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Thursday, 6 November 2014
Thursday, 4 September 2014
HA10 - Task 1 Analysis of Game Genre
Task 1 - Analysis of a Game Genre
First-person shooter FPS is a video game genre centered on gun and projectile
weapon-based combat through a first-person perspective; that is, the player
experiences the action through the eyes of the protagonist, and in some cases,
the antagonist. The first-person shooter shares common traits with other
shooter games, which in turn fall under the heading action game. From the
genre's inception, advanced 3D or pseudo-3D graphics have challenged hardware
development, and multi-player gaming has been integral.
The first-person shooter goes as far back as Maze War its
development began in 1973, and 1974's Spasim. The genre coalesced with 1992's
Wolfenstein 3D, which has been credited with creating the genre proper and the
basic archetype upon which subsequent titles were based.
My three FPS Games are:
Destiny
The structure of Destiny is basically the interaction
between the player and the game this can be shown when an event happens like a
public event the player can rush towards it even though they are doing
something else they can just pause what they were doing for a chance to get a
reword for defending something or taking out a target these things can happen threw
the game and the player can choose to interact with them or just carry on with
what they were doing beforehand this interaction can be seen as part of the
structure of destiny because you can do all sorts of different things like what
I mentioned threw the game the overall games structure is things like the Story
missions which you can do solo but the activities can still play them in groups
of up to 3 often with ties to the main story
in the campaign of Destiny. These activities appear at various Levels numerical,
relative to the player and choosing a higher level relative to you means you're
opting in for some additional challenge which can lead to greater rewords.
The game-play in Destiny revolves around its basic genre and
thematic elements an open-world, always-online, first-person shooter with
persistent-world and massively multi-player online elements in a sci-fantasy
setting. However, Bungie has explicitly refused to call Destiny an
"MMO" game instead; Bungie and Activision describe the game play style
as a "shared-world shooter", as it lacks many of the characteristics
of a traditional MMO game. The codes and conventions of destiny are basically
the exploding, shooting, fighting game-play this is set like this due to certain
guide lines in which the game has to follow because it is a FPS game so it will
involve these thing to keep to its pacific genre.
One of the most known character in destiny would be Cayde-6 this character is the one of three Vanguards who guide your guardian and give him quests and other things like that to do the game is revolved around you doing these tasks to then meet new vanguards and characters in the tower where you get other quests and bounties to do this character Cayde-6 is the Vanguard leader the hunter who is a solo based character who works in a team sometimes but is built around working alone some of his abilities include the golden gun which fires three rounds standard but can shoot four with certain Armour equipped. The hunter also has another class which is the blade dancer which is a blade which you can travel fast with and one hit all of your enemies you can extend the durability for this with a piece of Armour call mast of the third man.
The game is relevant to the other FPS because it involves running and gunning but but other than that it is a team based game where guardians can either work together or fight to the death this is like BF4 because during the online it is basically the same a fast fasted FPS where you can aim for objectives or slaughter the opposing team this is similar throughout all of the FPS games because so they share this but they are represented in different ways from different genres of games.
Far cry 4
Far Cry 4 is an action-adventure first-person shooter video
game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for the PlayStation
3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One video game consoles, and Microsoft
Windows. The sequel to the 2012 video game Far Cry 3, it is the fourth installment
in the Far Cry series. The structure of Far cry is basically an open world FPS
where you battle the environment for survival because everything can kill you
from bees to an elephant it all depends on who you start a fight with. The game
interacts with you by lots and lots of random events this can include things
like as you progress through the game and complete more Karma related tasks you
will earn experience points and eventually, increase in level. There are a
total of 8 Karma rewards from Karma itself, although Karma level can also
unlock access to abilities and weapons. There
are also a surprising number of random events scattered across the map that
reward Karma if you get involved. If you see the Karma symbol purple diamond
with a solid center then be sure to investigate as most of them are very quick
and just as easy.
Far Cry 4 takes place in the fictional country of Kyrat. The
player assumes the role of Ajay Ghale attempting to fulfill his mother's dying
wish by spreading her ashes in Kyrat. Ghale gets caught in the midst of a
brutal civil war between The Golden Path and Pagan Min's Royal Army. Players
will be able to craft their own stories as they travel through this exotic open
world, using new and updated weapons and vehicles as well as wits to survive.
