Each time a prominent awards ceremony draws close, one notices an outcry for the addition additional classifications to honor unsung work and delight the passions of enthusiasts with niche passions.
My colleague made the case supporting a scary games classification. That would be fantastic. So would board games, which is a passionate advocate's mission. Yet I need to apologize in advance for pushing forward just as with other dedicated enthusiasts, I possess a compelling case supporting my request stands as crucial and significant. This is the request: There should be a category for puzzle games.
Categorizing Game Types
Organizing artistic expressions is not a science; opinions vary greatly, and typically spark debates resulting in unclear classifications. This explains why cinema institutions don’t do it. However, it represents a necessary evil for the industry of gaming, which are so diverse they barely qualify one unified medium.
To recognize the complete range of gaming accomplishments to gain proper attention, while allowing diverse titles to compete fairly, specific award classifications remain vital.
Existing Game Classification System
The major gaming awards presently include genre categories for Action, Action/Adventure, RPG experiences, Combat games, Sim/Strategy, and Sports/Racing games. Between them, these classifications actually cover a lot of ground, making space possible for most games within them.
This doesn't apply to puzzle games. No appropriate category exists to put them. Think about these this year’s best games, each quite distinct: structural challenges from a specific release, intense tile-matching in a different title, engaging interpersonal challenges of a third title. What category would fit them within current classifications? Nowhere, that’s where.
Recognition Challenges
Many instances occur excellent brain-teasers released every year without proper recognition in entertainment awards, except when they manage to fit classification types such as Handheld titles, VR/AR Game, or the intensely contested independent game categories.
- One classic puzzle game received no recognition for anything during that awards season
- Another imaginative release missed out in 2019
- Popular arranging title received no acknowledgment recently
- Just some brain-teasers managed to sneak into independent or mobile categories
Importance of Logic Titles
Frequently they represent small games, however the design of the puzzle game holds tremendous importance. Iconic mobile puzzle games rank among most popular titles worldwide and have been for an extended period.
The legendary block-stacking game competes with famous sandbox experiences claiming status as highest-selling title ever; it’s also in the running for best game of all time. Logic titles represent cornerstones for gaming as medium, while interacting across multiple categories.
Proposal and Rationale
Logic titles wouldn't face such difficulty. It would be easy to populate five nominees interesting, varied, worthy titles each ceremony simply — or rather, with difficulty, since numerous excellent so many good games out.
And to reiterate, these include experiences without proper classification during prominent ceremonies. Logic title developers are working at the hard edge of video game design, producing among most fundamental forms of the video game form. Similar to film action specialists, they warrant appreciation. Don't make them wait 35 years.
