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   WhiteExodite (bleedingphoenix@wolfgirl.bar)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 07:12:47 JST WhiteExodite
   discussion about game genre is fascinating to me. at some point i'd love to make a consistent table for classifying games.
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     Killred40 (killred40@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 07:12:45 JST Killred40

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     @bleedingphoenix It gets complicated because I see why they're all classified as "action games".
     I think Gaming could potentially have 2 genres for each game.
     One describing the gameplay type and one describing the overall tone of the game.
     
     Example is "Black OPS=FPS, action"
     whereas "Resident Evil 7=FPS, horror"
     
     But it does get complicated really quickly.
     I've heard some people try to claim Mario is an RPG because you're playing in the roll of Mario which is something I definitely disagree with but I kind of see how they ended up with that conclusion.
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     Zealist (zealist@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 07:12:45 JST Zealist

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     @Killred40 @bleedingphoenix by that logic almost every game is an rpg and the genre distinction becomes meaningless
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     WhiteExodite (bleedingphoenix@wolfgirl.bar)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 07:12:46 JST WhiteExodite

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     example of interesting classification:
     Mobygames classifies Black Ops, Devil May Cry 5, and Ghostrunner as action games, whereas I'd consider only Devil May Cry 5 an action game (CoD is a shooter, Ghostrunner is a platformer). gaming has a pretty new medium, so organizing them is still a soft science.
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     Zealist (zealist@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 07:14:14 JST Zealist

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     • Killred40
     @Killred40 @bleedingphoenix i wouldn't even be able to give you a good definition of rpg becuase it's become a bti muddied due to character progression systems becoming common across all genres and shit BUT like i know what a baseline rpg should be in essence, also love me jrpgs classic ones, simple as.
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     Killred40 (killred40@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 07:14:15 JST Killred40

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     • Zealist
     @Zealist @bleedingphoenix Yeah, I don't agree with it.