Video Games genres V

Strategy

 
Games have evolved from the principles of strategic games in which players perform moves by rotation, for example Command & Conquer, Total War.

• RTS (Real Time Strategy)

Indicates that the action in the game is continuous, and players will have to make their decisions and actions in the context of a state game in a changing enviroment.You have to get resources, build bases, technologies to research and produce units.Example: Warcraft Series, Age of Empires, Dune
II,Dawn of War, Command and Conquer.
 

• Real Time Tactics
This game has the feature of an action,wargame and simulation game, for example, the battle system (though not the entire game). Example: Total War Series

• Tower Defense
These games have a simple layout .The player has to "build" towers to defend his territory from enemies(computer monsters).You can poison enemies or  slow them down ;it depends on the game.The more  you kill, you get money with which you can build more towers.Example: Bloons Tower Defense.

 
• Turn based strategy
The player is allowed to a period of analysis before committing any action, some games allowing a certain number of movements or actions  in a turn.Example: Combat Mission, Heroes

• War games

WarGames is a subgenre of real-time strategy games that emphasize strategic or tactical warfare on a map. WarGames, in general, depending on the tower game is based, or in real time,  the concentration of the game is in the strategy or tactics.Example:1944 Warfare.

                                                        Hybrid Games
 
It is important to recognize that many games are not limited to one genre. Some types are a mixture of two or more genres. In fact, as the game progresses, we see the blurred lines between genres more often than not. The introduction of 3D games like action / adventure has increased dramatically. It is basically a catch-all category that includes real-time 3D games and battle with puzzle solving in a fairly coherent story. Many of these games are also first-person-shooter. Some are 3D platform titles. Most securities qualify as horror survival and Action / Adventure games too. Another example of a hybrid Myst. It is both an adventure game and a puzzle game.

Video Games Genres Part IV

Simulation

 
A simulator is a video game which, as the name suggests,  simulates a real or imaginary action or situation.

• CMS (construction and management simulation)

The players build, expand or manage fictional communities or projects with limited resources.Example:Age of Empires
 

• Life simulation
These games involve controlling one or more artificial lives.They revolve around individuals and the relationships between them, simulating them.The players can even play  with the character's genetics and ecosystem.Example: The Sims

• Vehicle simulation

These games offer the player a realistic interpretation of various vehicles.In this category enter flight simulators, space flight, trains, car races.Example: Orbiter, Spy Hunter, NASCAR,Need for Speed.


 

• Sports simulation

As you can imagine, they are video games that simulate sports game. Many have incorporated new aspects beyond the games themselves. 

For example, most football video games such as Madden series allow the player to create and customize teams and play them for a full season. In addition, many sports games include management elements beyond games themselves. There is quite a bit of variety  in the genre for fans , players, and behind the scenes responsibilities of owning a team.Example:FIFA series

Music games

Games music most commonly causes the player to track motion sequences or develop specific rhythms.Example: Guitar Hero, Rock Band

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Board games

 
Players can improve their skills in these traditional games that nowadays are customized for computers..Example: Chess, Backgammon, Card Games, Go

 

Video Games Genres Part III

RPG (Role Playing Game)

 The RPG genre  is direct descendant of hybrid action-adventure genre. Like the adventure genre, RPG is characterized by a well developed story and high quality, but there are also puzzles and action elements of the genre, such as violence and fighting. What distinguishes him from his descendant  action-adventure hybrid, is an advanced evolution of the character:the character gains experience after battles or  targets, which is then used in the development of certain skills of various types. In an RPG,ther are present the so-called quests, missions received from other characters that have different goals and different ways of solving that result usually with a reward :money, items or experience. It is also important to know that most RPGs are placed in medieval fantasy worlds, but this is not a criterion that characterizes the genre.

 

• Strategy RPG

These games incorporate strategic play as an alternative to traditional play.Like in traditional ones, the player controls a party, fights the enemy but the difference is that there is a strategic tactic  present. Example: Last III: Exodus

• Action RPG
Each player controls a character in real time, putting the highlight on action.A common challenge in these RPGs is to include content beyond killing enemies.With the large number of items that must be collected ,sites, locations and samples that are found in this game,it can be difficult to create depth needed to give players a unique experience tailored to the beliefs, choices and actions. .Example: Diablo, The Legend of Zelda, Sacred,: Dragon Slayer series.

