The document analyzes the soundtrack of the game Watch_Dogs. It describes the setting as a modern day public place based on the initial conversation. The mood starts calm but gets intense with alarms. The genre is suggested to be an action or shooter game based on the alarms and later conversation about "taking someone out". The narrative involves a phone conversation between two men and a later conversation about a contract. Production techniques used include recording audio in a crowded public place and editing voices to sound over phone or from different perspectives.

1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN
Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games
Game Title Watch_Dogs
Provide detailed descriptions from chosen examples that establish… Clearly state what production technique(s) you think have
been used to create specific soundtrack elements
Setting From the sounds of it, it could be a modern day setting as two people at the
beginning are talking about hacking something. (0:22)
Also it sounds like the character is in the middle of a public place. (0:01 – 0:11)
Audio equipment taken to a crowded place and
lowered for final editing to make the environment
sound like a calm location.
Mood The mood of the game starts off quiet and calm then towards the end it gets intense
with alarms going off. (1:37)
The alarms may have been made with sounds or
they could have actually been recorded.
Game genre The genre of the game sounds like it could be an action game. With the alarms
(1:37) and the conversation at the end about taking someone out (2:13 – 2:43), it
could also mean that it is a shooter.
The alarms may have been made with sounds or
they could have actually been recorded.
The conversation would have been record and
one of them would have been edited to make it
sound as if they were talking over the phone.
Narrative One man is talking to another over the phone as it does sound like at parts the voice
has been muffled (0:19) and then at parts it sounds like it is from different
characters perspectives. (0:41 – 0:50)
The cut scene ends with two other people talking about a contract. (2:13 – 2:43)
The conversation would have been record and
one of them would have been edited to make it
sound as if they were talking over the phone.
The same would have been done again for the
second conversation