Tuesday 5 January 2016

Storytelling in Video Games.

The Warriors:

The Warriors is a PS2 and XBOX video game that is based on the 1979 Movie with the same name. It is about a gang from Coney Island caught up in the gang violence around the Bronx area. This gang, named The Warriors have been invited to a meeting in which the leader of one of the toughest gangs around, The Riffs wants to persuade all the gangs to stop fighting and coexist as one huge gang to overthrow the Police and also the local Governments. During the meeting Cyrus, the Riffs leader is shot from the crowd and killed. He is shot by another gang leader, Luther of The Rogues. During the chaos from the gunshot Luther shouts from the crowd that it was actually The Warriors who shot Cyrus, The Riffs then surround Cleon, The Warriors leader and beat him to death. Meanwhile everyone scatters from the scene including the Warriors remainders. The rest of the story follows them trying to survive getting back to Coney without being beaten to death on the way home. The game follows the same story except it also goes back in time before the meeting and shows how The Warriors got started and started to make a name for themselves.



Star Wars Battlefront 2:


The game is told as an autobiography recounting the battles of 501st Legion. The 501st begins as part of the Republic, begins with Palpatine commanding the 501st to collect samples to help power his future space station, the Death Star. Meanwhile, Palpatine himself is captured, and 501st clears the way for Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker to rescue him. Planet-side they defend a vital Wookie base, with the support of the Wookies and Jedi Master Yoda, the invasion is repelled. In the final mission of the Clone Wars era, the Clones strike a CIS stronghold on the planet Utapau, killing separatist leader General Grievous, with the help of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Immediately after the victory on Utapau, Palpatine orders the 501st to kill many Jedi's, with the newly established Empire in power, the 501st becomes known as Vader's Fist, Darth Vader's personal army. They are first tasked to force a change on Naboo by assassinating the Queen. During a night watch on the Death Star, crucial plans are stolen by the rebels. Despite capturing the Rebel sympathizer Princess Leia, the plans are still transmitted, and the Death Star is destroyed. The Empire retaliates by sending the 501st legion to Yavin, where a rebel base is located. In the final mission, the 501st is pressed into crushing the weakened Rebel Alliance. The clones defeat the rebels and gain victory on Hoth.



Bullworth Academy/Bully/Canis Canem Edit:


On his first day at Bullworth Academy, Jimmy Hopkins meets principal Dr. Crabblesnitch and his secretary, Ms. Danvers. He befriends Gary Smith and Pete 'Petey' Kowalski, while also making enemies with Bully leader, Russell. Gary takes Jimmy under his wing, causing mischief and fighting bullies. However, Gary later sets up a fight between Jimmy and Russell. After beating and befriending Russell, Jimmy notes that Gary has betrayed him.Later on, Jimmy befriends the "Preppies". However, Jimmy later finds himself at war with the Preppies after Gary tells them that Jimmy has spread rumours about them, forcing Jimmy to defeat every member, and ultimately become leader, of the Preppies. Then the "Greasers". When the leader of the Greasers, Johnny Vincent discovers that his girlfriend is having an affair with one of the Preppies, Jimmy helps them beat him up. Johnny accuses Jimmy of being attracted to his girlfriend, which leads to Jimmy beating the group and reclaiming Johnny's friendship. Finally, 'Jocks', in order to beat the Jocks, Jimmy must gain the trust of the "Nerds", who have turned against him. After beating their leader Earnest, Jimmy partners with the Nerds to ruin the reputation of the Jocks. He is forced to fight all the jocks on the field, eventually beating their leader.

While enjoying his popularity, however, Gary secretly makes the cliques convince him to pull a large prank on the town hall; vandalise the place with graffiti and the cliques slowly turn against him. He tries to convince all the cliques that the "Townies", a group of teenagers who have dropped from or expelled from Bullworth, were behind them but this fails. Gary soon snitches to the authorities, leading to Jimmy's expulsion from the school. During his expulsion, Jimmy is targeted by the "Townies". However, he befriends one of them: Zoe Taylor, who was expelled from Bullworth. Determined to clear his name, Jimmy breaks into the industrial complex. When the police arrive, Russell distracts them while Zoe helps Jimmy confront the leader of the Townies. After beating him and earning his respect, Jimmy soon learns that Gary forced the Townies into antagonizing him.
He soon discovers that Gary is running Bullworth with anarchy and chaos, taking the staff hostage. Deciding to end it, Jimmy storms Bullworth Academy with the Townies and Russell by his side and is forced to beat all the group leaders once again. Jimmy chases Gary to the top of the school's bell tower and confronts him. The two fight, ultimately falling through a skylight into the main office, with Gary knocked unconscious from the fall. Dr. Crabblesnitch reveals that he overheard all of Gary's gloating. Impressed at Jimmy's actions, he decides to re-enroll him and Zoe, expels Gary from the school and promotes Petey to head boy.



Games with No Story:


There is such a thing as games with no stories, an example of games like this are Tetris and Flappy Bird, mainly very short games with a linear style of gameplay with a basic idea of what it's about. People play these games because they are very primitive and you can just pick them up and play them. You don't need to much information or instructions to play. People that play these games are maybe older people such as parents that play Mobile Games, such as Flappy Bird. They like these games because they don't need to know the controls or have to get too involved and they can pick it up and put it down whenever they want.



Linear and Non-Linear Games:


Linear means that it follows the same path such as it follows the same plot or follows the same controls. In games this means that games like Flappy Bird are linear because you just do the same thing over and over again, the game doesn't progress any further and the gameplay doesn't change. A Non-Linear game changes all the time and won't follow the same path such as Fallout 4, this changes all the time and there is constantly different stories and things to do. You have to focus more on the game and won't be able to just pick it up whenever and wherever you want. Once you do pick it up you will be absorbed in it for a while and wont be able to put it down as easy.

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