Valdred's guide to the Genres
02-27-2010, 07:22 AM
Haha wow that's bad. And i bet you'd say harry potter and adventure in camelot are the same story because HOLY MOLY WANDS!!! Life of Brian is a religious story! Crucifixes and all. It's the same genre as the greatest story ever told, or even little drummer boy. Adventure games can be ANY of the narrative genres (actual adventure, horror, sci fi, detective, or any mix of). Don't confuse situations with genre.
Adventure genres are mystery games (IE: detective), games that have fantasy such as Dragons Lair, and practically ALL forms of interactive fiction falls under the adventure genre. Despite many of them involve goblins and dragons, while many include those crappy flash dating sims and social simulators. Dating sims. Those are adventure games, as much as it hurts me to say that my favorite game genre is involved with such crap, they are. Adventure games are built around puzzles and interactions. Play some. You might understand them then.
Also what is futuristic? That's assanine. Really. Did you confuse situationals and settings as narrative and mechanic? Look, go read up on some things instead of just seeing what the lead character has on hand before writing up a tutorial on things as simple as this. I could tear into any, and all of the genres you put down, but quite frankly after just reading what you wrote up on Adventure, and ranting on it for way too long than it deserved, I'm now quite rattled with a head ache.
I've never seen someone describe a genre completely wrongly and give examples that are totally wrong. Also how pretentious to say what tiles must be used. Let alone do it repeatedly. Seriously. Do we know what the term "genre" means?
Adventure genres are mystery games (IE: detective), games that have fantasy such as Dragons Lair, and practically ALL forms of interactive fiction falls under the adventure genre. Despite many of them involve goblins and dragons, while many include those crappy flash dating sims and social simulators. Dating sims. Those are adventure games, as much as it hurts me to say that my favorite game genre is involved with such crap, they are. Adventure games are built around puzzles and interactions. Play some. You might understand them then.
Also what is futuristic? That's assanine. Really. Did you confuse situationals and settings as narrative and mechanic? Look, go read up on some things instead of just seeing what the lead character has on hand before writing up a tutorial on things as simple as this. I could tear into any, and all of the genres you put down, but quite frankly after just reading what you wrote up on Adventure, and ranting on it for way too long than it deserved, I'm now quite rattled with a head ache.
I've never seen someone describe a genre completely wrongly and give examples that are totally wrong. Also how pretentious to say what tiles must be used. Let alone do it repeatedly. Seriously. Do we know what the term "genre" means?
