Friday 2 November 2012

Week 4 - Borderlands 2



Borderlands 2 is a first person shooter game with a very stylized comic book look to it.
The aim of the game is to stop handsome jack from opening the vault and controlling the creature inside.
The first picture shows the character Zero fighting a lot of bug looking enemies  The creatures colour pallets consist of a harmonious yellows and reds. The scene is also mainly covered in shades of yellow from the light source above the scene and from the yellowy smoke on the floor. The redness of the enemy may also show how hostile or strong it is compared to the smaller yellowish ones in the background.
Zero is shown in black but his sword is a very bright glowing blue. Since the red and yellow tones seem to be covering most of the scene we can guess that either these enemies are very powerful or there are a large number of them. Zeros blue sword being small compared to the other bright colours shows he's going to have a hard time, but his stance shows that he's ready for what ever is to come.
The yellow light being ahead of zero may also suggest that he's on the path to justice, as also the fact his sword is blue, telling the players he's a hero not a villain.
The next image shows the female character Maya using her attack, a big round purple energy orb. The orb is tinting everything in the scene purple or blue colours meaning that this attack has great power and also means that Maya has control of the situation.
The last 20% of the colours in the scene are the small yellow robot that isn't tinted by the purple. Judging from the amount of his colour that is in the scene and from the way he looks like he's backing off, it seems he is loosing the battle. His yellow colour is also more shaded compared to the explosion of yellow coming from the other players gun, maybe meaning that the robot is much weaker to the weapon and is definitely going to lose.
The last image shows the little robot (Claptrap) being held up by the enemy. Once again the weaker one is being depicted in a light yellow colour where as the Huge monster and the rest of the environment is in whites and blues.
The claptraps colours being so small in the image shows he is probably going to get crushed by this monster but also that fact that the monsters colours and design matches the environment must mean this is where he usually lives and so is used to fighting in these cold condition, where as the claptrap looks out of place entirely.





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