What is a Puzzle Game? X'inhu Game Puzzle?

Sounds like a simple question, right? Ħsejjes bħal mistoqsija sempliċi, id-dritt? One could easily think of a meaning in terms of a circular definition: a game in which puzzles are solved. Wieħed jista 'faċilment naħsbu ta' tifsira f'termini ta 'definizzjoni ċirkulari: logħba li puzzles jiġu solvuti. But doesn't that definition fit many games out there, especially free flash ones? Iżda ma li l-logħob definizzjoni ħafna tajbin hemmhekk, speċjalment dawk flash ħielsa? Is Closure , a game we profiled earlier, a platformer or a puzzle game? Huwa Għeluq , logħba aħna profilati preċedenti, platformer jew logħba? In a sense, it's a little of both — but ultimately, it's more a game of solving puzzles than jumping around various moving platforms. F'ċertu sens, huwa ftit taż-żewġ - iżda fl-aħħar, huwa aktar logħba ta 'soluzzjoni puzzles minn qbiż ta' madwar pjattaformi differenti jiċċaqilqu. And it's better because of it. U huwa aħjar minħabba fiha.

To get a sense of what I'm talking about, just check out the Puzzle game listings on Kongregate: Biex jiksbu sens ta 'dak li nkun qiegħed jitkellem dwar, biss jiċċekkjaw il-elenki logħba Puzzle fuq Kongregate:

Listing of Puzzle Games on Kongregate Elenku tal-Logħob Puzzle dwar Kongregate

But many of the games listed above don't fit into the traditional definition of a “ puzzle ” game. Iżda ħafna mill-logħob elenkati hawn fuq ma jidħlux fid-definizzjoni tradizzjonali ta '" puzzle "logħba. There are only “Logical or conceptual challenges”, a common term used in reference to puzzle games, to the extent that you find those challenges in almost any type of game. Hemm biss "sfidi loġiku jew kunċettwali", terminu komuni użati fir-referenza għall tislibiet logħob, sal-limitu li inti ssib dawk l-isfidi fi kważi kull tip ta 'logħba. Halo 3, for instance, has a number of logical challenges — but it certainly isn't commonly defined as a puzzle game, as there are already well-defined genres that are used to label it — action, shoot-em-up, et cetera. Halo 3, per eżempju, għandu numru ta 'sfidi loġika - imma żgur li mhux normalment definita bħala logħba, kif diġà hemm ġeneri ddefiniti sew li huma wżati sabiex it-tikketta hija - azzjoni, rimja-em-up, et oħra eċċ.

So thus, the “Puzzle” genre gets co-opted for those fascinating, esoteric games — often free flash games — that don't really fit into any other genre. Allura b'hekk, il-"Puzzle" ġeneru gets co-opted għal dawk affaxxinanti, logħob esoteric - spiss logħob liberu flash - li ma verament jidħlu fl-ebda ġeneru ieħor. For another example, see Obechi , a game we covered last week. Għal eżempju ieħor, ara Obechi , logħba aħna koperti aħħar ġimgħa. There's no more of a “logical or conceptual challenge” in Obechi than in Halo or Madden, but there's no other commonly-adopted genre that can be used to define and tag a game centered around collecting balls with rings in an abstract, 2D space. M'hemm l-ebda aktar ta 'sfida "loġika jew kunċettwali" fil Obechi milli fil Halo jew Madden, imma hemm l-ebda ġeneru komunement adottati li jistgħu jintużaw biex jiddefinixxu u tag logħba ċċentrata madwar ġbir blalen bi ċrieki fi astratt, l-ispazju 2D.