Are cross genre games the future??

By cross genre games I mean games which incorporate aspects from different game genres. Like Borderlands which is a first person shooter with many role playing elements. We have games like Fallout 3/NV which are role playing games that use the first person shooter view however the combat is mainly VATS and the shooting controls are average at best.

So basically what I'm asking is do you think as people grow tired of the current genre's that we will begin to see games that successfully take aspects or fit completely into various genres?? I personally think it would be a great idea. Imagine say a Resistance game which is set in an open world and you play the role of somebody out in the wastelands on his own trying to survive/fight. There are many possibilities of cross genre games and I think it may be the only way to go in terms of innovation for games in the future.

i want to see a develloper go completely different, and make a new genre. Im certain its possible, the execution is the difficult part. That would excite me more than a cross-genre, but cross-genre is still great.

stalker comes the closest. but the gunplay still isn't as fun as it should be.

I suppose it could be. I'd like to see more Metroid Prime style shooters out there with lengthy campaigns and exploration a key element.

Natural Selection 2 is coming out this year, it's an RTS/FPS hybrid.

i want to see a develloper go completely different, and make a new genre. Im certain its possible, the execution is the difficult part. That would excite me more than a cross-genre, but cross-genre is still great.

quaappybla

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i want to see a develloper go completely different, and make a new genre. Im certain its possible, the execution is the difficult part. That would excite me more than a cross-genre, but cross-genre is still great.

jalexbrown

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i want to see a develloper go completely different, and make a new genre. Im certain its possible, the execution is the difficult part. That would excite me more than a cross-genre, but cross-genre is still great.

I wrote a paper on this last term. Basically the term innovation means taking different elements from other places and attempt to mix them into a new way of doing things. By combining gameplay elements from different genres, the experience will always be fresh yet familiar, but this sort of effort should always be carried forth under the consideration of entertainment factor and experience of the player.

I want a CoD+Dance Central hybrid!! :D

Genres lines are allways bluring. Look at games like Borderlands and Mass Effect (Shooter/RPG) Mirrors Edge (FPS/Platformer) Arkham Asylum (Brawler/Stealth/Platformer/Detective) Dawn Of War 2 (RPG/RTS) Portal (Puzzle/FPS). Game developers are trying to mix it upby taking the best elements of other genres and implementing them. Even the COD online can say it has an RPG element, unlocking perks, upgrading weapons.

Defining a genre for many new games is very difficult. Its like music, defining a metal band as 'Metal' isnt enough, is it metalcore, nu-metal, rap metal, thrash, apocolyptic-scandinavion-post-modernistic-doom-core...

You get my point.

I want a CoD+Dance Central hybrid!! :D

GreenGoblin2099

Go to 1:34 and that's what it will look like.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYfo0ypoFO8

By cross genre games I mean games which incorporate aspects from different game genres. Like Borderlands which is a first person shooter with many role playing elements. We have games like Fallout 3/NV which are role playing games that use the first person shooter view however the combat is mainly VATS and the shooting controls are average at best.

So basically what I'm asking is do you think as people grow tired of the current genre's that we will begin to see games that successfully take aspects or fit completely into various genres?? I personally think it would be a great idea. Imagine say a Resistance game which is set in an open world and you play the role of somebody out in the wastelands on his own trying to survive/fight. There are many possibilities of cross genre games and I think it may be the only way to go in terms of innovation for games in the future.

gamebreakerz__

We already see this, like shooter/rpg for example.

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By cross genre games I mean games which incorporate aspects from different game genres. Like Borderlands which is a first person shooter with many role playing elements. We have games like Fallout 3/NV which are role playing games that use the first person shooter view however the combat is mainly VATS and the shooting controls are average at best.

So basically what I'm asking is do you think as people grow tired of the current genre's that we will begin to see games that successfully take aspects or fit completely into various genres?? I personally think it would be a great idea. Imagine say a Resistance game which is set in an open world and you play the role of somebody out in the wastelands on his own trying to survive/fight. There are many possibilities of cross genre games and I think it may be the only way to go in terms of innovation for games in the future.

Vari3ty

We already see this, like shooter/rpg for example.

Only if they start making games that combine genres while still making both aspects feel good. ME2's shooting mechanics are poor, as are the shooting mechanics in Fallout. Of course, some straight shooters have poor shooting mechanics, so I guess that problem isn't limited to hybrid games.

The first time I encountered emergent gameplay is Deus Ex. I"m sure there are ones older if we think hard enough.

By cross genre games I mean games which incorporate aspects from different game genres. Like Borderlands which is a first person shooter with many role playing elements. We have games like Fallout 3/NV which are role playing games that use the first person shooter view however the combat is mainly VATS and the shooting controls are average at best.

So basically what I'm asking is do you think as people grow tired of the current genre's that we will begin to see games that successfully take aspects or fit completely into various genres?? I personally think it would be a great idea. Imagine say a Resistance game which is set in an open world and you play the role of somebody out in the wastelands on his own trying to survive/fight. There are many possibilities of cross genre games and I think it may be the only way to go in terms of innovation for games in the future.

gamebreakerz__

Yes I like cross genre games, especially FPS and RPG hybrid like STALKER or Borderland ...

I want a CoD+Dance Central hybrid!! :D

GreenGoblin2099

GOTY confirmed

Everybody loves Uncharted 2 and I would consider that cross-genre. platforming meets third person shooter.antifanboyftw

Platformers met shooters long time ago! Have you played Contra and Turrican games? :P