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盘点5种长盛不衰的电子游戏类型

发布时间:2013-07-15 14:13:50 Tags:,,,,

作者:Josh Conway

有些电子游戏类型自诞生之日起就一直流行着,而有些类型却很快走向衰落至消失。幸存下来的类型并不是保持着原来的简单形态,而是成为一种可以自然演变、重置甚至被创意设计师颠覆的艺术。随着技术的发展以及玩家口味的改变,以下游戏类型却仍然保持旺盛的生命力。

RPG

有谁能料到一款关于兽人、地精、侏儒和其他怪物的幻想冒险游戏会成为风靡全球的娱乐品牌?《魔兽世界》把RPG元素与MMO体验的无限吸引力相结合,在整个游戏行业中掀起一场革命。早在制图法出现以前,RPG就已经诞生了——以文字冒险游戏的形式存在于早期的家庭电脑中。RPG演变出一系列大独占品牌,如《最终幻想》和《勇士斗恶龙》。现在,RPG正把上百万玩家吸引到下一个MMO世界中。

wow-rpg(from tinghaige.com)

wow-rpg(from tinghaige.com)

塔防游戏

第一款电子游戏是什么时候发明出来的?给你一个提示:它比一个勇敢的水管工对付邪恶的蘑菇头还要早几十年。1947年,历史上的第一款电子游戏是用阴极射线管开发出来的,它也是标准的电脑技术的先驱。

那款游戏是《Missile Defense》、经典街机游戏的原始版本。在游戏中,玩家要保护他们的城市免受即将到来的导弹的袭击。在这个概念的基础之上,这个类型演化出《太空入侵者》,然后是自上而下的射击游戏,甚至成为现代网页游戏的宠儿——塔防游戏的鼻祖。阻止不可避免的毁灭似乎是游戏历史上最古老最经久不衰的主题。

FPS

FPS也许是从3D图像技术中受益最多的一种游戏类型了。PC游戏世界一度被2D FPS如《德军总部》和《毁灭战士》统治,而现在,无论是PC平台还是游戏机平台,都充斥着大量画面逼真、精细的FPS。但让FPS受惠的还不只是制图学上的进步。多亏了更优秀的物理引擎,这个类型已经演变出如《传送门》等解谜游戏和剧情导向的冒险游戏。

赌博游戏

在电子游戏发展的早期,赌博行业利用电子游戏增加赌博的乐趣、丰富赌博的项目。以电子老虎机和纸牌游戏为开端,赌博游戏随着网络的普及迎来盛世。今天,玩家可以在在线赌博游戏中体验到所有赌博的刺激感。只要能连接到网络,人们就能获取任何信息,如数字卡牌游戏、老虎机和运动书籍等。

体育游戏

这个类型大约始于简单的乒乓球模拟游戏《Pong》。从那以后,它又不断地延伸到足球、冰球和其他运动项目,甚至把专业运动员角色做得更加逼真、精细。现在,有了体感控制器,玩家可以在这中游戏中体验真实的运动乐趣。

所以,无论技术如何发展,有些电子游戏类型也不会消失。它们嵌入到人类的基本需求中——追求乐趣,使我们更加离不开它们。(本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译,拒绝任何不保留版权的转载,如需转载请联系:游戏邦

5 Gaming Genres That Have Stood the Test of Time

by Josh Conway

Some video game genres have been around for a long time and have evolved to stay relevant while others have fallen by the wayside. They’ve gone beyond being simple games and have, instead, become arts unto themselves that can be improved, reworked and even subverted by creative designers. Consider the following gaming genres and how they’ve managed to remain vital as technology and the tastes of gamers change.

Role Playing Games

Who knew that a fantasy adventure title about orcs, goblins, elves and other odd creatures would become the biggest thing in gaming? World of Warcraft changed the entire games industry by mixing role-playing game elements with the infinite appeal of the Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) experience. RPGs have been around since before graphics even existed, living then as text adventure games on early home computers. They evolved to become major franchises like Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior, and now draw in millions of players around the world for the next MMO.

Defense Games

When was the first video game invented? Here’s a hint: it was decades before a certain intrepid plumber chomped down on his first mushroom. Way back in 1947, the first electronic game in history was developed for the cathode ray tube, an early precursor to standard computer technology.

That game was a primitive version of Missile Defense, the classic arcade game that tasks players with defending their cities from an onslaught of incoming explosives. This concept gave way to Space Invaders, then the entire top-down shooter genre and even leads up to the modern-day browser game favorite, the tower defense game. It seems that holding back inevitable destruction is the oldest and most enduring trope in gaming history.

First Person Shooter

Perhaps no other genre of video game has benefited more from the advent of 3D graphics. Where once the PC gaming world was dominated with 2D FPS titles like Wolfenstein and Doom, today both the PC and console platforms revel in vast, detailed battlefields in lush, realistic visuals. But the FPS is more than just its graphics. Thanks to better physics engines, the genre has evolved to include puzzle games like Portal and more story-driven independent titles with stripes of adventure games long past.

Casino Games

In the earliest days of graphical video games, the casino industry embraced electronic gaming to add excitement and variety to their analog floors. What started with video slot machines and poker games exploded with the advent of the Internet. Today, there’s a huge draw to the online casino format, letting players experience all the thrills of gambling from home. There are digital card games, slot machines and sports books available from anywhere that has an Internet connection.

Sports Games

Maybe it all started with Pong, that basic table tennis simulator. From there, it was an unbroken string of football, baseball, hockey and other sports titles depicting professional athletics in increasingly realistic detail. Now, with motion controls, gamers can get into the swing of things (literally) with sports simulators.

So, no matter how the technology changes, some video game genres are here to stay. They tap into something fundamental about fun and keep us coming back for more.(source:gamasutra)


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