Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Contextual Studies- Simplest Game

First and Simplest game I have ever played.


The first game I ever played was Pokemon Yellow version on gameboy, which is also one of the simplest games I have ever played. It is such an immersive and popular game because it is so genius in its gameplay and story, and after playing this I then bought the cards and all the following games because I loved it so much. I think the reason why it was so brilliant in my eyes is because it felt very individual, you could have completely different pokemon to everyone else in the world, and working to level them up and make them powerful. The storyline itself was also extremely immersive with all the towns and gyms becoming extremely well known and loved. The gameplay is also extremely extensive, as you could wander for hours just finding new pokemon, and there was also that challenge of having the best pokemon. That challenge meant I played it for hours trying to capture the rarest pokemon in the game... and failing. The general structure and gameplay of pokemon is really simple, as you get your first pokemon, you are taught how to catch pokemon, and then you just follow the main storyline where it takes you, straying off on the way if you want to. The fights are simple, with easy turn based play which is easy to get used to, but can get very frustrating, especially when the enemy has the tiniest bit of life and its trainer uses a max health potion. Overall, this game has been a success for me as it sparked my love of games and pokemon, and led me to still play pokemon games to this day, which means it had a massive impact on my gaming life.



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