Yech, it seems like Gamedex is confusing genre with plot. Jim Leonard wrote: > > Karl Kuras wrote: > > > > > To remain in the Interaction Fiction with Graphics subgenre, verb-noun > > input > > > using text labels must be maintained. If the verbs (actions) and nouns > > > (items) are replaced by icons or pictures, or accepts verb-only or > > noun-only > > > input, it no longer qualfies as Interactive Fiction." > > > > This definition unfortunately shouldn't include early Sierra and Lucasarts > > games for the simple fact that movement (one of the most time consuming > > aspects of a text adventure) is no longer controlled by verb + noun text > > inputs or selections, but is now relegated to a joystick, mouse or arrow key > > function. > > I don't agree. For one thing, movement was hardly the most time-consuming > portion (you could use abbreviations and could stack commands -- haven't you > ever typed "n,e,e,n,e" to move somewhere?). But more importantly, movement > was the ONLY thing NOT controlled by text input. Since the majority of > gameplay relied on text input, it is IF. > > > I would almost go as far as saying that IF is an improper name for the > > I never wrote that. Not IF, but IF+G. IF+G is IF with relaxed restrictions. > > > genre, but it should be Interactive Novel (for the classic Infocom games), > > Interactive Picture Book (for the text adventures with still images, like > > The Hobbitt and Gremlins) and Interactive Movie (for the Sierra and Lucas > > games which include animated sprites representing the characters). > > Too many classifications and you fall into the trap of gamedex.com. They have > over 200 categories, which makes their classification system ludicrous. Just > one look: > > Action Advenuture > Cartoonish Action Adventure > Fantasy Action Adventure > Sci-fi Action Adventure > Horror Action Adventure > Action Hero Adventure > Super Hero Advenutre > Spy Action Adventure > > ..and you know they're beyond help. Hopefully I don't need to explain why > this is a Very Bad Idea(tm). > -- > http://www.MobyGames.com/ > The world's most comprehensive gaming database project. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
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