Game Comparison

Representations Of Characters In Games

New Super Mario Bros U:

The characters in New Super Mario Bros U are done well and we call tell this because they suit the age rating for this game which is a PEGI 3. We also know that they are done well because there is a few characters in the game and they all have a different personality to another, also the appearance of the characters are done extremely well and this is because they are not over sexualised at all and this is because the audience they wanted for this game was of all ages, this is because this games is meant to be family friendly a suited for children. I don’t think any of the characters need any change at all in appearance or personality and i think this because their personalities are a lot different to one another. The characters in this game have no similarity to any of the characters in Grand Theft Auto 5 and this is because GTA 5 has a lot of violence involved in it, whereas New Super Mario Bros U barely has any.

Battleborn:

The characters in this game are not represented well and this is because the females are over sexualised and this is done by making the female characters wear more revealing clothes, making the sexual parts as large as they can get away with. They do this to attract a larger audience to the game and this is because they want to sell more copies and have a larger playerbase. The characters in this game are a lot different to the characters in New Super Mario Bros U and this is because of the age rating, on battleborn the age rating is 16 so they can over sexualise the characters as this game is aimed at young adults and older, whereas New Super Mario Bros U is not. I think the characters in this game need a toning down and this is because they can be made to suit the average human body rather than an over sexualised one.

Grand Theft Auto 5:

The characters in this game are represented well and this is because they suit the game extremely well and we can tell this because all of the civilians are dressed appropriately of the area that they are in. The characters in this game have a slight similarity to the ones in Battleborn and this is because the characters in both games give out violence, whether they are using firearms, fists or melee weapons such as a crowbar. The developers made the characters appearance suit their personality very well and because of this they managed to sell 3 billions dollars worth of pre-orders in the first 24 hours. I think that all the characters have been created very well and do not need any changes to them and this is to do with the large amounts of characters in this game which means it doesn’t matter if one character is a lot or not a lot different to another.

 

This can affect the representation of the gaming community quite bad and this is because people will look at the games and think that they are using the females in games to bait all of the males into buying it due to the over sexualised females. This is because the females of the gaming community will feel like that they are just being used and that they are stuck with the thoughts of their bodies not being good enough. This is because they’ll it has to look like the females that are represented in games. This can also have an affect on the non gaming community and this is because it will push the female away from gaming and this is because they might see it as they are also being used. This is because the developers are over sexualising characters which drives the females of the non gaming community away from gaming.