What do you think of when you hear a game being coined as an art game? Do you think: ‘Eugh – pretentious fools’? Or how about: ‘Hmmm, that means no gameplay then. It’s not going to be fun’.
You couldn’t be more wrong.
A little known genre in the mainstream games market, art games – or art house games, as is the proper title – means games of an artistic nature. They generally have a strong story, explorative gameplay, stylish visuals and are sometimes games that aren’t necessarily games at all. Not in the traditional sense anyway.
There’s thousands of games currently on the market that could be referred to as an art game – yet people don’t like to tag their work as such. But why not? Art games are compelling, expressions of speech, generally beautiful to see and hear. They quite often have a message, or look to get an emotional response from the player. Most games at some level have an element of this.
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