2023-05-28 22:28:18
Categorizing video games is certainly, if not impossible, something extremely complex, especially if one takes into account that technological advances have given the people who make up the gears of this industry countless possibilities that emerge in creativity and lead to development.
In other words, initially video games were designed to entertain and pass the time, they were a few pixels on a screen that moved without having a story or complex mechanics, you only had small clues about what was happening in them, so the player had the possibility to create his own narrative about it.
However, as different generations of consoles began to circulate, the technology of those consoles allowed the landscape to expand. “Scripts, sound effects and visual effects began to be implemented, which allowed stories to be told and therefore the games became more complex. And from there, everything began to be categorized”, explains César Correa López, art director of Polygonus.
Action, adventure, castle, casual, Match 3, medieval, MMO, MMORPG, multiplayer, puzzle, PvP, robot, RPG, shooting, strategy, survival games appeared then. or war, just to name the most representative.
It should be noted that some genres influence or determine the consoles on which they must be played, according to López.
For example, Nintendo focused on developing more colourful, friendlier, lighter and more casual video games, so it’s a console that you’re literally going to play on for fun, so to speak, while PlayStation he focused on developing stories where decisions have to be made, that is, they are more adult games that propose and imply a scale of values.
Finally, knowing which is the ideal game for each one is an answer that can only be found in personal exploration. “We all have absolutely different tastes, so they depend on each user, the important thing is to give yourself the opportunity to try, to get uncomfortable, to get out of your comfort zone to find yourself in situations that has never been lived, because what it allows is to know oneself as one would never know oneself if it only followed a line”.
We tell you what are the video game genres most representative today:
Aventura
They are usually played in third person, as in The House in Fata Morgana, God of War: Ragnarok o Metroid Prime Remastered. That is, the receiver can see the complete character in order to take advantage of the mechanics that the game offers. They usually have a slightly more elaborate story because what motivates the player is knowing what their character is going to do and getting attached to their character. “Therefore, the story must make the character interest the player so much so that he reaches the last consequences as long as his character completes all the missions that are entrusted to him,” says López.
MMO
The Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) is one of the most popular Januarys and the one that generates the most money for the industry. It is an “online multiplayer game in which many people can play simultaneously, but not with a dozen, but with thousands, and sometimes even millions of players at the same time,” they explain in the Plarium gamer community. In addition, it can bring together any other genre: it can be action, strategy, or new interactive experiences, such as Raid: Shadow Legends, Stormfall o Nords: Heroes of the North.
casual
are those of the type Candy Crush o Tetris, that are played on mobile devices, since they do not require specific consoles, by people who are lining up, are on the subway or waiting for someone. They are games with very simple mechanics in which points are accumulated and nothing else, and therefore you don’t need to dedicate or invest too much in a story or a character.
First person shooter
“They are those in which you take the role of a character in the first person who has a weapon, and in which you must shoot a number of enemies all the time,” López details. They are one of the most popular genres in the gamer world and do not have a deep narrative thread, since the objective of these video games is to entertain through competitiveness: they are played online with up to 70 people and the one left alive wins, or that is, the best player, although sometimes squads are assembled, then the best squad wins. they are of the type Doom Eternal o Halo.
Relatives
In this aspect, Nintendo has stood out quite well with video games of the style Super Mario, Super Mario Bros o Super Mario Odysseywhich are focused on a slightly more casual audience and people who buy consoles to play with their children, with their wife, their brothers, etc.
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