This is going to interest all gamers out there, action games have always been something different for us apart from the other games.
This genre tests our coordination skills like nothing else, with all the physical traits like jumping, running or fighting for a goal, feels so close to real life that we can relate to this genre more as compared to other genres on console or pc.
In today’s age, the Action game genre has come across immense modernization, it will be more clear if you compare Super Mario with the present time trending call of duty.
The vast difference shows that both may include fighting, full action-packed themes, but the COD is more complex and intimidating than the former.
Keep on reading to know more about this.
What is an Action Game?
The first thing that crosses your mind when you talk video games, is an action game which is true as it is the widest genre of them all.
All your childhood games like snow bros, Tekken or even the Pac man, were action games and this would make it easy for you to understand.
If we put it in simple words for you, action games are those games that include physical attributes like running, jumping or racing, etc.
to achieve rewards, and targets especially your hand to eye coordination.
The action game industry is one of the richest industries across the globe, as they keep making innovations to quench your gaming thirst.
Exactly in this way, the Action game genre is a major category that has many different sub-categories, without which it won’t exist.
Let us discuss them briefly, they are so concrete that you’ll get them in one instant
Branches of Action Game Genre
Shooter games
This is one of the most famous categories of Action game genre and brings a billion bucks every year.
These games depend on rewards, for which gamers have to kill their enemies or the non-human opponent force.
It may be a monster, robots or even the amorphous animated characters, but only through surpassing them, you can advance to the next level.
The very important aspect is that this has become the pioneer of today’s trendy games like assassin’s creed.
It is that sub-genre that shows the biggest representation of violence and is often condemned for such elements too.
Despite all this, the shooter games have set a benchmark in the world of action games.
They don’t always include bloodshed, you may find them in cute children-friendly graphics, like a car trying to leave behind other cars through laser, and these little hints make this branch more precious than games.
Fighting and Beating games
We know already, that most of you just love this sub-category.
We can say that this one represents the actual Action game genre.
It’s so easy to grasp as all it includes is fighting your opponents, each character may possess some supernatural power, and the fighting session decides the true winner.
Let us spice it up, these games are distinctive from the others because they provided you with a feature that could resurrect your character.
There would be some power drinks, gadgets or tricks, that would give extra life to the character or to say, another turn to the gamer.
This excites us like kids and keeps us hooked till we are out of extra lives.
This sub-category brings in use all the hidden martial art skills, physical energy and hand-eye coordination which we mentioned above.
The many other ways like beating your enemies, encroaching their boundaries, or implementation of power to win the game.
We can add so much to this, that the discussion may never end.
Let us move on to the next one.
Platform games
If we are confused that which sub-genre Super Mario belongs to, then voila!
We have your answer.
Super Mario and all such games belong to the platform games.
It is more of an entertaining and less violent sub-category of the action game genre.
This includes challenging platforms and struggles against the monsters or little ugly creatures that we resisted in Super Mario.
Just know that rather than “fighting” them to conquer you have to “resist” them.
Meanwhile, certain powers help you do it more easily.
Similarly, the rewards are given when you reach the end of the stage without being harmed.
There you may relate it with the norms of other branches.
It is worth observing that this sub-genre includes most of the children-friendly games.
These are comparatively easier than the adult complex ones.
Survival games
The survival games need no introduction, as it is evident through their name.
They involve “Survival”, your character has to strive hard.
You can use weapons, hints, stunts or bonuses to survive as long as possible.
The duration matters the most, and serve as the high score as well.
Only a true gamer understands how dear Resident Evil is to the gaming fraternity.
It is the perfect example of an ideal Survival game.
The best-highlighted feature of this branch is the system of purchase.
Your points may earn you cash in the game that you would use to purchase items necessary for survival.
This doesn’t end here, there are literally live competitions, where what is the most crucial element is how long you survive.
Such games are mostly single player, but this keeps changing with the theme.
Most-played Action Games
Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive is a fighting video game series that was first produced by Tecmo in 1996.
This series is best known for its fast-paced games, exquisite graphics and the introduction of female characters to the game.
It was the chief series that allowed the gamers to experience the three-dimensional platform, which makes it more realistic.
Dead or Alive also includes the bringing of martial arts into the video games, the stunts like air juggles, quick combinations and hard punches, resulted in making it a high end fighting series.
Later on, others took inspiration and the Tecmo effects made their way throughout the map.
Pursuing this further, this series was the pioneer of the countering system.
In these games, when a character would attack you, you could use an extra feature known as the counterattack.
This would save you from the damage and losing your life bars.
This made their combination of time and direction of counterattack more precise than the usual standard.
Street Fighter
The Street Fighter series made its debut in 1987 through the efforts of Capcom.
This series was the first one to come up with the concept of the one-on-one fighting genre.
This leads it to the highest-grossing gaming series ever.
Produced by Takashi Nishiyama and Hiroshi Matsumoto, Street Fighter published many versions one after another.
The first one in 1987 presented martial artists suppose Ryu and the American opposition Ken.
They exchanged high-end professional punches, blows, and stunts that impressed the youth of that era.
But despite all this, the first one couldn’t fulfill the expectations.
The second version of the Street Fighter proved to be game-changing.
It introduced more characters, each character had its own 30 unique moves and a signature fighting style.
With the innovation of one-on-one fighting, it opened a door of ideas to the upcoming versions.
Tomb Raider
The British gaming company produced the genre of action-adventure games.
This media franchise Lara Croft: Tomb Raider originated with it.
The themes involve the adventures of Lara Croft in ruins.
Also, forbidden temples to figure out the location of the lost artifacts.
This series was first introduced for the Personal Computers and Play Stations.
It dealt with a tinge of survival theme as well because Lara Croft had to resist the impending monsters and giants through the help of weapons, potions, and advanced features.
It had different versions in the coming years like Tomb Raider 1, 2, 3 and the fourth one named the Last Revelations.
With the framework of an action-adventure game.
The protagonist Lara Croft encounters a plane crash in the Himalayas and is lost among the ancient civilizations.
This was the most different series because up till now, all games had men as the major characters.
On one hand, it broke the stereotypes.
While on the other hand, it inspired many new series like Prince of Persia which became a hit instantly.
