Are we ever going to agree on what to call game genres?

[editor's note: the guest is Harvey Randall, Staff Writer, apologies for any confusion with the placeholder text being left in!]
On this week's Chat Log, Mollie and Lauren talk with Harvey Randall about one of the most divisive topics: categorizing games. Sure, things are easy when we're just talking RPGs-unless it's ARPGs versus action RPGs. Don't even get us started on cRPGs. What about the Metroidvanias and the Roguelikes-and are Soulslikes a real genre too?
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[@wynnefox]

Man, with all the doom clones out there. What do we call them? I am going to watch this to find out! ;)

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[@brandondyck20]

The audio level keeps getting quite each episode. 🥺

[@btruf27]

Some genres are a mess and it is mostly because companies redefined them to get away from the origins of that genre. For example riot coined MOBA so it wouldn't be call a dota clone anymore. Multiplayer online battle arena basically describes every versus multiplayer game ever made. ARPGS were called diablo clones. Soulslike and roguelike have kept their meaning because their hasn't been some big push by a company to redefine them.

[@upsilonrho1337]

a genre is a genre they change with time human are adaptive creature why is this a argument it is such a nothing argument. the reason their make more gengre is cause it make it easier find cause not just the medium is growing the number of the products is growing too.

[@LightKings]

It's either a Skyrim knockoff. On Grand theft Auto knock off. Or a metal gear solid knock off.

[@84bombsjetpack23]

So why is Elden Ring not a JRPG?