Character Development Revisited

Character Development Revisited

“How does the environment in the games affect the character? Think about traits of the character, or abilities that the character demonstrates.” First thing that comes to mind Crysis. I love that game not just for the technology it uses but the fact they make the levels and give you all these amazing power, but never tell you to use them for curtain reasons. They just show you how they work then let you lose. I remember running around the level super-fast then turn on super strength to punch a hole in the building then go in guns blazing. The fact that the environment is not linear but has direction makes the player and the players’ tools make the game itself. There is never a wrong or right way to do anything which makes it an awesome game.

Now if you took the environment they built and turned it into something completely different the game would most likely still be great fun. Let take the polar opposite of the setting of Crysis. They were in the Jungle for most the game. Now let take it to the city. Oh wait Crysis 2 is doing that. So from what I seen of the alpha and beta build of Crysis 2 the game looks just as fun and innovative and the first. Being able to use the speed and jump powers to leap from roof to roof is epic.