Video Game Genres

Video Game Genres

Within the video gaming industry there are many different genres due to the diversity of games. (May also include hybrid genres). Below are a few examples;

• Action and adventure - A hybrid genre that combines some of the puzzle-solving elements of the adventure genre with more active elements from the action genre.

• Platform - A video game that requires the player to jump through suspended platforms or over obstacles. 

• FPS - First person shooter - a type of computer game in which the player aims and shoots at targets, and the graphics displayed are seen from the viewpoint of the shooter.

 

• RPG - Role-playing game - A game in which players assume the roles of characters and act out fantastical adventures, the outcomes of which are partially determined by chance, as by the roll of dice.

• Puzzle - A genre of video game in which the main goal is to solve puzzles or fit pieces together to keep the game going.

• Arcade - Game play inspired by a traditional coin-op arcade game. Arcade games usually have very little puzzle-solving, complex thinking, or strategy skills needed; they focus upon reflexes.

• Driving/Racing - Driving a vehicle is a main game play element. Usually some type of race element, where you try to be faster than an opponent. 

 

• Sports - The player is given control of individual athletes.