L03: Fifa 16 in-deph review Shayi Aluwoade

Fifa 16 Review

Fifa 16 is a sports genre video game, which I am going to review, on my Xbox 360.

The story of the game is basically two opposition teams battling for the football as they are trying to dribble past each other, tackle each other in order to get into a good shooting position to therefore score past the goalkeeper in the goal which is the main aim of the game. The story affects the approach of the player to the characters as the characters are football players and the player is controlling these football players and is interacting with them as the player is controlling them, performing skill moves etc. but overall the story of the game does not affect the players approach to the game to much.

The story connects well with the target audience as the majority of the target audience are sports fans, football fans in particular so therefore the story of the football fans does connect with the target audience as they may have experienced real life football matches and also maybe played the sport themselves so therefore can relate to a game about the sport.

This game connotes social realism in many aspects as players show emotion on their faces, which is of course a reflection of real life, as football is of course a very emotional sport, as well as realism in the fact that the audience have the option to choose a multiple set of celebrations which again connotes real life, as different players happen to use different celebrations.

The game was created on EA’s ignite engine which takes advantage of the futuristic hardware which resides inside the newer range of consoles, and of course adds new dynamics to the game.

One thing I liked about the game was the amount of different characters it offers, as well as the amount of different teams, which again connotes social realism, as the real-life sport offers a vast amount of different teams, from different countries.

I also reviewed the multiplayer options, which really intrigued me, as there are a lot of different game-modes, which is helpful, as I tend to get bored of one particular game mode. The game mode I showed particular interest in, was Ultimate team. Ultimate team offers the audience the chance to build their own team, with the players that they love and our passionate about. The audience must obtain these players by opening card packs, which are got by either, playing matches to earn coins or by using real life currency to obtain the packs.

The players are grouped into multiple categories, which are based on, Bronze, Silver, and gold cards. Gold cards are in general, harder to obtain than bronze and silver cards, and require more work to obtain them.

Overall, as a reviewer, and an avid gamer, I would recommend this game to any sports fan, or anyone just looking to have fun really, on a game they can spend hours on, and really communicate with new players on the online mode, as you can connect your microphone to this game. The game really reflects football in real life, and in my opinion, is the closest that your going to get, comparing it to games like Pro Evolution Soccer. I would also say the game is suitable for any, age-range, as it displayed no violence so is appropriate, yet still offers the level of euphoria of some ultra-violent games.

L02 Analysis/Comparison of game reviews

LO2: Analysis of Game Reviews

Lord of the Rings: War in the North review

The review of Lord of the rings war in the north is good in some aspects, it gives you the features and outline of the game. The genre is an action role playing game, the review also happened to connote that the developers focused mainly on the co-op mode of the game which connotes that this is its best feature

Also, the review does not really give you an insight into the narrative or the story line of the game, it tells you things like you can take key events in any order but still falls to the same finish. Although the reviewer might not have been allowed to talk about any of story so they didn't give away any key facts they didn't even hint about what and why there is a sequel to the first game. So this game lacks in the story line and narrative area of the review.

The production processes mentioned in the review is things about what engine they have used. Although they don't reveal the name of the engine, they say that the company has made a entirely new engine for the game to make enemies look more ferocious. Other than that the production process of the game is mainly left out of the review. They also talk about the director of the game and how this worried people thinking they would make it easier.

The characters mentioned is vague, it hardly mentions anything about the character. Although in the first game you made your own character as changing the facial features and such like. So the reviewer may not have needed to talk about the characters and let the reader assume that the characters are the same as the previous game. Although they talk about some of the bad guys that are different there is still nothing about the main character.

The gameplay, this is where the review really comes to life, it goes on and on about it. They talk about and how they have modified certain aspects of the game from the previous game in the series. They talk about how the game is nigh impossible to play and that you will get your butt handed to you over and over again. So in this review this is what it talks about the most and this is what it focuses on.

