As any prominent honors show nears, one notices a demand to include additional classifications to honor overlooked contributions and satisfy the hearts of fans dedicated to specific genres.
Another commentator previously argued for a horror game category. It would be amazing. Equally deserving are strategy board titles, which is a dedicated supporter's campaign. However, I must insist for pushing forward just as with other dedicated enthusiasts, there's a strong justification for why my demand is the most urgent above others. This is the request: There should be a category for puzzle games.
Organizing Gaming Categories
Categorizing art by genre isn't exact; opinions vary greatly, and it will always start arguments concluding with vague boundaries. This explains why film award organizations don’t do it. Yet it remains an essential concession in the world of interactive entertainment, that demonstrate such variety they barely qualify one unified medium.
For comprehensive acknowledgment of achievement in video games to be recognized, and for games of all stripes to receive proper recognition, genre categories are essential.
Current Gaming Award Categories
Leading game ceremonies currently feature genre categories for Action-oriented games, Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Combat games, Simulation and strategy titles, plus athletic and racing experiences. Collectively, these six categories actually cover a lot of ground, and you can find room for numerous titles.
This doesn't apply to brain-teasing titles. There’s simply nowhere for their placement. Think about these recent excellent titles, all very different: the architectural riddles in a particular game, the pulse-pounding block-matching of another game, thought-provoking social scenarios from additional release. What category would fit them among existing types? Unfortunately, nowhere.
The Representation Problem
Numerous examples exist of brilliant puzzle games launched regularly lacking appropriate categories at major award shows, except when they manage to fit classification types such as Handheld titles, VR/AR Game, or the intensely contested independent game categories.
- A renowned logic title received no recognition in any category that year
- Another creative title missed out that year
- A beloved organization game got ignored recently
- Only a few logic titles scraped into independent or mobile categories
Significance of Puzzle Games
Commonly they're small games, however the design behind logic titles carries substantial weight. Iconic mobile puzzle games count as most popular titles in the world continuing this trend for over a decade.
The iconic tile-matching title rivals popular creative games claiming status as highest-selling title ever; it additionally competes for top gaming experience. Logic titles represent cornerstones to the art of video games, while interacting across multiple categories.
The Solution and Justification
Puzzle games wouldn’t have such difficulty. It would be easy to populate a field of five engaging, different, qualified experiences every year with ease — actually, with challenge, since numerous excellent numerous deserving experiences.
And to reiterate, these include experiences that otherwise have no home during prominent ceremonies. Brain-teaser creators are working at the demanding boundary game development, producing among the purest expressions within interactive entertainment. Similar to film action specialists, they warrant appreciation. Let’s not keep them waiting generations.
