GTA San Andreas Game Mechanics

It is vital for any game to be successfully received by the user, it must have game mechanics methodical and careful thought.
In GTA San Andreas identify several game mechanics: walk, mission vehicles, gangs, guns, radio stations, friends, schools, training, attack, the attack statistics, acquisition of items.

Mission Mechanics

The main mechanics of the game in my opinion are the missions These are present in all games in the GTA series and they are defining.

• The main missions

Each mission begins with a mechanic who informs us about the kind mission and information necessary to meet the performance .During a mission there are present more game mechanics such as the player's interaction with different people, vehicles, weapons, money.Sometimes,the player collects "action points" in these interactions.

It is very important for the player to perform the task in order to move to the next (here intervening the action mechanic).

 • Side Missions

These side missions are designed to make the game more varied, more attractive.You can drive a Taxi, extinguish fires, catch criminals (the police), save people (as a doctor on the ambulance, steal from houses, pimp prostitutes, drive trucks and trains (in order to deliver a commodity at the time) and the flight school (airplanes and helicopters), driving schools (for cars and motorcycles) . In these missions will appear more game mechanics such as the player's interaction with different people, vehicles, weapons, money.

• Missions vehicles

This type of mechanics are in all GTA series. When the player approaches an object, possibly a vehicle ,he will be given to the opportunity to participate in the mission.

 

Vehicle Mechanics

The vehicle mechanics are among the most important in this game. There are many types of vehicles in GTA: SA, ranging from land, sea and aer.In San Andreas,the player can take about any vehicle that is not busy, can steal the occupied ones,he can even modify them.

Here,there are present mechanics for entering and exiting a vehicle. For a vehicle in motion, the player must locate it, and then often times shooting in the car or stop it from moving.In both cases, the driver usually freak out and abandon the car.A problem may appear when trying to stay in front of the car, if the car has high speed, the driver can not stop and our character and ends at hospital.If the police are around ,  mechanics for "wanted level"activate.Also,  a problem may appear if the car driver is from the rival gang, here intervening band mechanics.

If the player wants to modify the car, it must first find  a garage or "Pay 'N' Spray". Once inside, the player has many options available, repairs,changing paint, some upgrades or change the layout after.In this mechanics, the player loses money.

Attack Mechanics

These mechanics implicate that the player must attack an object or person (especially a rival gang). These mechanics are present in most missions.The player either shoots people, or participate in a brawl.

Available to the player are a lot of weapons for brawl: shovels, baseball bats, swords, chainsaws etc.The damages are related to muscle damage of the player.These attacks often leave the player vulnerable to future attacks.Each of these has a value and a set of damage
For shooting people there are also a variety of weapons: 9mm, shot-gun etc.Each firearm has a number of bullets after they remain empty.
      The losses were the mechanics of weapons and also statistical mechanics, and we can show how efficiently handles the player bullets available.
Your character can also use grenades, molotov cocktail, pepper spray.

Pressing L1 while holding weapons, players can easily view the status of qualification of the weapon owned. When CJ takes every weapon at first,it has the status of "poor", but with  use, he updates his skills to "gangster" or "Hitman".        

GTA San Andreas Review

GTA San Andreas game was created by the company Rockstar North and definitely lives up to the Grand Theft Auto name.If you like gangster stories from the'' 90, surely this game will appeal to you.Movies like  "Menace II Society" and "Boyz N the Hood" are clear influences here.

The action takes place in the '90s in San Andreas State within which there are three cities: Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas and the surrounding areas.The main character, African-American CJ Carl Johnson returns home from Liberty City to Los Santos to attend the funeral of his mother.

When he arrives,he gets intercepted by a gang of corrupt cops (rival gang). He manages to get home and get to terms with his old gang, Grove Street Families and works with his friends Big Smoke and Ryder.But while gaining more territory, CJ learns that his friends betrayed him.They managed to catch his brother , Sweet, and afterwards he was arrested.The only way to his brother release is to help  Tenpenny(corrupt cop) with its dirty affairs.

 San Andreas is structured similarly to the previous two games. The big game is made ​​up of RPG elements and driving, which offers the player a vast space to act.

