As any prominent prize-giving event approaches, one notices a demand for introducing additional classifications to acknowledge overlooked contributions and satisfy the hearts of fans with niche passions.
A fellow writer previously argued advocating for terror-themed awards. It would be amazing. The same goes for tabletop games, this being someone's personal cause. However, I must insist for pushing forward because like all blinkered fanatics, there's a strong justification for why my demand is the most urgent and important of all. Here's the proposal: We need an award type for logic-based games.
Categorizing Game Types
Categorizing art by genre is not a science; it remains highly personal, and inevitably spark debates resulting in unclear classifications. This explains why cinema institutions don’t do it. However, it represents an unavoidable compromise for the industry of gaming, showing incredible range they barely qualify as a single art form.
For the full spectrum of interactive entertainment excellence to receive acknowledgment, and for games of all stripes to compete fairly, specific award classifications remain vital.
Current Gaming Award Categories
The major gaming awards presently include award types recognizing Action, Action/Adventure, RPG experiences, Combat games, Sim/Strategy, plus athletic and racing experiences. Together, these six categories successfully include a lot of ground, and you can find room for numerous titles.
Different situation exists for puzzle games. No appropriate category exists to put them. Examine these examples from outstanding current releases, showing diverse approaches: the architectural riddles in a particular game, fast-paced pattern recognition from another release, engaging interpersonal challenges of a third title. Which classification works among existing types? Simply put, no category fits.
Recognition Challenges
There are dozens outstanding logic titles released every year lacking appropriate categories at major award shows, if they accidentally match award groups including Mobile Game, Virtual reality experiences, or the extremely competitive independent game categories.
- A renowned logic title got overlooked for anything in 2014
- A different innovative game missed out in 2019
- Well-received sorting experience got ignored recently
- Limited numbers of logic titles managed to sneak into independent or mobile categories
Value of Brain-Teasers
Commonly they're small games, yet the craft of the puzzle game carries substantial weight. Iconic mobile puzzle games rank among most engaged experiences worldwide maintaining this status for over a decade.
The famous puzzle experience challenges popular creative games competing to become most purchased experience; it also contends for top gaming experience. Puzzle games are foundational within interactive entertainment, and they are in conversation with almost every other genre.
Recommendation and Reasoning
Brain-teasers wouldn't encounter that issue. You could fill five nominees engaging, different, qualified experiences each ceremony simply — actually, with challenge, since numerous excellent numerous deserving experiences.
And to reiterate, these represent titles without proper classification in important events. Brain-teaser creators operate at the hard edge game development, creating some of essential manifestations of gaming itself. Just like cinema stunt performers, they deserve recognition. Let’s not keep them waiting decades.
