P2 - A (Genre) + B (Narrative/Storyline)

P2 – A + B

GTA V – Genre: Sandbox/Action/ 1^st + 3^rd person/Multiplayer

GTA V is a very popular action game which has been a long existing franchise since 1997. In these type of games there is a storyline you follow which involves means of violence to complete the set missions. Many action games fall into a sub category of sandbox action. Sandbox means that the game is not linear and is fully open world meaning you can move freely around the map. In GTA V the map is called Los Santos the player has no restriction and can roam freely on land air and sea exploring the world without a linear storyline.

 GTA V is a mix of a 3^rd and 1^st person viewpoint which allows the players to choose any sort of desired camera view whenever they want. For example, you can switch instantly to first person whether you’re driving walking or shooting which allows a smooth camera angle change without hindering your view.

GTA V also has a multiplayer aspect within this sandbox where you can play online with other players. To keep the online community active each individual player has to earn money and can buy new weapons cars and houses with it which shows that the multiplayer aspect has been created in depth rather than just having a small mini game or no multiplayer. In conclusion GTA V is a blend of offline and online features along with a big open world with a different camera views. Gangs and crews are also available which allows you and friends to team up and be in similar clothing and carry out gang activities together all branded with a name and logo.

The story usually follows a character and their criminal lives along with their accomplices and fiends. However, in GTA V the typical character scenarios were changed as it features 3 characters in the game Trevor Michael and Franklin all of which meet each other but all are playable and have their own missions. The narrative always has one goal at the end of it and the narrative is always done well due to use of cut scenes.

Call Of Duty Black Ops 2 – Genre: Action/ FPS/Multiplayer+

Call of Duty has been a popular franchise since 2003 and have kept up the same style of game throughout; a first person shooter. They have kept the consistency of multiplayer throughout up to the newest games. Typically, in these call of duty games there is a storyline which pans across 2-3 games which appeals to the single player audience however now it is more focused on the multiplayer aspect. Call of Duty is a linear game and is not sandbox. The maps are restricted and change for each mission or map on multiplayer.

The game I’m, researching is Call of Duty Black Ops II which is one for the newer instalments in the franchise. It continues the campaign single player from Black Ops I but the multiplayer is completely different. It is heavily influenced by DLC where the players will pay for new guns and maps. Call od Duty have kept their style of FPS games throughout and Black Ops 2 pans out the start of a new vision for Call Of Duty. It is a futuristic game set in 2020 but ever since this game has been released the new games have also been set in the future. Call Of Duty also have an extra game mode which is not to do with war and two teams fighting it is instead a zombie survival where 4 players must team and survive for as long as they can either offline or online with friends or other players around the world.

In each Call Of Duty there is a new character or a returning character which keeps the single player players returning to play the next instalment of the campaign so they can finish what they started. In Call Of Duty Black Ops 2 is follows the character David Mason who is son of the protagonist in the First Black Ops game. His mission is to kill the man who killed his dad which he does by travelling to other countries and the USA to find him.

Minecraft – Open world sandbox/ Adventure

Minecraft is an open world sandbox game created by a Swedish programmer who goes by the name of Notch alongside a Swedish publishing company Mojang. The aim of the game is to enter a randomly generated world fitted with different types of biomes such as snowy, jungle, desert etc. and survive. You can interact with trees animals and build shelter for yourself. There is a choice to go offline and play solo or connect online with friends where you can enter survival mode to survive or creative mode to have unlimited resources allowing you to make big structures and cities which is a very popular thing to do in the community.

The generated world is made out of many pixels creating squares as everything which you can build with is square shaped not spherical. Only the character’s animals and other objects are not square but are still classed as a square when highlighted over. The physics are different to relax life also with blocks floating in the air randomly and trees growing very fast.

The main character is “Steve” but what you do with the character is up to you and many users create their own character skins anyway such as their favorite TV character and they do this by using internet apps. There is no narrative or storyline it is purely user generated what happens in the game due to it being completely open world and having no linear aspects.

 Metal Gear Solid V – Sandbox/ Action Adventure

Metal Gear as a franchise has always been a linear story led game featuring many characters and plot twists. The game is Japanese created and the games release order is not in the games timeline order e.g. Metal Gear Solid 3 was the 5^th game released but the first in the timeline. The main Character is Solid Snake or Big Boss depending on which game and it consists of the main character having to destroy a new destructive piece of weaponry “Metal Gear”.

Only in the new game Metal Gear Solid V is it free roam whereas the older games had a linear map with no roaming allowed which changed the face of the game. Instead of a full campaign game it now allowed players to roam around in their spare time rather than putting the game away after they had completed it. The player is able to have gun fights with enemies and are available to have to the choice of stealth or loud in their gameplay. It also now has multiplayer and various DLC’s which keeps the audience engaged in the series.

In this storyline Big Boss is presumed dead but is being hidden away in Cyprus. When the people who tried to kill him find where he is staying he escapes to Afghanistan and begins to create his own off shore base designed to look like an oil rig. Throughout the game he is hunted by “Skull Face” and his army of soldiers who are fighting the Russians in Afghanistan.