Video Game Genres on the Verge of Extinction

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Video Game Genres on the Verge of Extinction
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Dirty secret time! I picked up Sigma Star Saga...but I never completed it. I don't think I made it that far either. Now the Shooter/RPG genre is struggling, and I'm part of the problem! Would it help if I went back and restarted this game?!

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[Kazin]

I actually picked up - and beat - Sigma Star Saga. It's a good game. Just most of the Shooter/RPG genre games these days either come out of Japan or are Indie titles.

[motherbra1n]

7 pages for a bloody list... get outta here.

[jasonmaivia]

7 pages for a bloody list... get outta here.

Yeah, I really hate that too.

[nGen]

7 pages for a bloody list... get outta here.

Yeah, I really hate that too.

A list that doesn't even have seven items on it.
And by the way, does anyone really want interactive movies back? Didn't the genre evolve into games like Heavy Rain?

[Entity]

Oh go play games you guys haha.

Seriously though, I found this list a great read. Lots of nostalgia from my part, but also some things I didn't know. Got a little smile on my face


nGen:

I don't know. I would rather put HR closer to classic adventure games (AKA Point and clicks).

[Battlestriker123]

Do you know which genre is on the verge of extinction? 3D PLATFORMERS. Because apparently Nintendo is the only one who thinks the genre exists. Whatever happened to the rest?

[nGen]

Oh go play games you guys haha.

Seriously though, I found this list a great read. Lots of nostalgia from my part, but also some things I didn't know. Got a little smile on my face


nGen:

I don't know. I would rather put HR closer to classic adventure games (AKA Point and clicks).

I would say that interactive movies are just an offshoot of the adventure genre, relying on quicktime events instead of point and click.

[Entity]

Oh go play games you guys haha.

Seriously though, I found this list a great read. Lots of nostalgia from my part, but also some things I didn't know. Got a little smile on my face


nGen:

I don't know. I would rather put HR closer to classic adventure games (AKA Point and clicks).

I would say that interactive movies are just an offshoot of the adventure genre, relying on quicktime events instead of point and click.

No. In the adventure gener you actually have to play a game. Move around and solve puzzles. In some there are multiple pathes to take (Blade Runner...Oh what a game). In interactive movies just to press the button of choice and hope for the best.

[nGen]

No. In the adventure gener you actually have to play a game. Move around and solve puzzles. In some there are multiple pathes to take (Blade Runner...Oh what a game). In interactive movies just to press the button of choice and hope for the best.

Just a heads up, when you have to press a button to advance in the game, that's called playing the game.

[ZS]

Comparing Heavy Rain to the greatness that is the PnC genre is like comparing apples to horseshovel in the shape of apples.

[Entity]

No. In the adventure gener you actually have to play a game. Move around and solve puzzles. In some there are multiple pathes to take (Blade Runner...Oh what a game). In interactive movies just to press the button of choice and hope for the best.

Just a heads up, when you have to press a button to advance in the game, that's called playing the game.

No kidding, Sherlock! But that was not what we were talking about, nowwas it! I am still comparing HR way more to adventure games thatn IM! They are simply way more similar. Was even amazed the first time I played HR how much it reminded me of adventure games.

[nGen]

No. In the adventure gener you actually have to play a game. Move around and solve puzzles. In some there are multiple pathes to take (Blade Runner...Oh what a game). In interactive movies just to press the button of choice and hope for the best.

Just a heads up, when you have to press a button to advance in the game, that's called playing the game.

No kidding, Sherlock! But that was not what we were talking about, nowwas it! I am still comparing HR way more to adventure games thatn IM! They are simply way more similar. Was even amazed the first time I played HR how much it reminded me of adventure games.

It's not what we were talking about, but....screw it, I'm playing Kid Icarus. I'm too old to be arguing this sh!t.

[AnoukiAgentYellow]

Oh go play games you guys haha.

Seriously though, I found this list a great read. Lots of nostalgia from my part, but also some things I didn't know. Got a little smile on my face


nGen:

I don't know. I would rather put HR closer to classic adventure games (AKA Point and clicks).

I would say that interactive movies are just an offshoot of the adventure genre, relying on quicktime events instead of point and click.

No way can an interactive movie create an immersive world with many places to go and to see and things to do a la Quest for Glory II

[TruPCNspace]

It's not what we were talking about, but....screw it, I'm playing Kid Icarus. I'm too old to be arguing this sh!t.

Lol, best comment. "F-this, this is dumb. Why am I arguing about games when I could play one right now!?"

[kdognumba1]

Shooter RPG..... So Mass Effect and Fallout then?

[kamehamehax]

Do you know which genre is on the verge of extinction? 3D PLATFORMERS. Because apparently Nintendo is the only one who thinks the genre exists. Whatever happened to the rest?

Have you seen the new platforming game by Polytron called "Fez"? It actually looks pretty good!

That said, I think that the president of Polytron, Fish, can be a pretty big douchebag, so that may inform whether you want to give your money to them for a game...

-BitNick

[Mirr0rR3flection]

Do you know which genre is on the verge of extinction? 3D PLATFORMERS. Because apparently Nintendo is the only one who thinks the genre exists. Whatever happened to the rest?

I couldn't agree with you more. -_-