World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor expansion. The setting includes various locations in Azeroth and other in-game worlds, with themes that range from magical to dark and scary. The sounds match the settings. The mood conveyed in the video ranges from calm to exciting, with the sounds reflecting the mood. The game genre includes RPG, MMO and adventure, with sounds related to magic and battles. The narrative is told by a powerful character describing events in the World of Warcraft to set the scene and expectations for the game.

1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN
Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games
Game Title
World of Warcraft (Warlords od Draenor expansion)
Provide detailed descriptions from chosen examples that establish…
Setting
The setting is in the various locations in Azeroth and other places located in the in game world
including the new locations introduce with the new expansion. The locations have various different
themes, some appearing magical and wondrous and very appealing, though some appear very evil,
dark scary places that you will likely find trouble in if you venture there when laying the game. The
sounds in the game are very relevant to the setting, they change throughout the game, depending
where you are in the in game world, sounds related to magic and battles are featured throughout the
game, as well as sounds of creatures, animals and characters,
Mood
The game gives off an interesting mood, by watching the video you feel that what’s happening is big
and clearly is going to have a big effect on the whole game. At some points the mood is calm but at
most the mood is uplifted and made to excite the viewer. The sounds reflect the mood very well, they
are relevant to what is happening in the game and what the mood is like.
Game genre
The game genre falls under many categories such as RPG, MMO and adventure. The sounds definitely
relate to the genre, as sounds related to magic and battles are often related to these genres.
Narrative
The narrative of the game is of a powerful character of the game describing what is occurring in the
World Of Warcraft, he has a very powerful voice and is perfect for narrating this trailer. The narrative
helps to set the scene of the game and to give you a feel of what the game is like and what you are to
expect.
Clearly state what production technique(s) you think have
been used to create specific soundtrack elements
Throughout the trailer there is powerful music used, clearly
created with an orchestra as the music you here is of a high
standard. The music recorded in real time, would have been
then edited before being imported into the game itself.
Watching the trailer you can see that the music used
corresponds well with the video, when the mood is calm, so
is the music, when the mood is darker the music is too and
when the game is introducing some of the new features the
music becomes faster paced and as if to excite the viewer
even further. The sound used to set the mood would have
been created using various recordings or ambient and
directional sounds that have been edited and imported into
the game.
The music and sounds used in the trailer definitely
correspond to the genre of the game, especially as it is set in
a world where life is more like it is in our past, the music feels
older and relates well to the game. These sounds would have
been created also by prerecording ambient and directional
sounds before being edited and imported into the game.
The narrative definitely helps to set the scene of the game,
you can tell sound software has been used to intensify he
narrator’s voice. The narrative would have been recorded by
as person speaking into a microphone and then it would have
been brought into sound editing software so the things like
the pitch can be edited.