1.case study
- 2. Game World Terrain ArchitectureArchitecture Objects- All of the objects included in the game that you can pick up and collect are ammunition and grenades which can be found rarely in certain locations around the map and also enemy weapons which are not as silent as and god as using your own though. The strengths of this is you can keep on continuing to play the game and their aren't enough collectables around to fill up your ammunition every minute so it creates a bit of a challenge. Architecture- The architecture in the game is very good, there is lots of buildings, trees, rocks and sandbags around, all which cant be destroyed but you can use to your advantage weather to do stealth or to avoid bullets. The environments are detailed, they are often mazes of sun-drenched rock formations with crisp textures and you get the odd destroyed building, tent and tree around. The strength of these are they help your gameplay experience, a weakness being that they can end up getting in your way. Terrain- The terrain in the game is anything you can stand or move on which includes everything on the ground and also some buildings/towers which you can stand on to get a vantage point. Avatar Avatar- An Avatar is the name given to the on screen representation of the player in the game in this case it is Karl Fairburne. The Avatar can be a character, vehicle or object that is controlled by the player, in this game only the main player is a movable interact able character.
- 3. Characters NPC’S Playable character Playable Characters- The main character you play as in sniper elite 3 is a solider called Karl Fairbourne who is an expert marksman and you have to snipe a bunch of Germans or you can choose not too and complete certain missions for your army and country. Feedback Interface- The only included feedback interface in the game is controller vibration and it does this when you use the special slow-mo overview of bullet kills. Non Playable Characters- There are many non-playable characters in the game which walk around and you can choose weather or not to fight them, but if you get spotted by one and he fires all the enemies around the area are alerted. These is too make your gameplay experience 10x’s better.
- 4. Perspectives Sniper elite III is a 3D graphic game with a 3 dimensional axis, 3rd person as well as 1st person shooter when it uses context sensitive to switch into 1st person sniping. The series' gruesome trademark, a slow-motion bullet cam that follows the projectiles through bones and organs with x-ray vision is also included in this game. The artistic style for the game is Photo-realism. The cut scenes in sniper elite are used to help understand the storyline so you carry out your objectives more easily. The cut scenes at the beginning are very important because they set up your play through for the rest of the game. All of the cut scenes are still images accompanied by Karl’s (the main character) stoic narration. Names and places are said constantly all the time, but without much context, and each mission feels disjointed- they don’t run as smoothly one after another- only existing for its own sake so you cannot really understand it whilst you are playing, your just playing it for killing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGq73afX2Uw Cut Scenes
- 5. Game Setting and narrative In June 1942, during the Battle of Gazala, OSS sniper Karl Fairburne is sent to assassinate General Franz Vahlen and uncover his top-secret project. He helps British soldiers repel General Erwin Rommel's forces, but ultimately, the port of Tobruk is lost. Fairburne heads to the Gaberoune oasis in Libya to kill several officers and reveal Vahlen's whereabouts. He only finds a document revealing the name of Vahlen's project, Project Seuche (literally meaning plague). The Long Range Desert Group asks for Fairburne's assistance in destroying several Flak 88s in Halfaya Pass. Fairburne's only hope of finding Vahlen is by rescuing a British informant inside Fort Rifugio previously held by the British during Operation Compass. Fairburne successfully infiltrates Fort Rifugio and frees the informant. The man, Brauer, shares intelligence about officers meeting at the Siwa Oasis in Western Egypt. Fairburne, whose sniping has earned him the label Wüstengeist (Desert Ghost) by the Germans, sneaks into the town and finds out that the officers plan to betray Vahlen to Hitler by giving him the general's personal diary in Berlin. Fairburne kills the officer tasked as the courier and steals the book, which details Vahlen's plans to conquer Europe when the Afrika Korps win in North Africa, with his base of operations somewhere in the Kasserine Pass. Fairburne and Brauer infiltrate the base and discover from a secret movie reel that Project Seuche is a supertank codenamed Ratte. Tragically, Brauer is killed by a Tiger tank but Fairburne destroys it in revenge. He buries Brauer and takes a round from Brauer's gun. With the location of the Ratte production facility still unknown, Fairburne joins the LRDG in assaulting the German-controlled Pont du Fahs Airfield and finds a map leading to the facility, which is nestled inside the Mides canyon. He gets inside the complex and prepares satchel charges to collapse the base as well as destroy the Ratte prototype. To trigger the detonation, Fairburne puts an explosive on the Ratte's turret and drops a load of the supertank's massive shells on it. Vahlen is mortally injured trying to escape the hangar and Fairburne takes his Luger, puts Brauer's round in the chamber and kills Vahlen before escaping the base. A voiceover by Fairburne during the end credits reveals that the intelligence he acquired on the Ratte enables the USAAF and the RAF to launch the Battle of the Ruhr. The effect of Operation Chastise on steel production forces the Germans to scrap work on the Ratte.
- 6. Game Type Sniper Elite 3 is a third-person shooter with emphasis on stealth and long-range sniping, and it remembers the old days, set in the war- which is great. This game is a story driven game which can be played either solo or co- operatively in the campaign, there are eight missions, and all but the first tutorial mission are big and open, with secrets and secondary objectives and multiple paths. Sniper Elite 3 forces you to take numerous variables into consideration like hit location, breathing, environmental sounds, distance and bullet drop--and on harder difficulties, even wind--must be noted and shots must be lined up accordingly. It also has a multiplayer mode where you go up against other players online. The competitive multiplayer stands out, there are only five maps and a few distinct modes such as capture the flag, but there is good like 'No Cross' team death match- which is a game mode in which that neither team can cross an invisible divider in the center of the map. Therefor there is no close-range combat, only sniping.
