Analysis Of Undertale, Life Is Strange, Wolf Among Us, And The Walking Dead
Ever since video games were released, they have been under criticism and scrutiny of the public eye. Video games introduced a new form of entertainment that blew the minds of young children and the skepticism of their parents, however the success of video games can’t be denied. Throughout their years of success, video games have evolved, from their simplistic 8-bit game design with flat stories and characters, to graphically detailed games with incredibly intricate storylines and characters. However, the general design of the game and its story isn’t the only thing that has changed, the mechanics have as well. While basic mechanics are still a factor in games, such as moving, “In recent years, moral judgment tasks have served as an increasingly popular plot mechanism in video game play” (Weaver 610). Games like Undertale, Life is Strange, Wolf Among Us, and The Walking Dead, just to name a few, are all storyline based games that uses plot mechanics that focus on your moral choices and all of your decisions in
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To summarize the game, the title screen shows you that humans and monster were once at war before humans forced monsters underground. You play as a human that has fallen into a mountain, into the underground filled with monsters. There are three different paths you can take and there a different ending for each path. The true pacifist route is obtained if none of the monsters you encounter are killed and if you befriend the boss monsters. The neutral route is obtained if you killed some monsters, but not all of them. The last of the three routes is genocide, and like the name implies you must kill every monster in your path, you become a “butcher” (Shackford). Undertale’s brutal game mechanic is what makes it so loved by the players since it shows that there are consequences to your actions. Consequences that can and will affect the game if you reset
To summarize the game, the title screen shows you that humans and monster were once at war before humans forced monsters underground. You play as a human that has fallen into a mountain, into the underground filled with monsters. There are three different paths you can take and there a different ending for each path. The true pacifist route is obtained if none of the monsters you encounter are killed and if you befriend the boss monsters. The neutral route is obtained if you killed some monsters, but not all of them. The last of the three routes is genocide, and like the name implies you must kill every monster in your path, you become a “butcher” (Shackford). Undertale’s brutal game mechanic is what makes it so loved by the players since it shows that there are consequences to your actions. Consequences that can and will affect the game if you reset