Computer Game Genres

Genre	Description	Example
FPS	Whilst in a first-person perspective, the player has to quickly shoot people in action packed scenes.	Call of Duty All the games in the COD franchise involves first person shooting, and is kind of a repetitive thing, walking around, following your team mates, shooting anybody that doesn’t look familiar, or going online and getting yelled at by people you don’t know, if you have just failed something.
Adventure	Adventure games, one of the first genres, are games where the player is given something to do and many different things happen.	Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom “Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom,” is one of the many kids games that feature adventure, though this game does have a little bit of action. The aim of the game is to save Spongebob’s town of Bikini Bottom from the robots that Plankton has made, trying to get rid of them by going to all the places from the show and comedy that we are familiar with.
Platform	“Platform games” are games where the player has to use timing and jumping to reach a destination and avoid getting killed by enemies along the way	Sonic the Hedgehog “Sonic the Hedgehog” is a game where you have to collect rings, get to your destination by doing some cool moves whilst trying to avoid enemies that get in the way.
Puzzle Games	“Puzzle games,” are games where you have to solve something to be able to continue to the next puzzle.	Tetris “Tetris,” one of the most popular games in the world that everyone has played, but it is also one of the most frustrating games in the world, even worse than Flappy Bird. The aim of the game is to fit blocks of different shapes and sizes and line them all up to fit perfectly within a time limit. The taller it gets, the more likely you are to have to restart the game.
Simulation	“Simulation” games are games where the developers have tried to replicate something from real life into a game to help people.	The Sims Maybe not the best example of a game about real life, but “The Sims” does make you form relationships with people with your sims, makes you do all the work for them as if you were that person. Excluding all the non-realistic stuff like aliens, ghosts and stuff, the game does have a life like experience for you to play with.
Sport	“Sport” games are obviously game which let you play a sport whilst lying down holding a controller in your hand, without you having to move around constantly. But some sport games can let you physically move, games such as Wii Fit.	Fifa 15 The “Fifa” franchise lets you play as players you know from real football, and gets you to play football without moving, and it can get quite competitive if you play with others, but it is still a lot of fun to play, if you are good at it at least.
Fighting	“Fighting” games, which usually have a bit of action most of the time, are games where you and another person or computer, go head to head in a death battle.	Mortal Kombat X “Mortal Kombat X,” probably the most graphic game, lets you attack your friends without the actual physical damage, and can actually be a lot of fun, when you don’t die that is. If you are one for extreme graphic deaths, then this is probably the game for you.
Dance/Rhythm	“Dance/Rhythm” games are games where you can either physically dance in front of a camera, Kinect, or by using a Wii remote, or by pressing the buttons on your controller in a time limit.	Just Dance The “Just Dance,” franchise, one of the most popular party games, lets you and a group of friends, or even people online, dance together, mirroring what they see the dancer on screen do. This is a very good game to play for maybe a few minutes, as it is very easy to lose your breath from just one song.
Survival/Horror	“Survival/Horror” games are games where you play a character who has to survive throughout the game, trying to avoid getting killed by usually a supernatural being.	Outlast “Outlast” is a first person game where you play a man named Miles, an investigative reporter who has stumbled across an asylum which has been taken over by the patients who were being tested on. This has got to be one of the scariest games so far, especially because 1) the music, 2) the fact that you as the character can’t attack enemies, you can only “run, hide or die” as the beginning warns you. This game is perfect for people who like getting frightened, but be warned that this game is very gory, and has some male nudity throughout.
Action	“Action” games are when you have to act quickly to attack/kill enemies. It not unusual to see other game genres mixed in with action games, such as adventure, horror, fighting, FPS.	Resident Evil Revelation 2 “Resident Evil Revelations 2” is a horror based action game, mixed with shooter. This game can be particularly entertaining and horrifying by the fact that your have to play several different characters, run away or kill deadly monsters. The most annoying part of this game is, if you are playing 2 players, player 1 dies almost instantly, whilst player 2 can get hit 20 times before actually dying. The creepiest part of the game is the little girl, and especially when you start playing as her. If you like horror, then this game is definitely for you.