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One predominating feature of the gaming industry was the cyclical nature of gaming.
Originally, games like Asteroids and Space Invaders were all the rage, what could be termed as 'space-based shooters'.
Later on, beat 'em ups were the fad, with people clamouring to get hold of Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, and the whole other list of clones that appeared around the same time.
Then Doom got released, and the first-person shooter genre exploded onto the gaming scene, with Unreal Tournament and Duke Nukem following shortly afterwards.
After which, Command and Conquer brought forth an era of real time strategy (RTS) games, with Dune, Theme Park, and other RTS games suddenly becoming popular with the mainstream.
Phantasy Star, Buck Rogers and Final Fantasy all were released at different points during this cycle, but we've had at least 3 periods in the last 20 years where the popularity of role playing games (RPG) and the adventure type games (Tomb Raider et. al.) has waxed and waned.
Micro Machines, TOCA, Colin McRae, Wipeout, Micro Machines and Road Rash spawned an era of racing games, which we all played to death in one format or another.
Previously, this spate of genres has been pretty much cyclical in nature, but where are we now? It seems that ALL genres are popular at once, and that we no longer concentrate on one genre, but play many types of game at once.
The time is ripe for a genre to become dominant in the marketplace again, but with the new consoles coming out, and looking at the releases scheduled for them, it seems that every possible genre has been covered.
So has the cyclical nature of genres finally ended? Are we no longer going to see a genre defining game being released followed by 20 other great games in the same vein, plus a wealth of duff games all trying to cash in on the latest craze?
I think we'll still see genre defining games being released, Tony Hawks being a recent one, which brought skateboarding games to the fore for a while, but I don't think we'll be seeing the trend as marked as before, because there are now so many great games covering all genres being released simultaneously.
Which, in my view, is a good thing...
Originally, games like Asteroids and Space Invaders were all the rage, what could be termed as 'space-based shooters'.
Later on, beat 'em ups were the fad, with people clamouring to get hold of Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, and the whole other list of clones that appeared around the same time.
Then Doom got released, and the first-person shooter genre exploded onto the gaming scene, with Unreal Tournament and Duke Nukem following shortly afterwards.
After which, Command and Conquer brought forth an era of real time strategy (RTS) games, with Dune, Theme Park, and other RTS games suddenly becoming popular with the mainstream.
Phantasy Star, Buck Rogers and Final Fantasy all were released at different points during this cycle, but we've had at least 3 periods in the last 20 years where the popularity of role playing games (RPG) and the adventure type games (Tomb Raider et. al.) has waxed and waned.
Micro Machines, TOCA, Colin McRae, Wipeout, Micro Machines and Road Rash spawned an era of racing games, which we all played to death in one format or another.
Previously, this spate of genres has been pretty much cyclical in nature, but where are we now? It seems that ALL genres are popular at once, and that we no longer concentrate on one genre, but play many types of game at once.
The time is ripe for a genre to become dominant in the marketplace again, but with the new consoles coming out, and looking at the releases scheduled for them, it seems that every possible genre has been covered.
So has the cyclical nature of genres finally ended? Are we no longer going to see a genre defining game being released followed by 20 other great games in the same vein, plus a wealth of duff games all trying to cash in on the latest craze?
I think we'll still see genre defining games being released, Tony Hawks being a recent one, which brought skateboarding games to the fore for a while, but I don't think we'll be seeing the trend as marked as before, because there are now so many great games covering all genres being released simultaneously.
Which, in my view, is a good thing...
I have thought of the most original game genre:
'Last Person Shooter'
Enough said....
'Last Person Shooter'
Enough said....
There is a Flash ER simulator game on a website somewhere.
I have thought of a new genre...
Oh good. An FM post. I was getting bored.
Yes, it does seem to be true that. I reckon that free-exploring adventures such as "Jak and Daxter" will dominate.
