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Fenrir-Lunaris · **WUT** Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Posts: 1747

I'd like to have the ability to sort games by Genre (ie: RPG, Movie, Platformer, Puzzle, Hentai, etc). Since the OHRRPGCE is no longer a PURE RPG making engine, wouldn't it make sense to be able to list our creations appropriately? It seems more logical to compare Trailblazers and It Came From Beyond The Moon since both are platformers, rather than comparing OHRadius with Hentai Quest, two entirely different styled games with gameplay that is nothing alike. Seriously, Trailblazers may deserve the A+ as a platformer, but it blows as an RPG.[/i]

Machu · Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:16 pm Post subject:

Ooh, awesome idea! However, the users who've submitted games will have to go back and add them (perhaps say "Not stated" as default). Otherwise, we'd have to go through and stereotype each entry. Of course, if the user didn't go back and add the genre, they're gonna miss out on hits from genre searches.
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Squall · Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:17 pm Post subject:

We're gonna have a lot of really small genres with one game in it. Such as "not pressing button simulators"
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Machu · Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:25 pm Post subject:

Perhaps a "Prank" category?
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Fenrir-Lunaris · **WUT** Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Posts: 1747

I can think of about 10 categories already covered amoung several popular OHR games....

RPG [MTSA, WH, TSSE, etc][Final Fantasy]

Action Adventure [Smokey McGoo][Zelda, Seiken Densetsu]

Strategy [Sephy's tactical battle engine][Tactics Ogre]

Platformer [Trailblazers][Mario, Rockman, Castlevania]

Shooter [OHRadius][Zero Wing, Gradius]

Puzzle [Sheep Rancher, Break Up, Maze Madness][Tetris, Panel du Pon, Lolo]

Survival Horror [Purgatory, PB][Resident Evil]

Movie [OMGtizRoxors, OHR House][Radical Dreamers (sort of)]

Comedy [Arfenhouse, Walthrus, most of the TCGs][Parodius]

Pr0n [Hentai Quest, BLB][Adult Manga rom]

Machu · Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 7:31 am Post subject:

I think it should be possible for games to have multiple categories. Some games are movies and humor, some games are puzzle and RPG. I also think we should think in terms of OHR usage instead of existing genres; "custom battles" would be much more open than the 4 or 5 existing genres you've said, which have only one game in some.
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Squall · Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 7:40 am Post subject:

I think this is the 2nd time you've called it "Break Up", Fen. Raspberry!

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kurlumbenus · **Taoist** Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posts: 8

Perhaps something similar to a genre meta tag for each game, allowing focused searches of the game database. Each game could have an array of possible genres.
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Moogle1 · Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:09 am Post subject:

You'll discover this quickly, but until you do: Good idea to check the date on posts before replying. For some reason, some people get upset about revival of old posts.
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kurlumbenus · **Taoist** Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posts: 8

Oh, wow. My bad. I guess this forum doesn't get much traffic. Thanks.
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Fernurion · Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 7:42 pm Post subject:

I could see this being extreamly useful, especially since there are now 650+ games here. why not add a seperate OHR catagory, for games like OHR, .Hack//ohr, ect.

TMC · Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:49 pm Post subject:

What do you mean by an 'OHR' category? It is a gamelist for OHRRPGCE games, it's the non-games and soundtracks that have invaded the list, not the other way round.
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hireintelligence · Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 50 Location: NSW, Australia

Yeah, this is a sweet idea.
As for the sorting, you could get everyone from now on to submit their game by ticking the box for the category(s) their game goes in. Everyone should also modify their own existing games to show genre, and if they didn't then the community or a group of selected people could sort it for them.
If the game doesn't go in any categories then make one called "other"

Raekuul · Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 5:19 am Post subject:

Look. The categories that may very well end up being are:

Standard RPG
Joke/Movie
Side Scrollers
No Battles
Other
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Phil Arts · Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 3:50 pm Post subject: