Video game characters

Characters are people or objects in the game which you can control, there is also characters that have an effect on the game but you are not able to control.

Main characters are the characters that are key and play a big role in the story that the game is trying to portray, for example in borderlands 2 there is more than one main character, there is your character, a character called Lilith which helps you complete some missions also sets you missions to complete and prepare you for the last mission and the other main character is a person called Roland which also helps you complete some missions and sets you some missions to help you level up and get the right equipment to be able to complete the last mission.

It is important for creators to have a strong main character because the audience will be able to relate to them and develop an attachment to them and therefore the audience will develop different emotions depending on what happens to the character. For example in The Last Of Us Joel and Ellie are the main characters and when you play the game you feel that you have experienced the whole situation with them and when Joel lied to Ellie that she had the cure inside of her he lied to her to protect her and didn’t let her die for the cure.

Some games have more than one main character to help you understand the story better also to make the game more diverse. For example in Grand theft auto there are 3 main characters which have different perspectives to the story which helps you understand all of their perspectives also makes the game more interesting and at the end you have developed an attachment with the characters you have a choice to either kill one of them or to save all and depending on how you felt towards the characters you make a decision.

Npc’s (non-playable characters) are characters that are in the game that you are not able to control or play as, there are different types of NPC’s there are friendly NPC’s and enemy NPC’s and NPC’s that are there for visual affect for example in FIFA 15 there is enemy NPC’s which is the opponent team, friendly NPC’s are your team and in GTA the people in public are NPC’s that are there for visual effects. There is different NPC’s to make you have different relationships towards different people for example the creators would rather you become more attached to a NPC’s that helps you throughout the whole story, then ones that only set you missions.

It is important to have strong NPC’s because it will be important to develop attachments to them and you will most probably help them if they are under bad situations for example in borderlands one of the main NPC’s Lilith gets kidnaped and you have to retrieve her and so because she helps you then you are determined to help her and you will play more the game more till you save her, having strong characters make you more determined ton play more.

Feedback interface.
Feedback interface shows you how you are doing in the game, for example in Fifa the feedback interface shows you how you are doing by showing you your score, possession, the name of the players and the time. This interface gives you information and this could affect your gaming experience.