Cobalt Multi-Genre Discussion

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SpiralGamerpro has registered their disagreement about the genres applied to this game

Hmmm, this one is a bit nebulous (well, more than a bit). Most of the game does not seem to qualify as Platformer (on this site), as the environment is not the primary antagonist. But, as noted in the disagreement, the speed challenges would likely fall in that classification.

As an aside, Action will be out if we tag anything else, site management edict, so I can't counter that.

Given all that, I think I need to consider a mix of genres to capture the various concepts. I would appreciate thoughts on the following:
Platformer: To deal with the challenges (namely speed, but to also capture its appearance in various modes to varying degrees)
Run & Gun: I think this might clean up the rest of the single-player mechanics. It also emphasizes lesser-scale platforming aspects, which from footage I think this meets. Weapon upgrades is an optional component to the definition, and I know there are weapon pick-ups, so I think this might be a decent fit.
Fighting: It appears some of the multiplayer modes are Battle Royale style. We've done this with a game like Small Arms. If it steals from Smash, it can be Fighting, even if it is more than 1v1.

So, in a nutshell, I'm suggesting removing Action and instead applying Platformer, Run & Gun, and Fighting. Thoughts?

I suppose that's fair. I agree that Run & Gun is a better way to describe the combat challenges. The multiplayer modes aren't exactly what I would consider Fighting, but I'm not really sure what else to call them.

Discussing with Allg and misfit, we agreed on Platformer and Run & Gun, but decided Fighting probably wasn't a clean enough fit.

As such, the game is now Run & Gun + Platformer (Action has been removed).

This change has been applied to the 360 and Win10 versions tracked on this site as well. Thanks!