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What game genre is most in need of innovation? We often talk about “the WoW Killer,” also Magic Killer and Fortnite Killer. Are there examples of games that dominate a category but could be dethroned?

What game genre is most in need of innovation? We often talk about “the WoW Killer,” also Magic Killer and Fortnite Killer. Are there examples of games that dominate a category but could be dethroned?

  • themattlondon
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
    What game genre is most in need of innovation? We often talk about “the WoW Killer,” also Magic Killer and Fortnite Killer. Are there examples of games that dominate a category but could be dethroned?

    • Iksar
      Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
      @themattlondon Tarkov, hands down. Next big thing IMO. Extraction shooter? Not sure what the genre is called It’s a hugely popular game with (IMO) weak controls and it’s incredibly complex.

      • themattlondon
        Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
        @IksarHS Interesting. It always looked to me like a hybrid of things like L4D and DayZ. A more approachable version of that would be super cool.

        • Iksar
          Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
          @themattlondon Been playing a game called vigor on console that nails the systems but gameplay I still think a little lacking. Genre will get there IMO, it’s like battle Royale meets progression.

    • HS_Alec
      Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
      @themattlondon Sports genre stagnated a lot over last decade. Ultimate team does some good things but overall think the player base suffered because of it + certain licensing deals. Early 2000s had a lot of innovation, but formula is there now for main franchises. Pyre = last great sports game.

      • SnuggleKingHS
        Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
        @GW_Alec @themattlondon As a big fan of sports and basketball the most, completely agree. I would sink my free time in the descent NBA game, if they were so much money grab oriented.

        • HS_Alec
          Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
          @SnuggleKingHS @themattlondon Oh I played soooooo much nba street vol 2

    • Iksar
      Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
      @themattlondon As a more abstract idea, I'd be interested in what happens when a AAA studio throws the entirety of the budget as procedural generation and scale. So much of our focus is dev now on photorealism or extremely expensive stylized assets.

      • Iksar
        Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
        @themattlondon So what happens when you use an inexpensive, reproducible art style but still throw that $200M and 5 years of dev into a truly massive world.

    • mike_donais
      Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
      @themattlondon Roguelike (Hades and Rift Wizard showed off some cool ideas but lots of room still) Autobattler (TFT, BGs) Battle Royale (Warzone etc)

      • themattlondon
        Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
        @mike_donais I’d love a battle royale with a lower barrier to entry. I tried getting into warzone and bounced off it after 30 games because I never stopped sucking.

        • HS_Alec
          Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
          @themattlondon How about something like Babble Royale?

    • Linus Flink
      Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
      @themattlondon I think more about games that I want that aren’t there, rather than incrementally replacing existing ones. I want the 2020s version of Pirates, of Shattered Galaxy, of Privateer. Shattered Galaxy especially I wish someone would make a good modern version of.
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