As any major awards ceremony nears, you'll find an outcry to include additional classifications to acknowledge overlooked contributions and fill the passions of enthusiasts dedicated to specific genres.
Another commentator has already made for a horror game category. It would be amazing. The same goes for strategy board titles, representing someone's personal cause. However, I must insist for pushing forward because like all single-minded supporters, I possess a compelling case supporting my request stands as crucial above others. Here's the proposal: There should be a classification for brain-teasing titles.
The Genre Classification Challenge
Categorizing art by genre isn't exact; it remains highly personal, and inevitably spark debates concluding with vague boundaries. It's understandable that cinema institutions steer clear of genre categories. But it is a necessary evil for the industry of gaming, that demonstrate such variety it's challenging to consider them one unified medium.
For the full spectrum of achievement in video games to gain proper attention, and for games of all stripes to compete fairly, specific award classifications remain vital.
Present Award Structure
The major gaming awards presently include award types recognizing Action, Action/Adventure, RPG experiences, Combat games, Sim/Strategy, plus athletic and racing experiences. Between them, these award types actually cover many game types, allowing placement accommodating various experiences.
This doesn't apply to logic-based experiences. There’s simply nowhere to accommodate them. Consider three of this year’s best games, showing diverse approaches: the architectural riddles of one title, intense tile-matching of another game, and the sweetly sociological logic puzzles from additional release. Which classification works between these six categories? Nowhere, that’s where.
The Representation Problem
There are dozens of brilliant puzzle games launched regularly without proper recognition during gaming ceremonies, unless they happen to qualify for categories like Handheld titles, VR/AR Game, or the extremely competitive Indie races.
- One classic puzzle game received no recognition completely that year
- Another creative title received no nominations during that ceremony
- Popular arranging title was overlooked that year
- Limited numbers of logic titles managed to sneak into niche award types
Importance of Logic Titles
Commonly they're small games, yet the craft in brain-teasers carries substantial weight. Famous handheld logic titles count as most engaged experiences globally and have been for many years.
The famous puzzle experience challenges famous sandbox experiences claiming status as highest-selling title ever; it’s also in the running for top gaming experience. Brain-teasers form essential building blocks to the art of video games, and they are in conversation with diverse game types.
Recommendation and Reasoning
Logic titles wouldn't face that issue. You could fill multiple candidates with fascinating, diverse, deserving games each ceremony simply — perhaps, with difficulty, given the need to exclude many worthy titles.
Restating the point, these represent titles lacking appropriate categories at major gaming awards. Brain-teaser creators function at the hard edge interactive creation, developing some of the purest expressions of the video game form. Comparable to cinema stunt performers, they merit acknowledgment. Don't make them wait decades.