I also think this topic is worth of GAD as it's the only thing original done today, I just wish you'd posted it 20 minutes later :-D
God you know, I'm so bored my sentence structure has gone all to pot. I will endeavor to write a better post next time.
Yes, it does seem to be true that. I reckon that free-exploring adventures such as "Jak and Daxter" will dominate.
I also think this topic is worth of GAD as it's the only thing original done today, I just wish you'd posted it 20 minutes later :-D
God you know, I'm so bored my sentence structure has gone all to pot. I will endeavor to write a better post next time.
One predominating feature of the gaming industry was the cyclical nature of gaming.
Originally, games like Asteroids and Space Invaders were all the rage, what could be termed as 'space-based shooters'.
Later on, beat 'em ups were the fad, with people clamouring to get hold of Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, and the whole other list of clones that appeared around the same time.
Then Doom got released, and the first-person shooter genre exploded onto the gaming scene, with Unreal Tournament and Duke Nukem following shortly afterwards.
After which, Command and Conquer brought forth an era of real time strategy (RTS) games, with Dune, Theme Park, and other RTS games suddenly becoming popular with the mainstream.
Phantasy Star, Buck Rogers and Final Fantasy all were released at different points during this cycle, but we've had at least 3 periods in the last 20 years where the popularity of role playing games (RPG) and the adventure type games (Tomb Raider et. al.) has waxed and waned.
Micro Machines, TOCA, Colin McRae, Wipeout, Micro Machines and Road Rash spawned an era of racing games, which we all played to death in one format or another.
Previously, this spate of genres has been pretty much cyclical in nature, but where are we now? It seems that ALL genres are popular at once, and that we no longer concentrate on one genre, but play many types of game at once.
The time is ripe for a genre to become dominant in the marketplace again, but with the new consoles coming out, and looking at the releases scheduled for them, it seems that every possible genre has been covered.
So has the cyclical nature of genres finally ended? Are we no longer going to see a genre defining game being released followed by 20 other great games in the same vein, plus a wealth of duff games all trying to cash in on the latest craze?
I think we'll still see genre defining games being released, Tony Hawks being a recent one, which brought skateboarding games to the fore for a while, but I don't think we'll be seeing the trend as marked as before, because there are now so many great games covering all genres being released simultaneously.
Which, in my view, is a good thing...
Originally, games like Asteroids and Space Invaders were all the rage, what could be termed as 'space-based shooters'.
Later on, beat 'em ups were the fad, with people clamouring to get hold of Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, and the whole other list of clones that appeared around the same time.
Then Doom got released, and the first-person shooter genre exploded onto the gaming scene, with Unreal Tournament and Duke Nukem following shortly afterwards.
After which, Command and Conquer brought forth an era of real time strategy (RTS) games, with Dune, Theme Park, and other RTS games suddenly becoming popular with the mainstream.
Phantasy Star, Buck Rogers and Final Fantasy all were released at different points during this cycle, but we've had at least 3 periods in the last 20 years where the popularity of role playing games (RPG) and the adventure type games (Tomb Raider et. al.) has waxed and waned.
Micro Machines, TOCA, Colin McRae, Wipeout, Micro Machines and Road Rash spawned an era of racing games, which we all played to death in one format or another.
Previously, this spate of genres has been pretty much cyclical in nature, but where are we now? It seems that ALL genres are popular at once, and that we no longer concentrate on one genre, but play many types of game at once.
The time is ripe for a genre to become dominant in the marketplace again, but with the new consoles coming out, and looking at the releases scheduled for them, it seems that every possible genre has been covered.
So has the cyclical nature of genres finally ended? Are we no longer going to see a genre defining game being released followed by 20 other great games in the same vein, plus a wealth of duff games all trying to cash in on the latest craze?
I think we'll still see genre defining games being released, Tony Hawks being a recent one, which brought skateboarding games to the fore for a while, but I don't think we'll be seeing the trend as marked as before, because there are now so many great games covering all genres being released simultaneously.
Which, in my view, is a good thing...