Thread 725441859

video game genres are all bullshit. I'm sure you already knew that, how many times have you seen a game advertised as "adventure" or "action", fucking useless. this game is evidence that even very specific genres like "shoot-em-ups" are actually a hodgepodge of different types of games. the problem is that genres are defined by some surface level aspect, such as "an autoscroller where you control a character and shoot waves of enemies", not ever considering the core intentions of the game design, which could be "memorizing patterns, shooting and dodging in a 2d plane" or "idk watching all the explosions while wildly flailing around and then you get to buy some wacky new gun with the money you collected"

this game has more in common with those old "desktop destroyer" stress relief "games" than with other "shmups"

i only play first person shooters where you shoot in first person view

dumb genre names are just a capsule of a different time that feels too weird to ever change

>80s/90s games writing
so yeah anyway *does line of coke*, you play as a wee animal fella and have to collect fruit as you fight the penguin mafia in this naff Beat Em Up'er, just play Tekken 2 or sumat else honestly
2.6/5
>20s games writing
'walking sim' feels like a quant and derogatory term for the seminal and thought provoking Gayvid: Ode to Flowers & Trees, a new walking sim game from my close personal friend David Goldstein, a story that deals with identity, strife, and finding yourself in a beautiful aut a la mode homage vis a vis pastiche of David's own experiences
- no review score given