A , or sim game, (also known as a '''game of status''' or '''mixed game''') is a Game that contains a mixture of Skill , Chance , and Strategy to simulate an aspect of reality, such as a Stock Exchange . In Computer Game s, '''simulation games''' is a wide super-genre covering titles such as '' MS Flight Simulator '', '' SimCity '', '' Civilization '', '' RollerCoaster Tycoon '', and '' The Sims ''. Some simulation games are intended to simulate the real world; others are intended to simulate a fictional world; still others (''The Sims 2'' for example) are designed to be able to do both.
Online simulation games include browser based games and Massively Multiplayer Online Game s (MMOGs), the second of which requires you to download software to your computer before you can login and start playing. These online games can generate hundreds of millions of hits a day and their unique online interactivity keeps people entertained for hours.Some simulation games have been played with pencil and paper for many years. Maps are drawn on paper and cardboard counters or metal figures represent the characters or military units. The players may all be on the same side, or they may be on two or more opposing sides. A referee or moderator decides what is done by characters who are not controlled by players (NPCs or Non-Player Characters), and resolves situations which are not covered by the rules.
- like the Football Manager , Front Office Football , FIFA Manager , Championship Manager and Out Of The Park Baseball series.
- that must be played online or through a browser window. A good example of this type of program is the popular web site, Second Life and Football Manager Live .
- generally attempt a realistic representation of how to drive a certain vehicle. Flight Simulator s and Racing Game s are typical examples.
- capture the experience of being in combat. They may simulate the experience of driving a combat vehicle in battle, such as a tank. Or they may simulate being a soldier in battle. Or they may provide a comprehensive experience, in which the player can choose to drive a vehicle, or fight as an individual soldier, using a variety of weapons and roles.
- and ''' Skirmish War Games ''' are played on an individual scale; each player controls one or a few characters.
- and '''operational war games''' simulate small-scale battles, typically involving a few hundred or at most a few thousand soldiers, and are commonly Real-time Tactics or Turn-based Tactics games.
- simulate large-scale battles, campaigns, and entire wars. Grand Strategy war games and Nation-simulation Game s allow the players to control nations. Due to their scale they are commonly of the Turn-based Strategy type.
- In , players represent an entity with supernatural powers.
- In , which sometimes overlap God Game s, a virtual life, career, etc. is simulated. Dating Simulation s, a subset, are meant to simulate a relationship or friendship. The Sims is an excellent example that falls under this category.
- present players with aspects or the entirety of an economy or a business. Examples are Capitalism II (a capitalism/economics/business simulator), Sim City (reach sustainable economy), Informatist (build a business empire) and RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 . A specialised sub-type is the City-building Game genre.
- games combine stylized aspects of Wargaming with Economic Simulation Games .
- ''', NeoPets , and many more.
- are set either in a GUI - ('' Uplink '') or a Command Console -based ('' Dark Signs '') environment, which provides the player with methods to access locally (in-game) simulated servers in a way similar to techniques used by Hacker s to gain unauthorized access to computer systems and networks.'
- , in which countries role play through a forum. There are also forum-based role-playing games of government simulation and nation simulation[http://itake.se/spclassic/index.php?showtopic=7811 . Qpawn is recognised to be the first forum based nationsim.
- , in which you take the role of a surgeon. Both '' fit this sub-genre.
- are another sub-genre of the simulation game genre in which focuses on Dating as the theme. In RPG games such as the Harvest Moon (series) and Thousand Arms , the dating aspect, not as a whole, is part of the gameplay.
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