 

• Roguelike

It is a 2D dungeon crawl with a high emphasis on developing the disorder and static character .These types of games borrow elements from the game Rogue.

• Massively Multiplayer Online RPG (MMORPG)

There are just like traditional RPGs, the only difference is that they incorporate hundreds of players that  interact with one another in real time.  

Video Games Genre Part II

Adventure
An adventure game is a video game  based on solving various puzzles in which  the player interactes with people or the environment. This genre is characterized by an ingenious story of the highest quality and the obstacles that often require the player's intelligence .The violence degree  is usually lower.
• Graphic adventure games

These have emerged as computer graphics evolved, replacing textual descriptions with  visual descriptions.As the IT industry  evolved, the player did not have to type commands, it was enough to click on the mouse.Example: The Whispered World
• Visual Novel

It is an adventure game that has static graphics mostly , usually with anime-style art.
Many visual novels are following statistics that the player must build  in order to advance the plot, and allows a variety of endings, allowing more dynamic reaction to the player's actions than a typical liniar adventure land .Example: Ace Attorney series .
• Interactive movie

     A full-motion interactive movie contains pre-coated cartoons or live-action sequences where the player controls some of the character's movements.Example: Resident Evil 4, Tex Murphy.

• Platform games
Games of this type are usually identified by browsing environments that require timing and jumping in order to reach a destination while avoiding and / or eliminating enemies. Many of these, such as Donkey Kong have a series of screens , each with its own individual design challenges. As companies have begun to develop  platform games for consoles and home computers instead of arcade machines (eg Super Mario Bros. for the Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System) ,  the processors and memory capacity development have taken advantage and higher transcending individual screens and actively use the -scrolling worlds. This evolutionary step in the platform games moved closer to captivating stories , rather than challenging puzzles . Platform video games continued to evolve gaming becaming more 3D .

• Maze games
These games have a playing field that is entirely a maze that players must navigate.Example : Pac -Man

Action-Adventure

• Stealth games

A stealth-based game is a video game in which the focus is on the player's ability to sneak unseen  between opponents along the way to bring an object. Avest genre requires attention to detail, sense of observation and patience. Example: Thief 3, Assassin's Creed.

• Survival horror
As the name suggests, these titles are an evolutionary step in interactive game genre horror.The main driver mode in this is to "survive" environment that includes fantasy or supernatural elements that are very frightening and often disturbing. Many of these titles are intended for a mature audience, because they are not for younger audiences and often include grafic scenes .Example: Haunted House

   Video Games Genres Part One

   Technology industry has greatly advanced in recent decades, the most important achievements are in the IT field .Today, processors and graphics cards have advanced greatly,from which  video games benefit.
Video games are very popular especially among young people but many adults over 30 years have gained this passion.Many fans start to play at an early age, small games that are not difficult, then move forward.
This "industry" of video games has evolved a lot and still is.
   Today,you have available many types of video games to choose from.
   Each category has its own video game fans, depending on individual personality and preferences.
   A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction between humans and an interface that generates feedback on a video device.You can play on a PC, console(Xbox,PS).
   Video games are categorized by their gender.There is no universally accepted criteria.
   The following is a classification of the most common video game genres with a brief description and examples. Many of the games can be found in several categories due to the subjective nature of many genres. For example Legend of Zelda game series has elements of action, adventure and RPG. This becomes increasingly more pronounced because many of the games that are produced nowadays are already designed to be hybrid, combining the features of one or more styles (eg action RPG like Diablo, Vagrant Story, and Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance).
   The main categories of video games:
Action
Action games are basically games where a player uses his reflexes, precision to overcome traps, obstacles to carry out his "mission".
• Fighting

These games emphasize one-on-one battle between two characters, one of which can be controlled by the computer.
Many of these games include a single player mode, but the real draw to this genre is the ability to demonstrate one's skill games against a friend. Examples of franchises in this genre include Street Fighter, Soul Calibur, Mortal Kombat, Tekken, Virtual Fighter, Dead or Alive, King of Fighters, and Bloody Roar.


