Massively Multiplayer Online Games
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Online games – it’s the usual they that use your Internet connection.
MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) – is one form of online, which simultaneously involves a large number of players.
Species and subspecies
All games can be divided into two major groups:
Online, built on the principle of searching for partners. For example, chess, checkers, sea battle and others. This group is distinguished by its simplicity, compared with the second group.
Games based on earnings or benefit, such as poker: download online can be free, and if to participate in tournaments with no entry fee, in case of a good game, you can earn, spend nothing. These free tournaments offer PokerStars, Titan Poker and others.
Online are interactive worlds in which players co-exist with each other. This group can also be divided into subgroups:
MMORPG (Massively multiplayer online role-playing game) – One of the most popular games. The player creates a hero in the game world and get over him almost complete control. This type of games based on computer RPG (Role-playing game).
MMOFPS (Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter) – This type of they combines two components: the gameplay is first-person shooter and a great number of players connected to the game via the Internet.
There are also more rare types of they such as: MMORTS, MMOSG and others.
Client and browser-based online game
Another classification characteristic is the presence or absence of the client program. According to this criterion, online games are divided into two major groups:
Client online games – this type of games for its operation requires special client software. The client program – the program shell that consists of many components, which is written by developers specifically for a particular game. In order to play the game client to install on your computer a special client software. Advantage of this type of game is a wider range of opportunities offered to the player, as well as an improved graphical interface. The downside is the need to install special software, as well as payment for – most games require a client fee.
Browser-based online games – this type of games for its operation does not require any special software. As the name implies, to play Browser Games need only a Web browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, etc.). In this case, the browser acts as a shell program for the game. Browser games are created using different technologies: HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScripts, Java, Flash, Shockwave. Advantage of this type of games is no need to install special software. However, this imposes some restrictions on the ability of browser games, in particular their graphical interface.
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