| dtewi said: Wait, puzzle games have been influenced by action games? |
The action genre has taken over puzzle games, to create stuff like Tetris and Puzzle Bobble. Think for a second what you think of when someone says "puzzle games" and that is an indicator of what I am talking about.
And I wanted to also comment on this by c0rd:
Wait, what is seen as a game in the "action genre?" Is it a game with lots of action?
Nearly all NES games were like that, but games moved away from it (especially during the Playstation era), so it'd be like action is making a comeback. Or maybe I'm missing the point
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The reality is this here. Back in the day, genres were more distinct in approach. We had a category called "arcade games" and that became "action games". And the action genre was used to define games that were based on hand-eye coordination, rather than other skills. What started happening with the NES, is the adventure genre started to get fused with action. Other genres also had that happened so now, you don't even think of "action genre" as a stand alone genre, but you think of them as just "video games". Videogames are seen now as everything that involved hand-eye coordination and real-time play. What has been a hold out, for the most part, is RPGs. But even now, you see RPGs being taken over by what was the action genre. RPG elements are broken down and parts used, just like what happened with adventure games.
So, back to the original question is what was known as the "action genre" something that takes over every other genre?
