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11 | * [[spoiler:[[AdventureGame Adventure]]]]: Run around collecting stuff. |
12 | ** [[spoiler:HiddenObjectGame]]: Rummage through a guy's trash looking for clues about his personal life. |
13 | * [[spoiler:ArtGame]]: Look at scenery and listen to music. May also include some gameplay, but no guarantees. |
14 | * [[spoiler:[[FightingGame Fighting]]]]: Trade attacks with an opponent. |
15 | ** [[spoiler:[[BeatEmUp Beat 'Em Up]]]]: Very uneven battle with food on the ground. |
16 | * [[spoiler:FirstPersonShooter]]: Try to fight despite having no awareness of your feet. |
17 | ** [[spoiler:ThirdPersonShooter]]: You can see your feet now, but your view is shifted to one side. |
18 | ** [[spoiler:LooterShooter]]: Pick up the loot after the fight, see what serves you and [[BetterOffSold sell what doesn't]]. Level up. |
19 | * [[spoiler:IdleGame]]: Do some tedious task repeatedly in a game that takes excruciatingly long to complete. The game itself encourages you to not play it. |
20 | * [[spoiler:[[PlatformGame Platforming]]]]: Jump carefully. |
21 | ** [[spoiler:PlatformHell]]: Asshole game designer tries to frustrate you. |
22 | * [[spoiler:PuzzleGame]]: A Sisyphean exercise in block arrangement. |
23 | * [[spoiler:RacingGame]]: [[DrivesLikeCrazy Drive like you're terrifyingly sane]]. |
24 | * [[spoiler:RealTimeStrategy]]: Think fast before the enemies wipe you. |
25 | * [[spoiler:[[RolePlayingGame Role-Playing]]]]: [[LevelGrinding Beat the crap out of woodland creatures]], [[KleptomaniacHero rob the houses of people]] [[WelcomeToCorneria who can only say one sentence]], [[AdamSmithHatesYourGuts and repeatedly get ripped off by hotels]] until you save the world. |
26 | ** [[spoiler:{{MMORPG}}]]: In an endless test of patience, your success rests in the hands of the internet. |
27 | ** [[spoiler:{{Roguelike}}]]: Get lost, [[YetAnotherStupidDeath die stupidly]]. |
28 | * [[spoiler:RhythmGame]]: Hit various buttons in the right order at the right time. Quickly. |
29 | * [[spoiler:[[ShootEmUp Shoot-Em-Up]]]]: Shoot enemies, dodge bullets. May have [[BulletHell lots of bullets]]. |
30 | ** [[spoiler:BulletHell]]: There are an absurdly large number of bullets. Most have no chance of hitting anything. |
31 | * [[spoiler:Simulator]]: Experience every detail of operating a vehicle or managing a business, especially the boring parts. |
32 | * [[spoiler:SurvivalHorror]]: Try not to die. [[CosmicHorrorStory Or go insane]]. [[NightmareFuel Or wet yourself]]. |
33 | * [[spoiler: TowerDefense]]: Enemies cannot fire and try to run to the exit instead. |
34 | ** Alternatively: Take increasingly convoluted preventative measures to keep [[ZergRush an apparently endless number of things]] from getting to the other side of the screen. Almost nothing at your disposal can move from wherever you put it. |
35 | * [[spoiler:TurnBasedStrategy]]: Think carefully or else the enemy will outperform you. |
36 | ** Or: [[GodwinsLaw invade Poland]] from the comfort of your home! |
37 | ** [[spoiler: FourX]]: A disembodied, faceless leader micromanages every unit and every settlement of an empire. |
38 | ** [[spoiler: StrategyRPG]]: Have TheBigGuy beat the boss within an inch of his life so that the TagalongKid can finish him off. |
39 | * [[spoiler:VisualNovel]]: Click through dialogue and occasionally answer multiple choice questions. |
40 | ** [[spoiler:DatingSim]]: Get your pathetic life in order so you can hook up with a hottie. |
41 | * [[spoiler:WideOpenSandbox]]: Do whatever you want. |
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