My game level is aimed at families so I am trying to look at a range of games that would fit into that category. Toy Story 3: The Video Game is one that I would fit into a family orientated category as it has links to the film and also multiplayer games within it. The game itself has different missions which relates to the actual story and also offers a free-roam area where you can explore and complete mini missions playing as either Buzz, Woody or Jessie (just like the main missions).
Even though this game was created by Avalanche, they still kept in close contact with a group of people from Pixar and the work was reviewed by them every other week. This ensured that the game was as close to the film as it could be. When you watch the characters movements you can see how closely related they are to how they actually move in the film. In most video games, motion capture is used to animate the movements of the characters, however with Toy Story they were all hand drawn. This was the only way they could get the characters moving in such a similar way as it was all hand animated to begin with. They also went further with this and tried to get similar voice actors, when they couldn't get Tom Hanks to voice Woody, they got his brother instead. All this adds to the believability of the game but also the character. As Toy Story is so well known it is crucial to make sure that nothing is drastically different from the films or else it would be inconsistent.
The below video has an inside look into the game with people that worked on it and also Lee Unkrick (Director of Toy Story 3). It's interesting to see Lee Unkrick's view on the game and how it really expands on the original storyline.
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