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LifeInfusion · Sep 30, 2006, 09:39 PM // 21:39

I was just contemplating what got me to play in the first place in terms of gameplay. When you look at all the genres, each has their own special qualities. Anyhow if we split entertainment and media into general categories and exceptions:

Media
-->videos & sub genre --- GW has
-->TV
----> sports
---->fighting (wrestling, boxing, etc.)
----> drama, etc. ---you can argue storyline of GW has drama
----> action
----> reality TV
-->music & sub genre --- GW has
-->chat -- GW has
--> education
----> language - you can argue you learn a lot of vocabulary?
----> math - if you actually calculate damage and such
----> science
----> history
-->theater/circus
--> anything to do with sex

Games
--> Betting/Gambling Types (poker, mahjong, etc.)
--> RTS - elements of this in Guild battles/ allaince battles
--> FPS - no aiming, so this is out
--> RPG, obviously
--> Strategy - pretty much so
--> Board games
--> Racing
--> Trading cards - very similar
--> Adventure - pretty much so

It's pretty monumental if you ask me.
There's a lot of genres that are touched by this game. It didn't hit me in the face til I thoguht about it.

xxSilhouette · Oct 01, 2006, 07:10 AM // 07:10

Thats pretty intresting. GW is simply ftw!

-Old 3FL- · Oct 02, 2006, 05:12 AM // 05:12

weee Gw ftw

Opeth11 · Oct 02, 2006, 06:02 AM // 06:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by LifeInfusion

Media
-->videos & sub genre --- GW has
Well, videos on television have a lot more vareity, and most of the time Guild Wars videos are skipped. I can't really say that about television that much.
----> drama, etc. ---you can argue storyline of GW has drama
You could argue that, but there are very little twists in Guild Wars, if any.
-->music & sub genre --- GW has
Not enough music to me =/
-->chat -- GW has
Sure, why not?
----> language - you can argue you learn a lot of vocabulary?
For some people.
----> math - if you actually calculate damage and such
Very little people do so. /omits
--> anything to do with sex
Male warrior dance plx
--> Betting/Gambling Types (poker, mahjong, etc.)
You could consider the Dragon Festival games as gambling, I suppose..
--> RTS - elements of this in Guild battles/ allaince battles
Bah, if only I played PvP.
--> RPG, obviously
--> Strategy - pretty much so
--> Trading cards - very similar
--> Adventure - pretty much so

It's pretty monumental if you ask me.
There's a lot of genres that are touched by this game. It didn't hit me in the face til I thoguht about it.

Just threw in a few comments on each point.