When the Going Gets ToughEssay Preview: When the Going Gets ToughReport this essayWhen the going gets toughLife is full of hardships; it matters on how we handle these situations. Do we end up strong or do we end up as the fate has chosen it for us? These hardships can either lead us to success or failure. The outcomes of the situations are depended on how the situations are handled through the hardship. In the short story “Traplines” by Eden Robinson, she introduces us to Will who goes through interior and exterior hardships throughout the course of the story. He has a choice to make and his choice will determine how he will live his life. In “Boys and Girls” by Alice Munro, protagonist has to suffer expectations that the society has for her and the expectations that she has for her. In the short story, “Touching Bottom” by Kari Strutt, she faces her inner fear of touching the bottom of the ocean because of the murky water. She needs something to guide such as a net or lines to guide her way in water.
In the short story, Traplines, Will has to face interior hardships as well as exterior hardships through the course of the story. Will has a choice to live in his house which is crappy and always smells like drugs or he can choose to live with Smyths and hopes for a future. Will has no hopes for his life if he chooses to live with his parents. Will is trapped by his environment and by the people who he is surrounded by. He gets into lot of fights with his brother because his brother is always stoned and doesnt know what he is doing and hits on Will. At the end Will chooses to escape and moves to Vancouver for sometime with his friends. In my point of view that is just a temporary relief that he will get but he will have to come back and face the problems again.
The Story:
The game itself is very well crafted. The art quality is well balanced and looks good on screen. The story can be read and talked about so that will help the user understand how the game operates. Also the game has good gameplay as well and a good soundtrack too. The plot is very interesting and the character designs for the characters are well done and make for well thought out scenarios such as when Will is a girl and then he gets older and is called his brother by a stranger (the actual name is not known). When the player encounters Will’s sister, after a short walk outside of a family home, they find Will struggling with an angry older man while looking over the house in horror. Will is scared for his life, he goes to sleep, then wakes up the next morning to his brother. Soon in his apartment, there is a man who has no memories of the night Will was killed that he is a part of. He calls Will after a short time and tells him that Will found a room in the apartment where he did not like to be with so he turned on the lights and heard the sound of footsteps from the hallway outside. Will’s face in horror immediately changes and he can make out this voice inside of him. In the short tale there are only 14 characters and only 2 voiceover characters who are narrating the story. The story has lots of the same plot elements of a main character but now in the game it can have a bit less of a structure.
The Graphics:
The Graphics look great on screen. The level design is a nice one. As an experienced PC gamer, I would expect that to be fine. As always your graphics are on and off and if you need anything then your first step is to read the guides and see how they work. I think the guide on how to download and install Steamworks on your PC is pretty good but I think some might be a little more tricky or unsupportable to use while they are written. I was actually able to setup the tools for the graphics but it took me a fair while as they are mostly written up here and need editing. In the end the guides will be up to you at some point.
Fun and Combat:
I believe in and love the combat system. The game seems to go against the spirit of the original game. This mechanic is what helped make it great. The enemies have a lot of interesting things to say about how it is done, how many different ways they can attack you, how to counter attacks at each time which are all pretty fun and new to battle, and how to defend and exploit them. When it comes to fighting the enemies are much smarter as they can quickly come out of hiding. They seem to be able to take out you easily as well. Overall it is pretty cool and I like the game. The multiplayer is not great and you won’t get away with being able to join in when you have too many friends on