Unit 60 - Games

Questions

1.     What can you do?

2.     Who are you?

3.     How does it feel to be the character?

4.     What choices do you have?

5.     What feelings do you go through whilst playing the game?

6.     What game did you prefer? Why?

Donkey Kong:

1.     You can move side to side and you can jump, you can also move up and down ladders and hit barrels with a hammer.

2.     Mario/Jump man

3.     It is cool being this character because you have a mission to save the princess from Donkey Kong and there are many obstacles in your way so it’s challenging and therefore fun to play.

4.     You have the choice of which direction you move and whether or not to pick up a hammer.

5.     During the game I get very excited when accomplishing things and set my high scores, I also get angry when I die and I get stressed playing it if I cant get passed something over and over again.

Proteus:

1.     You can move in any direction and look around in any direction as it is a first person game and you can go anywhere on the maps although you cant jump.

2.     Myself (first person)

3.     It feels weird to be this character because I can’t see any parts of my body and my character has no goal or anything to do other than walk around.

4.     You can choose where you want to go.

5.     It felt very cool to play the game because it was very different as there is no goal and nothing in your way so you can enjoy yourself and I was happy whilst playing it, although I also felt very bored playing it after a while.

6. The game I preferred was Donkey Kong because there was actually something to do and something to accomplish within the game and it was fun to play and it is a game that I could play for a while.

Donkey Kong v Proteus Piktogram

FIFA 16 Piktogram

FIFA 16 is a 2nd party game because it was developed and published by EA but not manufactured. 

1st/2nd/3rd party games:

Manufacture

Manufacture is the company that makes the hardware. For example Sony, Microsoft, Apple and Nintendo.   

Developers

Developers are companies that make the software. For example EA, Activation, Nintendo, Sega and Rockstar games to name a few.

Publishing

Publishers are the people who make the advisement and distribution. EA, Rockstar Games, 2K and Sony.

Retail    

Retailers are the people who put the games on the shelf for people to buy. Some retailers include, Game, CEX, HMV and John Lewis to name a few.

1^st Party: Uncharted 4

-Manufacture; Sony

-Development; Naughty Dog

-Publisher; Sony

This game is a first party game because Sony does the manufacturing the development and the publishing because Naughty Dog is a subsidiary company of Sony.

2nd Party: NBA 2K16

-Manufacture; Sony, Microsoft, Google and Apple

-Development; Visual Concepts

-Publisher; 2K Sports

This is a second party game because the development and the publishing is done by 2K as Visual Concepts is a company owned by 2K. The manufacture is a different company to 2K and that is why it is a second party game.   

3^rd Party game: Just Cause

-Manufacture; Sony and Microsoft

-Development; Avalanche Studios

-Publisher; Eidos Interactive

This is a third party game because Sony and Microsoft are there own companies and neither of them own Avalanche Studios or Eidos Interactive. Avalanche Studios and Eidos Interactive are also separate companies to one another and therefor all three companies are separate making it a third party game.

EA Piktochart

Rock, Paper, Scissors flowchart

Metacritic & GameRankings Piktochart

Comparison of 2 different FIFA 16 reviews


Top 10 current selling games in the UK

PS4: (vgchartz.com)
1. Tom Clancy's The Division
2. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
4. Far cry: Primal
5. Grand Theft Auto V
6. Star Wars Battlefront
7. FIFA 16
8. Ratchet & Clank
9. EA Sports UFC 2
10. LEGO Marvel's Avengers

XBOX ONE: (vgchartz.com)

1. Tom Clancy's The Division

2. Call of Duty Black Ops 3

3. FIFA 16

4. Far Cry: Primal

5. Grand Theft Auto V

6. Star Wars Battlefront

7. Forza Motorsport 6

8. Rainbow Six: Seige 

9. Quantum Break

10. Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2

Wii U: (GFK Chart-Track.co.uk)
1. New Super Mario Bros WiiU
2. Mario Kart 8
3. Splatoon
4. Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
5. Pokken Tournament
6. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
7. Super Mario Maker
8. Lego City Undercover
9. The Book of Unwritten Tales
10. Super Smash Bros

PC: (GFK Chart-Track.co.uk)

1. Overwatch

2. Football Manager 2016

3. Doom

4. The Sims 4

5. Total War: Warhammer

6. Mirror's Edge Catalyst

7. Fallout 4

8. Star Wars Battlefront

9. Grand Theft Auto V

10. Call of Duty Black Ops 3

IOS: (appannie.com)
1. Clash of Clans
2. Candy Crush Saga
3. Mobile Strike
4. Game of War - Fire Age
5. Clash Royale
6. Candy Crush Soda Saga
7. 8 Ball Pool
8. Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
9. Marvel: Contest of Champions
10.Invasion: Modern Empire

Android: (appannie.com)

1) Game of War

2) Clash of Clans

3) Candy Crush Saga

4) Mobile Strike

5) Candy Crush Soda Saga

6) Clash of kings

7) Clash Royale

8) Candy Crush jelly Saga

9) Boom Beach

10) Farm Heroes 

Current trends of the games in 2016:
PS4:  
- Shooter
- Sport
- Action/adventure
- All franchise games

XBOX ONE: 
- Shooter
- Action/adventure
- Sport
- Mostly franchise games

Wii U: 
- Adventure
- Mostly franchise games
- Mostly first party

PC:
- Shooter
- Action/adventure
- Strategy

IOS:
- Puzzle/strategy
- Free to play
- Microtransactions (in app purchases)

Android:
- Puzzle/strategy
- Free to play
- Microtransactions (in app purchases)

App Prototype Video