I think that the industry is going from strength to strength and I couldn't be happier the only problem is the fact that the small job are being out sourced and this gives the main designers to do better jobs in the game now that seems good but the out sourced work comes back with problems because the out sources will cut corners and this will waste time to repair it before it can be used.
the thing about the industry is that employees are still there but it different now to back in the day when you had 10 people working on Toejam and earl to a building full of people running around try to get Toejam’s voice changed to sample A123........ any way it changed because of outsourcing that means that you work force is split because you can't keep an eye on the out source’s in china or some where.
I would think that there are many challenges at the moment because the new console release is a problem for each company in the great console race, but what I think is the main problem is the fact that what’s the next step how can they advance consoles more shore you can make the graphics better but that’s not going to be good enough in a couple of years when the graphics get to a level of fake realism then they need to make it feel real. (that’s just my opinion)
Thursday, January 25, 2007
TASK 10
The character in a game is a crucial thing if the character doesn’t fit the game the player will lose interest in the game with in a short amount of time, I’m very picky in games and I will only play game with a good characters in them and decently a good main character is needed or a good villain.
I don't know how to answer that.... erm.... the thing is I don't read often only when I find a good book and I hardly every read for story I read for fact and I like films if the story is good I don't have a emotional link to the characters in film or books it's the story that counts..... and don't say what about lord of the ring I HATE FRODO.
I think that some things in films and books make you feel a certain way and some thing do in games mainly the desire to kill...! ha
But in games the people that your talking about are virtual and don't apply because if you don’t like a character in a film it could be his crappy acting that makes him bad where as in a game its not the acting its the bad dialog and the poorly done actions for the virtual character that’s why I have no feeling for games characters.
In that note I still like certain characters from games I just don't care weather they live or die.
There are tones of characters that I like, like Alundra, Link, Cloud, Sephiroth, Master Chief Earthworm Jim, Siegfried the whole of Fable and Sonic of course.
I don't know how to answer that.... erm.... the thing is I don't read often only when I find a good book and I hardly every read for story I read for fact and I like films if the story is good I don't have a emotional link to the characters in film or books it's the story that counts..... and don't say what about lord of the ring I HATE FRODO.
I think that some things in films and books make you feel a certain way and some thing do in games mainly the desire to kill...! ha
But in games the people that your talking about are virtual and don't apply because if you don’t like a character in a film it could be his crappy acting that makes him bad where as in a game its not the acting its the bad dialog and the poorly done actions for the virtual character that’s why I have no feeling for games characters.
In that note I still like certain characters from games I just don't care weather they live or die.
There are tones of characters that I like, like Alundra, Link, Cloud, Sephiroth, Master Chief Earthworm Jim, Siegfried the whole of Fable and Sonic of course.
Friday, January 05, 2007
Task 11 What The Hell Is Game Play
Game play to me is the way that the character acts the way he’s animated, Its also the things in the game that keep you coming back to play more like mini game and other little way to make you look better than any other person playing the game, I guess you get a feeling of accomplishment and this is what I believe makes game play the feeling of accomplishment against other not just people but characters as well.
I think that game play can be put in to games but I would say its rare to see it any more people are hard to please and this is the problem with game play at the moment I think that game can be built in to the game but its not easy every thing needs to be right to have good game play the levers need to just fun run or driving around.
game play is very important if a game has crap game play the player won't know whets wrong and will give up on the game straight away the better the game play the better the sales and it around longer and may make a sequel.
I think of no way that’s game plays a set of rules a game can be what it want an one made nuttier will love it (there’s all way 1) but if a game is unique with something new it may not matter because the game might not have good game play and some will take that idea and use it again but do it right. people have been copying things for ages and some one will all ways in the end do it right.
I think that game play can be put in to games but I would say its rare to see it any more people are hard to please and this is the problem with game play at the moment I think that game can be built in to the game but its not easy every thing needs to be right to have good game play the levers need to just fun run or driving around.
game play is very important if a game has crap game play the player won't know whets wrong and will give up on the game straight away the better the game play the better the sales and it around longer and may make a sequel.
I think of no way that’s game plays a set of rules a game can be what it want an one made nuttier will love it (there’s all way 1) but if a game is unique with something new it may not matter because the game might not have good game play and some will take that idea and use it again but do it right. people have been copying things for ages and some one will all ways in the end do it right.
TASK 9.. Governing Control
My favourite controllers is the nice simplistic of the mega drive controller with the joy stick because the controls where so simple that you could master your character in a couple of minutes look at sonic the hedgehog easy..... but no more because we have progressed we can no longer use retro controllers any more and the games are so much harder.
