Sentences with phrase «narrative game elements»

As published today in Social Psychological and Personality Science, the researchers found that narrative game elements contributed to a more immersive video game experience.

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Apart from a brief description of the environment and goals, the game provided no narrative elements.

The game boasts a strong narrative that shows the dangers and strains associated with gang membership, and promotes a strong sense of morality via game elements inspired by classic gang movies, such as «New Jack City,» «Boyz»n the Hood» and «Menace to Society.»

Mass Effect 3 is an amazing game, the narrative is deep and the rpg elements are rewarding..

It adds a few unique gameplay elements, such as isometric camera movement, but the game lacks in categories like speed, strong personality and a compelling narrative to drive it above a game like Hotline Miami.

In addition, there were a multitude of narrative and mechanical elements teased about the game, along with the perhaps unsurprising confirmation that RDR protagonist John Marston — another member of the Van der Linde gang — will make an appearance.

These gameplay elements don't affect the narrative all that much but it's a welcome step towards being able to tailor the game to your choices even more, even if it is simply by wearing a natty vest.

Its story is good, delivering a true Halo narrative on the platform for the first time since Halo 2, and while the issues with the RTS elements might annoy some, it doesn't meant the game isn't fun to play.

Star Fox would be great if, and only if, they take out the corny comedic elements and make it a more serious «save the galaxy» type game... with a narrative worthy of an award winning script, Zelda-esque world gameplay and a stellar soundtrack... GC Star Fox was on the right track, but it could be improved dramatically

With light RPG elements, distinct AI programming and a focus on characters, Rockstar is consciously trying to highlight the elements of the game that support its narrative side to lay all worries of single player being neglected in favor of multiplayer to rest.

However, games can be very different from one another, much more than comics, plus there are even games that don't have a narrative element at all.

Sure, it's a game fuelled by repetition of constant pressing of buttons, dodging, jumping, and landing of combos, but that's also exactly what makes it enthralling — a unique combination of classic simplistic gameplay with a modern twist on visuals, RPG elements, and narrative.

It's a bit unfortunate that the thematic elements of the single - player game don't carry over to the multiplayer experience, but delivering an emotional online game with a potent narrative while some dude named 420B0NGZ4LIFE tries to blow your head off is nearly impossible to begin with.

The game uses amnesia to justify why every game mechanic and narrative element needs to be re-explained to the protagonist — including the very existence of Yo - kai and the Yo - kai watch; unfortunately, while the protagonist may have forgotten the first title, returning players have not.

Single player games tend to trade the thrill of playing with or against other folk by giving players deeper, more interesting worlds to explore at their own pace with deeper narrative elements, with some exceptions.

You can consider using thematic elements or a narrative thread to convey the story as the game progresses.

The produced serious game was based on a collection of «sea stories» illustrating real - life leadership challenges and included a healthy combination of narrative, challenge, meaningful choice, achievement, and other great elements of gameplay.

Our game narratives serve as a metaphor for learning, in addition to the classic points, badges and leaderboards, as well as social learning elements.

Even though Outlast 2 seems to be significantly disconnected from the first game from a narrative standpoint, the gameplay elements of the camera and combat - free survival are carrying over.

Fighter management sim with RPG and tycoon elements Find out who killed your father, and maybe learn something about yourself along the way Heavily story - driven, with multiple different narrative branches and game endings to discover Get as deep with stats as you like, and find your own way through extensive skill trees Gorgeous pixel visuals with 80 - 90s references and nostalgia all over the place

Platforming and narrative elements rarely accompany each other in a video game.

This game is designed as a narrative investigation where you must piece together elements from the different applications, messages and pictures to progress.

In order to preserve as much of the story behind the game as possible, Compulsion decided to strip the majority of the narrative elements from We Happy Few's early access version.

«Single - player games generally have more of a story / narrative component to them, and gameplay elements such as cut scenes to further the story as well as boss fights.

I voluntarily skipped all the narrative element to put the player as soon as possible in the game and because I had to time and no money to justify all puzzles in a story.

Part of our ethos at Chaos Created for Ali and I is that whatever we create for Windows Phone will always be narrative driven, feature live action video and have a twist on the traditional game element, whatever that might be.

We announced earlier that we are exploring multiplayer elements for our future games, but that doesn't mean those games wouldn't have a strong narrative.

For although it is not often recognized, no game that is made escapes from having narrative elements.

That's not to say that narrative elements have been removed from the game entirely, because they haven't.

Instead of creating a systemic critique that displays why people are ok with not trying to reach the surface, (despite having the perfect narrative elements in place to do so,) the game seems to take their silence and inaction as tacit admissions of guilt.

Yet Breath of the Wild does not use this narrative design at all, and instead invents an entirely new structure with two parallel elements, both of which are entirely optional to completing the game.

Treyarch mentioned that hey have incorporated narrative elements into all three of the game's modes this year, which is being done to pick up the slack for no single player campaign.

Though the game may feature some narrative elements that won't be a total surprise to longtime MegaTen fans, it'll still sink its hooks into you pretty quickly and refuse to let go.

But the game's ever - changing tone, confused narrative, and undercooked gameplay elements still leave room for improvement.

The game will be a point & click adventure, with puzzle - solving elements, and an intriguing central narrative»

«The exploration and puzzle - solving elements of the game are fun, unique and intuitive, the charming narrative will genuinely hook you in, whilst the art style of the game just looks stunning throughout.»

Maybe this was because they tried a new gameplay element or attempted something new with the narrative that was unprecedented for a video game.

There are, in this world, players who play games exclusively for the narrative elements contained therein.

The narrative swept me away without ever allowing me a glimpse back at the lifeless games of my past by introducing lovable characters, an intriguing plot, and a certain plot element that devastated 5th grade Evan.

It would defiantly set this game apart if all their effort was put into those subtleties that other games with a sandbox element are forced to overlook due to the «burden» of narrative.

The genre isn't for everyone — dedicated action gamers aren't too keen on dozens of menus and the character - building elements and traditional RPG fans bemoan the lack of a narrative, often too difficult tasks and the absence of androgynous heroes — but those who love it are about as die - hard as gamers get.

«Narrative Driven Games» doesn't really fit and «Atmospheric Games» doesn't sound like a genre but rather like an element of any game.

Detention is a narrative - driven atmospheric horror game inspired by Taiwanese mythology / cultural elements.

Three thematic elements consistently drive the narratives of Silent Hill games: the theme of a main protagonist who is depicted as an «everyman» (with the exception of Homecoming, where the protagonist is thought to be a soldier and the game's mechanics operate as such), [41] and the everyman's quest, either a search for a missing loved one [42] or a situation where the protagonist wanders into the town apparently by accident but is in fact being «summoned» by a spiritual force in the town.

So as a plot device which drives elements of the game's narrative, she's very significant.

Check out www.wilsonsheart.com for more about the game's mix of action, adventure and puzzle elements, all wrapped in our own VR take on a psychological thriller narrative.

Single player games tend to trade the thrill of playing with or against other folk by giving players deeper, more interesting worlds to explore at their own pace with deeper narrative elements, with some exceptions.

Grievances aside a watch of X Back Cover is probably going to be essential to understand elements of Kingdom Hearts 3 as Tetsuya Nomura has stated its characters will be a big part of the games narrative.

Kent Hudson is the man behind this interesting title, and we had the absolute pleasure to ask him a few questions about the games narrative, gameplay elements and the idea behind the games premise.

The game will be online multiplayer only, though the developers have said that there will be narrative elements as well.