The document compares and contrasts the genres, content, construction, narrative, common codes, and profiling of the games Just Dance and The Last of Us. Just Dance is described as a family-oriented dance game featuring upbeat music and vibrant colors, while The Last of Us is a survival horror game set in a post-apocalyptic world with realistic grim graphics and a focus on surviving an infection outbreak. While Just Dance uses motion controls for dancing and a clear interface, The Last of Us emphasizes narrative, objectives, and strategy to keep the player engaged in its apocalyptic setting. Both games receive varying opinions from players of different ages.

1. Just Dance The Last of us
Genre-
Family orientated and based game, fitness
advised and supported, sporty people attracted
to game as it is controlled with full motion, party
style game advised and used at parties to
enhance excitement and freedom, dance type
game in which people dance to.
Genre-
Survival horror, action adventure style game to
enhance tension and create drama for this game.
Its also has a thriller style to it so the game is in
some cases scary.
Content-
Songs from different artist / beats, vibrant
colours to make game eye catching and
attracting towards players - inclusive /positive
Content-
Realistic graphics used to give a realism effect as
in real life (film) – focus, grim – gloomy colours
to create fear and give horror environments,
dimmed lighting, and negative.
Construction-
Diverse style game, surrealism used to give an
unreal image and make the game unique. UI
motion based used in order to be able to dance
normally and move freely.
Construction-
Apocalyptic style world which gives the player
the chance to survive and search for weapons
freely etc., post-apocalyptic is used to portray
how the world changed and how the infection
started. Exploration added so player can keep an
interest in the game.
Narrative-
Large clear style interface, in order to be able to
see text clearly while dancing.
Narrative-
Narrative driven in order to be able to listen and
follow the story line and objective plots clearly.
– Infection breaks out/find cure is the main story
to the game, and the main missions are to
survive the infection.
Common codes-
Animated style characters, backgrounds,
environments – avatar repetition – diagrammatic
interface.
Common codes-
Objectives used to keep player occupied,
surviving used to keep the player concentrated,
strategy used to make the player be able to think
of ways to escape danger etc., avoiding death –
facing deaths to add drama to the game.
Profiling-
Groups, opinions. Some have negative opinions
towards the game – some have positive opinions
towards the game.
Profiling-
Opinions, different points of view e.g.
(15 -25 age) people of these ages seem to have
an interest in the game as the game is based
around a father and his daughter.