Poll: Spectacle Fighter - A new genre?

[KeithA45]

For those of you who saw the latest Zero Punctuation [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/673-MadWorld] you're aware of the new term "Spectacle Fighter" that Yahtzee mentioned.

As odd as it sounds I actually REALLY like the genre name. I believe there isn't enough genres to point out the distinctions between games and you end up with situations where games like "Devil May Cry" falls into the same genre as "Oblivion".

So I have 2 questions for you:

1) Would you consider officially introducing the new genre? If not, why?

2) What games, besides those that were named by Yahtzee ( Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe, God Hand, and arguably Man-Hunt ) would you believe belong in this genre?

I'll give my suggestion: God of War. It may not reward as much for doing cool combos, but most enemies are pitifully simple and its mostly about killing them in the coolest way possible and building a big combo.

 

[Slash Dementia]

I wouldn't mind it being a new genre. It would set aside some games away from traditional hack n' slash games.
I would add Bayonnetta (though it hasn't came out yet) and Bulletwitch to that.

 

[ace_of_something]

The less genres we have the better off we are. I'd hate for it to fall into the catagory of music where there are so many genre names that they are basically meaningless. Every single band is it's own three to six word genre.

 

[DataSnake]

BloodRayne 2. The enemies double as health and mana restoration and you get points for slaughtering them more creatively.

 

[YahtzeeG8]

I'd say that WET would appear here, as well as Mortal Kombat to a certain degree.

 

[PsychedelicDiamond]

I think "Hack n Slash" is a perfectly good name for that genre.

 

[Durananrananrananran]

1) Would you consider officially introducing the new genre? If not, why?

Yes, we should. I'll go and sort out the paperwork with the International Bureau of Genres.

2) What games, besides those that were named by Yahtzee ( Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe, God Hand, and arguably Man-Hunt ) would you believe belong in this genre?

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[Vault101]

Darksiders Id say is the biggest example, its all about the specticle

unfortunatley its all style and no substance...I couldnt finish, which is a shame because the game could have been better