After a long, long, long day, you walk back through your front door and turn on your console (or PC). Once it loads up a game can be selected, so you choose Forza Horizon 4. In a minute or two, you’ve transported to another world where today’s stress disappears to be filled with the revving of a V8 as you blast down the drag strip. Speeds hit 200MPH as you completely crush your old record.
Video games have been a popular source of entertainment for all ages, but there is more than one type of video game, and they’re not all about destroying things. Not only are there more than one type, but there are good attributes like meeting and hanging out with many people from around the globe or relieving stress from a long day.
What I call peaceful video games are the games where there is some to no violence. Most of these games are rated “E” or “E10+”(“E” means that anyone can play it, and “E10+” means that everyone ten or older can play it). These are games like Minecraft, Stardew Valley, and most Nintendo games like Super Mario. These games don’t have a lot of violence, and if they do it’s very cartoony. There are also games that have no violence at all, like racing games like Forza. Many games that are in this category have you as the player trying to reach a good goal like getting a trophy or winning a race. Some like Stardew Valley have goals but never a final one, so always they have more to complete. In the end, these games are overall great and very calming, unlike our next category.
Horror games are not quite as popular to play but are still very well known. Five Nights At Freddy’s is one of the more popular horror games, but there are many more. Many of them have jumpscares or chases down hallways and try to immerse the player into the game. Little Nightmares may not have the jumpscares, but it has the theme down perfectly with creepy hallways and dark, damp forests. The art design in Little Nightmares improves the overall experience with a dark theme but not super realistic. Horror games are definitely something not to be played at night for their nightmarish designs, but the next type has people playing at any time in the day or night.
Role-playing games, or RPGs, are games with long stories, open worlds, and massive freeroam. These are some of the most well-known games, like The Legend of Zelda, Red Dead Redemption 2 online, Fallout, Skyrim, and Dark Souls. Some RPGs also fall into the horror category, but not all of them do. The Legend of Zelda series is a very, very, very popular RPG from Nintendo. 27 different Zelda games have been made since its first release in 1986. They’ve only gotten better with Breath of the Wild (BOTW) getting almost 200 GOTY (Game of the Year) awards. Known for its beautiful art style, graphics and gameplay, overall BOTW is one of the most popular RPGs out there. Fallout and Skyrim, The Duo RPGs from Bethesda, are also both very well rated with Skyrim getting over two dozen GOTY awards but with Fallout 4 not winning any.
The second to last main type of video game that fits into many of the games already listed is FPS, or First Person Shooters. FPS are some of the most popular games on all devices. DOOM, Call of Duty, Battlefield, Apex Legends, and many more. But none of these games would be around without the original FPS’s. GoldenEye 007 was one of the first FPS games that started the battle of battle games, and along with the original DOOM, these two games were the building blocks for most FPS games today. With these FPS games, though, they all share the heat of the battle, the destruction of battlefields, and the exploding of explosives. Most of these games are rated T for Teen or M for Mature(18+), and for good reason because of the themes of these games. Most of the time FPS games are based on real wars and are meant to look realistic. This means that the horrors of a battlefield can be experienced without any actual death but is still rated “T” or “M” for blood, gore, violence, and any other violent attribute.
The action and adventure category already fits into many of the games already listed. Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2, Dark Souls, Legend of Zelda, and any other video game that has you as the player explore, discover, and fight (sometimes not fight). In Red Dead Redemption 1 it has you hunting down your formal gang members in the dying wild west as the era of the modern world really begins, with missions spanning across the entire open-world and free-roam map (open world means that you can do whatever you want or do the story missions the game gives you, and Free-roam means that you can go anywhere on the map without having to unlock anything). Read Dead also has a very long story with a bunch of side quests to prevail and a world-spanning across part of Mexico and the Southwestern United States to explore (by the way, what I’m calling a “story” is a set of missions that lead you through a plot).
Now as you exit out of Forza Horizon 4 after finishing a couple of races, and maybe head off and do something else, or try to play a different game, maybe try an FPS like DOOM, or chill off with a game like Stardew Valley. Possibly you could gain some adrenaline with a Horror game like FNAF. So with endless types and possibilities of Video Games out there, there really is something for everyone.
-Walker J.
“There really is something for everyone.” I really like how you put that at the end because I know that sometimes I feel like video games just are not my thing. The amount of detail and description in this was amazing; especially how you described what the different video games were and even how some of them worked. Overall it was a great piece of writing, awesome job!
ReplyDeleteI like how you made the message so that there are genres of video games for everybody’s liking. I also like that you described many types of video games for those specific genres. You said, “So with endless types and possibilities of Video Games out there, there really is something for everyone.” You made it so that everyone could be a part of it and able to play something either day or night; depending on what genre of video game they are into. Good job on this!
ReplyDeleteI love how you mentioned “relieving stress from a long day.” Stress is a big topic in today's society. Many people deal with big loads of stress. The way you connect with your readers, the statement entices them to play video games to relieve stress after reading it.
ReplyDeleteWalker, I really enjoyed reading this piece! The central idea or message was that trying new things is important. You said, “So with endless types and possibilities of video games out there, there really is something for everyone.” You also said that video games can make people less stressed, which makes me think that it is important to try new things because for example, if you try video games you might find out that you can become a lot happier. I also like how you used sensory language like immerse and attribute. Lastly, I like how you said, “After a long, long, long day you walk back through your front door and turn on your console(or PC).” I like this sentence because I can relate to coming home and feeling like the day was super long; the exaggeration with “long, long, long” really helped.
ReplyDeleteI think that the message of the story is that there is something to do for everyone; everyone has their own interests, personalities, and goals. I like how you connected that central idea of this writing piece to playing video games. I like the sensory language you used when you said, “creepy hallways and dark, damp forests.” It really sets the mood of the games you are trying to describe. I also like how you have an abundance of specific details and examples for each type of game as it makes your writing more enticing and thrilling to read. I felt like your writing was very engaging and easy to understand which helped your piece come to life. Overall great writing, Walker!
ReplyDeleteRelaxing is one of the most critical things to do in your free time. I like how you said, “In a minute or two, you’ve transported to another world where today’s stress disappears.” I liked how you phrased this to make me feel like I was put in your place. I don’t play video games much, but you still made me relate to the topic. Good job.
ReplyDeleteI’m not a huge fan of video games, but everything you wrote is so detailed. I really liked at the end how you snapped back into reality with the line “Now as you exit out of Forza Horizon 4 after finishing a couple of races, and maybe head off and do something else.” It was like I was in a different world and I just came back. A great sentence is: “Today's stress disappears.” I connect to that because I have my own strategy to relieve stress; I listen to music and clean . Great job Walker! Keep up the good work:).
ReplyDeleteI like how he talks about different types of games, and I can relate to that because I play different types of games like horror games or first person shooter games. I also appreciate how it says, “ you've been transported to another world where today’s stress disappears to be filled with the revving of a V8 as you blast down the drag strip. Speeds hit 200MPH as you completely crush your old record.” And I also like how he used abbreviations like (BOTW) which means Breath of the wild, which is a game about Zelda and (GOTY) which means game of the year.
ReplyDeleteI also like how he talks about different types of games and describes it like first person shooter or FPS for short. Or horror games like how Walker says,“ Five Nights At Freddy’s is one of the more popular horror games, but there are many more. Many of them have jumpscares or chases down hallways and try to immerse the player into the game.” I like the way he tells you how it takes all your stress and immerses you into the game and uses sophisticated writing techniques to keep you reading.