Game review (GTA San Andreas)

This is the game i have been playing and it as an awesome game, i have only completed this game 2 time but over all i have played it so many time because it lets you do anything in the game.

For example if you have got a racing game you will be restricted to play all the chapters, missions and carriers. This is because you are not able to get out of the racing track and for that people find it fun to play the game. O the other hand you can see GTA as an open world game even though its not a full open world game it will take you a long time reach the other end of the map. So all in all GTA offers the users to run free and do anything from theft (cars) kill, race, fly (plain) drive boat etc. most of the thing you can think on in real life you can do.

I will tok about the following aspects in the game:

- Game Sound
- Controls
- Missions
- Difficulty ( ease to pick up or learn the game )
- Environments ( textures, sounds, and models )

The sounds in the game definitely suits the type of game it is. When you hit a person you are expect rude reply but thats what you expect from a game like this. The sound of weapons in the games are realistic. They did not use the same gun sound for all the gun like some game. They have used the sound from the real guns and implemented it to the game. 
The best thing about the car is that you get its own radian station, they have pre-recorded radio station in the car, its not like a 10 min clip on a loop it has been though out with lots of radio station to choose from. I really love that feature and never get bored. On the other hand if you do not like the radio station you have a choice to play your own music on the computer. All in all I like the game sound and i would give it 8 out of 10. I gave it 8 because if you was to hit a person in a game you will get same reply from nearly everyone there are not big varieties of speech.

This game is easy to mod and if you know how you have no limit, i have used a pack with realistic sound on GTA and this gave it a realistic experience in the game. Below is the mod i used and you can see it in action.

Now i will talk about control and wow it has so many control!

on the left are the control when you are on foot (walking, running) and on the right are the controls when you are in a car, boat, plain, jet pack etc. This is for all the vehicle, for the things you do not use your legs with. So is it easy? in a way yes it is easy to remember if you personalise the keys and play the game but if you are new to this game it will be hard at start but easy to catch up with. I don't even use half of the keys when i play. 
I Hund and alternative to bypass this complex way and it is to use a controller, i have been using an x-box controller connected with the mac via USB and it works great. i found it much easier to use and it keeps your hand relax.

This is a similer way in which i set up the controller to play the game i found it fun and a good way to stay far from the computer. 

ill gave the controls 9 out of 10, a high score because it gave me the option to customise everything (control) also allowed me to use a controller with no set up within the game. 



Now i will go on to missions, you would expect about 50-100 mission in a game like this but if picked 100 you would have been wort there are 187 mission in this game. But when you start a mission you will get clip CJ (you in the game) and the gang is talking about and why they up to. all the missions are all creative and love playing it but it can get very hard. In one of the mission i was not able to complete it at all 1st time playing it so i have to replace the saved file with another which i download from the internet which had that mission completed. This game is easy to over come in any part and thats why it is still been played now and have so many mods.



This is not the clip will look like in the game it is good it has a script to follow but the graphic is not good, they have designed it with the real game play character rather than animation to make it flow in and out but it can be better. S for that i will gave the game for missions 9 out go 10.


Talking about difficulty, this game is pretty good at what it offers, it has some easy parts at the start to get use to the game and it will get harder and harder but not too hard. This gives the user the time to learn the keys and master the game. If you die in a mission you are able to redo the mission but you will lose all your weapon. There are so many cheat for this game so losing you weapon is not a big deal. I would give this game 10 out 0f 10 for difficulty.

Now on to environment, this is the best part of the game because the game does not offer the best environment but if you know how you can make it the way you like it.

This is hot cars look like in Gat these are good but not good enough. Looks rushed and have no creation. But you are able to change it with mods you are able to get many cars you can think of.

The is a Bugatti the game will not offer this type of car ever! and also it had guns! this is not possible on a game with no mods. This is outstanding and which keeps the players keep playing.

This is a building mod, you are able to change how a building look like or even a town with some mod. This is very creating mod but it will take time to design. All in all this is a very cool looking mod and if you are a person who loves this type of game and love mod. There is no other game like this which gives you both the experience.

You can even change you charter, in game lets you dress him up and nothing but. But with mod you can change the look of CJ, in this case he is Obama and you can tell its Obama with the face well designed. There are so many mods i can talk about and bore you with but why not buy the game your self and start modding. There is a big community for GTA modding ESP for this game so there are new mods every day and you can experience it 1st hand so why not.

For this i will gee the game 10 out of 10 because its an awesome game.

i had great fun using this mod playing as spider man and swinging building in Las Vagus. great fun and for me this is an ultimate game and i recommend everyone to play this. Hope this review helps.

