Add "Monster Taming" as a tag!

[Noah Lewin Dev]

Never once in a real conversation have I said, "Did you play that new creature collector game?". I have and have always heard them referred to as monster taming games. Creature Collector has no precedent and fans of the genre have been using "Monster Taming" for years. Official reddit page, discords, yearly direct, etc all use it. The community and devs like my self would really appreciate the tag added.

[MegaWill]

I agree, monster tamer sounds better

[Usagi-chan]

Yes

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Messaggio originale di elise:

Messaggio originale di cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

I was actually going to link that game here because of the name.

But the tag needs to be use before it is added.

Start tagging!

I just tried tagging one (Anode Heart) as "Monster Tamer" and when I submitted the tag it was automatically changed to "Creature Collector". Does this actually count as a use of "Monster Tamer" behind the scenes? If not, this route won't work...

Try Monster Taming.

[shaminmike]

Absolutely agreed!

[Ookami]

Let’s be real it was always Monster-Taming catch up Steam this isn’t a joke

[mail2003]

Where do i sign?

[Kyogre's Hideout]

I couldn't agree more with this suggestion

[elise]

Messaggio originale di cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Messaggio originale di elise:

I just tried tagging one (Anode Heart) as "Monster Tamer" and when I submitted the tag it was automatically changed to "Creature Collector". Does this actually count as a use of "Monster Tamer" behind the scenes? If not, this route won't work...

Try Monster Taming.

:winterbunny2023:

Ok, "Monster Taming" does work. Thanks!

[tigerfestival1988]

I strongly second Gym Leader Ed, Monster Taming and Creature collector are entirely different and Monster Taming should have it's own separate tag to make finding them much easier.

[LNX BDSKZ]

Also, agreed,
We need a better form of tagging things, a sizable number of games I see tagged as "Creature Collectors" have nothing remotely connected to the genre>

a number of the results just scrolling down are things like Hidden Object Games, Agar.io games, coloring sims, Clickers, gachas, etc, with nothing remotely in common with the actual genre of Monster Taming akin to Megaten/DQM/Pokemon/Digimon/MonsterSanctuary/CassetteBeasts/Palworld and etc.

WHile that issue is mentioned, similar overhauls would be very useful for genres such as Fighters/Beatemups being lumped together despite being incredibly different gameplay styles,
And both CharacterAction/SpectacleFighter being misused heavily to the point there area bunch of games that don't even fit either of those tags when seeking for DMC/Bayonetta style games, with stuff like Space Channel 5 and Beatemups and 2D Zelda style games being in the mix even when combined with the Hack&Slash tag.

The issue of meme tagging and people being allowed to do things like purpose put tags like Story Rich Rougelike Psychological Horror Hentai Soulslike on licensed shovelware games for 5 year olds are a different story for a different day, but should be addressed eventually. {Not like Steam cares about managing anything carefully though...}

[[MU] NathanC]

Agreed

[GymLeaderEd]

I also want to add that creature collector doesn't accurately represent our genre as well, because it includes titles that have you collect bugs, fish and other creatures, but has nothing to do with battling them, or raising them. They're pure collectors that treat the "creatures" no differently than if you were to collect random items.

You could argue that any fishing simulator should be tagged with CC, or even games like twilight princess since you collect bugs (if it was on steam lol), or even spyro 3, since you collect dragon eggs that hatch into baby dragons. Literally collecting creatures. These games don't belong in the same tag as something like digimon, or monster rancher and if we aren't going to change the tag name from creature collector to Monster Taming, we at least need a seperate tag for it

[GymLeaderEd]

Messaggio originale di elise:

Messaggio originale di cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Try Monster Taming.

:winterbunny2023:

Ok, "Monster Taming" does work. Thanks!

This makes it even worse in my opinion, because it shows that they're puposefully using the same tag for two completely different things like i mentioned in my comment above this one lol. Yea let's tag stuff as Monster Taming for now :)

[Backer5]

Tamer is a better definition that Monster Tamer, which I feel gives the connotation of excluding games with decidedly "non-Monsters", like Dinosaurs, Robots, etc.

Monster taming is a step in the right direction, but Taming I feel is the best answer to this problem.

All the reasons pertaining to use in the YouTube community I think are gross; trying to shift the community to match their brand instead of vice versa feels very greedy, manipulative, and self-aggrandizing, but I think creature collection is archaiac and that Monster Taming is a superior term with Taming alone being the best end state for the genre.

[Conza]

Wholeheartedly support adding a monster taming tag. If necessary add it as an additional tag, to other applicable tags (ARPG, JRPG, collection, etc). Will not be harmful.