Analysis of video game-GTA 5

                                                                   Grand Theft Auto 5

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Today my task was to research a video game analysing and evaluating it. So, i decided to use Grand Theft Auto 5 as it will be one of the most successful games made.. Below is some information about it :)

What it’s about: Grand Theft Auto V is an action-adventure game played in third-person. The player uses attacks, weapons and explosives to fight enemies, and can run, jump, swim, or use vehicles to navigate the game's world.  The single-player mode of Grand Theft Auto 5 is played through three player-controlled protagonists, criminals whose stories interconnect as they complete missions. The game is presented as an open world; it is a large, open map which can be freely roamed when the player is not partaking in missions.

Key information: Grand Theft Auto 5 is an upcoming video game.  The game is to be released on the 17^th of September 2013. Grand Theft Auto 5 is said to be a ‘third-person shooter’ set in an open world of Southern California.  The platform this game can be played on is on the Xbox and Play station 3. The price of the game is £34.99 .Rockstar believes that the game already "feels 'next generation'".

Institutions: The game was being developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.
Reviews:

 “What intrigues me most about Grand Theft Auto 5 isn’t jump jets or SCUBA diving, smoking weed or that mooted act of necrophilia, its Michael, Franklin, and Trevor. It’s the bold attempt to weave a cohesive narrative using three very different perspectives”

“Los Santos is an incredible place, and you get to see it through three very different sets of eyes”

“It’s a long-standing storytelling technique, but one rarely used by games. Changing point of view subtly alters your relationship with that character, emotionally and morally”

Genre: The genre of this game is possibly action-adventure, open world and crime. This is due to the fact that there is a lot of violence, blood and death in it. It is the first main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series since Grand Theft Auto 4 was released in 2008.
Distributions: Blu-ray Disc and 2 DVDs.

The game is being marketed and promoted through a variety of media such as YouTube, posters, adverts, leaflets and many more. The mode in which this game can be played is single-player only.

Target Audience:  The audience this game is aimed at is for young adults aimed 18 and over. It is said that ‘the game cannot be played by anyone under the age of 18 as there is too much violence in it.

How it was marketed/promoted? The trailer below is how the company had advertised their product to get people to buy it. It is the official game trailer of the product.

The picture shown is a advertisement of the game 'Grand Theft Auto 5'

So far it has sold between 13 and 14 million units. It cost Them a reported of £170 million to create the game and each copy is selling for less than $120.

Why is it so popular?? How did they do this?? Response:  "GTA's success is that taking a stroll down any given street is just as enjoyable as racing through the streets in a stolen limo fending off the cops. Grand Theft Auto breathes. The game world feels like it would still exist, even if you weren't in it, and to simply walk around and watch as the world beats on, to witness the artistry of the game's designers in constant motion, is strangely exciting".

Nowadays, young adults/teenagers enjoy crime games with a lot of violence throughout. Making this game for them...

I think the reason that Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series are so popular because the open-world design allows players a lot of freedom to explore and be creative on their own, without  having to worry about  the game's missions. The openness of the game or the world itself really help draw you in and make the game a unique experience for each player. It allows them to do whatever they want and be unique at what they'll do.

That's all peeps, hope you enjoyed it see yaa xD