Neodegenerate said:
Dravenet7 said:
What I am saying, specifically not basically, is that a game that's major focus that of competitive online multiplayer shooter with little content to engage multiple people at once (multiplayer) cannot be a family game. If a game restricts an element that is accesible to function soley as a family game, it is not a family game.
Yes Mario tennis can be a sports game that is a family game because it is a multiplayer game accessible to all ages. If the game had local multiplaer elements that was somehow as restrictive as Splatoon's, it wouldn't be a family friendly game.
Yes Mass Effect can be an RPG and a TPS game because it has highly accessible features that makes it both of those things. If the game were turnbased and you could only aim and not move around, and only do so in your turn, then it wouldn't be considered a TPS because it doesn't function at the standard of a TPS.
Never once did I put games into any individual segments. I did not all DKTF simply a single player game because it caters to multiplayer functionally to the point it can engage anyone, including family members. Which is why I said in my example it could be considered a multiplayer game
The elements you mention of Splatoon make it rated E for everyone, not a family game.
I don't even know how you came up with that last Mass Effect example. I'm not going to touch that example beyond this.
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Difference here is in our opinions of what we call family games. You are essentially saying that for a game to be family it must be multiplayer. I am saying that for a game to be family it must have the ability to appeal to all age groups and thus be capable of appealing to an entire family.
My Mass Effect example was used to highlight the idea that content, and not mulitplayer, is what helps to classify a game as family.
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True. I did essentially say this, but that was in context of Splatoon and the games thus far mentioned based on their fucntionality. I also did say If a game restricts an element that is accesible to function soley as a family game, it is not a family game. Otherwise, I would have also argued Super Mario Maker is not a family game. SMM can be considered a family game solely for the reason that you can create a stage and give to someone else locally to play, making it quite easy to engage a small or large amount of people at once. This makes it a family game. The content in Splatoon that would make it family friendly is restrictive. Is the same vein I bring up a game like A Link Between Worlds is acessible to all ages, but caters solely to a single person, whereas Triforce Heroes is caters to local multiplayer and can be considered a family game. Same with games like Windwaker as opposed to Four Swords Adventures.
