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HOL Genre 2.0 - Categories and Sub-Categories
Top Level Categories
Some of the top level categories have remained from the old system but some have been removed (e.g. Adult and Educational). Duel is a new genre and was created for those games where the primary aim is to have a one-on-one duel (e.g. Spy vs Spy). Games is for (computer) games based on (traditional) games e.g. circus games or board games. Multi Type is for games with multiple genres (usually for each level). Navigator represents those games where the chief objective is about travelling through an area avoiding obstacles (yes, I know that many games include this). Reaction is for those games where quick reactions are paramount. Utility was included to categorise utilities which are usually associated with a game. |
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Action Adventure Action Strategy Adventure Beat-'em-up Duel Games Maze game Multi Type None Platform Puzzler Racing Reaction & Navigation RPG Shooter Simulation Sport Strategy Utility Wargame Last edited by CodyJarrett; 11 April 2016 at 15:13. |
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Sub-Categories
The majority of new categorisation has happened in the sub-genres. The sub-genres attempt to break down sometimes massive genres into manageable groupings. |
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Action Adventure - Interactive Movie Action Adventure - Puzzle Action Adventure - Thriller Action Adventure - Uncategorised Action Adventure - Virtual World Action Strategy - Uncategorised Adventure - Animated Adventure - Animated With Text Adventure - Clicker Adventure - Date Chat Up Adventure - Fetch Object to Solve Task Adventure - Games & Activities Adventure - Manager Adventure - Point and Click Adventure - Puzzler Adventure - Strategy Adventure - Text Adventure - Text With Still Pics Adventure - Uncategorised Adventure - Walkabout Beat-'em-up - Competitive Beat-'em-up - Progressive Beat-'em-up - Uncategorised Duel - Arena Combat Duel - One Against One Games - Arthimetic Challenge Games - Board game Games - Cards Games - Colouring In Games - Jigsaw Games - Joke Games - Joystick Waggler Games - Odd Man Out Games - Quiz Games - Shape or Number or Letter Match Games - Spelling Games - Uncategorised Maze game - Collect and Avoid Maze game - Obstacles Maze game - Painter Maze Game - Uncategorised Multi Type - Action Multi Type - Games Multi Type - Games & Activities Multi Type - Licence Multi Type - Mini Game Collection None Platform - Action Platform - Adventure Platform - Basher Platform - Clear Screen Platform - Climber Platform - Collector Platform - Jumper Platform - Ladders Platform - Navigator Platform - Painter Platform - Puzzler Platform - Shooter Platform - Uncategorised Puzzler - Action Puzzler - Arena Shape Matcher Puzzler - Artillery Puzzler - Ball Manipulation Puzzler - Balls and Cogs Puzzler - Configuration Match Puzzler - Levers and Switches Puzzler - Light Beam Puzzler - Manage Routes Puzzler - Memory Shape Pairing Game Puzzler - Number Higher and Lower Battle Puzzler - Physics & Motion Puzzler - Picture Reconstruction Puzzler - Place Shapes in Race Against Time Puzzler - Push Shapes Into Holes Puzzler - Rescue Across Terrain Puzzler - Shape Combination Puzzler - Shape Join Puzzler - Shape Manipulate Puzzler - Shape Match Puzzler - Shoot Shapes Moving Down Screen Puzzler - Square Navigator Puzzler - Territory Conquer Puzzler - Uncategorised Puzzler - Word Locator Racing - Avoid Obstacles Racing - Competitive Racing - Management Racing - Uncategorised Reaction & Navigation - Avoid & Increasing Complexity Reaction & Navigation - Bat and Ball - Competitive Reaction & Navigation - Bat and Ball - Hit Tiles Reaction & Navigation - Bat and Ball - Hit Tiles - Action Reaction & Navigation - Bat and Ball - Pinball Reaction & Navigation - Bat and Ball - Uncategorised Reaction & Navigation - Capture Reaction & Navigation - Climb Up Reaction & Navigation - Collect Reaction & Navigation - Collect and Avoid Reaction & Navigation - Collect Items Reaction & Navigation - Destroy Obstacles Reaction & Navigation - Destroy Obstacles Reaction & Navigation - Dodgems Reaction & Navigation - Dodger Reaction & Navigation - Drop Bombs Reaction & Navigation - Fall Down Reaction & Navigation - Full Motion Video (FMV) Reaction & Navigation - Into Distance Reaction & Navigation - Juggle Reaction & Navigation - Navigate Reaction & Navigation - Progress Horizontally Reaction & Navigation - Rescue Reaction & Navigation - Territory Conquer Reaction & Navigation - Tunnel Reaction & Navigation - Uncategorised Reaction & Navigation - Uncategorised RPG - Dungeon Crawler RPG - Uncategorised RPG - Wanderer Shooter - Dungeon Crawler Shooter - First Person Shooter (FPS) Shooter - Flight Sim Shooter - Flyabout Shooter - Flyabout and Collect Shooter - Hold Off Waves of Enemies Shooter - Maze Shooter - Over Landscape Shooter - Shoot 'Em Up Shooter - Target Practice Shooter - Target with Reticle Shooter - Territory Conquer Shooter - Uncategorised Shooter - Vehicle Sim Shooter - Walkabout Simulation - Uncategorised Sport - Management Sport - Player Sport - Uncategorised Strategy - Artificial Life Strategy - Eco System Strategy - Financial Strategy - Managerial Strategy - Map-based Historical Strategy - Political Strategy - Production Strategy - Real-Time Strategy - Sim City Strategy - Space Management Strategy - Trading Strategy - Turn-based Strategy - Uncategorised Utility - Artificial Intelligence Utility - Compendium Utility - Construction Kit Utility - Paint Package Utility - Storybook Utility - Storybook - Games & Activities Utility - Storybook - Quiz Utility - Tutor & Questions Utility - Typing Tutor Utility - Uncategorised Wargame - Program Combatants Wargame - Real-Time Wargame - Text Wargame - Turn-based Wargame - Uncategorised Last edited by CodyJarrett; 29 October 2012 at 09:19. |
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Can you please give details to differentiate between:
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The "Bat and ball - Hit Tiles - Action" is intended for Breakout clones where you hit a ball and also fire shots. It's a combination of bat & ball and shoot-'em-up.
I think that the differentiation originally arose when trying to categorise Snoball In Hell but perhaps there aren't enough examples of the ball/shooter sub-sub-genre to justify it. |
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Ok, thanks.
So I guess the firing shots part is something that you should be able to do from the beginning of the game or at least most of the game. And not an option that you can get during a level (like the laser in Arkanoid). Am I correct? (I have not played Snoball in Hell) |
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Yes, the shooting is a core gameplay feature rather than a bonus ability.
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