P1C

P1C-Game Types

Platform

A platform game is a video game which tends to revolve around guiding an avatar to jump between things such as platforms and obstacles that get in the way before the person is allowed to advance to the next level. This is known as either jumping puzzles or freerunning which is controlled by the player. There are many games that come under the definition of a platform game, one of the biggest being The Legend of Zelda, however there are other games such as Alpha Waves. Arguably the biggest and most successful platform game that is currently out however is Mario Kart which has been out since 1992 in many different games and so far Mario Kart has sold 100 million copies worldwide.

Adventure

An adventure game is a video game that involves takes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story. It involves things such as exploration as well as puzzle solving in order to allow someone to try and complete the game. Things like adventure games are heavily linked with things like films as there are a lot of films either released based on the video game version or a film that is heavily based on the concept of an adventure game. An adventure game also tends to be a single player game which fits in with the adventure narrative as it involves the one person exploring the world by themselves. Examples of adventure games are games such as, The Walking Dead Game and The Secret of Monkey Island.

First Person Shooter

A first person shooter also known as an FPS is a video game which is usually centred on a gun and projectile weapon based combat, a first person shooter is always through a first person perspective which is why it is called a first person shooter. The aim of this is for the player to experience the game through the eyes of the main character. First person shooter games have been around for a while, games such as Maze War in 1973 are supposed to have been one of the first games to have used a first person shooter platform. There have been some big first person shooter games in the past such as Doom and GoldenEye 007 with these games setting the tone for first person shooter games, arguably the most well-known first shooter game though has to be the Halo series.

Sport

A sports game is as it says in the name a game that replicates sport games for someone at home, this involves many different roles within sports such as team sports, combat sports and extreme sports. It can also involve many different types of sports and can also change at how much work you have to do playing the actual game. For example you can have games such as FIFA which is a massive worldwide game which is a football game which doesn’t really involve any exercise, however on the other hand you can have games such as WII sports which involves exercise which is the aim of the game. Other sports games can vary from things such as Need for Speed a car racing game to NBA a basketball game.

Driving

A driving game is self-explanatory in the sense that is a game that involves driving some sort of vehicle which is usually a car, a driving game can either be in a first person view or a third person view with most giving the gamer the option to choose between the two rather than having just one set view. The games usually tend to involve the gamer being involved in things such as racing competitions with it either being pro racing or street racing. Racing games as I said in the paragraph can also fit under the sports game category due to car racing being classed as a sport. There are many different car games out in the modern day you have games such as the official F1 game, Need for Speed, The Crew and so on. 

Action

The action game is one of the most well-known game genres out there and arguably the most popular with it fitting into many different types of subgenres such as adventure, first person shooter and even the platform genre. An action game is also one of the most challenging games out of the rest as it requires the player to have a good sense of hand-eye coordination, reaction time and for them to be focused.  An action game usually tends to have the player controlling the main character with the player trying to navigate the main character through levels or stages while in the mean time getting through it through methods such as fighting. Action games usually also tend to have online sections which has people playing each other from all over the world in game modes which involve fighting. Action games include games such as Assassins Creed, Call of Duty, Battlefield and Mortal Combat.

Simulation

A simulation game can be found on both consoles and PC’s but they tend to be more popular on the PC gaming world, there are thousands of different types of simulation games that are available to someone for example it can range from military simulators to farm  simulators, the reason there are so many different varieties is down to the fact that they are designed to closely simulate aspects of real life or fictional reality and try to copy various activities once again from real life and try to apply them to the game. This is a unique game mode for a player as usually they are free to do what they want and there tends to be no actual goals within the game for the player to hit.

Role Playing

A role playing game which is better known as an RPG is a game where the player takes the role of characters that are set in fictional settings, the player is then responsible for acting out the roles ahead of them that is within a narrative, in the end the actions a player takes succeeds or fails according to game rules, if the player fails then they have to re-do the mission. An RPG game has many forms, the original form is known as a tabletop RPG and this where the RPG is conducted through discussion. However, in the other form which is known as live action role playing games (LARP) the player has to physically perform their character’s actions. Examples of RPG games include Dungeons and Dragons which is arguably the biggest RPG game to date. 

Beat em Up

Beat em Up games which can also be known as brawler games is a type of video game that involves hand to hand combat between characters such as the protagonist and usually a large group of other characters within the game who tend to be the evil ones. The settings are usually in more urban settings and the plot of the game is usually based on revenge or crime fighting. Most Beat em Up games are set in 2D levels however more recently they have adapted to a more 3D environment for players to play in, the genre itself first started in 1984 when Kung-Fu Master was released however probably the most well-known Beat em Up game and most successful is Mortal Kombat which is known to be one of the goriest games in existence.