The codes and conventions for this are the same as any other
FPS which are explosions, guns, cars, and women and allot of violence and
swearing this is after all what needs to be in a game as fun as this the narrative
structure of this would be its maps and things like that because the maps of
Far cry are huge and are open to extra content in the game lots of the map is
covered by a cloud and when you take a tower that bit of the map is reviled and
you have control on that certain area.
One of the characters in Far cry 4 or the main one I like is Pagan min although you play as Ajay Ghale Pagan stands out more because of his posh British accent and the fact he is the guy you are inspired to kill in the end of the game he is a big part of the campaign story and he affects the decisions you make in the game world he is a funny character but with an insane twist which you witness threw game cut scenes he also a very violent character who kills people for the smallest of things you have the role to take him down but it isn't easy that’s why he’s a humorous guy because he provokes you to get you reaction.
One of the characters in Far cry 4 or the main one I like is Pagan min although you play as Ajay Ghale Pagan stands out more because of his posh British accent and the fact he is the guy you are inspired to kill in the end of the game he is a big part of the campaign story and he affects the decisions you make in the game world he is a funny character but with an insane twist which you witness threw game cut scenes he also a very violent character who kills people for the smallest of things you have the role to take him down but it isn't easy that’s why he’s a humorous guy because he provokes you to get you reaction.
Battlefield 4 is a 2013 first-person shooter video game
developed by Swedish video game developer EA Digital Illusions CE (DICE) and
published by Electronic Arts. It is a sequel to 2011's Battlefield 3 and was
released on October 29, 2013 in North America, October 31, 2013 in Australia,
November 1, 2013 in Europe and New Zealand and November 7, 2013 in Japan for
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
Battlefield 4 ranks go from Private, all the way up to Colonel
and perhaps even General. On each step, players get one of the unlocks which
could be a weapon, or specialization, or camouflage, etc. When starting out in
multiplayer, Battlefield 4 ranks are fairly easy to achieve and only require a
few thousand points. As players progress, ranking up takes longer and longer
and becomes more challenging. Players can check their progress using the
Battlefield 4 stats feature bear in mind this is the multi-player structure I am
talking about. The game interacts with player by making sure when a player
triggers something the game makes it happens for example on the map siege of
shanghai the massive building in the middle of the map can be triggered to
falling and making the environment harder to navigate even though the player causes
it to gall the game makes it do it with certain commands this is just one of many
interactions the player is involved with throw-out the game-play.
The single player campaign features many elements from past installments,
taking place in numerous locations across the world. Levels are now built in
sandbox-style environments, allowing players more freedom to complete
objectives. Players can now spot enemy targets to notify the AI of Tombstone
squad. The single player also features three separate endings based on the
player’s choice in the final mission.
The single player features assignments that require specific
actions and unlock weapons for use in multi-player upon completion. Collectible
Weapons return along with the introduction of Collectible Dog Tags which can be
used in multi-player. Weapon crates are found throughout all levels, allowing
players to obtain ammo and switch weapons. While crates hold default weapons,
collectible weapons may be used whenever they are acquired and level specific
weapons may be used once a specific mission assignment has been completed by
obtaining enough points in a level. There is a few memorable characters such as Daniel Recker, jin jie these are the character you play as who is Recker and jin jie is the one who you are protecting throughout the game these are memorable due to the fact that you see a lot about them and you can see how they affect the games campaign.
HA7 - Task 3 Presentation of Research Results
Quantitative Research Analysis
from my first questions results you can see that 70% of the people who did the survey were male and 30% were female this shows me that more males are interested in my survey than females are this also shows me that males are more interested than the opposite gender are. If I had the chance I would have had more people do the survey but I would also have and asked a bigger range of people as well to get the best possible results.
From this questions results you can see that 72.73% of the people who did this survey were between the ages of 16-18 this has shown me that allot more younger people play GTA V rather than people who are about the age of 25 this also has shown me that if I was to do this survey different I would have to ask more people to do my survey to get even better and more accurate results to get a better percentage of people in the results.
