19/02/15
In the last part of the three part series with Benjamin Wooley, Games Britannia looks at the latest consoles which have led the development of the games of today. He started in the 70s when consoles started to come about and through the 80s where people could actually buy them more easily for their own homes.
One game that was mentioned was Carmageddon, in this game you had to run over pedestrians to get points while racing against your opponents. The game received bad press because of the murdering of innocent people in the game, the developers changed this to zombies at a later date to avoid any further outrage. This reminded me a lot of the film Deathrace 2000, in which they do the exact same thing across America. If any member of public is on the streets on race day then they are at risk of being run down.
It also showed the progression of many games that we all enjoy today such as Grand Theft Auto. I can still remember the first release of the original GTA, it was top down view with little options of what to do and very simple artwork/graphics. Where as now the game is so involved and large that most people actually don't even play the planned missions and would rather just run around the in game world shooting at people.
It was a very interesting end to the series to see how far games have come over the years to today.
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