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A role-playing video game (commonly referred to as role-playing game or RPG, and in the past also known as computer role-playing game or CRPG) is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a character (and/or several party members) immersed in some well-defined world.

Many role-playing video games have origins in tabletop role-playing games (Including Dungeons & Dragons) and use much of the same , settings and game mechanics.

Other major similarities with pen-and-paper games include developed story-telling and narrative elements, player character development, complexity, as well as replayability and immersion.

The electronic medium removes the necessity for a gamemaster and increases combat resolution speed.

RPGs have evolved from simple text-based console-window games into visually rich 3D experiences.

Puzzle video games are a genre of video games that emphasize puzzle solving.

The types of puzzles can test many problem-solving skills including logic, pattern recognition, sequence solving, and word completion.

The player may have unlimited time or attempts to solve a puzzle, or there may be simple puzzles made difficult by having to complete them in real-time, as in Tetris.

An online game is a video game that is either partially or primarily played through the Internet or another computer network.

Online games are ubiquitous on modern gaming platforms, including PCs, consoles and mobile devices, and span many genres, including first-person shooters, strategy games and massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG).

An adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle-solving.

The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media, literature and film, encompassing a wide variety of literary genres.

Many adventure games (text and graphic) are designed for a single player, since this emphasis on story and character makes multi-player design difficult.

Colossal Cave Adventure is identified as the first such adventure game, first released in 1976, while other notable adventure game series include Zork, King's Quest, The Secret of Monkey Island, and Myst.

Shooter games are a subgenre of action game, which often test the player's speed and reaction time.

It includes many subgenres that have the commonality of focusing on the actions of the avatar using some sort of weapon.

Usually this weapon is a gun, or some other long-range weapon.

A common resource found in many shooter games is ammunition.

Most commonly, the purpose of a shooter game is to shoot opponents and proceed through missions without the player character being killed or dying.

A shooting game is a genre of video game where the player has limited spatial control of his or her character, and the focus is almost entirely on the defeat of the character's enemies using long-range weaponry.