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Playing games online is more popular now than it ever has been, and so it’s hardly surprising that so many games (literally thousands upon thousands) have been, and are continuing to be, created. There is something for everyone in that large, and ever increasing, pool of games, but, for newcomers to the world of online gaming, the choice can sometimes be overwhelming.

Still, it is possible to divide up the masses of online games into genres, which makes choosing a game or two to play a little easier. So, what are the main genres of online games?

A shooter game focuses primarily on combat involving projectile weapons, such as guns and missiles. The emphasize is on shooting and combat from the perspective of the character controlled by the player. This perspective is meant to give the player the feeling of “being there”. They can be divided into first-person and third-person shooters, depending on the camera perspective.

Games in the action-adventure genre require you to follow some storyline whilst completing various tasks along the way. Such games are often like movies, but rather than just watching what happens, you get to play out the action. You will normally have one overall objective to aim towards, which you will only be able to achieve through the exploration of a landscape, the gathering of various items, and the combating of other characters.

Role-playing games allow you to become an adventurer within a vast new world. Typically set in some strange magical, medieval type world, you must first choose what type of character you want to be and what skills (combat, spell casting, healing, etc.) you want them to have. Then, you set out into the world and complete missions and battle against good or bad (the choice is yours).

Games in the strategy genre require you to use resources (normally money and / or people) made available to you in such a way as to complete some pre-determined challenge. Building and maneuvering your own army with the aim of wiping out competing players armies is the most popular format. These games can be either ‘real time’, whereby the action is continuous and constantly changing, or ‘turn based’, whereby you make your moves, then your opponents make theirs, then you make yours again, etc.

So, those are the main genres of online games. You will be sure to find some absolute classics, and some new breakthrough games, if you look at those sections of online gaming sites.

PC games are a great way of relaxation and having fun for all ages. Either you are a child coming from school or even a working person who just went back home from work, games are for everyone and anyone. The truth is that they have evolved into a real industry. Online or offline, from simple flash games to modern wonders, pc games have attracted a mass of followers that are ready to devour the next impressive achievement.

Nobody could have foreseen 15 years ago that one day we would be able to interact with thousands and thousands of other people online with the means of an online game. That’s what technological breakthrough has evolved into nowadays.

There are many PC games genres, which would fall into more categories, each with its own distinctive type of playing. Although the majority of them ultimately need you to defeat the bad guys, the ways in which you can do that are many, varied, and in different environments. You can do that anywhere and anytime, from ancient Rome to epic space battles in the different future.

FIRST PERSON SHOOTERS

They are also commonly referred to as “Shoot ‘em ups” because of the way in which you need to approach the game. You have a 1st person view, meaning that you will see the game environment as you would if you were actually there.

You are given many different weapons with which you need to kill the bad guys. You will probably need to start out with nothing more than a knife, but don’t worry, you will get the big guns later on. Although there are many examples of good first person shooters available out there, the Doom and Quake franchises seem to dominate the market.

REAL TIME STRATEGY

This is the type of pc game in which you usually you need to build a strong empire with enough fighting force to overcome the enemy. It has 2 aspects, the military aspect and the economical one. Usually you need to harvest resources in order to be able to produce different military units capable of running a war.

Common examples of this sort of games include Starcraft and the Warcraft series. They also have a common, the TBS (turn based strategy), and a few of those games actually wrote history (the Civilization series, the Heroes of Might and Magic series).

RPG

The abbreviation comes from “role playing game.” This is a game in which you start on a character that is weak at first and who gains experience as you progress through the game, by battling different monsters. With the help of the experience gained, your character becomes stronger and stronger, able to fight stronger monsters and enemies, and ultimately defeats evil, which is also the purpose of the game.

A relatively recent development of RPGs is the MMORPG (massive multiplayer online RPG), in which thousands of people fight online in a usually immense world in which you can do anything you want: fight monsters, complete quests, fight other players, and of course gain experience all throughout. Although it has not been the first game of this genre, the most acclaimed game of this type is World of Warcraft which has an impressive community worldwide.

There are many other types of games available out there, I just pointed out the most common of them: racing games, sport games, adventure games, action games and many other types of games form an impressive industry that has truly put the pc games in the first line of entertainment over the last decade.