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.
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Nintendo DS (2004) Wario's teeth may be rotten, he may have a bit of cold, but that hasn't stopped him from stealing a... |
Game Boy Advance (2004) Wario's thrown a temper tantrum while playing his Game Boy Advance, and gone and broken it! He heads off to... |
GameCube (2003) Deep within Wario's castle lies a treasure room filled with the spoils he has plundered during his many adventures. A... |
PlayStation (2001) and PlayStation 2 (2001) War Jetz is the much-anticipated sequel to 3DO's World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks. Instead of cruising around 3-D landscapes in... |
Genesis (1994) and SNES (1994) Warlock is based on the 1989 movie of the same name.
When the sun aligns with the moon once every... |
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Game Boy Color (2000) In the perilous world of Warlocked, a ferocious war is raging between the Human forces of Queen Azarel and the... |
ZX Spectrum (1984) Based on the Fighting Fantasy book of the same title (very loosely, bearing a far closer resemblance to CC's earlier... |
Amiga (1991), Atari ST (1991) and Commodore 64 (1991) A follow-up to the mid-80s Gauntlet clone Druid, which saw the series move up onto 16-bit systems.The gameplay involves guiding... |
Atari 2600 (1981) In Warlords, you need to defend yourself from three human and/or computer players. Each of the four players are in... |
Windows (2002) This game allows you to play two different versions of the Atari arcade classic, Warlords. One faithfully emulates the four-player... |
Xbox 360 (2008) A remake of the original Atari arcade game Warlords, the Xbox Live Arcade release contains both an emulated version of... |
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Windows (2007) Warmonger: Operation: Downtown Destruction is a multiplayer first-person shooter powered by the Unreal Engine 3. Warmonger has been developed to... |
Windows (2003) Warning Forever is a top-down shooter in which you have to fight a virtually endless number of increasingly difficult boss-battles.... |
PlayStation 2 (2003) and PlayStation 3 (2012) War of the Monsters is a sci-fi melee fighting game. An alien race comes to earth and attacks the earth.... |
J2ME (2005) In War of the Worlds, the film based on the H.G. Wells novel of the same name, the focus is... |
Linux (2006), Windows (2006) and Macintosh (2008) Warsow is a free 3D multiplayer FPS developed with eSports competition in mind. Based on Qfusion, a modification of the... |
Amiga (1990) and Atari ST (1989) Once again, Earth is in peril. A robot race, the Myrons, put an energy layer over the planet with the... |
PlayStation 3 (2012), Windows (2012) and Xbox 360 (2012) Warp is a downloadable puzzle-action game starring Zero, an alien kidnapped by human scientists who want to experiment on him.... |
Windows (2006) and Xbox (2006) Warpath is a budget-priced first-person shooter from the same people that developed Pariah. As such, the gameplay is very similar... |
Windows (1997) Real-time multi-player game set in space. The aim is to explore, mine and colonize planets and defeat enemies (sometimes referred... |
PlayStation (1999) Using the many Dino's from the two Jurassic Park movies, you choose your type and fight it out one-on-one with... |
Atari 2600 (1982) You're warping along fine when suddenly you are caught and unable to maneuver. Suddenly, space pirates approach attempting to disable... |
NES (1985) This game is an updated version of Warp Warp. Players once again take control of the monster fighter as he... |
