ShreddieMercury Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Despite the fact that "genre film" is a vague term that's hard to define, because everything is in a genre, I've always found the moniker pretty helpful, and over time have realized that these are what I gravitate toward more than anything else movie-wise. Generally speaking, it means high-concept (interesting, one sentence hook) horror, action, or sci-fi (the "low-brow" genres), and specifically movies that have strong genre conventions or tropes. The opposite would be something like a character drama or a biopic, for example. I started to wonder if the same kind of delineation might exist in games. Would you consider Doom, or Burnout, a genre game? Or is there too much blending when it comes to game conventions to make a meaningful or useful distinction like we do for film? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 3 minutes ago, ShreddieMercury said: Despite the fact that "genre film" is a vague term that's hard to define, because everything is in a genre, I've always found the moniker pretty helpful, and over time have realized that these are what I gravitate toward more than anything else movie-wise. Generally speaking, it means high-concept (interesting, one sentence hook) horror, action, or sci-fi (the "low-brow" genres), and specifically movies that have strong genre conventions or tropes. The opposite would be something like a character drama or a biopic, for example. I started to wonder if the same kind of delineation might exist in games. Would you consider Doom, or Burnout, a genre game? Or is there too much blending when it comes to game conventions to make a meaningful or useful distinction like we do for film? Im not sure what the genre is specifically but I feel like things like No More Heroes, Deadly Premonition, Lolipop Chainsaw, Wanted: Dead, Killer is Dead, Killer7, etc are like this. Kind of this Japanese developed and inspired by 80s/90s Americana genre thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShreddieMercury Posted June 28 Author Share Posted June 28 1 minute ago, stepee said: Im not sure what the genre is specifically but I feel like things like No More Heroes, Deadly Premonition, Lolipop Chainsaw, Wanted: Dead, Killer is Dead, Killer7, etc are like this. Kind of this Japanese developed and inspired by 80s/90s Americana genre thing? That's a great call. I do think there is an east/west effect on this kind of thing. I think Resident Evil is another pretty great example of what I'm talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Also I guess you could say maybe the sub genres within the genres are similar to this. So your boomer shooters, your souls likes, your metroidvanias, anything with a commonly used term that people like to argue a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 I think walking simulators fall into this in that fans of the genre are into it but many people just don’t turn to games for less active entertainment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 Gears of War 2 was the most ‘of its genre’ game ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unogueen Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 using the original definition of genre is moot since all gaming is genre. But for a real answer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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