Task 10. A real close shave

Amanda fell over with a grater in her hand and my big toe got in the way……ow. Plus I bought guitar hero 2 and I’ve not played much Amanda, however, has played almost non stop. Ha I suppose I only have myself to blame by trying to share my interests. Plus its inspection next week so I suppose me and Steve will be the only ones cleaning the kitchen in a 4 man apartment. Also my neighbour is being noisy again but I seem to have cured it by punching and kicking the wall furiously.

Characters can become iconic figures of a particular genres e.g. Lara Croft for adventuring. They can also become idealist models to aspire to e.g. Robin Hood. So portrayal of characters in games is important if your game is story based only. However for games like first person shooters you begin to care very little for the main character as you feel that you are doing the particular tasks instead as it is in the first person perspective.

I think back story is very important to make a character more realistic, as if they have lived a life and you are just playing a particular part of this one person’s life. This past life must also show how experiences will then sway them to particular courses of action. This will however directly affect the gameplay as then the game must then be very linear in order to keep a detailed plot and the particular characters personality. This then usually directs the overall look of the character, like the typical tough guy character will usually have a scar. Some characters are designed to be cute or niche to draw interest in the game as it is something nice or new to look at.

I think acting is not that important as some games with classic characters have no voice acting. However actions from the character displaying emotion can really help to create a persona for a character. This inclusion of emotion also makes the character seem much more real as you can then see what emotions are expressed by these motions at certain times so you can then make judgements about the character. I think script is a very important part of making a character popular but also the look proves very important. I think flaws in the characters body are good as this again helps towards the realism. But it does require all these elements to be combined in order to produce a popular character but then again sometimes very simple characters like Mario without much back story also prove to be very popular.