{"id":201,"date":"2024-11-12T22:53:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T22:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/?p=201"},"modified":"2024-11-13T18:54:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T18:54:15","slug":"genre-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/2024\/11\/12\/genre-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Genre Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#dfdfdf\">Currently, I am undecided whether I should make my game a <strong>Souls-like game<\/strong> as it would allow the game&#8217;s gameplay to portray the hardships that people experience when having to resort to escapism and it would lend to the &#8220;Dark Fantasy&#8221; aesthetic that I want my game to have. Or if I should keep my game as a general open-world <strong>action-adventure game,<\/strong> as that would prevent me from being restricted  from the souls-like genre where I would have to implement certain aspects into the game (Extremely unforgiving combat, slow and gruelling progression etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This page hopes to find out the answer of which genre would be more beneficial for my game and my vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the differences?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In order for me to be able to make an informed decision on which genre I should choose, I need to know what the key differences between both genres are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/11\/image-75.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/11\/image-75.png 780w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/11\/image-75-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/11\/image-75-768x845.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/11\/image-75-300x330.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My final decision on which game genre I will choose for my game will be under the Ideation and Development section of this website, it will be titled <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/2024\/11\/12\/choosing-a-game-genre\/\">&#8220;Choosing a Game Genre&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently, I am undecided whether I should make my game a Souls-like game as it would allow the game&#8217;s gameplay to portray the hardships that people experience when having to resort to escapism and it would lend to the &#8220;Dark Fantasy&#8221; aesthetic that I want my game to have. 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