https://padlet.com/bloomfield/62h2jmtcxw45 gt project en-us 2020-02-24 15:12:27 UTC 2025-10-10 22:55:47 UTC hello@padlet.com 606724 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/62h2jmtcxw45/wish/449505812 The rise of popularity for first person games was during the 1990's with the release of several  famous video games such "DOOM","Quake",and "Half-Life".]]> 2020-02-24 15:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/62h2jmtcxw45/wish/449505812 606724 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/62h2jmtcxw45/wish/450793823 The origin of first person games started in the 1980's with the creation of battle simulators such as "Battlezone" in 1980, but most of the games would not gain success or popularity due to the Video game crash of 1983. The widely believed origins of first person games was with the creation of "DOOM" in 1993.]]> 2020-02-26 15:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/62h2jmtcxw45/wish/450793823 606724 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/62h2jmtcxw45/wish/450802895 The "Half-Life" franchise is a famous series due to each entry of the franchise being revolutionary in terms of game play. 

• Half-Life (1998)
  • Plot- Gordon Freeman tries to escape Black Mesa during an event that causes an inter-dimensional event that caused creatures from a border world know as Xen that allows inter-dimensional traveling. Gordon Freeman defeats the leader of Xen, the Nihilanth. Shortly after the fight, Gordon is confronted by a mysterious figure trough out the game known as G-man. G-man tells Gordon that due to his performance in Black Mesa Gordon has a choice work for him or die from the creatures of Xen.
  • What did it do for the genre- It was the first-ever first-person game with  "WASD" controls as default, scripted sequences in single-player, puzzle-based, and instead of traversing one level after the next you would instead the map would load in as you continued in the story giving the feeling of all of the levels connected. Plus, spawned two popular franchises, "Counter-Strike", and "Team Fortress".
• Half-Life 2 (2004)
  • Plot- After the Black Mesa incident the Combine Empire takes over Earth. Gordon is summoned from G-man. Gordon meets Alyx the daughter of Eli Vance (the leader of the resistance and a former Black Mesa scientist). They find that Eli was taken to a maximum prison known as Nova Prospket. Gordon and Alyx fail with Eli getting brought to the Citadel, the location of the leader of the Combine.  They see that humans are rebelling against the combine and rescue Eli successfully but the Citadel starts to melt down causing a super portal to form allowing more combine to reach Earth.  With the help of two other former scientists from Black Mesa, they launch a rocket to tear apart the portal. Shortly after the victory Combine Administrators find the base killing Eli.
  • What it did for the genre- It gave an amazing story with better story telling mechanics just through dialogue and events in the game. Introduced physics based puzzle solving. It was so revolutionary at the time the trailer for the game was considered to be just an animation, instead of actual game play.

]]> 2020-02-26 15:31:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/62h2jmtcxw45/wish/450802895 606724 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/62h2jmtcxw45/wish/450803229 "Quake" is a very well known series due to it's core multiplayer game play and lack of a single player game. The plot is about a dimension called "Quake" his being fought over by humans and alien forces.
The impact on the genre is mainly due to the game being one of the first ever major first person multiplayer game.]]> 2020-02-26 15:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/62h2jmtcxw45/wish/450803229 606724 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/62h2jmtcxw45/wish/450803369 The "DOOM" franchise help boost the popularity of first person games due to it being one of the first ever popular first person games. This is due to it gaining controversy when it was released due to the amount of gore in the game.

• DOOM (1993)
  • Plot- On Mars you are sent there as an unnamed space marine. The base has been working on teleportation between two bases on Mars. Shortly after demons start to pour through portals due to the teleportation experiments. You travel through the base but shortly after you would find a way to travel to the demons world. You then take out the master mind ending the game.
  • Impact on the genre- Sparked mass interest in the genre. Due to the simplicity of the game it put the first person genre into the mainstream even reported being installed more on PCs than windows 95 in late 1995.
• DOOM 2 (1994)
  • Plot- The Demons return to kill humans on Earth. You  are sent to kill the demons and clear the space port to evacuate humans to space. You instead seal of the portal bringing life and humanity to Earth. 
  • Impact on the genre- Engaged more people into the game being the most bought software in 1994. Had very similar impact on the genre as the first game.
• DOOM 3 (2004)
  • Plot-You return to Mars. Shortly after your arrival  personnel on the base become zombies and the Demons return.  You find portal to the Demons' world and sell the portals.
  • Impact on the genre- The game gained a mix reception due to being a continuation of the repetitive story, and how it did not age well.
• DOOM (2016)
  • Plot- The plot follows the same as the first game due to being a reboot.
  • Impact-The genre was all ready well known it was just well known for bringing a series that laid dormant for twelve years.

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The increase of multiplayer game play

Having you see what the character sees.

Increases story and simplifies game play.

Allows competitive game play

]]> 2020-03-05 05:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/62h2jmtcxw45/wish/454846653 606724 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/62h2jmtcxw45/wish/454852978 The large amounts of poorly designed first person and a slight over saturation of first person games being released with easy to under stand game play leads to slight disinterest in the medium . Still even if the amount of interest has gone down overtime they will still be popular.]]> 2020-03-05 05:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/62h2jmtcxw45/wish/454852978