Better Than It Sounds/Video Game Genres

Video Game Genres aren't immune to this either.

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• Adventure Game: Run around collecting stuff.
• Fighting: Trade attacks with an opponent.
  • Beat'Em Up: Very uneven battle with food on the ground.
• First-Person Shooter: A recreation of things that considered atrocious in real-life, but enjoyed by many people.
• Platform Game: Jump carefully.
  • Platform Hell: Asshole game designer tries to frustrate you.
• Puzzle Game: A Sisyphean exercise in block arrangement.
• Racing Game: Drive like you're terrifyingly sane.
• Real Time Strategy: Think fast before the enemies wipe you.
• Roleplay: Beat the crap out of woodland creatures, rob the houses of people who can only say one sentence, and repeatedly get ripped off by hotels until you save the world.
  • MMORPG: In an endless test of patience, your success rests in the hands of the internet.
  • Roguelike: Get lost, die stupidly.
• Rhythm Game: Hit various buttons in the right order at the right time. Quickly.
• Shoot'Em Up: Shoot enemies, dodge bullets. May have lots of bullets.
• Survival Horror: Try not to die. Or go insane. Or wet yourself.
• Tower Defense: Enemies cannot fire and try to run to the exit instead.
• Turn-Based Strategy: Think carefully or else the enemy outperform you.
  • 4X: A disembodied, faceless leader micromanages every unit and every settlement of an empire.
  • Strategy RPG: Have The Big Guy beat the boss within an inch of his life so that the Tagalong Kid can finish him off.
• Wide Open Sandbox: Do whatever you want.