- 7. Rewards Sniper Elite 3 has a total of 110 collectibles as well as 15 Weapon Upgrades & 18 Optional Objectives, which are required for 100% completion. These can be found within the story, breaking down into the following categories: • 60 War Diaries • 22 Sniper Nests • 20 Collectible Cards • 8 Long Shots • 15 Weapon Upgrades • 18 Optional Objectives They are spread throughout the 8 missions within the main story and collecting all of them will unlock 7 achievements/trophies worth 240 Gamerscore, as follows: • Casual Reader – Find half of the war diaries – 10 • Archivist – Find all the war diaries – 20 • The gathering – Find all the collectible cards – 20 • Nesting instinct - Find all the Sniper nests – 20 • A shot in the dark – Complete all the long shots – 40 • Nothing is optional – Complete all the optional objectives – 30 • Dedicated solider – Complete 100% of the campaign on any difficulty – 100 It has all of these too make you challenge yourself more and also to play the game for a longer period of time due to interest. http://sniperelitegame.wikia.co m/wiki/Sniper_Elite_III_Trophies _and_Achievements Grenades Medical kit Primary weapon Secondary weapon Tertiary weapon This is the inventory for the game and it is really easy to navigate and understand, these are the most important items that will be used throughout the game. Inventory
- 8. 1. Weapon: The currently equipped gun. 2. Ammunition type: Indicates whether your rifle currently has standard bullets or armour-piercing rounds loaded. 3. Ammunition: The amount of ammo in the clip and total bullets remaining for the equipped weapon. 4. Inventory Item: The current inventory item and amount available. Hold Q to select from available items in the radial menu and use an equipped item with F. 5. Health bar: Your current health. 6. Mini-map: A short-range indicator of nearby enemies and points of interest. 1. Heart rate: Your heart rate. At higher heart rates, your scope will be less steady and the recoil on shots will be greater. The lower your heart rate, the more you’ll be able to steady your scope and use focus time. 2. Stance: Indicates whether you are standing, crouched or prone while in scope view. 3. Focus time bar: This bar fills up as your heart rate approaches its lowest state. Wait until the bar reaches its maximum size before you empty your lungs to maximize focus time. 4. Wind: This indicates the direction and strength of the wind. Only shown on Elite & Authentic difficulties. 5. Aim assistance reticle: If you empty your lungs when your heart rate is low enough, this will appear to show where the bullet will land after taking gravity and/or wind into account. 6. Bullets: The number of bullets in your current clip. 7. Relocation bar: Displays how certain enemies are of your location. 8. Relocation alert: Indicates when you can relocate to avoid combat. 9. Visibility indicator: Shows how visible you are to enemies. This is affected by your stance and how brightly lit you are. 10. Heart Rate: Your heart rate. 11. Awareness indicator: This will appear when an enemy can see you. Get behind cover to prevent them from attacking. 12. Objective text: Your current objective. 13. Objective marker: Tap Tab to toggle displaying destination marker(s) for your current objective(s). In Game Interface
- 9. Addiction anon. (2017). Video Game Addiction Symptoms, Causes and Effects. Available: https://www.psychguides.com/guides/video- game-addiction-symptoms-causes-and- effects/. Last accessed 21st November 2017. ‘Recent studies suggest that 6 to 15 percent of all gamers exhibit signs that could be characterized as addiction.’ Video game addiction is described as an impulse control disorder, which is described as very similar to pathological gambling. Statistics show that men and boys are more likely to become addicted to video games versus women and girls. Recent research has found that nearly one in 10 youth gamers (ages 8-18) can be classified as pathological gamers or addicted to video-gaming. Some of the emotional signs or symptoms of video game addiction include: Feelings of restlessness and/or irritability when unable to play. Preoccupation with thoughts of previous online activity or anticipation of the next online session. Lying to friends or family members regarding the amount of time spent playing. A reason why online video games are potentially addictive is because they "can be played all day every day". The fact that there is no end to the game can feel rewarding for some, and hence players are further engaged in the game. Because few clinical trials and no meta-analyses have been completed, research is still in the preliminary stages for excessive gaming treatment. The most effective treatments seem to be, as with other addictions and dependencies, a combination of psychopharmacology, psychotherapy and twelve-step programs. Some countries, such as South Korea, China, the Netherlands, Canada, and the United States, have responded to the perceived threat of video game addiction by opening treatment centres. Gentile, D.A. (2009). What is Video-game addiction?. Available: http://www.addictionrecov.org/Addictions/? AID=45. Last accessed 21st November 2017. Anon. (.). Video Game addiction. Available: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_gam e_addiction. Last accessed 27th September 2017.
- 10. Comparison These two games are both made by the same game developer, Rebellion Developments Limited and are similar in some ways such as you have to be very strategical and tactical so you don’t die fast and run out of ammunition, with these games you have to think of a plan before executing. In rainbow six You are a group of trained soldiers doing missions to rescue hostages, and other people in a series of buildings, are a threat trying to kill you, in this game you don't die after getting shot 30-40 times. one shot and it's over. The graphics from this game are okay considering the game is from 1998 but these are very similar. The maps in sniper elite are much more open and the colours are brighter and you are free to do whatever you like, within reason but in rainbow six there is only one objective on a smaller map, I believe it is darker to add a better effect on the gameplay however the games are just as hard as each other to complete.
- 11. Game cases This tells me the main character of the game. This is the title of the game. This tells me the console that it is on. This tells me who the game developers are. This tells me it’s a better version of the game where you get more content than others who buy it just normal. This tells me what a character looks like in this game. This tells me the console that it is on. This tells me who the game developers are. This is the title of the game. This describes the games skills that are required and that will be involved while you play.
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