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3rd October, 2007 at 23:52:23 -

Hmm... I think the download genres should be redone and I think I remember a post somewhere about someone else who felt the same way. So.. any suggestions?

 
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4th October, 2007 at 00:41:16 -

I think theyre fine as they are now. They could be improved by having fewer categories.
The fact that there is a bat&ball section is weird. It should be renamed the n00b category.

 
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4th October, 2007 at 00:43:14 -

sry for double posting, but i take my previous statement back. There are some good games in the bat&ball.

 
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4th October, 2007 at 01:05:58 -

Hell no, they're not fine as they are. Real time strategy and Real time strategy (RTS)? 2 Platform categories? I thought about following with the genres from other non-klik sites, but klik has so many games in certain genres that it's not really right (ie. platform and bat&ball and maybe even shooter).

On another thing, some people would argue that platform isn't even it's own genre. But there are plenty of (good) games out there that only aspire to be platformers, not RPGs or anything.

 
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4th October, 2007 at 01:53:29 -

I think these would cover everything

Platformer (This includes Beatemups, shooters and mario clones)
Action (shootem ups, games that aren't platformers, pacman)
Retro (old school games)
Board games (Tic tac toe)
Rts (a spot no one will put games in)
RPG (zelda /pokemon clones and text adventures)
Klick (engines, tutorials, objects, extension)
Screen Savor
Other (tdc vertical scrolling image, abandoned games)


 
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4th October, 2007 at 03:06:19 -

Beat em up shouldn't come under platformer, it should have it's own shiny catagory. I think the catagories at the moment are mostly fine, some of the similar ones just need consolidating, like Muz said the two RTS catagories, there's also Platform and Platformer, and Racing and Drive em Up should probably be made into Driving, and I reckon Shoot em Up could be stuck into Action.

 
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4th October, 2007 at 04:54:32 -

i definitely think they should be redone. I even think i made a post about it a couple of years back. I mean, how is "demo" a genre? or "tutorial" ? :S

 
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4th October, 2007 at 05:00:36 -

I suppose it was more about the best way of describing the download, not so much the game.

Yeah like Trevor said - stick Racing in there along with Shoot em up.

 
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4th October, 2007 at 07:25:26 -

Yeah like Trevor said - stick Racing in there along with Shoot em up

Um, what? Maybe if you're uploading Spy Hunter, but I don't remember Pole Position having missiles in it.

How about:

Action (Ninja Gaiden, Ghosts n' Goblins)
Adventure (Zelda)
Sports (Baseball)
Strategy (Battleship, Advance Wars)
Puzzle (Lolo, Tetris)
RPG (Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior)
Racing (Pole Position)
Shump (Gradius, R-Type)

Possible side ratings for each download:

DEMO (either pay or free)
SHAREWARE (obviously a pay game)
EDGY (Anne Frank's Artillery Showdown)
GOTW (A game of the week award winner)
GOTY (A game of the year award winner)
ADMIN'S CHOICE (Maybe a good game that didn't win GOTW because its competition was Eternal Daughter or something.

I don't think platformer should have it's own section, since that describes the game's engine and not really the game itself. Hasslevania is a platformer but if anybody asks me about it I say it's an adventure game. I don't know where "Bat & Ball" would fall into on the above list though.. It's not really a shooter, and not really a puzzle. Hmmm, maybe bat n' ball should also have it's own category.

EDIT: Oh, and you could have beat 'em up fall into the action category. River City Ransom? Double Dragon? Even Street Fighter could also be considered an action game, couldn't it?


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4th October, 2007 at 07:55:13 -

No one uses all the categories anyway.

We get Platformers. Lots of fuckin' platformers.

 
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4th October, 2007 at 07:59:17 -

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4th October, 2007 at 09:34:38 -

LOL Lazarus

.. but boy is he right

 
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4th October, 2007 at 23:00:22 -

The Daily Platformer

 
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5th October, 2007 at 09:51:54 -

I think those categories Del made are the best
But it would be really hard to set all the old games to correct categories.

 
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5th October, 2007 at 12:01:51 -


Originally Posted by Hempuli
I think those categories Del made are the best



I couldn't agree more!

Don't worry about it being hard to do- there's like 20 TDC admins, remember?

 
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