Uploaded August 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Genre fusions are a bit weird, AAA devs seem to love lumping a bunch of genres together to try and appeal to as many people as possible, but the end result is often a watered-down version of two different games that happen to share a program. So how can we fix this?
Well, The Architect has a few ideas, and most of their inspiration comes not from gaming, but cookery- and how great chefs can combine ingredients with very different tastes by unifying them around a single shared theme. Yum.
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You Saw:
Cook Serve Delicious 2- 2017
Overcooked 2- 2018
Battle Chef Brigade- 2017
Spelunky- 2008
Rise to Ruins- Early Acess
Northgard- 2017
Starcraft 2- 2012
Mass Effect Andromeda- 2017
Mass Effect 3- 2012
Mass Effect 2- 2010
Assassin's Creed Syndicate- 2015
Assassin's Creed Origins- 2017
Far Cry 5- 2018
Yoku's Island Express- 2018
Super Metroid- 1994
Hollow Knight- 2017
Stardew Valley- 2016
Katana Zero- 2019
Borderlands The Pre-Sequel- 2014
Toki Tori 2- 2013
Braid- 2008
Enter The Gungeon- 2016
Prey- 2017
Prey: Mooncrash- 2018
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup- 2006
Slay The Spire- 2017
Magic The Gathering Arena- 2019
Celeste- 2018
Hades- Early Access
bejewelled 3- 2010
Puzzle Quest- 2007
You must Build A Boat- 2015
huniepop- 2015
Sanctum 2- 2013
Undertale- 2015
Don't Starve 2013
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze- 2014
Narbacular Drop- 2005
Portal- 2007
Portal 2- 2011
The Witness- 2016
Antichamber- 2013
Borderlands 2- 2012
Runescape- 2001
Demon Souls- 2009
Dark Souls 3- 2016
Dark Souls- 2012
Shadow of the Colossus- 2005
Dark Souls 2- 2014
Final Fantasy 15- 2016
For The King- 2017
Maplestory 2- 2015
Tooth And Tail- 2017
XCOM 2- 2016
Terraria- 2011
Subnautica- 2018
Minecraft- 2009
Interesting Links:
Crackermilk! - youtube.com/channel/UCMn-zv1SE-2y6vyewscfFqw
That Prey GDC Talk- gamasutra.com/view/news/335022/Attend_GDC_and_see_how_Arkanes_innovative_Prey_DLC_Mooncrash_was_made.php
Interesting news about a possible return of Mass Effect: forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2019/04/10/mass-effect-is-warming-back-up-at-bioware-how-should-it-return/#1195b2902020
Genre fusions are a bit weird, AAA devs seem to love lumping a bunch of genres together to try and appeal to as many people as possible, but the end result is often a watered-down version of two different games that happen to share a program. So how can we fix this?
Well, The Architect has a few ideas, and most of their inspiration comes not from gaming, but cookery- and how great chefs can combine ingredients with very different tastes by unifying them around a single shared theme. Yum.
Support me on Patreon!:patreon.com/ArchitectofGames
Follow me on the Twittersphere!: twitter.com/Thefearalcarrot
You Saw:
Cook Serve Delicious 2- 2017
Overcooked 2- 2018
Battle Chef Brigade- 2017
Spelunky- 2008
Rise to Ruins- Early Acess
Northgard- 2017
Starcraft 2- 2012
Mass Effect Andromeda- 2017
Mass Effect 3- 2012
Mass Effect 2- 2010
Assassin's Creed Syndicate- 2015
Assassin's Creed Origins- 2017
Far Cry 5- 2018
Yoku's Island Express- 2018
Super Metroid- 1994
Hollow Knight- 2017
Stardew Valley- 2016
Katana Zero- 2019
Borderlands The Pre-Sequel- 2014
Toki Tori 2- 2013
Braid- 2008
Enter The Gungeon- 2016
Prey- 2017
Prey: Mooncrash- 2018
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup- 2006
Slay The Spire- 2017
Magic The Gathering Arena- 2019
Celeste- 2018
Hades- Early Access
bejewelled 3- 2010
Puzzle Quest- 2007
You must Build A Boat- 2015
huniepop- 2015
Sanctum 2- 2013
Undertale- 2015
Don't Starve 2013
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze- 2014
Narbacular Drop- 2005
Portal- 2007
Portal 2- 2011
The Witness- 2016
Antichamber- 2013
Borderlands 2- 2012
Runescape- 2001
Demon Souls- 2009
Dark Souls 3- 2016
Dark Souls- 2012
Shadow of the Colossus- 2005
Dark Souls 2- 2014
Final Fantasy 15- 2016
For The King- 2017
Maplestory 2- 2015
Tooth And Tail- 2017
XCOM 2- 2016
Terraria- 2011
Subnautica- 2018
Minecraft- 2009
Interesting Links:
Crackermilk! - youtube.com/channel/UCMn-zv1SE-2y6vyewscfFqw
That Prey GDC Talk- gamasutra.com/view/news/335022/Attend_GDC_and_see_how_Arkanes_innovative_Prey_DLC_Mooncrash_was_made.php
Interesting news about a possible return of Mass Effect: forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2019/04/10/mass-effect-is-warming-back-up-at-bioware-how-should-it-return/#1195b2902020
