Help on Skyrim's 'genre'?

Post » Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:52 pm

Hi. Thank you for paying attention.

So I'm doing a project for art, at school, and the topic I choice was 'fantasy', based around Skyrim's Role-Playing Action sort of genre. The problem with this is, I don't know what genre Skyrim's sense of fantasy would fall under when it's taken out of game format. If I create Fantasy-themed things for my art project, I need a specific genre of fantasy, and I don't know what the word is for it. Any help is apprechiated. Thanks

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Kat Ives
 
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Post » Fri Apr 17, 2015 3:21 pm

What are your options? "Fantasy" seems to pretty sufficiently cover it as a setting genre. It isn't historical fantasy, since it's set in an entirely different world. What else could it be?

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Sandeep Khatkar
 
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Post » Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:45 pm

Medieval fantasy probably, because of the magic, dragons, mead, inns, bards, guilds, swords, shields, bows, thieves and wooden houses with hay roofs.

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adame
 
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Post » Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:09 am

I'm guessing your teacher has some genres in mind... what are the options?

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Vicki Gunn
 
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Post » Fri Apr 17, 2015 5:59 pm

High fantasy

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TRIsha FEnnesse
 
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Post » Fri Apr 17, 2015 4:19 pm

Predominantly high fantasy with well-hidden magitech and a sprinkle of steampunk.

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Batricia Alele
 
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Post » Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:45 pm

Thanks for the quick responses.
My art teacher offered no options, I was just simply asked to research what topic of fantasy my project would fall under. I thought Fantasy would be clear enough, but I guess Fantasy is essentially just a fictional reality.
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Soraya Davy
 
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Post » Fri Apr 17, 2015 5:21 pm

Basically this, if you want to be specific.

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