Bubsy 3D. For all those whose innocence has not been completely destroyed by the experience of playing it, allow me to explain. Here is a game in which the player is told to find the 99 pieces of a rocket so they can fly back somewhere. Pretty boring so far, but nothing earth-shakingly terrible. It is only when you actually play the thing that you realise there’s a whole world of dire ineptitude out there that you simply didn’t know existed. I haven’t completed the game myself, having only played it (for as little time as possible) at my friend’s house, but I can imagine that, upon completing it, one is changed beyond recognition. If you survive it with your head held high you become a man, and if you suffer it through boredom alone, I am sure you eventually become some kind of twisted monster. You see, the fact that a game designer can sit there and concoct a game in which all the levels are giant chessboards with slightly different amounts of enemies – and think that’s a good idea – simply beggars belief.

But perhaps (and I brace myself as I say this) the designers can be forgiven. After all, it was a sequel to a game that by most accounts was half-decent. If the designers realised the errors of their ways after the deluge of bad reviews and vowed never to make something so bad again, then perhaps God in his infinite mercy will give them a place in heaven. What cannot be forgiven, however, are those games that set out solely to make a quick and easy buck on the backs of the fools among us who are so easily swayed by advertising. Take ‘Little Britain’, for instance. The TV series was vastly overrated for one, but it had its moments. But the game! I played the first level, and, having not seen the horrors of war first-hand, I rank the experience as one of the most traumatic of my life. I played that fat girl (“yeah but, no but”… urgh) and I was tasked with skating in the park and collecting as many CDs as I could. Collecting CDs, I ask you? I haven’t seen the back of the game’s box, but if they mention that as one of the unique selling points then surely anyone with half a brain wouldn’t touch the thing with a twenty five-foot bargepole. But alas, such is the stupidity of the people, it was bought en masse and as I recall, reached no.1 in the charts.

The fact is, as long as there are easily-duped consumers in this world, there will be pathetically dire videogames. So I beseech you, if you will listen: never, I mean never, buy a game if it is based on a TV show or a movie, unless the reviews agree it’s decent. Never buy a game on first sight. Use your common sense and your logic, please. 90% of games, if not more, are not worth buying. Know what you want before you buy – only then will you find true gaming greatness. If everyone heeded these warnings, who knows: one day maybe these terrible games will not allowed in public. Let us pray for that day.

With that fantastic start I could just conclude it now and say that well that is all. If you have not tried Warcraft 3 yet then shame on you. Yes I know it is old, but come on it is the best game ever and it costs like the same as a pizza at Dominos. Go buy and start to play Warcraft 3. The game is still popular due to the multiplayer on Blizzards famous Battle.net and it is played as a eSport. That means that this game is used for competitive gaming at LAN evens such as The Gathering. The multiplayer is very well balanced and very entertaining and with the added touch of custom maps if you are bored of regular play. That is another great thing about Warcraft 3. The world editor is very powerful, but yet very easy to work which means there are thousands of player made maps, campaigns or cinematic out there for you to download. That means that it is a lot like buying a Half Life game, the modding community is so huge buying this one game gives you hundreds of games extra for free.

If you never have tried Warcraft 3 and don’t intend to you do deserve a whacking with a big stick. I am sorry, but it is just true. It is a fantastic well made game that deserve all the praise I and a lot of other game critics have given it. It has a long singleplayer campaign that are worth the prize of the game alone, but the game also offer a very large multiplayer community. The community is just as large these days as it used to be, even with the release of World of Warcraft. However you probably do need to buy the expansion pack of Warcraft 3 too. Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne, but this game is also very cheap and you wont regret it.

To do so the Fairies must venture into the hazardous woods in and collect the pollen while avoiding dangerous animals out to hurt them. With a surprisingly detailed story involving cinematics with hand drawn illustrations and narration the game has a feel that’s normally associated with traditional fairy tales instead of video games.

The game involves controlling a fairy to collect glowing balls of pollen and avoid the dangerous insects in an area. Utilizing a small levelling up system and a number of different wings that can equipped you are able to fight back move faster or get different power ups allowing you to suit the game to you playing style. It also offers a hard difficulty for players with more experience but the game play is quite definitely not the focus of the game.

