Here’s a fun exercise: if we focus more on games as scenes & movements - like German expressionist cinema or New Wave of British Heavy Metal - which categorizations you would create?
Example:
Kickstarter boom era
66RPG Maker
XBLA indies
80s French Pioneers
2000s Eurojank
PSX Revival
Boomer shooter
Example:
Kickstarter boom era
66RPG Maker
XBLA indies
80s French Pioneers
2000s Eurojank
PSX Revival
Boomer shooter
Comments
Dungeon Crawler renaissance (post Grimrock).
PS1 visuals revival
The vga Sierra scumm point and click adventure game movement.
- Myst Clone era
- Unreal Polygons and lighting era (think everything from Unreal itself to Soul Reaver, Anachronox etc.)
Narrative Shooter Renaissance (Half Life and derivatives)
Exploratory Poly Revolution ( Tomb Raider, Ocarina of Time, MegaMan Legends)
New Wave Pixel Punk (Hotline Miami, Binding of Isaac)
Online Passtopia
• Extreme Sports of the early 2000s
• Cozycore
• “Oops, all MMOs”
I still have a bunch on an Xbox 360 that has been disconnected from the internet for years now.
7th Gen Covercore
Parody simulator era
Post-flash web games
Itch vignettes boom
Asset flip slop renaissance
You just reminded me of the salmon simulator, bear simulator, og goat simulator and so on. Kinda nostalgic for this slop ngl