Popular franchises crossing over to other genres is not at all a strange thing.<\/p>\n
Mario went from jumping on platforms to racing in go-karts – then he became a doctor in a match-three fun-fest. Resident Evil started out as a claustrophobic survival horror title, and ended up as a more action-centric shooter-type affair.<\/p>\n
Final Fantasy stepped away from its JRPG roots and even dabbled in a cross-universe beat-em-up in the form of Dissidia, and Fallout went from isometric-view turn-based RPG to an FPS rather comfortably.<\/p>\n
So genre-bending isn’t really an alien concept in gaming – but what other games could take a leap into new territory?<\/p>\n
Here are some ideas I had. Feel free to lambaste me for them in the comments and forum – but some of these ideas may not sound too far out if you consider we live in a world where goat simulator exists.<\/p>\n
Silent Hill (at least the good titles) has always been more about the feeling of sheer horror and psychological anguish than the rather clunky combat – so it’s a title that could do well in a different genre, like maybe even a turn-based RPG as in the header above.<\/p>\n
As survival horrors often do, though, a lot of the non-combat gameplay in Silent Hill revolves around finding keys and solving ridiculous puzzles – something that adventure games of old feature quite prominently. So it’s a match made in heaven.<\/p>\n
Interestingly enough, the concept of Silent Hill as an adventure game is not that far-fetched. Anyone familiar with Yahtzee’s Chzo Mythos<\/a> will no doubt be familiar with what level of horror this genre can convey.<\/p>\n Sort of like: the Chzo Mythos series<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n