On foot, the player can walk, run, swim, climb or jump, also he can fight other characters.You have to go on missions for different individuals . You'll go drive certain individuals,  kill people (especially the rival gang) etc. But you can also play  side missions such as catching criminals (the police), saving people (the doctor), stoping a fire (as a firefighter).

The game has 200 cars, 11 airplanes 9 helicopters, bikes, you can change cars,rob houses, buy clothes, food, play arcade games, you even can make debts.By killing members of a rival gangs,you can start a war.

A new rule is that you must take care of your physique, occasionally having to eat.You can't die in the water, you can swim.

 

The newest addition to the game is that you can play with a friend, but not entirely.There are certain conditions which we will not reveal now, but in consequence with a friend can wreak havoc in your car or on foot some of the game .

The decor is very well captured, unique .It's very realistic giving the impression of ghetto.

 
Architecture of the game is incredible, and these new effects are great.In warm areas, you can see the shiny effect caused by the sun.When it starts to rain, the game gets a very realistic look, the rain was very well designed.When you reach top speed in a car, the screen becomes a little blurred, giving the impression of extreme speed.

The characters are very well done, realistic hands except that sometimes look weird.

When it comes to  graphics, it is impressive, but it is a problem.If your system, Play Station, PC is older some elements do not look so good until you get very close to them for the texture to load.

 But if your PC is new,you will not have such problems. In terms of graphics, the engine used to realize  GTA: SA is exceeded. But if you should consider the color palette used, then it kind of turns the wheel, because it's a pleasure to walk around dawn or at sunset and admire the colors you come and countries, when the weather is soft and warm.

Cinematics are excellent but the number of polygons and ineffectiveness cut your little enthusiasm, but these are issues related to the engine's limits and no to the owner's intentions.

The sound is very well done, in the game there are many dialogues between characters..They imitate very well the sound of a car engine, mototciclete etc.You can listen to radio as well as in other games in the series, especially rap, other genres are less clear .

Usually when a game tries to make a million things,they do not stand up well.  But GTA San Andreas manages combining a lot of elements ans to be a strong game that will not disappoint, with a few noticeable problems.GTA San Andreas has a very strong history and a narrative story, well-written dialogue, voice expressed extraordinary, impressive graphics, sound game, and the game is very fun and varied.

  

Game Concept Worksheet

Any video game has a designer.But how the designer manage to implement uniform all the mechanics?To understand the core mechanics behind any video game,you must respond to the following questions:

1. What is the nature of the gameplay? That is, what challenges will the player face? What actions will the player take to overcome them?
2. What is the victory condition for the game, if any? What is the player trying to achieve?
3. What is the player’s role? Is the player pretending to be someone or something, and if so, what? How does the player’s role help define the gameplay?
4. What is the game’s setting? Where does it take place?
5. What is the player’s interaction model? Omnipresent? Through an avatar? Something else? Some combination?
6. What is the game’s primary perspective? How will the player view the game’s world on the screen? Will there be more than one perspective?
7. What is general structure of the game? What is going on each mode, and what function does each mode fulfill?
8. Is the game competitive, cooperative, team-based, or single-player? If multiple players are allowed, are they using the same machine with separate controls or different machines over a network?
9. Does the game have a narrative or story as it goes along? Summarize the plot in a sentence or two.
10. Does the game fall into an existing genre? If so, which one?
11. Why would anyone want to play this game? What sort of people would be attracted to this game?


Here we have an example of the GTA San Andreas's Concept Worksheet  :

1.GTA San Andreas  is an action adventure game that has some RPG elements developed by Rockstar Games.
Gameplay: consists of elements of third person shooter and driving game.The player can walk, run, swim, eat, drive cars, helicopters, airplanes, bicycles, trains, tanks, motorcycles and use firearms.
The main aim of the game is to carry out missions but there are side missions that are optional.The main character, CJ,  must overcome several obstacles to complete his goal:he  has to shoot some individuals,  transport stuff,drive persons.In most missions, the player must reach a certain target using vehicles at its disposal.

