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Game analysis
‘Capture’ is a first-person shooter based in London during the riots.
Offline Game concept
The offline mode is a Campaign Story in where you play with 4 characters and complete different missions. The story is based around these 4 characters who work together to get out of the riots without being harmed however there are a few hurdles that you have to get passed.
Online Game concept
The online mode is a 6 v 6 battle in London as both teams fight to get to a bag of cash which is located in a Landmark in London somewhere. You have 3 lives if you die 3 times you get kicked from the game. You can play this with your friends or with random people online.
Game Goals
Consumer expectations: a high-level console game that people enjoy to play.
Deliver the best possible shooting game possible: A game that exceeds expectations and goes beyond any other first-person shooter ever made.
To hook people into the story mood: create a story mode so captivating that people get hooked on it in the first mission and can’t stop playing until they complete it.
Defining Experience: Create a world that makes people feel like they are in the game.
Players to make friends through the game: to create a game that will have people interact with each other through the game and create digital friends or even get closer with people you don’t know too well.
Game Genre
The Genre of ‘Capture’ is a First-person action adventure shooter. The game is developed for consoles such as X-box and PS4
Target Market
The main target market is pegi 12 who are casual gamers. The primary focus goal is to appeal to as many gamers as possible and the majority of gamers are casual gamers who enjoy action games. The main objective target audience is between 12 to 18 years old but there will be more added content to the game that’ll appeal to those beyond this age group.
‘Capture’ will appeal to a larger audience than just casual gamers as there are different difficulties for the hardcore gamers and the online mode matchmaking means you will be playing against people similar ability and levels.
Competitive Analysis
-Dusk
-Battlefield v
-Transpose
-Return of the Obra Dinn
-Project Warlock
-Call of Duty
-Destiny
-Far Cry
-Overload
-Star Wars Battlefront
-Modern Warfare
-DOOM VFR
-Titanfall
Gameplay Direction
The gameplay is based around the riots and what it was and is like to be in a riot. Its focuses on the setting, and the reality of what the riots are like in the real world.
The aim for the gameplay is to create an environment that is fun to play in and interesting for the players. In the campaign there will be missions all over London to create a fun game in which you doesn’t take ages for a game to start.
The gameplay is primarily based around the riots and what the riots are really like and not how they are shown out to be on tv.
Objectives of the game (Offline)
The objectives of the campaign mode is to get all 4 characters through the riots without any being killed. There are missions all through the campaign that you need to get through that use all 4 characters.
The story behind the characters and how they got there is told through cut scenes that come in-between missions.
The campaign mode is made for casual players who are interested in an intense action based story.
Objectives of the game (Online)
The online mode is a 6v6 Capture the money based in London. The concept behind the idea is that you and your 5 teammates must work together to capture a bag of cash that is located in a landmark in London without being killed by 6 people who are trying to complete the same task you are.
You have 3 lives and when you die once or twice you respawn back at your camp/base but when you lose all your lives you get kicked from the game.
You have the choice to invite mates and play as a team with your friends or you can join a random online game with people you don’t know and you can talk through the game chat with them.
There are weapons scattered all around the map that you can pick up to use against your opponents. You can also take your opponent’s weapons when you kill them.
Feature Characters
Jay: Jay is 19 years old and he comes from Egypt but lives in Stevenage. He is a student studying finance at the university of London.
Amy: Amy is 31, she has two kids who are 3 and 5 with her husband. She works as a bartender in a small pub just south from central London.
Martin: Martin is 23 years old he has a 2-month year old son with his girlfriend. He works in the army.
Carl: Carl is 36, he used to be in the army but now works as a teacher. He is an intelligent man who worked on tactics for the army so is very good when coming up with ideas and plans for what to do in certain scenarios.
Story overview
The campaign is set around Jay, Amy, Carl and Martin. They found themselves in the London riots some by choice and some got caught up in issues. The story starts in a car park where Amy walks out of a shop to be dragged into a car by Carl where she finds Jay and Martin. Carl explains to them what has happened. This is where the first mission takes place, it is your job to get Amy Jay Martin and carl to safety by driving through the street of London to Carl house. When they get there, they realise Carls house has been broken into so they are forced to stay out in the street of London whilst on feet, the only problem is to get out of London you need to go through it.
Whilst on feet you come across loads of different tasks and missions you have to complete. The game ends with Jay Amy Carl and Martin getting to a blocked of town protected by police. When you get to the safe place there is a cut scene which shows Jay Amy Carl and Martin talking and joking around as the camera zooms out to show what the riots looks like from above before the story finishes.
Game Length
The story mode is around 6 hours of gameplay with 45 minutes of cut scenes and 4 – 5 hours of missions and tasks to complete. The online ‘Capture’ game doesn’t have a time length and the game simply continues until you kill the whole team or capture the money.
Saving Points
The game does an auto save at end of every mission however if there is a specific place you wish to save you game you can go onto the pause menu and save where you are and continue with there when you come back on.
Game Levels & Upgrades
You can level up every time get 8 kills when you get to level 50 you get upgraded guns. Every time you go up by 50 your guns get stronger and better which adds more competition as people would want to level up. There is also a 1v1 mode that is based on London bridge in which you can build up and have a battle with someone else online or even your friends. The 1v1 mode is a 3-point game. The characters in the game are eligible to be edited as you get higher levels. You get achievements as you level up and some of them consists of different hats and clothes you can put on your characters to edit them to be funnier or look cooler of just to show people that you’re on a higher level.
Difficulty Settings
For the campaign you chose before you start if you wish to play as a beginner, professional or world class. If you play as a beginner the missions are easier as the bots are slower and have worse aim and the cars and are much easier to use.
If you play as a professional then the game becomes a bit harder the bots are quicker and react faster and that cars are harder to drive .
If you play on world class the game becomes very difficult. The bots become very quick and driving becomes much more complicated
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