The target audience mentioned is for veteran gamers it seems like and for masochists as this game is ferociously hard. Other than that they mention no other thing about the audience such as what age rating the game is for so they haven't mentioned that much about the target audience.
The only thing it mentions about the different platforms is right at the very end of the review. It just mentions the different platforms, not whether they have different content on them and which they would get Lord of the rings war in the north on.
So overall this review is a good, well balanced review that tends to pass over a lot of information but gives you some key details on the game.

Lord of The Rings, War in the North video review

The Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhZMAJOeEis

This review is completely different to the written one, it hardly talks about anything about the game, such as the target audience, the production process, the platforms, the characters and the narrative/storyline.

The reviewer likes to talk about his own view on the game, he mainly criticises the game and about how he doesn't like how they have made it. Also, he talks about how they have made the game, he says that it was completely different to the first game as they designed the scenery quickly and so it doesn't look as good as the first scenery wise.

So compared with the written review, it definitely is not as good, as all it does is criticise the games and doesn't compliment it and point out where the game excels. It is no where near as in depth as the written review as well so I would not go to this review to see whether it was a good game or not as it is very biased.

So in comparison I prefer the written review as a whole because it is better and more detailed.

L01: Business report, Sumo Digital

Information bout Sumo –

Sumo are an independent development studio, which are set in 2 locations being Sheffield and the India. The company was first created in 2003 by some employees from a company called gremlin interactive.

Their headquarters in Sheffield currently has 220 people with most of them being development staff, Their other location in India however employs 40 people and is mainly the companies art studio. however they are deciding to expand their Indian location to also include development staff.

Sumo operate with a specific system, they happen to have four main directors within the company that must each be responsible for their own team, this works well as the duties and responsibilities are on the whole team and not just one person.

Game Types –

Sumo make games for a range of different companies, which means that they make a lot of genres of games. For example they have developed games for genres which include Arcade, Sport, Adventure, Racing and many more.

Most game companies specialize in a certain genre or console, Sumo brand themselves on being flexible and having the skills and knowledge to develop for all types on console. That being said they typically make racing games and have a talent for doing this, they have been employed by a lot of companies to make these. This makes Sumo very approachable by other companies when making racing games as they are so reputable for them.

Platform Technology –

Sumo have developed games for a number of companies such a, THQ,Disney and Konami, Sega. Their biggest client, Sega have employed them for over 12 games from 2004-2013. These titles have ranged from outrun 2 and Sega: All star racing. They have made games for Sega on multiple platforms such as IOS and Android to PS3. Sumo are experienced in coding for every type of popular console that is currently on the market, they specialize on the Playstation and in particular in doing racing games.

Sumo have the ability to code on platforms that are not yet available to the public yet so that games are ready for the release of the console. This is so that when they are employed by a company to make a game for a next generation console they are able to for it to be released on the console launch date.

Multiple Platforms –

Sumo Digital happen to develop their games for numerous platforms and technologies. The platforms that they develop for depends on the contract that has been given to them by a company. If they have to develop the games for multiple consoles they will design and develop their own engines for the games to run from in order to provide better functionality. Sometimes Sumo has to make a game for a company that already has that game developed on another console, they will use the existing code to cross it over to another platform.

Sometimes sacrfices heav to be made to certain features when Sumo develop a game for multiple platforms, for example the Xbox one and PS4 have superior graphics to the other consoles so Sumo have to downgrade graphics on the other platforms they are developing for. Some platforms that they develop for have special features that they have to be knowledgeable about every platform. The Wii U has an accelerometer in the remotes as an additional feature so it works well in Sumos favour to be able to develop to platform specific features.

Regulatory Bodies –

The main regulatory body for the majority of game developers including Sumo is PEGI. In 2012 it was made compulsory by law for all games to have a PEGI rating. These ratings are age categories and go from – 3, 7, 12, 16 and 18. These are suggested for what age people should be in order to play these games. In order for a game to be rated it will be judged off a certain criteria, this includes – Violence, Sex, Drug-use, Discrimination, Gambling, Bad-Language, Gambling, Online play and Fear. The PEGI rating also judges if a game is Ok to be used in online play.

In regards to Sumo they have fallen under all the PEGI ratings with their games so far, they make sure none of their games are offensive or approach mature subjects, keeping their games young person friendly except for their 18+ game Driver 76.