The document provides an analysis of the opening cinematic for the game "Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII". It summarizes that the audio establishes an open outdoor setting with many people that become a few engaged in fighting. The mood is described as hostile and aggressive due to arguing heard before, during, and after the fighting. The game genre is identified as a fighter based on the sounds of swords clashing during combat. The narrative inferred is that someone is trying to help someone who refuses, leading to a fight stopped by another individual.

1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN
Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games
Game Title
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII | Opening Cinematic
Provide detailed descriptions from chosen examples that establish…
Clearly state what production technique(s) you think have
been used to create specific soundtrack elements
The setting you can tell from the audio is something open, somewhere outside, or in
a really open area, there is a lot of people, then there is only a few
There is a lot of people in an area, They all get out
and then a few people are left, The are fighting,
You can tell from the swords clashing
The mood of this scene is unclear, There seems to be people arguing while they fight
making the mood feel hostile and aggressive
The people arguing before during and after the
fight make the mood that way
The Game Genre for this game is probably a fighter due to there is a lot of fighting
and hostility
The only sound that makes this a fighter is the
swords clashing
The narrative to this scene is that someone is trying to help someone who doesn’t
want it, So they start to fight, someone stops them and them Snow walks away
We establish the narrative from the people talking
and arguing between them as well as the other
person stopping them
Setting
Mood
Game genre
Narrative