goals challenges and rewards

Goals:

The goals in video games vary, for example the main goal for all video games is to complete the game but you can also set mini goals to try achieve different things, for example one mini goal you might set is to get an achievement, another achievement is to defeat a boss. They are used in video games to make the game more interesting as the player can set goals for himself to try achieve things to help make the experience of the game better, for example the player can set a goal to defeat hard boss and if he achieves this goal then he will feel satisfied with himself and enjoy the game more. For example in borderlands 2 a goal could be to defeat a boss called pyro peat as he is very difficult to beat many people set a goal to kill him also their goal could try to get a good weapon that he drops to help them create a strong character.

Challenges:

In games there is 3 different challenges short team, medium term and long term challenges. In Short term challenges are little challenges that don’t take too long which are little tasks that you want to complete for example in league of legends there is a dragon which gives your character extra combat stats for example attack damage. Short term challenges are in games to make the player complete small tasks which could help the player get some rewards and this would make the player experience the most out of the game. Medium term challenges are tasks which takes quite a long time which usually consist of you putting some effort to reach it, for example in Call Of Duty modern warfare 2 a medium term challenge can be to go for a tactical nuke as it is takes quite a bit of time to get and isn’t easy to get. You would want to have a medium term challenge in a game so you can let the player can complete them achieving good weaponry and to help them enjoy the game more as they would get some self-satisfaction. Long term challenges are tasks that would take long time to complete but usually you would get a big reward that you would get when you have completed it. In The Last of Us a long term challenge is to complete the whole game. There would be long term challenges in the game so people are enjoying the game as they want to complete the challenge also the player would play the game more because the player would want to complete the challenge.

Rewards:

Rewards in video games are prizes that you get for completing different tasks and missions, rewards can vary from getting experience points, weapons and different outfits. There can be different rewards short term rewards, long term rewards and medium term rewards. Short term rewards can be small things such as a bonus for a few seconds for your character for example in Mario you can become massive or invulnerable for a few seconds. Long term rewards are rewards that usually come from long term challenges and they usually consists of a lot of experience points, very good weapons or/ and a lot of money. For example in Borderlands 2 when you complete the game you get a lot of money and experience points. Rewards are used in game so the players have an incentive to play the game also to keep the players playing the game because they would want the rewards. You usually get rewards when you complete missions and objectives. If games had no rewards then games would be boring as players would feel that there is no reason for them to play the game as they get nothing out of it.