 
2.In GTA San Andreas, our character CJ tries to save his brother from prison and then  get revenge on  while battling rivals to succeed .He carries out missions for different individuals.If the player meets all the missions, he will complete his goal.

3.To save his brother from prison, CJ, our character controlled by the player must do  dirty work for a corrupt cop ,Tempenny.Our player can walk, run, swim, eat, drive cars, helicopters, airplanes, bicycles, trains, tanks, motorcycles, use firearms.
The player can perform side missions and briefly deviate from the target, but eventually he has to perform the primary mission .For example,he can rob houses or individuals, struggle with rival band, sometimes starting a war.

4.The action takes place in Los Santos,San Fierro and Las Venturas.


5.The player controlling the character is ubiquitous seen from a third person perspective shooter.

6.A main storyline with a clear narative wire is defined.But, there are side perspective where the player can be a doctor, fireman,officer of the law, can rob houses, deviating a little from the main thread.
The player will see a very violent world full of gangsters who traffic drugs, prostitution, killing, a world where character is caught in the middle and  must spin in order to save his brother and to avenge those who put him in jail.

7.The overall structure of the game: The game is divided into main missions, each mission must be accomplished so that you can move to the next one.The player performs missions using different vehicles, firearms.With every mission completed,our character is coming increasingly more to saving brother and get his revenge.

8.The game is single player, but the newest addition to the game is that you can play with a friend, but not the whole game.

9.The game also has backstory, as the game unfolds creates a narrative that forms a story that will lead to the fulfillment of the purpose 
CJ gets along with the old gang and fights rival gangs.His brother is captured because of Big Smoke and Ryder 's betrayal and thrown in jail so CJ is forced to undertake all kinds of dirty stuff for a corrupt police officer Tempenny. Carl and his new friends open a garage in San Fierro  and waits for an opportunity to return to Los Santos . After Ryder kills ,CJ is contacted by a government agent Mike Toreno , who tells him that he can bring Sweet out of prison if he helps with  some " stuff " .
In the aftermath Carl's family and friends arrive at the Johnson house for a meeting. As his friends and allies celebrate their success, Carl turns to leave. When Kendl asks where he's going, he replies, "Fittin' to hit the block, see what's happening."

10.GTA San Andreas  is an action adventure game that has some RPG elements.

11.If you like stories with gangsters from the  '' 90 and listen to rap music,then  this game will definitely be to your favorite.
The game comes with 200 cars, 11 aircraft, nine helicopters, bicycles, you can modify cars to rob houses, you can buy clothes, food, arcade games you can play, you can even make debts.You can even start a war between gangs.
GTA San Andreas has a very strong history and a narrative story, well-written dialogue, voice expressed extraordinary, impressive graphics, sound game, and the game is very fun and varied.

Call of Duty:Ghosts review

Call of Duty Ghosts is the tenth video game in Call of Duty
series.Developed by Infinity Ward,Neversoft and Raven Software was released on November 5 for Xbox360,PlayStation 3,Wii U and will appear on November 22 for Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

Call of Duty: Ghosts is a third-person shooter that features a completely new setting, characters, and system, though it is in the same universe.

The game's main protagonists are the Ghosts, a force of U.S. Special Operations personnel trained to conduct clandestine missions behind enemy lines.

The single player mode is played through the protagonist Logan Walker.Players assume the role of Logan for most of the game, with several other playable characters, including an astronaut specialist named Baker, and Logan's father, Elias Walker.

In Call of Duty: Ghosts you don't just create a class, you create a soldier. Choose the head, body type, head-gear and equipment, and you can even create a female soldier for the first time. With over 20,000 possible combinations, you can create the soldier you've always wanted. And each soldier you create will also have his or her own load outs.
The action takes place in Mexico,San Diego,Caribbean Sea,Antarctica,Brazil,Low Earth's orbit,Atlantic Ocean

You can also play in multiplayer mode.Here,you have 7 new game types:Search and rescue,Cranked,Search and destroy,Kill Confirmed,Free for all,Blitz,Domination,Team Deathmatch.

