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Action Video Games
I do not own my own video game system, but that doesn't mean that I don't like to play. I love action video games in almost any genre. I like some of the classic genre games such as the first person shooters okay, but what I really like are games that break the conventional mode. For me, a good action video game should be unexpected. It should combine arcade strategy, hand eye coordination, and a novel concept to really make for something unexpected.
On some days, what I really like is a puzzle games. After all, action video games don't necessarily have to involve a lot of killing. As a matter of fact, a good puzzle game can have plenty of action. One of the best examples of this is the classic video game Lemmings. In that game, you have to lead a bunch of lemmings to their goal. They will blindly walk forward continuously without paying any attention to the obstacles around them. If you do not watch out, they could walk off cliffs or into traps, so you had to constantly change their course in order to keep them safe. In the whole game, you never have to do anything destructive, and yet I've never seen such an action-packed game.
That again, a lot of good action video games do involve combat. The real-time strategy games are great examples of this. I guess they don't narrowly fit into the action genre, but you can't find something that really keeps you so on the edge of your seat as those games. If you let your concentration slip for just one moment, you can fall victim to a devastating enemy attack that can ravage your forces.
The thing I really want to see more of are action video games that involve more elements from different genres. I think that first-person combat, some puzzles, some plot development, and some real-time strategy could all be rolled into one seamless whole to create a game that is more than the sum of its parts. I'm not saying that no one has ever done this, but I feel like it could be taken further than it has been. I would love to see multi-concept games become the standard rather than the exception to the rule.
Of course, there are so many action video games out there that perhaps I just haven't found the perfect one yet. There are dozens of action video game websites giving links to hundreds of different games, and you can only play so many. Fortunately, you can play most of them as free online games which makes it easy to try out as many as you want. One day, I hope to find the perfect game.
Summary
Action video games are geared mainly toward fighting of some sort, such as combat games, first person shooter games, and games that involve strategic planning to take down a dangerous enemy. Good action video games should include strategy, hand eye coordination, and surprise to keep it interesting.
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