Action
Description
In action games players are required to have good reflexes and quick reaction in order to overcome challenges. Action games typically focus on combat, during which the player must press buttons or keys rapidly or in timed intervals in order to execute attacks and other moves. Non-combat challenges may include avoiding traps, jumping, running, completing tasks within a pressing time limit, etc.
Common action sub-genres are
shooters,
fighting, and
platform games.
Though most racing / driving, sports, and many simulation games contain action-oriented gameplay, they can be considered action games only if they specifically emphasize arcade-like, reflex-based gameplay.
Action games may include extensive non-violent exploration and/or puzzle-solving, or combine themselves with other genres, e.g. role-playing or driving.
Quick thinking is often required to succeed in action games; however, games that specifically emphasize quick
thinking over
reflexes are usually
real-time strategy or puzzle games.
 Game Title |
PlayStation 2 (2004) Resident Evil Outbreak returns you to the Umbrella Corporations disaster that consumed Racoon city. You play one of eight ordinary... |
PlayStation 2 (2004) Raccoon City has been infected by the Umbrella corporations deadly T-Virus. A mutagenic toxin that turns its human victims into... |
Nintendo 3DS (2012) Resident Evil: Revelations marks a return to the survival horror roots of the franchise from the action-centric gameplay of the... |
Windows (2002) and PlayStation (2000) A man wearing white, a crashed helicopter, a pair of dog tags with the name 'Ark Thompson', and a pistol.... |
PlayStation 2 (2001) Resident Evil: Survivor 2 - Code: Veronica is a game based on the Resident Evil franchise, similar in concept to... |
Wii (2009) and PlayStation 3 (2012) The Darkside Chronicles is an on-rails shooting game. In the Resident Evil series it is the second title exclusive to... |
PlayStation 2 (2007) This compilation bundles 3 games in the Resident Evil series:
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil: Code: Veronica X
Resident Evil:... |
Nintendo 3DS (2011) Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D is not a typical Resident Evil title. It handily shrugs off the horror atmosphere of... |
Wii (2007) and PlayStation 3 (2012) The Umbrella Chronicles is the 7th installment in the Resident Evil survival horror series and the first natively developed for... |
GameCube (2002) and Wii (2008) Resident Evil: Zero takes place before the events of the original Resident Evil. You take on the role as one... |
PlayStation 3 (2008) Resistance 2 is a PS3-exclusive sci-fi first-person shooter and the sequel to the PlayStation 3 launch title Resistance: Fall of... |
PlayStation 3 (2008) This collector's edition was only released in North America and contains:
Resistance 2
Hardcover art book
Alternate cover art (as... |
PlayStation 3 (2011) Resistance 3 is a first-person shooter set in the alternative version of 1950's. Earth is being scourged by Chimera species,... |
PlayStation 3 (2011) This edition includes:
Resistance 3 (Special Edition)
Multiplayer Booster
SRPA Black Ops skin
Nathan Hale Skin
Sentinel Title
Air Fuel... |
PS Vita (2012) It's August 15, 1951. As Tom Riley, a New Jersey firefighter and National Guardsman, you are charged with saving New... |
PlayStation 3 (2006) In this first person shooter, the U.S. and Britain have had to band together to try and save Europe and... |
PSP (2009) Resistance: Retribution takes place weeks after the events of the PS3 title Resistance: Fall of Man. The player is James... |
PSP (2009) This Deluxe Edition includes:
Resistance: Retribution
Four concept art postcards
Promotional code to download a Resistance: Retribution theme for the... |
Windows (2000) In Respect Inc the player takes control of Chubsy Malone, a small-time crook who wants to become the greatest gangster... |
Windows (2004) The year is 2083, and the world is no longer the way it was before. Huge cities, surrounded by a... |
Windows (2000) In an epic fantasy land 3 warriors will have to join their forces in a quest to defeat a demonic... |
DOS (1996), PlayStation (1996) and SEGA Saturn (1996) In the sequel new troubles in ElectroCorp have begun. As we remember, this corporation made robots for civilian jobs, but... |
DOS (1994) Early into the 24th century man was on the verge of extinction. Before stellar colonization, war loomed close on Earth... |
PlayStation 2 (2005) and Windows (2005) Retro is not a compilation of previously released games, but eight remakes of retro arcade hits with enhanced graphics and... |
Windows (2008) RETRO 4 is a simple shooter game. The player controls a circle that can move around the screen by using... |
