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".        

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.