This next question focuses on peoples Race the reason being is certain people who are different Races may have a different opinion on the game this survey is about and it has also shown me that the majority of the people who did the survey were Caucasian this was 60% of people the rest was either Hispanic, Asian or black. If I was to do this survey again I would ask a wider range of people to try and get a wider variety of people and to try and see who liked the game more than others.
This next question shows you the amount of people who actually play games the reason for this is to see who plays games because there would be no reason for them to do it if they don't play games because more than likely they wouldn't no much about GTA if they didn't play games. from my results you can see that the majority of people who did my survey play games everyday this was almost 73% of people the rest either never played games of often. If i was to do this survey again I would get even more people to do this survey to get a more accurate response.
In this next questions results you can see that allot of people who did the survey have played GTA V this was nearly 82% of people and the rest of them haven't but the point of this was to see who has played it to get their thoughts on the game.If I was to do this survey again I would ask a wider range of people because it might balance out my results and give a more accurate number of people.
This next question shows you that 73% of the people who did this survey have bought GTA V this shows me that this game is popular and allot of people seem to like it even though 27% of the people of this survey didn't buy it they still liked the game so this has shown me that it is a popular game. If I was to do this survey again I would properly ask more people but other then that my results for this question turned out fine and more importantly accurate.
Here you can see the results of people who have played GTA titles before you can also see that GTA has always been popular due to the fact that the majority of the people who have done this survey have played GTA titles before so it must be a popular game. If i was to do this survey again I would properly ask more females than males to do this survey to see what results I could get from them,
In this next questions results you can see how people rate GTA V the overall results were mixed opinionated and didn't make sense the reason for this I was unsure due to the fact that the rest of survey people seemed to like GTA V but here it shows you that a few people give it a low rating out of ten but some people still give it a high rating. if I was to do this again I would try and get better results for this question.
In this questions results you can see that allot of people play GTA over 7 hours a day this shows me that people either really like the game or that they are just addicted to playing it you can also see that few people only play it 1-3 hours a day this is the same percentage of people who play it more than 7 hours a day. if i was to do this survey question again I would properly ask a wider audience to fill out it for me.
In this last questions results you can see the regions people live in the reason for this question was to see which areas of the country and the world people played the game more than others this also shown me that allot of people preferred this game in certain areas rather than people in other areas. If i was to do this question again I would ask more people in different areas to fill out my survey to get different results.
Qualitative Research Analysis
Example 1
Example 2
In my qualitative research results you can see that it went much better then my quantitative research due to the fact that the questions I asked were more direct and five people the chance to say what they thought about the game in just 4 questions this helped me to gain a good understand if peoples thought on GTA and it helped me to see what people actually liked about it you can see some peoples opinions above in 2 of my examples in which I have taken from my results. In the first example you can see that this person has said what they liked in a more direct approach by telling me in detail what they liked and what they would do to improve on the game you can see the same thing in the second example but in this one the person has said that they would change something different to the first examples response. From doing these survey I have seen that it is better to carry out a qualitative survey to get a more detailed result but if you are just looking for one word results your best bet is to use a quantitative survey to get more results but less information about peoples actually thoughts and opinions. Over all through out my research I would say it is better to carry out a qualitative style survey to get the best possible answers even tough it takes a little longer I would say it is a better way of collecting more detailed answers.
HA7 - Task 2 Applying Research Techniques
Quantitative Research questions
Here you can see my first question. In this question I asked
people what there gender was from this I then could determine what my target audience was to then
ask other questions about GTA V this
question was important because it helped me find out what kind of people were interested
in the survey.
In my second Question I asked peoples age to try and get a
good Idea on who was playing GTA V this also helped me to find out if the age
of someone actually mattered because say if they were fifteen and playing the
game which is an eighteen it would show me that the age restrictions don’t really
matter to some people.
In my third question I ask the gender of people to find out
if it mattered what you Race was and to find out if it affected the amount of
people playing GTA V this question also helped me to find out if people actually
cared about the games content I.E gang related activity in the game.
In my fourth question I asked people if they played games
because if they didn’t it would be pointless this question also helped me to
get an idea of how many people actually played games so this could me that they
have either played or seen a GTA V game.
In my fifth question I actually asked people if they have
played GTA V because after all this questionnaire is about GTA V this question
also helped me to find out who actually liked the game and played it so it give
me a good understanding on who plays GTA V.
