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origin8's Donkey Kong 64 (N64)

[March 16, 2008 08:17:43 PM]

Gamelog Entry #1

SUMMARY-

For my gameplay I decided to play Donkey Kong 64. Within this game the player can battle other opponents or find the missing items in order to solve the mystery. I decided to play solve the mystery because it has a storyline which makes it fun to look for the missing items in all of the different little islands. Each island has different obstacles that the player has to face making the game more challenging.

GAMEPLAY-

My emotional state while playing the game went from interesting to boring. After trying to figure out where all the missing items were and not being able to find them, I found myself frustrated. The storyline was too restricting for me and there were only certain things I could do. Most of the game I spent my time wondering around the different islands. One of the things that I did like was being able to switch characters whenever I pleased. Even though I didn’t switch characters for wise reasons, it was nice to have a change when I got tired of the character I was. Something I didn’t like about my characters was that they were very slow which made it complicated to get my items at a fast pace.

At first my storyline seemed very interesting but the more I played the less interest I had. The storyline became very tedious because it was going slow and I couldn’t find the items. Overall everything that occurred in the game felt repetitive and all I wanted was to stop playing. Not being able to create my storyline and having to follow one makes everything boring. I lost interest in the game because couldn’t find the items, I was restricted and I didn’t have any long term goals. The game seemed to be overwhelming.

While playing the game I had bystanders who also became tedious with the game and tried to help but realized that it has more complicated than it looked. There was a point in the game where I was trying to open the gate, to get one of the golden bananas, but in order to open the gate I had to push a button that only gave me eight seconds to run across. Each time I tried it I never made it which made me frustrated. I guess Donkey Kong is about technique.