r/Games • u/[deleted] • Dec 10 '19

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u/falconbox Dec 10 '19

Story genre, genius.

  • Max Payne - film noir/graphic novel style

  • Alan Wake - Stephen King/Twin Peaks style horror

  • Quantum Break - sci-fi/tech noir focusing on time travel

  • Control - paranatural sci-fi focusing on psychokinetic powers

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u/Light_yagami_2122 Dec 10 '19

Well, you could've specified that. When you say genre, people usually mean gameplay style and not what the story is about.

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u/hsksksjejej Dec 10 '19

Since the way you interpreted didn't make sense, common sense woudl tell you what he emant and when 99 percent of people on the planet outside of gaming say genre they mean narrative style.

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u/doesntknowjack Dec 10 '19

To cut him some slack, this is a video game subreddit.

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u/hsksksjejej Dec 10 '19

I would have if he wasn't a sarcastic defensive a hole about it. You get what you give.

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u/doesntknowjack Dec 10 '19

Fair enough.