Main presentation

Main presentation

1. VIDEO GAME CASE STUDY THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT

2. GAME WORLD TERRAIN In the game world there are multiple different locations that are made of different terrain, each is crafted to effected gameplay in the area and the types of enemies you have to fight. The types of terrain vary from cobbled streets in novigrad , mountains in kaer morhen , snow in skellige and woods of vellen . KAER MORHEN NOVIGRAD SKELLIGE VELLEN

3. GAME WORLD ARCHITECTURE The Architecture in The Witcher 3 varies in scale. From Massive forts and cities to small huts in rural villages. The Cities are made up of harbor buildings bridges and tall stone houses, these are to show the much richer areas of the world, compared to run down and burnt wood huts in the smaller villages scattered around. The came world is also filled with other entities such as the hangman's tree and a large tree with a heart. The variation really builds the world and drives exploration. HANGMAN’S TREE NOVIGRAD MARKET WHITE ORCHARD VILLAGE

4. GAME WORLD Objects In The Witcher 3 You are able to interact with a majority of objects. You can open the inventory of boxes, dead bodies, this opens up the availability of loot items which increase your players stats and abilities, they provide mutagens to enhance our character. Doors into buildings are also interacted with when walking into them, doors in The Witcher 3 do not cause loading screens in like many open worlds and each building is explorable on the inside, because there is no loading walking into these buildings it makes exploration and item looting much more entertaining. You are also able to interact with notice boards to pick up new quests. NOTICE BOARD ITEMS IN INVENTORY USING A CHEST

5. Characters Playable In The Witcher 3 you play as two characters. The main one is Geralt who is hunting down C iri before she is killed by the Wild Hunt. You can develop Geralt building him to play how you want. You do this by changing his armor to have better stats and deciding which skill trees to go after. The other character you play is Ciri , you play here during certain story missions to build up your opinion of her and to help progress the story, she cannot be upgraded or changed GERALT ONE SKILL TREE CIRI

6. GAME WORLD NPCS The World is full of lots of different NPCs. They vary from Human to Ghouls. Each has vey different stats and each has to be approached differently for the most success defeating, Making sure you have the right items and potions for the encounter. Not all NPC are enemies and many you have to help and talk to and this has a great impact on the story as you will need friends to help you defeat the Wild Hunt. Within Each category of NPC there is also a lot of variation, and there is a lot of tension between races, this really helps build a rich interesting game world. GRIFFIN BLOODY BARON YENNEFER

7. Feedback Interface This is when the game interfaces with the player outside of the game for example in controller vibration which is what The Witcher 3 does. In The Witcher 3 your character wears a medallion that hums when certain things happens, such as being in a certain area or your Q uen runs out. So when this happens in game if using a controller you would feel it vibrate. Medallion HEALTH + STAMINA BARS PLACE OF POWER

8. PERSPECTIVES The Witcher 3 is played from a third person view. This means that the camera is looking over the shoulder of the playable character. It is also 3D meaning that you are able to move on a £ Dimensional axis, can move anywhere you want rather than only up and down and side to side. Unlike other games s uch as Skyrim you are not able to switch between First and Third person, however this makes combat much easier as every move is more clear on your screen. THIRD PERSON ON A HORSE THIRD PERSON EXPLORING SKYRIM IN FIRST PERSON

9. Cut Scenes In The Witcher 3 the only cut scenes that aren't interactive are when you are loading into the game, these are to remind you of what has happened in the story. The only other cut scene is right at the start where it reminds you of the previous game and sets up the events of this game. However there are other cut scenes however these aren't videos they are animations as two characters will be talking, when these are happening you will be able to choose what you say. This makes you much more engaged in the story as you have an actual impact and because it doesn’t take you out of the game into a video. This is very similar to a lot of RPGs as they want it to be about your story rather than a set story, that you have follow in a linear manner. For example the Halo 5 cut scenes are much more film like as you can see your character doing things that you yourself cannot do in game, unlike in The Witcher 3 where there would be no video. HALO 5 CUT SCENE NORMAL WITCHER 3 CUT SCENE WITCHER 3 LOADING CUT SCENE

