Total War: Warhammer 2 is a real-time strategy game created by
Creative Assembly. This game has multiple layers of gameplay that involve different genres. This is why I think it is a good choice for this assignment.
Arguably the main portion of the game – campaign mode is the one worth discussing. Upon selecting the faction or race you want to play as. You will dive into the vast imaginary Warhammer world with many different other factions around you. As shown in the picture, you will decide where your army goes to represented by the single large-scale character on the map. As well as the direction of where you want your faction to develop. It is essentially a chess game mixed with business simulation.
In this game, you have more options to win than making your army stump on your enemy. You have the option to use diplomacy to seek help, profit even demands confederation with foreign factions if your sheer military percent and political pressure is strong enough.
Now the most exciting part of the game is the battle scene. When yours and a hostile army clash you can control your troops in battle. In this game, the variety of the units and the scale of the battle relative to the details that it has is truly unheard of. Creative Assembly has been producing Total War games for decades. The experience they brought to this game combined with the fascinating Warhammer Fantasy lore framed out an immersive and exquisite game experience.
Valheim is been very popular since the release in February 2nd, Valheim sets a record with over half-million concurrent players in a short time, there are a lot of people playing this game for the past few weeks, Valheim is a open world survival game inspired by the viking culture for 1-10 players, the game is currently in early access on steam.
Narrative: You start your journey with your friends or alone in the fantasy world inspired by Norse mythology and Viking culture, you have to survive by building a base, hunting animals and killing enemies in order to get stronger.
Puzzle: You have to travel to different places to find different enemies in order to be able to unlock some new bosses, by getting new things in different places your character gains knowledge and that is how you unlock new weapons, new armor and new stuff in the world, there are 5 different bosses in different lands inside the game, by defeating each boss your character learn new things, and there are domains in the world which you can get very important materials to build things such as portals, boats and tools.
Exploration: Travel with friends in different ways to discover new lands, there are also rocks that has letter which tells you about the story, traveling around the world is the most exciting part of the game because you get to explore a lot of beautiful things and gathering new resources to craft weapons to survive because the world is full of dangerous enemies.
These are screenshots of me and my friends exploring the world:
Hello my name is travis rosado and today i would like to talk about one of my favrite fighting game, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. Now as I stated before blazblue: cross tag battle is a fightng so the genre is pretty self explanatory. But let me explain a little bit more about is. Blazblue: cross tag battle/bbtag for short is a 2d cross over fight game between the blazblue universe, the persona 4 universe, the undernight in birth universe and the RWBY universe.
1. the Narrative: now there is a story mode for bbtag. To basically sum up the story mode for bbtag, bbtag takes place in a strange world to where all your charaters from the blazeblue world, persona 4 world, under night inbirth world and RWBY world, are set to do battle via 2 on 2 by what is called the voice. the voice gives a simple taske to everyone who was sent to the strange world which is to reach the goal with a special gem that is called the key stone, bring the key stone to the goal you and the characters from your world can go home. finally there are mutiple endings for each world you choose.
2. the combat: the combat is very simple to understand its your standerd 2d 2v2 fighing. Supporting things like assist, which is the second character you choose on your team or the main character you choose can come into battle and assist you mid battle and yes you can swich between characters mid battle.
3. the lobby: the hub world is where you can access everything the game has to offer, this means the stroy, acade mode, training mode online mode which also has a lobby too, ect.
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Genre
The game I chose is called Gears 5. It’s the 6th game in the Gears of War series and was developed by The Coalition and was released September 19th, 2019. Gears 5 is a third-person shooter Action game made for Xbox and PC.
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Act 1 Narrative(Only what I managed to play): Delta Team (your team) is sent to the city where there is a war that breaks out due to a swarm invasion. Your task is to defeat all of the swarm enemies, save people, and survive.
Setting: In this chapter, you are in the city. You can explore different houses, buildings, stores, and even go into the park.
Exploration: The player should be able to explore different houses, rooms, and buildings. They should be able to find ammo, weapons, and Components which allow you to upgrade and get certain abilities.
Puzzles: There are enemies and bosses with special move sets and weak points to attack in order to defeat it. Also the player should be cautious of random enemies that may pop up while also be cautious of their ammo waste since it’s somewhat limited depending on the weapon used. They should try to be as efficient as possible. There are also cover spots that you and the enemy can use to protect themselves.
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Guilty Gear – Genre and Setting
I’ll be focusing on the Guilty Gear franchise, a fighting game series by Arc System Works. The first game was published in 1998 and has continued to make sequels and spinoffs. The game I’d like to focus on is the second installment Guilty Gear XX.