Game play:

Sadly the game play of Great Tree really does manage detract from the whole experience. The overtly simplistic levels simple are neither challenging nor interesting to hold your attention, and the addition of role-playing game elements just really isn’t particularly helpful. 3/5

Graphics:

The graphics of the game are simply superb, from the traditional illustrations to the beautifully rendered 3D backgrounds the graphics of the game are definitely its strong point. 5/5

Audio:

Similar to the game play the sound in the game just seems to lack the depth that should be there, the music for the levels is nice enough but the narration seems to be spoken in a very bored monotone which does detract from the overall feel. 3/5

Lasting ability:

Sadly with its focus on the story side of the game, its shallow game play, its short length and lack of difficulty it is really hard to imagine this game lasting particularly long. 2/5

Creativity:

As I have already said this game takes a considerably different stance than most casual games, trying a completely new style of game and while it didn’t quite seem to work it is still a good idea 5/5

Overall:

My overall impression of this game is that it is a good idea that just didn’t quite work. However I do applaud their inventiveness and hope that reflexive attempts another game with the same style as there was definite unrealized potential. However I can definitely say that I would not recommend buying the game as I don’t think you would get your moneys worth. 3/5

1) Video Game Programmer They write the code for video games to work properly. It is a hard job because video game programming often entails writing complicated functions and algorithms that is usually more difficult to create than the usuall software written for business applications.

Video game programming may not be the right track for some looking for emloyment in video game design. but if you are to write code and program, why not do it for video games?

2) Video Game Tester

A job as a video game tester you would be paid for playing video games. If you are a video game junkie wouldn’t that be great employment for video game designs. What you would be doing is playing the game and look for things that don’t work properly or hard to understand because it seems it doesnt add value to the game. You would also try and crash the game to see if you could make things go wrong.

3) Video Game Animator

Animators are the ones who bring the game to life by designing the movement of the video game characters. You work hand in hand with the programmer to accomplish this task. The bottom line is they are responsible for the animation and graphics so if you are somewhat of an artist with imagination this is a great opportunity in employment for video game designs.

4) Sound Designer

Sound designers create music and the sound effects of video games.

If you have an interest in both music and sound, understand and know how to work recording equipment and be familiar with different types of music and sound effects this is another way in employment for video game designs.

5) Game Designer

Video game designers create the feel or experience of the video game that make it fun and exciting to play.

Video game designers should have an interest in video games and some artistic and programming skills.

First of all lets get to the good stuff. The controls are fairly good, you can crouch, crawl and roll out of the way of oncoming fire and the camera view is 1st and 3rd person interchangeable. You can use three weapons that you carry with you, a rapid fire weapon that runs on limited ammo, a less powerful pistol that recharges after each shot, and electric or exploding grenades. You have wide range of vehicles such as AT-AT walkers, X-Wing fighter jets and Tie Fighters. I’d list the rest but I can’t find the names. An additional sniping and over-the-shoulder view is optional, whichever one you prefer. A very good thing to have in this game is a jedi hero on your side. Seriously, nothing can kill them except for knocking them off a cliff, blowing them up with grenades, or running them over. Sometimes when you’re injured or running low on ammo, a pilot will throw you a bacta capsule or ammo, which is good because you’ll be needing it.

Now I have to get to the bad meat of the game. It has a lot of balancing issues. Sometimes battles are so impossibly hard that the only way to win is to have difficulty on easy, assign a jedi hero and to hop into a vehicle and blast everything in sight. While at other times, battles are so easy that you can just fool around the whole time, not killing a thing and still win! The same thing goes for some of the vehicles, the AT-AT walker is impressive no doubt but I could move faster with 100 weights tied to my ankles! And you have to wait for every shot to charge up before you can fire. The flying vehicles are a real pain too because most of them can’t hover in mid-air and keep flying at the same pace without slowing down. To turn you have to slide your mouse in the right direction rapidly, which is also bad game design. Another thing to worry about is the Droidekas, the rolling droids that put up a round shield. Trust me, these guys are BAD news. If they aren’t dead before that shield’s up, people will start dying quick. To add to their frustrating difficulty, only blasts from vehicles and turrets can break through their shields and destroy them! I really wish that they hadn’t put them in the game, it makes it to hard for the Clones and to easy for the CIS. I also think that they could’ve created exclusive battlegrounds not in the movies and be a little more independent.

