Written Review
Reference: Edge Magazine #264th issue (March 2014)
The reviewer, Edge Magazine talks about
the Standalone game Day Z.
The genre is said to be a survival mod of
a game called 'Arma II' which as a military simulator, and is now turning from
a mod to a standalone game.
The reviewer doesn't talk about the target
audience but if there is any conciliation to the creator, Dean Hall, the target
audience are fans of the outdoors.
There isn't much of a description of the narrative what the
magazine makes, but they do say that the goal of the game is to survive and
that the setting is a post-apocalyptic world that's full of zombies.
They have said that the characters in the
game are either you or another person online, and that the character is
effected by environmental and physical torment as you can be killed by other
players and zombies, plus you are effected by having wet clothes which can give
you a cold or fall damage, finally they also say that you as the character
become more monstrous as you play and less trusting.
Gameplay is mentioned quite a bit in the
review as it's all you do in the game as there is no cut scenes or anything and
so you play the game all the time, because it is a survival game the mechanics
are very realistic and create realism in the game as you can be handcuffed,
drink water or even break your leg which can be fixed by morphine.
This game is only played on one platform,
which is PC, as it's mentioned at the very start in which the magazine has a
bubble that contains the name, publisher, developer, format/platform, origin
and release date.
My personal recommendation for this
reviewer is that it takes it seriously and that the people who write the review
actually enjoy the games they play and give an honest review, there is
sometimes some humour in the review too.
Video Review
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiNSuilPHTs (Monday
21st September 2015 at 12:10PM)
The reviewer Kevin Vanord (GameSpot) says
that the game is a successful survival simulator as it has all the conventions
of the genre and it also goes deep into those aspects such as eating rotten
fruit can make your character ill.
Like the Edge magazine review the target
audience isn't spoken about in the video.
Once again the narrative is said to
survive as long as you can by collecting resources.
The characters are roughly explained as the
reviewer basically says the same as Edge magazine but with less detail as he
says that the other players/characters can betray you as they make you think
that they are a friend but then lead you into an ambush, I think he means that
the character can be whoever you want it to be, an ally who helps you or a
bandit who try to kill you.
The reviewer mainly talks about the
gameplay as he probably goes into more depth about the bugs (As it is an Alpha)
and stuff you can do, than what Edge Magazine did.
Once again the platform is PC and is
explained by a mini title at the start of the video just like Edge Magazine.
My personal recommendation of this video
review is that it can be humorous at times which can be good as it means that I
would likely be able to remember it. But he does go into more detail about the
gameplay than the other subjects as this game is nearly all focused on the
gameplay as there is no need for narrative as it's a simulator.
Comparison
They both agree that it's a successful
Survival simulator genre type game and that it has the conventions of the
genre, such as real life scenarios that can affect your character., They both
haven't mentioned anything about the target audience, probably because whoever
reads or watches the review are the target audience themselves. The narrative
is obviously the same as it's the same game, unless is was choice game where
your decisions mattered, in a way Day Z is this because it's a simulator so
everyone is going to play it differently. The reviewers both say that the other
players can betray you, or make friends with you. They both mention that the
game has bugs as it's in alpha and hasn't been fully developed and is still
being updated with bug fixes and new things. They both didn't give a score out
of numbers or rating but did give their own recommendation in words.
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