Shooter

• FPS (first person shooter)
A FPS is a game in which the player follows the action from the perspective of the first person . Another element that characterizes the FPS genre is that the games that are part of this category shows the player a diverse arsenal of firearms. Example: Crysis, Far Cry 2,Call of Duty.


• TPS (Third Person Shooter)

The player follows the action from a perspective in which the character of the game is seen from a distance. This view gives the player a wider view of the surroundings, as opposed to the view limited first-person shooter.
• Shoot'em up
It is a shooter game genre in which the player controls a character or a vehicle (often a spaceship) and large numbers of enemies while stopped projectiles intrare.Examples: Space Invaders, Space War.
• Tactical Shooter
These games are like variations of the first and third person shooter that focuses on realism and highlight the tactical, such as planning and teamwork. Winning is likely to be dependent on capturing a target, rather than to gain when killing a lot of them.Example:: Raven Shield
• Rail Shooter
It is a sub-genre of first-person shooter, the  navigating through the game environment is not under the player's control explicitly. This type of game limits  interaction between player and tactical objectives of each stage, and progresses from scene to scene by moving the camera specific player positions, along map..Example: House of the Dead

Diablo 3 review

Diablo 3 review

It's an action RPG, so don't expect reams of complicated stats. The raised camera angle gives it an old school feel and the controls are simple, using only the mouse and a few keys.

 When your character levels up, and enemies get smarter, that the combat comes into its own. 

At first you only have a pool of basic offensive attacks to choose from, but as you gain XP, you get access to a wealth of unique abilities.Y ou attack enemies by clicking. Lots and lots of clicking. Hold the mouse button down while hovering over an enemy and your character will repeatedly attack it until it dies. Powers are assigned to the number keys, and have an MMO-style cooldown. Mixing the two forms the basis of the combat, and it rewards experimentation.

There are five classes. The barbarian is self-explanatory. They use brute force, wading into battle with heavy weapons and strong offensive powers. Witch doctors summon undead minions to do their dirty work, and weaken enemies by cursing them. Wizards, predictably, are experts with magic, and have a variety of ranged and defensive spells at their disposal. Monks engage enemies in hand to hand combat, and are incredibly fast. Finally, demon hunters are a pure ranged class, and use dual crossbows and launch explosives.

The combat feels great. Even though you're only clicking a mouse, there's a great feeling of weight behind your attacks. In later levels, your foes become more intelligent. Some wall your party in, rapidly teleport around the level to confuse you, or knock you back when you approach. Bosses are tough, but only because they have insane amounts of HP. Most can be bested by simply dashing around, avoiding their attacks, and spamming them with ranged magic.

There's a story, but it isn't crucial to the experience. If you've never played a Diablo game before, the mythology can be quite confusing, but it's a fairly simple fantasy tale at its heart. 

Voice acting is a mixed bag, but overall the presentation of the game is of an extremely high quality. The music is atmospheric, and the visuals - which have the same stylised textures as World of Warcraft - are richly detailed. There are loads of neat little visual touches, and environments are varied: from sun-bleached deserts and snowy mountains, to rain-soaked fields, and the bowels of Hell itself.

One thing we love is that whenever you replay a quest, it's always different. Levels in the game are randomly generated, which means you never feel like it's a burden having to go through a level you've already done in co-op. Even if you think you've finished the game and seen all there is to see with one class, there are still four more to master. Items and gold can be shared between all of your characters (who are stored online, so you can access them from any computer), which doesn't make sense from a story perspective, but is hugely convenient.

 Crafting gives you something to do between bouts of dungeon crawling. The town hub - a safe area where you can store items, get healed, and trade with merchants - has a blacksmith that can break down rare items into materials. You then use these to craft new weapons and armour. The quality of the recipes you have available depends on how much money you've invested in the blacksmith's shop.Blizzard have taken the seemingly tedious act of clicking repeatedly on a goblin, and turned it into one of the most

entertaining RPGs of the year.