Narrative | FMV | Cut Scene

Narrative:

Narrative in a game is a storyline that the game is mainly based on in which a gamer will play on. Depending on the game it will have a plot in which it will follow and completed. Each game will have its own specific story for example in GTA the storyline is based on Three different character Michael ,Franklin and Trevor that have to mission like robbing banks or doing a favour for a drug lord so they can pay their debt backs. Video gamer will use narrative to show the gamers on what stage there are on and progress of the game. The Narrative usual makes the game more interesting and get the gamers more attractive to the game in which gamers will complete all the missions, on if the narrative was good; To have the narrative attractive they must have very good playing character and non playing character, in the game.

There are two version of Narrative in the game. For example FMV (Full Motions Video) and cut Scenes which are two complete different thing. Advantages of using narrative/storyline within a games is that it will be very attractive and interesting for gamers to follow in the game and also see what mission they are completing in the game. One disadvantages of having narrative in a game in that its time consuming for games to follow, they will get annoyed because they are forced to watch a storyline that they don’t want to watch, but just go straight to the game and play.

FMV:  

 FMV stands for Full motion Video which is a real video footage that is played along the game. These video game will allow the gamer understand  what their mission is going to be like or based on. Usually  a FMV will be played before the game will start so the gamer will firstly understand of the game is about like who's the character , the location of where the game is mainly situated in or of what mission is going to be. An example of FMW is of the game GTA V in where the main character Michael in the beginning of the film is robbing a bank with his friend.This FMV is compulsory for gamers to watch. You can't skip the video, which is a disadvantages of a FMV in the game. This is a disadvantages because gamers don't like watching or waiting for video to start playing in the game. 

Cut Scene:

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a     A cut scene is a movie sequence that has coded to stop the game at one point for example when the gamer has completed a mission, the game will just stop and put a video. The video consist of the storyline of the game, in which the gamer will recap of what is going on and what mission he must complete. The video will always flow with the video game and the storyline in what the gamer has been through already. These cut scene can make the reader excited about what is going to happen, and can attract them into these games. For example a cut scene can be seen in game such as GTA cut scene will be of one of the main character Trevor making plans to rob a bank with Michael. These scene can make the game more attracted because of the fact gamers will be able to do these mission.

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