The document summarizes sound elements from the video game Halo 4. It describes the game's narrative as taking place on a Forerunner planet where the player's character awakens an evil alien named the Didact who plans to destroy Earth. It notes the game's genre is a first-person shooter with sounds of gunfire, vehicles, and aliens that enhance the sci-fi feel. It states the mood of the soundtrack uses instruments in different ways to create feelings of both sadness and happiness depending on what is happening in cut scenes, and that voice actors bring out emotions to match the mood.

1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN
Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games
Game Title
HALO 4 Video URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH9oPwfyvFw
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Set on a planet classed as a forerunner planet, but when you crash land on the
planet and try to communicate with one of your allied ships you awaken an evil
alien known as the Didact who plans on destroying earth.
Each character has their own voice actor and
alongside that you have the sounds of the guns
vehicles and the aliens that really help enhance
that Sci-fi feel.
Setting
Mood
Sad but at the same time happy
They used instruments in different ways to create
a feel of sadness and happiness depending what
has happened on the cut scene and the voice
actors would have had to bring their emotions out
to help enhance the feel of sadness or happiness.
Game genre
FPS (First-Person-Shooter)
Sounds of gun fire.
Master chief is trying to kill the didact and after that it is him talking to his dying AI
companion Cortana then he is talking to his superior soldier about earth and the
future of mankind.
Serious instruments and instruments that grasp
the player/audience and make them feel for the
character and help them get immersed into the
game.
Narrative

2. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN
Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games