Videogames are fairly unique in the media landscape – where other entertainment formats categorise their works by classification of theme or content, videogames apply genre to the mechanics they consist of. But is this the most effective way of grouping games? What are the alternatives?
Golf With Your Friends gets better again, with the introduction of a Critical Hit DLC pack and the launch of Speed Golf.
Between its innovative puzzles, impressive presentation, and undefeated vibes, Cocoon needs to be experienced on Xbox Game Pass and beyond.
A remake of MediEvil 2 may be getting shadow dropped at the rumored PlayStation Showcase or State of Play presentation in May, 2024.
What, I thought this was dead after Shawn Layden left Sony. I would definitely pick this up if it's true. I have such great memories of playing the MediEvil games on PS1 and I played the PS4 remake. Such a great and underrated series.
Agreed. The first remake was stylistically beautiful and a very noticeable improvement over the original in every regard. And it was reasonably priced and sustainably developed (i.e. not some mega big budget game that was do or die for the developer).
If you played the original print I can see your annoyance. I didn’t and probably a lot others the past 20 years.
Was it any good? Would you suggest playing the original print of 2, or suggest the remake? Just wondering because I didn’t play the originals as I had an n64 at the time
I played the first remake and absolutely loved it. The quality of life and control improvements were very noticeable. I tried playing the PS1 original and gave up halfway through at the janky controls.
Expect the same for part 2. The PS1 version is janky as heck, but I would gobble up an improved remake day one.
The beauty of this kind of stuff is that I find myself enjoying more retro gaming today, so a relatively low budget classic remake (call it a single-A release) is exactly what is missing from first party releases in the modern age. I don’t want every game to be an unsustainable AAAA endeavor that is just overwhelming in every regard. Truly miss when game releases could be modest-sized surprises and still be commercially successful/viable.
Bring on more quality classic remakes!
Such a good series I also wish Sony would dust off Wild Arms and Legend of Dargoon even the Legend series needs to see the light again.
My bets on new Socom and/or Wolverine (since Deadpool 3 is dropping in the summer).
I think one after this state of play will be PS5 pro preorder
Who is we? And why are you using them wrong? They are pretty easy to figure out. Most people who have taken a freshmen high school English class learns about genres.
Genre - a type of artistic composition.
How isn't a Fantasy RPG and a Sci Fi RPG a genre? And why not differentiate between the various Sci Fi games: such as action, adventure, shooter...
I'm not sure that word means what you think it does.
Defining too many genres isn't helpful either.
When I look at the many music genres people have defined over the years, I couldn't tell you what half of them sound like or what distinguishes them from other similar-sounding genres
I have issues with film genres too. There are some genres that refer to a setting like Western, Fantasy or Sci-Fi, and others that apply to the nature of the narrative like Drama, Action or Comedy. In my eyes, the latter is a true genre as it is based on the fundamental execution of the source material. To me, there is no "Sci-Fi" or "Fantasy". Alien is a horror film. Aliens is an action film. Star Wars is an epic as is The Lord of the Rings. Harry Potter is an adventure/mystery series.
I think defining genres are difficult with any medium. Because it's art, there's no academic group to enforce an objective system.
Why change it, especially if there isn't a better alternative that most can agree about at least.