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"Zaghadka" <zagh...@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 18 May 2006 21:05:30 +0200, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, Frans 
> wrote:
>
>>"riku" <ri...@none.invalid.com> wrote in message
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>>> On Wed, 17 May 2006 12:38:20 -0500, Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>The Lurking Horror, by Dave Lebling, the first survival horror game ever
>>>>set in
>>>>the Cthulhu mythos.
>>>>
>>>>Genre: Text adventure.
>>>
>>> This just underscores my point about how should these genres (survival
>>> horror, real-time strategy games etc.) be defined: by the games where
>>> the term was first used, or by including any game that could be fit
>>> into the term pedantically?
>>
>>Survival horror is a bit of a stupid term. One word describes something
>>about the game mechanics, and the other word describes content. A genre 
>>term
>>should never define actual content. An RTS could be set in the stone age,
>>WW2, or the future. Same for an FPS. A 'survival horror game' is just a
>>ridiculous term for an adventure, or RPG. Name it an RPG or adventure and 
>>be
>>done with it.
>>
> First thing I have to ask: Is English your native language? Please don't 
> be
> insulted, a lot of things can be "lost in translation."
>
> The genre term makes perfect sense to me.
>
> And as far as content, there is a difference between a combat flight sim, 
> and a
> flight sim, and I'm glad the distinction is made.

Me too!  That way I can avoid buying the non combat version

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