Action Game Subgenres
Action games fall into a number of subgenres based, like all game genre distinctions, on the kinds of gameplay that they offer. The most familiar and popular action games are platform games, but the genre also encompasses fighting games, fast puzzle games, and a broad miscellany of others. Shooter games were considered a kind of action game for a long time, but now they are so distinct that they are a genre in their own right. Bear in mind that there is no industry standard for these terms, and other authors may refer to these subgenres by other names.
Platform Games
In platform games, or platformers, an avatar moves through a vertically exaggerated environment, jumping on and off platforms at different heights, while avoiding ...
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