10. GAME TYPE SINGLE PLAYER The Witcher 3 is only a single player game as it has no multiplayer element, this means that the game has a much larger focus on story. This is different to the majority of modern games like Call Of Duty and The Last Of Us . The last of us has a great campaign however the multiplayer was never as successful, where as Call of Duty’s campaigns are often very Dull, but the multiplayer is always much better and is the games major selling point. Some Games Like PUBG only have a multiplayer game mode. WITCHER 3 MENU WITH NO MULTI PLAYER OPTION CALL OF DUTYS MENU DOES HAVE A MULTIPLAYER OPTION PUBGS MENU ONLY HAS A MULTIPLAYER OPTION

11. PLAYER GOALS The Witcher 3s appeal and success is heavily reliant on its world and how you invest your time, so it has hundreds of side many are just as great as the main story, each is different; the only ones that are similar are the Witcher Contracts which rely on you hunting a high level monster. The fact that each quest has a great narrative makes people want to come back and put more time into the game. The player is also rewarded for these quests. A game similar to this is S kyrim however the quests are all very similar as the game always creates more side quests however it is very limited in what it creates so missions are very repetitive. A lot of games like Call of Duty do not have side quest but instead give the player separate objectives in missions, these have no real reward. Players in The Witcher 3 also gain experience which goes to leveling up, this allows players to equip higher tear armor, then enabling them to fight harder enemies. Leveling also allows them to choose another skill which enhances there character even more. WITCHER HIGH LEVEL ARMOR SKRIM QUEST LOG WITCHER LEVEL PROGRESS INDICATOR

12. REWARDS There are rewards in The Witcher 3 for doing certain tasks, this could be a special sword or just experience points. However you can also get achievements for doing much larger tasks, these achievements are recorder on the service you bought the game from, e.g Steam . Other Games such as Uncharted also give you cheats that you can use, in the first 3 Uncharted games where the player can fulfill certain requirements and unlock the doughnut drake skin. CALL OF DUTY ACHIEVEMENTS CALL OF DUTY ACHIEVEMENTS DOUGHNUT DRAKE

13. ARTISTIC STYLES The Witcher 3s art style is photorealistic 3D graphics. It is photorealist as it it carefully try's to mimic what things would look like if they were in the real world rather than on screen, even though it is a fantasy setting nothing is exaggerated graphically to look cartoony. It is 3D because each of the assets are models rather than flat images. It isn't 3D isometric either as this would be more like Mario which uses different 2D images to make it appear that the game is 3D. 3 D ISOMETRIC AS IT IS SPRITES AND NOT A MODEL. GERALT MODEL OLD TOP DOWN GTA

14. GAMEPLAY RULES OF THE GAME The rules of the game are very simple as even though it is a fantasy game physics still apply, you can die from from etc. On console these cannot be changed however on PC the modding Community can and have made mods that range from graphical to gameplay changing INVENTORY The inventory in the game is quite strict, you can carry whatever you want as long as it does not go over your weight limit, this can be changed through leveling and horses. Items in the inventory have different rarities, the rarer an item the better it will be and it will have other buffs depending on how rare it is. DIFFICULTY The game has different difficulty settings, and even then after completing the game you can play New Game Plus which makes enemies even more difficult. The higher the difficulty the more you have to pay attention during combat as the AI gets more intelligent and just a few wrong moves can cause you to die. This makes the game much more skill based compared to the majority of games currently on the market.

15. ADDICTION Since 2013 Video Game Addiction was recognized and a mental disorder. It is believed to be a mental disorder because of the reward system in games which drives people to want to play the game more as people need to feel rewarded, much like gambling. There has been treatment centers being started to treat the addiction.