Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-29800728-20161128144239/@comment-24020008-20161214124913

TBS is turn based strategy. This is like RTS, but it's divided into turns with limited actions per turn. The Civilization franchise is a good example.

TDS is an acronym for Top-Down Shooter. It's like an RTS, but you only control one person. I'm only familiar with this type of game due to the Halo: Spartan Assault and Spartan Strike miniseries of games.

MMO (Massive Multiplayer Online) is just a term used to indicate that the game has limited servers, so you run into other players more often.

To add to Hodgepig's explanation of an RPG, RPGs are generally like an online D&D, with different classes (such as Rogue, Ranger, Paladin, Knight, etc.) and you need to save some world from the invading evils. This isn't always true, but for the most part it is.

MMORPG combines MMO and RPG to have an extremely large world filled with players that can work together.

MOBAs are battle arenas which are too complicated to explain quickly and something that I don't care enough about to even try.

Sandboxes are games where the world is completely destructible, where you can gather resources and build your own world. Minecraft is the most notable example, and Terraria is another example.

Simulators vary from game to game. There are two types, realistic and silly. Realistic simulators are the kinds of games that try to replicate an action or occupation as accurately as possible. Silly simulators are games that take an action and throws in some crazy twist that makes it much more difficult or hilarious, such as Surgeon Simulator, which only gives you control of one highly-difficult-to-control hand. Silly simulators don't have much replay value, besides just for laughs.

There are also racing games, which are self explanatory. You drive cars. And race.

There are also puzzle games, which are extremely varied. Long explanation short, you complete increasingly difficult levels that throw in more complications by completing the same task, such as walking through an exit door or pressing a button on the wall. Both Minesweeper and Portal can be classified as puzzle games.