My final judgment for Battlefront is that if Pandemic had spent more time evening out the balance issues and had been a bit bolder with level design then this could have been much better. But if you like the concept then I would recommend it’s sequel, Battlefront 2. It has new features such as playing as a jedi hero, new levels and space battles!

Up until the release of Pac Man, arcade video games had mainly consisted of so-called space shooters like Space Invaders or Asteroids. Pac Man opened up the door to a completely new and different kind of video game genre that happened to appeal to both males and females. Because of Pac Man many game designers realized that there was no need to be so conservative when designing new games, and it inspired them to come up with many different genres of games. They started making games that were more diverse, and for the first time they dared to use humor in their game play. In addition, they started to focus on games that would appeal to a wider audience than just teenage boys.

The widespread appeal is a major part of Pac Man’s popularity. Unlike many other video games from the 1980’s, as well as many of the more recent ones, Pac Man appeals to men and women of all ages. Another reason why this video game is so popular is that it is a very simple game that anyone can play, yet at the same time it is not overly simple nor does it get boring easily.

Pac Man has been able to stand the test of time, unlike many other eighties video games like Space Invaders. Hardly anyone plays those kind of games anymore, because they have become very dated and compared to today’s standards they are considered to be very boring. This cannot be said for Pac Man, which remains as popular as it was back in the 1980’s.

Even though these days you can buy many games that are far more sophisticated and of better quality than Pac Man, it is the simplicity of the game as well as its addictive components that makes people love it until this day. It is a game that does not require a great deal of skill, yet it is difficult enough that it needs your full attention. Pac Man has been imitated in a number of different ways, but no game has been able to truly improve on the original. Pac Man is the most popular video game of all time simply because it is the best game of all time.

Developing video games is a cost and time intensive process that draws on a variety of skills and talents that may surprise you. In fact, most developers with successful games under their belts are artistic and have good writing skills as well as a solid background in computer programming and design. If you are considering a career in video game design, consider the many aspects of game design and think about which area you would excel at:

Game Concept Design

This is an early phase of the process and is done primarily by writers and game concept specialists. These are the individuals who create the parameters for the game such as the overall goal or objective, what type of skills will be used in the game, etc. If you’ve ever thought you had an awesome game idea or felt that you could have improved on a game you’ve played, you might want to go into game concept design.

Game play and rules also fall under the concept area. No video game can be played without particular guidelines and rules. These can be quite complex; designers who are good at understanding and applying a variety of regulations as well as developing new ones are in high demand. Creativity is also needed so that rules can be both interesting and rational within the parameters of the game.

Layout and 3D Modeling

If you enjoy photo manipulation, Computer Aided Drafting and Design and artwork, you may like working on layout and design. Some companies hire individuals strictly to do backgrounds or characters for games in order to give a game a particular style or ensure realism. This aspect of video game design is what can give a stellar game a distinctive look and feel that inspires a great fan following.

Object placement is a part of layout that is primarily associated with the proper placement of significant objects that may have special powers, provide a key to the next level or a game or reveal a key secret to advancement. Some larger companies have individuals who focus on this sub-category of game layout.

Scripting and Plot Development

The dialogue and actions of characters in complex video games can make or break the success of the game. Scripting is the part of video game design that develops the actual dialogue for characters and keeps the action moving forward. Awkward or unrealistic scripting can be a death sentence, so scripters are central to the design of the game. This is similar to writing the script for a movie or play, so writing skills and an understanding of dialogue and character are essential.

Proper plotting moves the story forward and, like scripting, relies heavily on understanding human nature, motives and character. A plot in a video game may be incidental to the action. However, some games are becoming increasingly plot driven, but it must make sense and follow a recognizable and interesting thread that will keep gamers interested.

New Degrees Combine Skills

Because video game design has taken off in recent years and is now a billion dollar industry, the need for good designers is increasing. In the past, a game design team might have included writers with liberal arts degrees, artists and computer programmers who had to pull it all together. Today there are many colleges and universities that offer specialized video game design degrees. These degrees are valuable because they cover the many skill sets needed for success in the business. These skills include scripting, 3D art, story development, content development and animation by combining elements of several different disciplines into one comprehensive degree focusing on the needs of the video game design industry.