The most comfortable controller is the Xbox 360 it looks nice and I have not come across a problem with it yet, The seconded best is the original Xbox controller I like this controller because there are hardly any people who like it and so if I’m play games with friend it ensures me a controller, At number 3 its playstation controller with its copying off other controllers it has some things right and some things wrong like the l1 and r1 buttons there as badly placed as the z button on the game cube.. Pathetic. In number 4 its the Xbox smaller controller I know its ok.........wrong the grip is comfortable but the start, back, white and black are in a stupid place and cost valuable time when fighting in game. And In dead last the pathetic Game Cube controller this is a stupid idea its like the car that Homer makes in the Simpson’s the colour scheme is bad and the passions of the buttons is laughable..... Its like bop-it.
The best looking console is the Xbox 360 and the wii comes second game cube looks stupid and the play station has the right look for what its trying to put full word.. actually they all look good in there own right the game cubes a kids console and that’s whets its trying to advertise, this applies to all of them like Playstation is a black tower like object the black colour signifies that its evil and that would advertise to teens the evil tower... ha.
the Xbox consoles signifies the future that’s what there trying to portray with the first one it was a green wobbly thing which must belike a atom or something and the second one has gone for a tower as well and a futuristically shaped one.
The most comfortable controller is the Xbox 360 it looks nice and I have not come across a problem with it yet, The seconded best is the original Xbox controller I like this controller because there are hardly any people who like it and so if I’m play games with friend it ensures me a controller, At number 3 its playstation controller with its copying off other controllers it has some things right and some things wrong like the l1 and r1 buttons there as badly placed as the z button on the game cube.. Pathetic. In number 4 its the Xbox smaller controller I know its ok.........wrong the grip is comfortable but the start, back, white and black are in a stupid place and cost valuable time when fighting in game. And In dead last the pathetic Game Cube controller this is a stupid idea its like the car that Homer makes in the Simpson’s the colour scheme is bad and the passions of the buttons is laughable..... Its like bop-it.
The best looking console is the Xbox 360 and the wii comes second game cube looks stupid and the play station has the right look for what its trying to put full word.. actually they all look good in there own right the game cubes a kids console and that’s whets its trying to advertise, this applies to all of them like Playstation is a black tower like object the black colour signifies that its evil and that would advertise to teens the evil tower... ha.
the Xbox consoles signifies the future that’s what there trying to portray with the first one it was a green wobbly thing which must belike a atom or something and the second one has gone for a tower as well and a futuristically shaped one.
TASK 8 story line is it important
In my opinion the story line is very important to a game but a lot of people want just action I find this foolish in a was because they don't realise what they are missing and this is a problem,
games need story lines and only game with good story line a truly remembered a good game must apply to the lore of games the game play must be good the sound must be good and the story must be good, if just one of these isn't up to standard then the game will be forgotten.
sorry I digress.... the story line is important games have story lines the same as books and film because the person has to know what where and why to under stand what is going on.
the story line in games happens to you not the other way round you can run from the story but you will seek it out...ha nice.....Sorry as I was saying the story line happens to you because it is like a film you watch it to know what’s happening but also you make it happen by your actions in the game like completing a level,
This said not many have a story only RPG and plat formers and some F.P.S.'s so NO! in some cases the story of games is useless all that’s matters is your doing what you want in a virtual world and that’s what where doing with games all the time ..... any way, I like story in games because its like reading a book or watching a film.
games are complex ....?
games need story lines and only game with good story line a truly remembered a good game must apply to the lore of games the game play must be good the sound must be good and the story must be good, if just one of these isn't up to standard then the game will be forgotten.
sorry I digress.... the story line is important games have story lines the same as books and film because the person has to know what where and why to under stand what is going on.
the story line in games happens to you not the other way round you can run from the story but you will seek it out...ha nice.....Sorry as I was saying the story line happens to you because it is like a film you watch it to know what’s happening but also you make it happen by your actions in the game like completing a level,
This said not many have a story only RPG and plat formers and some F.P.S.'s so NO! in some cases the story of games is useless all that’s matters is your doing what you want in a virtual world and that’s what where doing with games all the time ..... any way, I like story in games because its like reading a book or watching a film.
games are complex ....?
TASK 7... enter the art director
Art Directors ok.... They coordinate the efforts of the art team giving them what they need to build a visual image of what the game looks like, He also makes shore that the work is finished on time and that’s its to a productive standard with the right look for the game.
Art directors are responsible to the company that they work for but there more than that if a game gets a bad review because of the graphics then he is responsible for that, but it also makes the company look bad.
I believe that it s a creative role and quite a good one because although the company will set guidelines the because you can still alter the look of the game and I believe there is allot more going for being the head of the art team a lot more control of the direction of the game because you will meat with the other team leaders and get to contribute to the direction of the game from in there fields and in turn they can help you with suggestions.
although the jobs are alike there a re some defences the art director has more control over what is happening in the game and this is because the game making process is split up in to 3 types of directors and the film and media have a single director that must be appeased......art directors power.
The qualities you need to be a director are ..... people skills, artistic skills of a wide range like paints, alcohol markers a range of different media. He will as so need leadership skills time management and a vast knowledge of the 3d programs and he would have to know what is going on all the time that sounds hard.
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