for games like Bible Adventures, etc.
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: tpugmire on February 08, 2011, 11:27:25 am: Yeah, I ran into that when listing the black cart Tengen games. I just did them as official.
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: matt on February 08, 2011, 11:37:33 am: > darko
> Not really a Genre...but there needs to be an "Unofficial" release type added for games like Bible Adventures, etc.

@darko This has been added. It doesn't actually show up on the item info page yet, but I'll get to that later tonight. Thanks!
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: matt on February 08, 2011, 11:48:09 am: I also just added:

Edutainment
Exercise
Beat 'Em Up
Shoot 'Em Up
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: atariboy on February 13, 2011, 02:37:39 pm: What about adding flight combat or flight simulator or something similar and tactical shooter or steath shooter or would those go under action? also what about Survival Horror?
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: darko on February 15, 2011, 02:02:45 am: Survival Horror?
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: matt on February 15, 2011, 09:32:07 am: I've added Survival Horror and Flight Sim to the list.
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: atariboy on February 16, 2011, 03:10:51 pm: How about "Trivia" genre?
also what about "Compilation" genre for games like Namco museum, or Konami arcade classic.
and a "Board" Genre for games such as Monopoly, Clue, Sorry. Just a thought. :)
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: scott on February 23, 2011, 01:11:23 pm: We need to add Casino to the list also.
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: arhkaos on March 01, 2011, 03:47:12 pm: I think it would be great to be able to list more than one genre for a game. Some games are really tough to categorize in only one. For example, Mass Effect 2 is both a TPS and a RPG. It's hard to tell if Dead Space is more of a TPS/Action game or a survival-horror. Just two examples that came across my mind... Would be also great for all those action/adventure games out there, like God of War, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, even Zelda... or there definitely should be an "action/adventure" category.
Title: Re: Genre definitions
Post by: matt on March 01, 2011, 03:49:49 pm: @arhkaos I agree that the current system is a little lacking. I'll look into adding two categories for each game.