Each time a major prize-giving event approaches, one notices an outcry to include additional classifications to acknowledge underappreciated efforts and delight the passions of followers with niche passions.
My colleague previously argued supporting a scary games classification. That would be fantastic. Equally deserving are strategy board titles, representing someone's personal cause. However, I must insist for pushing forward since similar to dedicated enthusiasts, I have a cast-iron argument backing this proposal is the most urgent and significant. Here's the proposal: It's essential to create an award type for logic-based games.
Categorizing Game Types
Organizing artistic expressions isn't exact; it’s very subjective, and it will always start arguments concluding with vague boundaries. It's understandable that cinema institutions don’t do it. But it is an unavoidable compromise in the world of video games, showing incredible range they hardly constitute as a single art form.
For the full spectrum of achievement in video games to gain proper attention, and to ensure all game types to receive proper recognition, classification by type becomes crucial.
Present Award Structure
Prominent interactive entertainment events offer these award types recognizing Action, Action/Adventure, RPG experiences, Combat games, Sim/Strategy, and Sports/Racing games. Between them, these classifications successfully include numerous genres, allowing placement for most games within them.
This doesn't apply to logic-based experiences. No appropriate category exists to put them. Consider three of this year’s best games, showing diverse approaches: structural challenges in a particular game, fast-paced pattern recognition in a different title, and the sweetly sociological logic puzzles from additional release. Which classification works among existing types? Simply put, no category fits.
The Representation Problem
Numerous examples exist outstanding logic titles launched regularly without proper recognition during gaming ceremonies, unless they happen to qualify for categories like Handheld titles, Virtual reality experiences, or the extremely competitive small studio competitions.
- A renowned logic title got overlooked in any category in 2014
- Another imaginative release was excluded in 2019
- Popular arranging title got ignored that year
- Just some brain-teasers managed to sneak into independent or mobile categories
Importance of Logic Titles
Frequently they represent small games, however the design behind logic titles carries substantial weight. Iconic mobile puzzle games stand as the most-played games worldwide and have been for an extended period.
The famous puzzle experience competes with well-known building titles competing to become most purchased experience; it also contends for best game of all time. Puzzle games are foundational to the art of video games, and engaging with almost every other genre.
The Solution and Justification
Puzzle games wouldn’t have that issue. One could readily select multiple candidates engaging, different, qualified experiences each ceremony simply — perhaps, with difficulty, since numerous excellent many worthy titles.
And to reiterate, these represent titles without proper classification in important events. Puzzle game makers are working at the challenging frontier game development, creating some of most fundamental forms of gaming itself. Just like film action specialists, they warrant appreciation. We shouldn't delay 35 years.
