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Thursday 6 March, 2008
Game Entry #2
GAMEPLAY
After playing this game for a while it’s important to do different combinations of tricks and turns because the more creative the trick the more points will be rewarded. Getting high scores and lots of points is a big deal in this game, so you want to land all the attempted tricks, especially if the event is timed and allows less time to get high scores.
DESIGN
I think this game does a good job of creating worlds where skateboarders are free to skate and not be ticketed or punished by law for vandalizing rails or ledges. Our culture and society views skateboarding as sort of a rebellious act and isn’t permitted in many places, so it is fun to play in this game where skateboarding is taken to the extreme and allows players to do big tricks anywhere. Each time the skater messes up on a trick blood splatters as he hits the ground. This makes it seem more realistic and reminds people of the danger of skating.
A distant background adds depth to the level and makes the level seem larger. Rails and ledges require the player to jump up a level and to push the grind button. This means players have to be fast and time their tricks. This makes it challenging to complete tricks. The skater also turns wide and kind of slow which makes it easier to hit objects than to avoid them. This game provides many challenges to keep players involved and trying to improve their skating skills. Challenges include helping people in worlds get objects which you skate to by completing series of jumps and rails and getting off the ground level; then there are the letters to spell “skate” scattered through the level; and other random challenges like smashing pumpkins. The thing I would change about this game I are the handling skills and make the skater better at landing tricks so he doesn’t have to waste so much time falling and getting up constantly.
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