1. Action-Adventure is a hybrid genre that combines the classic open world
adventure genre with the gritty hard-core action genre. This genre is rising
in popularity and includes vast open maps and an immersive story line.
ACTION-ADVENTURE
2. CODES AND CONVENTIONS
• One of the codes and convention is that most action adventure games are open world and
allows you to explore the world in your own time completing missions when you see fit.
• As it is open world most action/adventure games contain side quests of activates to do
when you don’t want to play the main missions, this vary in every game from racing to
hunting and normally have a reward at the end that bonuses the player on his/her quest.
• Most action/adventure games are heavily story based and normally contain a lot of
emotions during the game whether that is anger, sadness or joy and this makes the game
more enjoyable.
• Most action adventure games contain some form of violence weather this is sword fighting
or all out gun battles and sometimes you can not complete a game without killing
someone.
4. RED DEAD REDEMPTION
Red Dead redemption is a 3rd person Action-Adventure shooter
set in western new Orleans in the year 1911, The player follows
rouge cowboy John Marston on his adventure to forcefully hunt
down his Former outlaw partners to save his wife and son; who
have been Kidnapped by the corrupt government of New Orleans.
Red Dead Redemption was developed by Rockstar games who
Have some experience in this genre with there Grand Theft Auto
series. They have many company's around the world including
Rockstar north.
5. STRUCTURE/INTERACTION/GAMEPLAY/THEME
• The structure of red dead is a mission based game although there is one main goal there
is a lot of different missions that need completing for a variety of people within the world
from a mad grave robber to a corrupt Mexican leader. This game is open world and lets
you explore the wild west as you please. This allows you to do a variety of activities that
can increase fame and honour within New Orleans. This effects how people react to you
when entering towns in a positive or negative way.
• There are multiple activates and side quests that allow you to interact with the world from
sports such as horse races to arm wrestling to more gritty tasks like night watch and
stopping a mugger. These activates normally have a financial gain like a reward. There
are also random stranger quests that require you to travel to an area of a map and
investigate.
• With real time random events the world comes to life when you often stumble on a
stranger who needs help or a trap on the side of the road, by completing these random
events you can gain large rewards such as chests of gold or a treasure map.
6. NARRATIVE
• Red Dead Redemption is an open world game allowing you to explore the vast landscape
of New Orleans with stunning mountain ranges to desolate deserts. This game is single
strand following John Marston a classic cowboy hero. Your objective is to find your old
gang members and to do this you must explore New Orleans to find them and kill them
with the help of anyone willing to help.
7. CHARACTERS
John Marston is the main
character he is a classic hero and
is a very gritty hardcode character
however does show emotion near
the end of the game, I believe john
Marston is a good character
because he is not all good but he
is not all bad he's in the middle
Professor McDougal was an
anthropologist that you meet in
Blackwater near the end of the
game , He was a drug addict as
well as extremely racist referring to
the native Indians as savages and
nothing but unevolved animals
Irish was a very stereotypical Irish
he is always drunk and violent
many view him as controversial and
so viewed the game as
inappropriate.
This character was a Mexican
tyrant known as coronal Allende he
was a very evil man killing innocent
civilian's and is one of the main
enemy's within the game
Mrs McFarland was one of the first
main characters you meet in the
game and is a trusty side kick
throughout the game she is kind
and helps you get through
8. ASSASSINS CREED BLACK-FLAG
Assasins Creed Black Flag is a 3rd person Action-Adventure game
set in the year 1715 you play pirate Edward Kenway on his quest
to fame and glory. After crashing his boat and killing an assassin
and taking over his role.
One of the main aspects of the game was the open sea and sea
battles as previous assassins creeds had stayed on land and
restricted movement to an island.
The assassins creed franchise was developed by Ubisoft and
includes a multiplayer mode and very in-depth story mode.
9. STRUCTURE/INTERACTION/GAMEPLAY/THEME
• The structure of Assassins creed is an open world game where you can explore the map
using a boat with its own pirate crew you can tackle the seas, the game is mission based
with lots of individual activates to perform, from whale hunting to treasure hunts
• There are multiple activates and side quests dotted around the map and each have
individual rewards, hunting rewards you in materials to make accessories for your
character where as treasure hunts reward in large amounts of cash, with this cash you
can buy new weapons, cloths and ammunition.
• With the now open sea advantage sea battles are an epic scene with 2 crews fighting to
the death, after a gritty battle firing cannons and explosive barrels at the enemy ship you
can then board them and use hand to hand combat to take over the ship.
10. CHARACTERS
Edward Kenway is the main
character and the character that
you play as, he is a handsome
ruffian who sets out to gain fame
and fortune, In the game he is
very selfish and looks out for
himself but becomes more selfless
near to the end of the game.
Adewale is one of the first main
characters you meet and become
friends after he helps you escape
the navy and form a crew for your
new boat, after that he acts as your
right hand man and first mate.
Blackbeard was another main
character and helps you defeat the
navy, he is based of his historical
character and was a feared pirate
at this time period.
This character is only known as the
grand master and is the main boss
of the assassins creed game he is
a Templar who are the main enemy
o the assassins guild and want to
use the artefact for evil.
Benjamin Hornigold and jack
Rackhman were pirates that you
knew from your past and are good
friends thy are classic pirates
11. GRAND THEFT AUTO V
Grand Theft Auto is a modern day 3rd person action adventure
however steers more towards action, It follows the story of 3
characters who come to work together to pull off the greatest heist
of all time.
This new 3 main character hub was something new for the
Rockstar franchise and you were able to switch character mid
mission allowing each character to brink an individual outtake on
the task
Developed by Rockstar north it is the most recent game in the
franchise and crosses some very controversial issues when seen
by the rest of society.
12. STRUCTURE/INTERACTION/GAMEPLAY/THEME
• The structure of GTA V is open world based and as these 3 characters you must work our
way up to the top of the criminal ladder, Michael and Trevor already know each over and
Franklin is the new young gun in this very colourful trio, like the other games it is mission
based but have the option to do the missions in any order you like and it allows you to
explore the world in your own time.
• There are lots of side missions you can do such as races and gambling, some of these
missions allow you to generate cash to customize characters and buy weapons.
• There is also a very large multiplayer that has attracted a new people with a totaly
customisable character and so much to do from online missions to death matches and
races, levelling up allows you to buy new cloths and weapons to maximize your
characters potential.
13. CHARACTERS
Michael is one of the main characters he is a rich middle aged family man who suffers from a lot
of anger issues and it is breaking his family apart even though they are a very broken family.
Michael agrees to mentor franklin to become a true criminal
Trevor is an insane red neck who spends his time cooking crystal meth and building up his
meth empire with the help of his cowardly friend, he is mentally unstable and many see him
as being a stereotype of a redneck and has caused some controversy.
Franklin is a African-American living with his auntie in the suburbs of Los Santos who dreams of
hitting it big in the criminal world. Franklin is one of the most controversial character and
stereotypes as a black guy from the hood who uses the N***** word a lot which sparked a lot of
complaints about racism.
