Genres you wish would just die off

[Mr Khan]

allaboutthegames885 said:

Khuutra said:

Mr Khan said:

stof said:
Badass games. There are few things more calculated and focus group derived than a game that basses itself on being badass.

Thank you. Badassery should be an end, not a means. You can be badass, but you shouldn't be *trying* to do so, as that usually means trying too hard.

Shouldn't that be a means rather than an end?

I really don't know

Maybe he means that you shouldn't start out as a badass, but become one through actions and/or reputation, without making an effort to look like a badass?

OT: Yeah, the genres I think should slow down (as opposed to going away completely) are adaptation games (movie-to-game, book-to-game, comic-to-game, TV-to-game, etc.), Shooters (third- and first-person), and minigame-based (not trivia-based) party games (slow down "Mario Party"; come back, "Jack", and shame on you if you don't know what I'm talking about)...

Yeah. Badass is a title you earn. Samus Aran is badass, but she doesn't go around saying "I'm here to kick alien ass and chew bubble gum," it is a title she has earned by blowing up four planets in the course of her career (Zebes, SR388, Dark Aether, and Phaaz)