This question was to get an understanding of who has played
GTA titles the point of this was to find out if people like the GTA game genre
this also helped me to get a good understanding of who actually likes the game
and who actually is interred in it.
This next question actually asks if the person doing the
survey has actually bought GTA V the reason being that the questionnaire is
about GTA V so it would make sense to see if the person doing the questionnaire
has the game.
This question asks the person who is doing the survey what
they would rate GTA V the reason for this is because it gives me a good idea on
what people think about GTA V and if it’s actually worth people’s money.
This question asks how long people play GTA V for to help me
find out how popular and amusing the game is from the amount of time people put
into the game this is important because this shows what people do with their
free time.
This question asks people what region they live in the
reason for this is because it can show me where the game is popular in and it
shows me what sort of people like and play the game just from where they live.
Qualitative Research
This question asks people of they like the overall look and style of GTA V to help me see if people like the look of the game before they actually go and buy it.
In this question asks people what there favourite character in GTA V is this is to help me see which characters people prefer and why they actually like the characters rather than just finding out who they like with no actual reason.
This last question asks people if they had the chance what would they do to improve the game the reason for this is because it helps me find out some of the problems with GTA V and it helps me see what people wold do to improve them.
HA7 - Task 1 Research Techniques
Quantitative
Research
This is what
you call a collection of numerical research with simple questions and simple answers, the reason being is that it is much
easier to document the data rather than going through long answers and it is
much easier and clear to see the simple answers than it would be to go through
a paragraph size answer. By doing the research a games company can widen their
audience when it comes to making a game and they can then also ask more and
more people what they like and what they want, to then further make their game
a bigger and better then from this kind of research they can become something
big in the industry.
An example
of Quantitative Research would be this survey with short and simple questions
for people to reply to with short and simple answers.
Qualitative
Research
Qualitative
Research is exploratory research. It is used to gain an understanding of
underlying reasons, opinions, and motivations. It provides insights into the
problem or helps to develop ideas or hypotheses for potential quantitative
research. This research is important if a company is going to get something right and it helps them to gain a good understanding of what they need to achieve from this and to ensure they do not make any mistakes in the next time they develop a game or just simply an idea for one.
an example of qualitative research would be the Last of us remastered review and the mums focus group for dead space 2 because they are games in which I am interested in developing but at the same time you can see the thoughts of what the person thinks of this game so there raw opinion along with a few other peoples thoughts along with them.
an example of qualitative research would be the Last of us remastered review and the mums focus group for dead space 2 because they are games in which I am interested in developing but at the same time you can see the thoughts of what the person thinks of this game so there raw opinion along with a few other peoples thoughts along with them.
Audience Profiling
Audience Profiling finding
out the profile of your audience before hand so that you can put across your
message to the right people in the most effective way to produce the best
result. It might include details like age, sex, educational qualification, work
experience, financial background, field of work, interests, mood, orientation,
bias, food habits, religious background, physique, health condition etc.
demographic
A demographic or demographic profile is a term used in
marketing and broadcasting, to describe a demographic grouping or a market
segment. This typically involves age bands, social class, and gender
A demographic profile can be used to determine when and
where advertising should be placed so as to achieve maximum results. In all
such cases, it is important that the advertiser get the most results for their
money, and so careful research is done to match the demographic profile of the
target market to the demographic profile of the advertising medium.
Psycho-graphic
Psycho-graphics is the study of personality, values,
opinions, attitudes, interests, and lifestyles. Because this area of research
focuses on interests, attitudes, and opinions, psycho-graphic factors are also
called IAO variables. Psycho-graphic studies of individuals or communities can
be valuable in the fields of marketing, demographics, opinion research, and
social research in general. They can be contrasted with demographic variables
(such as age and gender), behavioral variables (such as usage rate or
loyalty), and organizational demographics variables (sometimes called filmography
variables), such as industry, number of employees, and functional area.
Geo-Demographic
Geographic profiling is a criminal investigative methodology
that analyses the locations of a connected series of crimes to determine the
most probable area of offender residence. By incorporating both qualitative and
quantitative methods, it assists in understanding spatial behavior of an
offender and focusing the investigation to a smaller area of the community.
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