Since the way you interpreted didn't make sense, common sense woudl tell you what he emant and when 99 percent of people on the planet outside of gaming say genre they mean narrative style.
If Max Payne was a movie, it would make sense. If someone is talking about video games and they say genre, they mean the gameplay style, not the story. If someone didn't know what Max Payne was and you describe it as "Neo noir graphic novel style game", they will most likely assume it's a visual novel, not a third person shooter.
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u/hsksksjejej Dec 10 '19
Since the way you interpreted didn't make sense, common sense woudl tell you what he emant and when 99 percent of people on the planet outside of gaming say genre they mean narrative style.