Different Name for "Infinity Blade Clone"

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  1. Lost_Deputy

    Lost_Deputy Well-Known Member

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    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
     
  2. Lost_Deputy

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    Powerful.

    or..

    slidefighter?
     
  3. Kotovsky

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    Slice slasher
     
  4. Lost_Deputy

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    Is it just me or does Fingerfighter just sound wrong
     
  5. racer-007

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    Or you could always say fruit ninja
     
  6. Lost_Deputy

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    SketchBrawler
     
  7. MeanTuna

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    Swipe fighters, brawlers?
     
  8. Lost_Deputy

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    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...
     
  9. racer-007

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    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.
     
  10. Lost_Deputy

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    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....?
     
  11. racer-007

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    I thought those were physics puzzlers?
     
  12. Lost_Deputy

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    Yep, Yep they are. Bummer! Apparently RomCom is taken too! Stupid genre namers
     
  13. syntheticvoid

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    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.
     
  14. Exact-Psience

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    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 :D)
    S2C /stook/ - slice/swipe/slash to combat
    SwiFt - Swiper Fighters
     
  15. n00sipher

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    Finger Swiping games. LOL :D
     
  16. Lost_Deputy

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    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)
     

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