Play testing (retro gaming)

During our lesson (BTEC IT Level 3) we had been asked to go on the like provided below and play some of the games which are on there. It was not a chill out lesson we was asked to play it and talk about the games. I have looked at these aspects, What decade is it from, When was it made, What company made it, What platform/s was it available on in its original form and also What platform/s was it converted for if at all.

1. Commodore
2. Classic Dos Games
3. Real Classic Games
4. Retro Games Collector
5. Snessy

Above, are the link you can go on to access lots of the retro gamings.

This is the game i have played and have chosen to talk about, The game is called Asteroids and it is a very addictive game. This was a video game which was released by Atari in November 1979, it was one of the most influential game of the golden age of arcade. This This game sold more than 70,000 arcade cabinets!!!

I think the reason for this to be successful was the simplicity, un like games not it does not have high graphic (3D realistic astroid and space ship) it was very simple and and it needed skills. This is what new games now dont think about much, its not about the look mostly it about the way you play the game. This games required skills and dedication, and this is one of the reason why it was successful.

This was the best-selling Atari 2600 game prior to Pac-Man (reference). Asteroids was so popular that arcade operators sometimes had to install larger boxes to hold the number of coins that were spent by players. This shows dedication to gaming because you are willing to pay for everything you play a game and also this show how popular and addictive this game was.

Where and when was the game released:

• 1981 - Ported to multiple Atari's systems: Atari 2600, 7800, Atari Lynx.

• 1993 - Release for PCs with Windows 3.1 as part of the original Microsoft Arcade package.

• 1990s (late) - new version of Asteroids was developed forPlayStation, Nintendo 64, Windows, and the Game Boy Color in the late 1990s.

• 1999 - Asteroids Hyper (update) released for the Nintendo 64 on December 14. It includes fully 3D environments, new weapons, over 50 levels, and a 2 player split-screen mode; including a Versus mode, a Co-op mode, and a Team mode.

• 2001- Infogrames released Atari Anniversary Edition for the Sega Dreamcast and PC compatibles which included emulated versions of Asteroids and other classics.

• 2004 - Asteroids was released as part of Atari Anthology for both Xbox and PlayStation 2.

• 2007 - Asteroids was released via Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360 on November 28

• 2010 - Both Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe were also re-released to Microsoft's Game Room download service for the Xbox 360 and Windows-based PCs in 2010.

• 2011 - Asteroids was released on Windows Phone on February 23.

• 20011 - Asteroids was released as part of Atari Greatest Hits for iPhone on June.

• 2011 - Asteroids Gunner was released on the iOS and Android app stores on November.

Thats all about the successful game Asteroids, and below is how it looks like when you play the game using a PC with the first version (Click here to play the game).

This was not my first score, i have played this game so much i can get past the first 4 wave easily. So addictive that i have played it 3 time while doing this blog!

Games and platforms

There are new platforms for games and the way we play and see things has changed. In the 80s donkey Kong was a massive hit even though the graphic is not very good from out point of view. The reason why it was popular its because it used skills and you had no limit if you are a starter with lots of level.

Is that the same now in the 20th century? do we care about graphic and how each games look? do we really need more and more advanced graphic to make are gaming seem real and more interesting?

Currently Fifa 14 has been released and the graphic on that is outstanding compare to the old games.

This is how the game looks when it come to in game experience.

Also this is Fifa 98 and this how it looked, you can see the leap in graphic from then to now.

So you can say with graphic it you can see more and more texture and get an experience as though you are watching a real game (playing god).

But on the other had there is another game which is more popular and it has no limit to where you can move unlike Fifa and also there is no end (open world). Its called Minecraft, it is a pixel based games in a 3D world below you can see the screenshot of the game play.

 

This is the game and more and more people are getting on to it to play this game, does this mean our generation is going back to the days when there was pixel?

 

NO! More people are playing this game because you are able to buld thing with no limit and you are made to do everything on your own. From protecting your self to building a shelter and other things of your choice. More people like this type of game because it gives you freedom to do what ever you want and also go ever you want with no end to the map.

 

Of the other hand Fifa and racing games have one of the best graphic but it does not let you go outside the map at all. It is important for them types of games to be real because you got use to it and its interpreting the real things into games but adventure games like minecraft are not. So we are not going back to retro gaming but we want games which gives you the freedom to do anything in a game.

 

You can argue GTA has the best graphic and allows you to go any where but it does not. One day you will get to the end of the map and also you are not able to dig hole bulid house etc. on GTA.

 

Over all games are advancing for a good reason but some such as COD have graphic but no good story or freedom as you wish it should and this is why Minecraft is a hit at this time.