![Guilty Gear XX #Reload All Characters [PS2] - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ADTjyzfrcLs/maxresdefault.jpg)
Guilty Gear’s aesthetic comes from its heavy metal influence. The character select screen makes it abundantly clear the edgy and violent feel of the game, and the characters reflect the feel.
As a fighting game, the characters have to contrast with the backgrounds in order to stick out during gameplay. Along with the characters on the screen, a health bar and super meter is kept in a place where it’s visible at all times regardless of the character’s position. They maintain an essential part of the mechanics of the game while still staying true to the games narrative of rock and metal.
The world of Guilty Gear is a mix of both the new and old, with the in-game lore exploring magic and ancient artifacts that give people power. Despite the simple premise of a fighting game, the creators made it clear to its audience that there is indeed a story behind it.
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Genre
The Game I choose was Nier: Automata. Nier: Automata is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Square Enix. The genre of Nier is a hack and slash JRPG.
- Narrative- Nier: Automata follows a very story-driven narrative that includes multiple endings and tons of surprises. For example, as shown above, there are enemies in the game that will try to stop you on your quest to save humanity and reclaim the earth.
2. Combat- Nier: Automata is full of enemies and bosses in the game. You can unlock a variety of weapons and different playstyles in this hack and slash title. For example, enemies such as robots that have taken over this abandoned earth are the main source of the hack and slash component of Nier.
3. Exploration- There’re tons of different areas to explore in Nier, some areas very dull and deserted and others full of joy and happiness. Nier offers a wide variety of things to explore and look at. For example, the game is filled with hidden items and hidden NPCs that are worthwhile if you are able to find them.
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Genre
The game I choose is Yakuza 0. Yakuza 0 is an action-adventure game developed by SEGA. With many games, the Yakuza games deal with the life of Kiryu Kazama and his life in the Yakuza featuring many twists/turns, wonderful characters, engaging story, and fun gameplay.
Narritive: You are Yakuza member in Tokyo trying to overcome the challenges in your way.
Puzzle: There are numerous battles that you have to go through in Tokyo which can be numerous amount of people against you, a boss that is tough or sometimes both. You also have to interact with people in Tokyo to solve and complete missions.
Exploration: The exploration for Yakuza is to experience and immersive yourself in Tokyo (late 1980s). You get to interact with people, play numerous mini games (Karaoke, Darts, Disco dancing and plenty of more), fight, collect outfits and etc.
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The game I chose is the PS1 game Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage. It’s the 2nd game released in the Spyro series, developed by Insomniac Games and published by Universal Interactive Studios and Sony Computer Entertainment America, and was released on November 2, 1999. The PAL version was released on November 5, 1999 by Universal Interactive Studios and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, and was given the name Spyro 2: Gateway To Glimmer. On November 13, 2018, a remake was released for PS4 and Xbox One and on PC and Switch about a year later called Spyro ReIgnited Trilogy that contained remakes of the first 3 Spyro games (Spyro The Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage/Gateway To Glimmer, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon) that was developed by Toys For Bob and published by Activision.
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PAL Box Art:
ReIgnited Trilogy Box Art:
Narrative: A dinosaur wizard named Ripto alongside his 2 Riptoc (Riptocs are dinosaur-esque creatures that serve Ripto that usually have a horn or horns that protrude out their nose or forehead) minions Crush and Gulp have invaded the Realm of Avalar, causing the realm to spiral into chaos and it’s up to Spyro to save Avalar from Ripto and to restore balance to the world.
Gulp is the green, quadruped Riptoc that Ripto is standing on and Crush is the blue, Bipedal Riptoc to the left (our right from this angle) of Ripto.
Puzzle: To collect one of the main collectibles known as Orbs required to challenge Ripto, the Final Boss, (40 minimum are needed to do this), and to 100% the game (which requires getting all 14 Talismans, 64 Orbs, and 10,000 Gems), Spyro must complete different challenge missions such as riding a trolley to collect 50 Gears, playing Ice Hockey, herding Cowleks (creatures that are a hybrid of Cows and Elephants), feeding an Idol 10 fish, etc.
Trolley Mission:
Ice Hockey Mission:
Cowlek Herding Mission:
This is what a Cowlek looks like:
Idol Feeding Mission: (I had to use a pic from the remake in Spyro ReIgnited Trilogy because I couldn’t find a picture from the OG version that worked.)
Exploration: The exploration in Spyro 2 Ripto’s Rage is that you must collect the Gems that are scattered across all of the different lands of Avalar, Glide, Hover, Swim, Climb, Flame, Charge, and Headbash across or against the obstacles (the environment and enemies) that stand in your way. You must also collect all the Orbs from exploring the surrounding environment or complete the different minigames, and collect the Talismans by helping the people of each land deal with the troubles that are plaguing them.