In Call of Duty: Ghosts, for the first time, the player will be able to alter their experience on each map, with Dynamic Maps coming into play for the first time. Examples given include knocking down a stack of logs, destroying a map with the new KEM Strike killstreak reward, collapsing a gas Station and blowing up doors. There are limits to these factors though, and they are only available on preset spots.
You can choose from a variety of maps:chasm,flooded,prison break,siege,tremor a.s.

COD Ghosts introduces a new game type named squads.Squads introduces a whole new level of competition to Call of Duty. The best parts of the Multiplayer experience are combined  with a vastly improved AI and the new mechanic of creating your own squad-mates. All the hard work you've put into customizing, playing, and prestiging your squad can now be put to use on a brand new playing field.You can play squad vs squad,wargame or safeguard.

There are over 20 NEW Kill Streaks in Call of Duty: Ghosts — such as Juggernaut Maniac, Helo-Scout, Vulture and the ODIN Strike. You can even bring in Riley, from the single-player campaign, as your guard dog to warn you when enemies are near, and to attack enemies if they get too close.
Extinction mode is a new game mode featured in the Call of Duty: Ghosts; its existence first proven through achievements.

Achievements

• No Man left: Escape with all four players
• Sprinter: Reach the exfil chopper with 1 minute and 30 seconds on the clock.
• Made it Out Alive: Escape 1st time
• Completionist: Complete all Extinction challenges and escape.
• Cabin Fever: Make it to the cabin.
• City Dweller: Make it to the city.
• Any Means Necessary: Get 50 kills with the electric fence and fire traps in a single game.
• Trash Picker: Scavenge 40 items in a single game.
• Throttled Escape: Escape using a relic.

The new Perks system has more perks than ever before. Every perk has a value from 1 to 5, and you have 8 points to allocate. So for example, choose 4 perks each valued at 2 points a piece, or even 8 perks, each valued at 1. You could also choose to get rid of your secondary weapon and get up to 11 perks.

About the movement mechanics,you can:lean around obstacles without adding button combinations,move fluidly over objects, while not losing momentum.The knee slide allows you to naturally transition from sprinting to crouch to prone.

Weapon selection is intensely personal. The way the guns are balanced within a given category, there is rarely one vastly superior weapon for an SMG or an Assault Rifle. Instead, it comes down to what you find most comfortable. Choosing the right type of weapon for the map and mode is generally more important than choosing one specific gun within a particular weapon class.

The weapons you use determine your role on the battlefield, from fast-moving SMG assault to long-range Sniper support. Mastery of all weapon types is essential to the flexible combatant. Whether the mission is urban search and destroy or open-field battle, having the skill and confidence to choose the correct weapon and utilize it effectively is a vital talent.And don't forget,bullets deal 20 % more damage!

Your life tank has 25% more health!

About the vehicles mechanics,they can either take the form of civilian cars or trucks . Cars are littered across the maps (usually on the streets) and can easily be destroyed with explosives, light machine guns, etc. When cars sustain enough damage, they will catch on fire. Cars on fire will sustain constant damage until it explodes. This puts the player at great risk whenever they decide to hide behind a vehicle and can cause great frustration, especially if they were killed in either the multiplayer or single player levels due to this.

Fueling this all new Call of Duty universe, the franchise's ambitious new next-gen engine delivers stunning levels of immersion and performance all while maintaining the speed and fluidity of 60 frames-per-second across all platforms.
A completely revamped audio design featuring an ADSR-based reverb system, reactive emitters and locational battle chatter gives you a more immersive experience.
Stephen Lang voices Elias Walker, Brandon Routh voices David "Hesh" Walker and Kevin Gage voices Gabriel Rorke in the game. David Buckley scored the game's original soundtrack.Eminem's track "Survival" is featured as the game's credit song.
From an exuberant campaign full of spectacle and variety to the way Extinction's unpredictable aliens force you to use those targeting skills in entirely new ways, Ghosts strikes an excellent balance between the familiar and the novel. This is a game that's keenly aware of the series' strengths, but doesn't find itself beholden to them. No matter what standard you apply, Call of Duty: Ghosts is a terrific first-person shooter.
Here's a video with the gameplay: