Overused Video Game Terminology

[GSZX1337]

Actually Hack'n'Slash if I am not mistaken.

Games like God of War, Devil May Cry, Ninja Gaiden, etc.

I always categorized those games as action. Just action.

How about retro? The term is used too broadly in my opinion.

Where exactly is the retro cut off date/console?

I've thought about making a thread for this. I never understood how some of these dumb motherfuckers (not here) think that some games are OLD. I know a dude in real life that thinks that Elder Scrolls IV is old. It's not even four years old, yet!

I consider the SNES and prior to be retro. I really had to grit my teeth to consider SNES/Gen/TG16 games retro since those are the games I grew up with. It's like calling myself old.

I know this isn't really terminology, but I'm really getting tired of "X thing is X" like "Fail post is fail". It's fucking stupid.

[dsheinem]

I know this isn't really terminology, but I'm really getting tired of "X thing is X" like "Fail post is fail". It's fucking stupid.

Astute observation is astute.

[Luke]

Actually Hack'n'Slash if I am not mistaken.

Games like God of War, Devil May Cry, Ninja Gaiden, etc.

I always categorized those games as action. Just action.

How about retro? The term is used too broadly in my opinion.

Where exactly is the retro cut off date/console?

I've thought about making a thread for this.

Could make for an interesting thread.

Add a poll of what was the last retro console.

[GSZX1337]

I know this isn't really terminology, but I'm really getting tired of "X thing is X" like "Fail post is fail". It's fucking stupid.

Astute observation is astute.

[J T]

In a related news story, the word hella may become an actual scientific measurement:

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2 ... a-si-units

[Snickerd00dle]

Hell, we need more Video Game Terminology. Why the hell has no one come up with a genre name for the likes of Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, God of War, Ninja Gaiden, Dante's Inferno, etc.? It's f'ing confusing when you work at a games store.

"Excuse me, do you have any fighting games?"
"Something like Street Fighter? Or Tekken? Or Fight Night?"
"One with swords."
"Soul Calibur?"
*I show them the case*
"No, that's not it..."
*tries to ackwardly explain what he's looking for, then...*
"Oh! Something like this!"
*Points to God of War*
"Oh. That's not a fighting game at all. I don't know exactly what to call it, but it definitely isn't a fighting game."

HAHAHAHA, this is so true, I work at a gamestore too and I run into that problem all the time, I just say action adventure?? Shooters can be confusing too, when someone asks for a shooter, my mind goes crazy because the differences between Fallout 3 and Halo 3 are huge, but both have guns, which is what the customer is looking for

[Hobie-wan]

Somebody already mentioned the one I hate the most - Pwn!
It was a typo... and now its cool.

No, Own and Pwn were never cool. Used a lot yes, cool, no. Ok well, I always thought that 'I owned that guy' or 'I owned you' was always a really stupid sounding mangling of English. Purposefully mixing it with a typo is just extra special stupid with a side of fries.

[MrPopo]

Somebody already mentioned the one I hate the most - Pwn!
It was a typo... and now its cool.

No, Own and Pwn were never cool. Used a lot yes, cool, no. Ok well, I always thought that 'I owned that guy' or 'I owned you' was always a really stupid sounding mangling of English. Purposefully mixing it with a typo is just extra special stupid with a side of fries.

Clearly you didn't play CS at the turn of the century.

[the7k]

Yeah, Counter-Strike pwn'd my soul for a solid five years. Epic game is epic.

One of the best retro shooters out there.

[wakeup]

Thank god "noob" still sound cool...