RESEARCH ESSAY

 

1. Introduction

 

In this essay is will be discoing the pros and cons of game engines.  In addition to that I will discuss the four-game mechanics from 4 different games. Finally, I will discuss what project will like to make using VR but also the challenges of the software.

 

 

1. Research the possibilities and limitations of a game engine and how it is being used.

 

Unreal

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the Unreal engine is an engine that used to created most modern video games. The pros for this engine are that it free to use meaning in a competitive market you are on an even Plain field. In addition, getting help is very easy as any problem you are stuck on is a google search away from a solution.

 

The cons for the engine are that it over used meaning it very hard to stand out from the crown since a large majority of games are made in Unreal. Also, when you getting upload thing in to unreal you get this wet glossy look on everything for some reason which dose have character model look very unappealing over time.

 

​Unity

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Pros: it a software that very using friendly software will a lot of user generated totals and help online. In addition, it a multi function product that can be used to created animated films architecture to show to investors. So, in short it an engine that can be used for more then just to make a video game.

 

Cons: it has bad public reputation with consumer of the PC market as many small game companies use it to create unfinished badly design, cash grab, assist flip game. That flooded the steam market place. Making it an engine that very risky to use as it will cause bad repletion regularly to company reputation.

 

1. Study examples of at least FOUR other existing games of different genres and its game-play mechanics.

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Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening

In a game called Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening in the final mission you fight the final boss who is your twin brother who has the same ability as the player charter. And what make this fight interesting is that he reacts to what to what you do. So, if you press the taunt button he will get mad and attack you faster and aggressively for a few seconds. This can be exploited to do heavy damage since he attacks you with repeating move that can be punished. But he also doses heavy damage if you mess up. Final he can taunt at you if he is wining the fight.

 

Monster Hunter World

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Monster Hunter is a game where you fight monster with melee weapons. The one mission I want to focus on is a hunt where you fight a monster called Vaal Hazak who is an elder dragon (super powerful monster) that lives in the under belly of a monster grave yard called the rotten vale. what make this monster interesting is that it covered in this thick cloud of mist that slower hurt the player character. Making it a fight where you can’t play to aggressively as you are going to slowly die and if you play to offensively you have the chance of running out of time or letting the monster do it super attack that have a wide range.

 

Devil may cry 5

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In this game there a 3 character you can play with who have different fighting styles. I will be discussing one character and one mission; the character will be Nero who is a character who uses very powerful but frangula power up arms.so in one of the missions you fight a boss who look like a demon version of the Gruffalo .So what make this fight interesting is that it a multistage fight that start on top a church where it very long but narrow. then the floor breaks and you’re in church which allow you to move around more and let you use your wide range attacks. finally, the fight causes the wall to beak down letting the player enter the courtyard. where now the monster can use it more wider reaching attack but you have a lot more play space as well.

 

Tekken 7

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This is a fighting game that 2D but it has 8 degrees of movement. What makes a fight inserting in this game is that if you and an opponent are on low health the game will go into a slow-motion and zoom in. on the final hit. This causes any fight to become very intense and anyone who witness to become very exciting.

 

1. Research should look into other technologies and the possibilities of what can be achieved with these such as virtual reality and motion controllers. You should also discuss how these examples may influence your ideas and the impact they have on the audience and product.

 

Cons: it can’t be used by group of people who have physical issue as you are required to more your body in way that a disable persona can’t. in addition, there is also the issue of motion sickness and the price of this technology that costs more then a console. furthermore, you will need a large play space as many people have reported in bumping into thing and hurting themselves.

 

Pros: more interactivity as you are using your own body to perform the action in the game. And it more immersive as you are in the game.

 

The game I would creating using VR would be a shopping game. what you would do is sit in a trolley that on rails and your aim is to grab, push pull or drag off the shaves. And if you grab special food you get a bonus points. The end of the level will be you getting to the check out.

The reason I would make this game like this is because the most interesting part of VR is that you can interact with anything with your hands. And moving around in VR is shown to be very unsafe and to some people impossible to do ether because of disability or motion sickness.