Do You Look Down on Genres?

[Professor S]

Pure platformers. I played Mirror's Edge and wanted to end myself after about 10 minutes.

However, platforming combined in another genre like action/adventure or even TF2, and you have yourself a hell of a time.

To me, genres are dying. Everything is cross-pollinating and I think thats the real reason why when we play a genre title, it feels so dated and one dimensional.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Professor S

Pure platformers. I played Mirror's Edge and wanted to end myself after about 10 minutes.

However, platforming combined in another genre like action/adventure or even TF2, and you have yourself a hell of a time.

To me, genres are dying. Everything is cross-pollinating and I think thats the real reason why when we play a genre title, it feels so dated and one dimensional.

Funny you mentioned Mirror's Edge and cross pollinating because one of my gripes with Mirror's Edge was the hacked on combat system and the very wonky shooting aspects.

Granted this was only from the demo, but it isn't a pure platformer per say.

And sure folks will probably mention Madworld, but I also don't consider beat-em ups to be somethinfg you spend a ton of cash on. They are simple and fun, but really lack depth for the most part.

Also was thinking about MMORPG, not a genre I look down upon, but I think they should reconsider their pricing structure. It would be easier for me to spend 10-15 bucks a month on a game if I didn't have to spend the initial 50 or 60 bucks on it.

[Fox 6]

Racing games. Why pay to drivein a simulation, when you can go out and drive :P

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by BreakABone

Funny you mentioned Mirror's Edge and cross pollinating because one of my gripes with Mirror's Edge was the hacked on combat system and the very wonky shooting aspects.

Granted this was only from the demo, but it isn't a pure platformer per say.

For me the combat system was a definite afterthought and marketing decision rahter than being organic to the game. When I refer to cross pollinating, my thoughts go right to Mass Effect, a game that melds so many different types of games into one and does it so seamlessly. Its a 3rd person shooter, RPG and cinematic adventure style game. Honestly, if they make Mass Effect 2 they should add space ship to ship combat aspects and it would be the perfect game.