Thursday, October 29, 2009



Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Platform: MAC, PC
Category: Action, Adventure

Premise:
The Premise of the game is to be a hero and stop Diablo from taking over the world.

Characters:

There are many different types of characters that player can be. The characters are necromancer, sorcerer, barbarian, druid, and paladin. The necromancer has the power to raise the dead and control them. The druid uses different animal forms to crush his enemy. The sorcerer uses the elements to fight her enemy. The barbarian is a tank who uses his brute force to destroy his enemies. The paladin uses holy warrior who exorcisms his enemies.

Play:

The player has 2 choices ether to play online or play by himself. When the player plays by himself he has no contact with other players. When the player plays with other players the player can get help or complete missions with each other.

Engagement:

The engagement about the game is having the online contact. This makes the player is more involved in which character he or she chooses. This can create a bad party or a good party. Another engagement feature that the developers put in is the different type of classes. The player can find what type of class they like.

Story:

The story starts where Diablo is trying to take over the world. The player starts off as a traveler and he is asked if he wants to help save the world. The player must say yes to continue on. In this heroes’ adventure he is faced with many different types of challenges that he must to defeat in order to get to Diablo.

Resources:

The game resources are the health and mana. The health is based on the characters life span in which he can increase is with new gear and is he is hurt use a health pot. The mana is how much the player can use his special abilities. He can increase his mana by gear and use a mana pot to gain it back up.

Challenge:

The challenge in the game is fighting bosses. The bosses are a big thing in the game. This allows the player to get better gear and to use different strategies to fight them. Every boss has something different with them. It can be a different element of can summon creatures to attack the player.

Friday, October 23, 2009



Publisher: Nintendo of America Developer: Nintendo Platform: DS Category: Action, Platform
Premise:
The player is a cartoon character that is trying to save Princess Peach.
Character:
The player can be 4 characters. Yoshi, Mario, Luigi, and Wario.
Play:
The player is going through stages trying to get the stars to unlock the doors. The player needs to unlock the doors because Bowser kidnapped Peach anf the play is trying to save her. They must fight Bowser to get her back.
Engagement:
The player is very engaged with the game. The player has many levels to choose from and to have achievements with. The game involves switching between characters because they have different abilities. This makes the player more involved in the game.
Story:
Bowser kidnapped Princess Peach and you are trying to save her. The player must go through the levels and defeat the enemies.
Challenge:
The challenge is in the game is trying to collect the stars. Also in each level they have different stuff for different characters. This makes the player think which character to use.Resources:
The health of the player. The coins to regain health when the player gets hurt. The under water breathing if the player is in a water level.



Publisher:Nintendo of America
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: DS
Category: Action, Platform

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Valve

Platform: Computer, Xbox 360

Category: shooter

Premise:

The player can be one of 9 cartoon characters in the game.

Engagement:

The game has different systems of play. The player can choose from capture the flag, capture the point, and arena. This makes a choice for the player to play his favorite type of game. The player has 9 different classes to choose from too. The player can pick his favorite class and not be stuck with a class he or she does not like.

Challenge:

The difficulty in this game is the other players trying to destroy you or beat you in points. It is how good the other players are versus you. The more time that the other players spend playing the game the harder it becomes to kill them or even you. This gives a sense of pride to the other players when they win.

Character:

There are 9 different types of characters the player can be. The first one is the spy. The spy is allowed to cloak and 1 shot other people from the back. The second is the scout. The scout has week defense but a strong attack. The third one is the Pyro. The Pyro uses fire for over time affects on the other person. The fourth one is the solider. The solider fires rockets at far range that explodes other people. The Fifth is the heavy. The heavy has a lot of health which allows him to stay alive. The sixth is the engineer with allows him to creates gadgets that help out the team. The eighth is the sniper which can shoot far distance. Ninth is the Demo which has proximity mines that allows him to be helpful to the team.
Story
There is no story to the game because the creators did not put one.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Publisher: Nintendo of America
Developers: Nintendo
Platform: DS
Category: Racing
Rating: E for Everybody


Objects:
The objects are the characters and carts that the player is allowed to pick from to race with. Items allow the player to attack or defend.

Behavior:


The behavior of this character is that the player has to race other players or NPCs.

Controls:
The controls are easy to use in the game. The controls to move the cart in Mario cart ds are simple to. Press X to move forward. The right bumper and left bumper allows the player to drift. The Y button is to use your weapons that the player has to use.



Economic:


The player gets items and points. The items allow the player to attack or defend him or herself. This lets the player to decide when he or she wants to use the items. For the points the player has to win races and stack up points by defeating the NPCs.



Premise:


The player is a cartoon character driving a car to defeat races in order to win trophies



Properties:


There are 8 characters that the player is allowed to choose from and there are 36 cars the player can drive with. The items have different abilities that can defend the player or attack with it.

Friday, October 2, 2009


Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Series(s): Warcraft
Platform: Mac, PC
Category: Massively Multiplayer, Role-Playing
Rating: T Teen
Challenge
What makes this game so unique is that there are bosses with different tactics in which the player has to defeat. There are many different fights that makes the players think how to defeat them. Test out different methods and see which works. Another challenge that players love is the player vs. player. People love fighting each other to try to beat the other player and be the best.
The Merging Of Action and Awareness
The combat system is where the players are most aware. They absorb all the information that they need and take the necessary actions to make a decision. The player needs to be aware because the player needs to know what’s going on in its surroundings. The surrounding are important because the environment can ether help the player or hurt the player.
Clear Goals and Feedback
The game clearly defines its goals, and the player receives feedback from achieving these goals. The player sees the objective that he or she wants to complete. If the player competes the player gains something from that objective.
The Transformation of Time
The player has to know how fast his abilities go for and the other players too. The player has to know if the player can beat by how fast his abilities can go.
The Nature of Players
There are many different types of players that could love to play this game. There are achievements which the player s allowed to collect. The player can goof off and have fun with friends and o much more.
Objective
Defeat the Lich King and save the world from the scourge.
Character
The player is allowed to pick his or her race and the classes provided to play with.