| Just like songs, movies and basically any other form of | | | | common AK-47, chances are that if you play an FPS |
| entertainment that you might imagine, video games are | | | | game you will also be holding something that kills. Apart |
| divided into different categories, commonly referred to | | | | from that, FPS games also show a great emphasis on |
| as genres. Not surprisingly, the bounds and criteria that | | | | online multiplayer modes; there is almost no FPS game |
| apply for each genre are not strictly defined; thus, it is | | | | nowadays that doesn't support some type of |
| not uncommon that genre types might overlap or that | | | | multiplayer mode. Some popular FPS games are |
| a game belongs to more than one genre. Considering | | | | Half-Life/Counterstrike, Quake4, DOOM3, Painkiller etc. |
| all the above, it is still possible to define some standard | | | | Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG): Those |
| genres; below you will find some of the most popular | | | | are games aimed at creating a virtual environment |
| ones along with their main characteristics. | | | | where thousands of players are able to play and |
| Fighting games: Have you ever had the chance to play | | | | interact with each other in real time, inside the virtual |
| Street-Fighter? Well, if so, then this is the perfect | | | | world. Popular games of this genre are: World Of |
| sample to be used when describing what fighting | | | | Warcraft, Lineage, Neverwinter nights etc. Simulations: |
| games are all about. In fighting games you usually have | | | | Those are games where you are usually handling a |
| to destroy your opponent (either human or computer) | | | | vehicle; whether it is a car, an aircraft or a space |
| using martial arts, superpower movements or even | | | | rocket, you are usually assigned with special tasks that |
| handheld guns(less commonly). Some of the most | | | | you need to accomplish in order to advance to the |
| popular fighting games are Street-Fighter, Mortal | | | | next levels. Popular simulation games are Falcon 4.0, |
| Kombat, Virtua Fighter, Soul Calibour and Tekken. | | | | Ace combat, MS Train Simulator, Trainz etc. |
| First Person Shooters (FPS): This is one of the most | | | | Finally, Strategy games are games where (as the |
| popular game genres. In FPS games you are usually | | | | name suggests) you have to use your strategic |
| impersonating a game character and you are | | | | abilities in order to defeat your enemy. In most strategy |
| navigating through a virtual world from the point of | | | | games, you can create new buildings build new troops |
| view of the character. This means that usually your | | | | and research new technologies. Although there are |
| screen is located to the position where your | | | | games that fall into this category that do not really |
| characters head is supposed to be; usually, you can | | | | require much brains, some titles require some really |
| only see the hands of your character. FPS games | | | | sophisticated movements in order to win. Popular |
| have a great emphasis on guns and action; whether it | | | | strategy games are StarCraft: Brood War, Warcraft3 |
| is a futuristic plasma blaster, a knife, a grenade or a | | | | and Age of Empires. |