Types of Video Games I Prefer

張貼日期：Jun 24, 2020 12:25:47 PM

Jerry Zhou

People nowadays are on their electronic devices all the time due to the advancement of technology. So, people all over the world have devices that enable them to get access to many types of games and here are the three types that I prefer: Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), Combat Games, and Sport Games.

MMORPG is a video game that takes place in a persistent state world (PSW) with thousands or even millions of players developing their characters in a role-playing environment. PSW means the character continues to exist and develop internally even when there are no people interacting with it. The virtual world in which the game takes place is never static. When a player has logged off, events are still occurring across the world and they may impact the player when he or she logs in again. The MMORPG that I play in my free time is called Runescape and I have started to play this game again recently because it was a game that my friend and I played together when we were little. The game mode is basically what I mentioned above, with a leveling system in which I upgrade my combat or skilling levels to get access to more content in the game.

Combat Games is a genre of video game in which a gamer battles against another character controlled by another gamer or the game's artificial intelligence (AI). The gameplay structure includes several rounds per fight and various difficulty levels for us to choose. One example of this type is called Mortal Kombat and it’s a game I played with my friends or my family. The game mode is fighting one on one with opponents with either up close or short distance. The player needs good reflexes, and the ability to use the controls for all kinds of fighting moves.

Sports games emulate the playing of traditional physical sports such as basketball, golf, tennis, etc. This genre emerged early in the history of video games and remains popular today and is extremely competitive, just like real-world sports. The gameplay varies in different sports; for example, in baseball if I am the batter, I get to control how far I want to hit by pressing a button on the controller or the keyboard on the right time. The sport games I used to play are called Wii sports and the sports that I got to play were tennis, baseball, bowling, golf and boxing. I enjoyed tennis the most because four people can play at same time and the character in the game was doing the same moves that my hand with the controller was doing.

These are the video games that I had been playing as I was growing up and I really enjoyed them. As technology advances, more and more games are getting to the point in which what we see, hear and do are like that in real life, so we can experience the sport without going outside. In addition, video games have helped me make friends and get closer with my family.