Video Games: The Entertainment Software Rating Board

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Video games are such a diverse subject but can actually be sorted very easily grouped. They can be grouped by what the subject matter that the game is about. Video games can also be grouped together by their ESRB rating, which is the Entertainment Software Rating Board. This is where the massive separation of video games begins, but there is a bigger split in groups of video games and that is the genres. Even though video games have a wide range of subjects and ratings they will always be classified by genres like action, adventure, action-adventure, simulations, strategy, and role-playing. Action games are one of today’s largest genres of video games. This genre of game is usually faster paced than other games and requires fast reactions. Action games have different distinctions between types of Action games. These include platformers, shooters, and fighting games as being the core type of games that make up the action genre. Platform games are …show more content…

These games will usually contain a good mix of being able to make your own choices and having a good portion of high paced action like action game. These games can also be classified into either action or adventure, but a lot of the times companies will classify them into this genre to make the player wonder what type of game that they will be playing. Another common genre of video games in simulation games. Simulation games will usually let you control the life of a person or thing and let you build upon the life of your character. One example of simulation games is the life simulators. These games are where you can control the life of a character that you create, and you are able in the game to be able to get a job and make a family. This type of game has been popularized by the game Sims by EA. Simulation games where one of the key factors to help develop strategy genre of