genre and sub-genre

[soera]

Now see, that would be a much better idea. Games would be listed in both without being totally classified by one.

[disgaeniac]

Now see, that would be a much better idea. Games would be listed in both without being totally classified by one.

I'm with ya'...so far...

[scott]

We are hoping to have work nights starting up again this week. Matt's been sick w/ that Flu bug that's going around and there is no way I am going anywhere near the fallout zone of that thing.

Anyway, I'm going to bring it up while we are working and see if we can get started on something with just listing each genre separately.

[stethebubble]

why is there 1st person shooters but not 3rd?

[foxhack]

I tend to classify those as "action".

[desocietas]

Yeah, I think that's what most people call them when they're not RPGs.

[jcalder8]

For me I love the sub-genre rather than just being able to list genre's multiple times. Here are some thoughts as to why

1. I would like to be able to track what genres and sub-genres I have. Just how many Hockey, Action RPG or First Person Platformers do I have?

2. If you can only list it by the general genres then a modern wrestling game could show up as: action, RPG and sports. Skyrim could be a FPS, RPG, Action, Adventure.

3. If I could sort through my collection by sub-genres then if I felt like playing a twin stick shooter I would be able to see the list of all the ones that I have and pick one that way.

Lastly I don't see what the harm is of having more choices. To me it is the difference of having Sega listed or having separate entries for Master System, Genesis, Saturn...

Just my thoughts on it though.

Also if we do have a sub-genre list I would add and adjust:
Sports: - Extreme
- Alternative
Change multi-sports to Compilation

I would change Racing to Driving and include Action(for Twisted Metal type games or Crazy Taxi)

I would move Mixed Martial Arts to Sports

Action: - Platformer(to me Contra would fall into this category)

Adventure: - Open World(for Minecraft type games)

Puzzle: What is a tradition puzzle game?
- Word

[desocietas]

If we do end up with subgenres, here's a list of the ones on Wikipedia for some reference.  I don't always agree with what they assign for a particular game, but at least this has some descriptions for what comprises a certain subgenre:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_genres

[jcalder8]

I'm curious about what Matt thinks on the subject

[scott]

I'm curious about what Matt thinks on the subject

Ha ya. Since he's the one that has to code the whole mess.

[jcalder8]

I'm curious about what Matt thinks on the subject

Ha ya. Since he's the one that has to code the whole mess.

Yeah it's very easy for me to make suggestions from my couch