HA1 Task 2 – Applying Research Techniques

Quantitative research

For quantitative research i decided to do a chart asking questions about GTA V such as what is your sex, age, have you played GTA V before, where do you live etc. resulting me getting closed questions which i then gathered up and made into percentages.

Afterwards i put the percentages into pie charts and Graphs making it more easier to understand the results.

this pie graph shows that the large amount of people who plays GTA is 13-17 years old while the other amount is 18-24 years old. This would help game design industry know that their target audience is for teenagers&mostly young adults.






This is another pie chart asking if GTA V is a great game and it shows that a large amount of their audience is on neutral while a small percent strongly disagrees. This is the other examples of the questions and results i got.

 

Qualitative research

I decided to do a questionnaire which i handed out to five Male's and five females all aged between 16-20 years old who have all played GTA V to get a fair result. Here is my results,

 Do you like the look/style of the game?

Yes, it looks good and has a nice stage.

Yes it has a large free room style that allows the user to continue having fun even after the amazing stories. The design is beautiful because of all the different places on the map and the graphics are spectacular.

Yes, it suits the style of the game play and makes it easy for the user to explore

The graphics are pretty good compared to the other games

Yes the graphics are great. You can tell how much they focused on the aesthetics side of the game.

No, its for boys.

Yeah because its awesome everything looks really real and the cars are amazing

Yes, it has good graphics and it gives you a lot of freedom

I love it, it has superb graphics, the controls are simple and so smooth that it makes it a fast game play which is also enjoyable

What aspects of the game play do you enjoy most?

 

 

 

 

The on line multiplayer with friends the most

The free room- is an aspect that all games should try to add because it gives the user freedom and endless fun

The driving as it is very well designed the controls are intestine, and it is made fun by police chases

The graphics are pretty good compared to the other games

I like different cars that you can get but that’s it

I enjoy the size of the map. It’s hard to get bored for me.

Shooting men

Customising the cars, robbing from corner shops and killing the police

The violence and that you can pick when you want to do the missions

The best thing is they use 3 protagonists instead of just 1. They each have their own thing that they bring to the game. The calm Franklin, Midlife crisis, Suffering Michael and extreme Trevor. The each has a special ability that helps you.

Which is your favourite protagonist, Trevor, Franklin or Michael and why?

 

Trevor as he is the funniest

Trevor- it gives you the ability to be a bit crazy and he is funny yet badass. Too bad he (can) die.

Trevor, he is crazy in the way that makes him hilarious

Trevor, he’s the funniest

Franklin because he is the most relatable

Michael because he’s rich

Trevor, I think deep down he might be a nice man but things that happened send him loopy and crazy

Trevor, he’s always the funniest when he’s drunk

Trevor, because he is just crazy and unpredictable he just leaves you thinking what he’ll do next all throughout the story mode

What would you do to improve the game?
 

Release all the promise features on time

I would hold events so that there are always quest to do

I would add more fallout/Elder scrolls style quest

Delete it

I would make sure the updates are up to date

Every thing

Make story mode so that you can play with a friend and more cars

The on line, give more activities etc. so it won’t get boring

Better organised on line, Matching people with the similar game play styles. Maybe have a different lobby for people who are going to do different things

Conclusion

What did you find out from the exercise?

I found out that Gta is mostly played on an Xbox 360 than the ps3 And that the game gta 5 is mostly played by males than it is by females. When I did the survey for qualitative research, most of my feed back game back explaining how they mostly like the game GTA 5 for the violence and freedom. Improvement for the game is to make sure the game, keeps up to date.

Were you surprised by any of your findings or did they turn out as you thought they would?

 I wasn't very surprised by the researched i gathered. I thought that GTA V would be popular because of the violence and the freedom. However I am surprised on how many people do agree that GTA V being a good game. In my opinion I thought that most people would strongly agree that GTA V is a great game to play however only a quarter think that and a higher percentage are neutral with the game GTA. 


Would you have changed the way you worked if you were to do it all again?

If I had to do my work all again I would ask more questions, while doing quantitative research. Because I don't think that the results came back as specific as I wanted them to be. For example I would ask "How often do you play GTA V ." and then give options such as "1-3 times a week" "Few times a month." "A lot." "Not at all." etc.