As any prominent honors show draws close, there’s always an outcry for the addition fresh award types to recognize unsung work and fill the hearts of fans dedicated to specific genres.
Another commentator has already made advocating for terror-themed awards. That would rule. So would board games, representing a passionate advocate's mission. But they will have to forgive me for pushing forward since similar to dedicated enthusiasts, I possess a compelling case supporting my request remains most pressing and significant. The demand is this: It's essential to create a classification for brain-teasing titles.
Categorizing Game Types
Classifying creative works is not a science; it’s very subjective, and inevitably start arguments concluding with vague boundaries. This explains why cinema institutions don’t do it. However, it represents an unavoidable compromise in the world of video games, showing incredible range they barely qualify one unified medium.
For the full spectrum of gaming accomplishments to gain proper attention, and for games of all stripes to compete fairly, specific award classifications remain vital.
Current Gaming Award Categories
The major gaming awards currently feature classifications covering Action, Action/Adventure, Role-Playing, Combat games, Sim/Strategy, plus athletic and racing experiences. Together, these classifications effectively encompass numerous genres, making space possible for most games within them.
This doesn't apply to logic-based experiences. There’s simply nowhere to accommodate them. Examine these examples from this year’s best games, showing diverse approaches: building puzzles in a particular game, intense tile-matching in a different title, and the sweetly sociological logic puzzles of a third title. Which classification works within current classifications? Unfortunately, nowhere.
Recognition Challenges
There are dozens of brilliant puzzle games released every year without proper recognition during gaming ceremonies, except when they manage to fit for categories like Handheld titles, Virtual reality experiences, or the extremely competitive small studio competitions.
- A renowned logic title wasn’t nominated in any category in 2014
- A different innovative game missed out that year
- Well-received sorting experience received no acknowledgment that year
- Only a few puzzle games scraped into niche award types
Importance of Logic Titles
Commonly they're compact experiences, but the art in brain-teasers carries substantial weight. Famous handheld logic titles rank among most engaged experiences worldwide maintaining this status for many years.
The legendary block-stacking game rivals famous sandbox experiences for the title of highest-selling title ever; it’s also in the running as greatest title ever. Brain-teasers form essential building blocks for gaming as medium, and they are in conversation with diverse game types.
Proposal and Rationale
Puzzle games wouldn’t have that issue. You could fill a field of five interesting, varied, worthy titles annually without trouble — or rather, with difficulty, given the need to exclude many worthy titles.
To emphasize again, these include experiences without proper classification in important events. Brain-teaser creators operate at the hard edge of video game design, developing some of the purest expressions of the video game form. Just like film action specialists, they warrant appreciation. Let’s not keep them waiting generations.
