Heya There comes a time every so often when games modeled off a prior mode of gameplay have to stop being referred to as a clone. This happened with the FPS genre (Doom clones) and sandbox games (GTA clones) etc. With touchscreens here to stay I think its safe to say that games modeled of Infinity Blade will continue. Not always to copy but to sometimes break new ground. So we need a new genre name. Surely you creative TA creative types can come up with something. I propose Screenslicers. Yep it sucks. Help
I reckon that's it dude. "A new Swipefighter from Gameloft.." sounds about right. Lets get a few more then put it to a vote. Then we can hit up the majors and roll it out Flickfighter...
Swipe fight...sounds good. Imagine, "Hey man, I'm playing a FPSP. No it isnt a typo, it stands for first person swipe fighter." Otherwise, my serious idea would be touch slasher.
Its not that crazy. With all the MMORPGs it seems kinda reasonable. Swipe n Slasher sounds cool. Might as well knock a few more new genres out while we're at it. Angry Birds clones would be called....?
Since all my friends have kept telling me that I NEED to play IB 1+2 to completion as well as that Batman IB type game, I've made a new folder and named it 'Adventure Slash' But Swiping Adventure or Slash Brawler or something like that might be a better name for em... But you're right, I am a little tired of having to use 'Infinity Blade Clone' as a genre description/name. =oP Curious to see what other people come up with.
I like how we have Shmups so... CoWS - Combat with Swipes/Slices/Slashes ibish /eye-bish/ - Infinity Blade-ish SFF - swipefest fighting/fighter (because SF is already taken ) S2C /stook/ - slice/swipe/slash to combat SwiFt - Swiper Fighters
CoWS is pretty bloody great. Though it might be awkward when referring to it as a single unit. "The newly released CoWS from Bioware..." FiCom (finger combat) SlashCom FiFi (finger fighter) GAG (gestured action game)