Question 1: Introduction of the games
How is the player introduced to the games?
Compare the two introductions, what are the differences and similarities?
Compare the two introductions, describe positive and negative consequences of the

introduction methods.

Question 2: The games' gameplay
Explain how to play the two games.
Compare how to play the two games, what are the differences and similarities?
Compare the two ways to play, describes the positive and negative consequences of

the way they're played.



Question 1:

Metro 2033
How is the player introduced to the games?

- Starting the game presents standard difficulty options that make the game

objectively easier/harder. Doing so superficially caters toward both experienced

and newer gamers, but there is still very little explicit instruction or tutorials

on the lowest difficulty setting.
- Following some brief exposition, there is an introductory cutscene that is played

in the first person. Doing so helps establish a player-protagonist relationship.
- Introduction only spends a couple minutes before throwing you into combat. There

is no tutorial, so the game assumes that you are familiar with the FPS genre.
- The game shifts seamlessly through scripted events and gameplay. Cool at first,

but this was especially frustrating since I seemed to lose control of the game at

seemingly random points.
- Design decision: early enemies are large and often travel toward you in a

straight line. This makes them a perfect introductory enemy and help the player get

used to the gunplay.
- Once you are past the intro stage, the game jumps to the future in which the

world has been ruined by the demons that you were trying to fight in the intro.
- The game introduces new types of weapons to you slowly.


Question 2:

Metro 2033
Explain how to play the two games.

- Standard fps. Goal of the game is to navigate through scenarios and survive any

encounters you have with demons. Levels are fairly linear, at least from the

introductory parts that I played.
- Other than the combat, there is some first person exploration. Doing so will

provide the player with ammo and other items to give them an advantage when combat

occurs. I'm not a fan of this because it rewards players who want to play the game

to completion, and hurts the player who wants to play casually and just get to the

end as quickly as possible.
- The underground town serves as a central HUB. You can interact with NPCs, who

serve as anything from flavor text, tips, bits of plot, etc. This only will cater

to more experienced/devoted gamers who want to go out of the way to experience more

of the game. This is fine, since doing so does not give disadvantage the players

that are not interested in the more narrative aspects of the game.
- From a design perspective, the HUB gives players a chance to take a break from

the action since they are no longer pressured to do anything, except for advancing

to the next stage when they're comfortable. However, some players might dislike

that it breaks the flow of action.