Monday, 30 November 2015

LO2 -Watch dog on two differant platforms


Report for the game I have chosen to analyse using two types of reviews

I have looked into two reviews on Watch Dogs and one is in a magazine and one is a review on a video for YouTube. These talk about many similar things, but also have many differences. One of the most similar things they talk about is the characters in the game and who they are but the video review goes into more detail about a character called Aiden Pearce. They both talk about Aiden Pearce and the magazine just says a bit about how he is dressed and who he really is and what he does and why he does it. The magazine says that Aiden Pearce “has lost his niece and trying to find her by going against many criminals on the streets of Chicago” the video says this but talks about how the character reacts and how he “treats other people as his equal” but “doesn’t trust anybody” after his lost and he became “mysterious” after he lost his niece. The video talks about other characters that the magazine does not talk about and says what type of characters there are in the game and says that there are “thugs, fixer, smart and casual” and it says that there is girls in it as main characters which is a thing that the magazine does not show. The magazine says that the gam idea was released in 2012 and it came out to the public’s eyes then and the video does not say anything about that.  The magazine says that the story is “about one man called Aiden Pearce losing his niece and trying to find her by using his skills in technology and by hacking other people’s data”. The video talks about the night life it gives you and all the new missions you can do and side activities also it tells us who he is after and how he is going to find them so he can get his niece back. The video says that the story line “has many twist and turns” the video gives the same description the magazine does. The video doesn’t show us a target age but says that the game could be aimed at 12 and above. The magazine has the PEGI on it and the gam I rated 15 this just shows that the gameplay on the video and the person who reviewed it thinks that the game shouldn’t have that rating on it and should have a 12 PEGI rating. They both indicate that the game is an action puzzle game and has a bit of romance in it between the girl and Aiden Pearce. The narrative in this magazine tells us that the game is about one man and he has to be against the city criminals. The bad guys in the game have got his niece and he is out to find her. He finds that vengeance is an excuse for his action which includes him hacking in to pieces of software to get places. The video says that you get to pick the path you choose to do so you can attack the criminals. The videos narrative is exactly the same but I think that the magazine has it in better content. The gameplay includes other online players going into each other games and talking to each and completing games with each other to make the mission easier for the other players also you can hack other people’s data from their mobile but you have to be in a position of sight the magazine explains that the game is all about who has the best skill. The main aim of the gameplay is to hack into a piece of hardware and abuse the software. You will face corrupt cops but not all of them are bad. You can steal other people’s data from their phones using your data. The video says some of the thing that you can do with the phone and says that you can hack cameras, cars, Barriers, doors and banks. The platforms they describe are both the same however the video does say that you can use an iPad for a mission but both of the reviews do say that they are played on portable devices like a PS Vita and DS but mostly played on the consoles. The recommendation for the video does go into more description and recommends you to try the spider rampage and take other people data by your phone. The video also gives a rating of 4.5 stars. The magazine just says the same thin really but without the spider rampage but it does ask you to try online racers. The video does show this but doesn’t talk about it. Overall there isn't much difference with these two types of reviews however the other one is in more in depth than the other. The video gives more of an explanation about the gameplay and what type of character an there personality in the game. The video also tells me more specifically what I can do in t game and what types of weapons I should try out and what I should do with in the game more. The magazine gives some of the same points like who are the characters and where the city is based however the video does say the same points but in a more of description.

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