Homework Task 21/9: Inventory Item Evaluation.

Homework Task 21/9: Inventory Item Evaluation.

The inventory item I have chosen to evaluate is the 'Gravity Gun' from Half-Life 2.

The functionality of the Gravity Gun allows the player to pull objects that are out of reach towards the player. It can be used for solving puzzles, deconstructing an item to help you escape a room or it can be used for combat. It doesn't just pull things towards you, it can also launch things away from you. So essentially it can be used as a weapon if the player is struggling to find ammunition. The item has been rendered in 3D and it appears to be in the style of sci-fi realism/cyberpunk.

The item is suited to the style of the game world, considering the environment is both realism and cyberpunk. The device fits well into the idea of evolved earth technology. The materials that it is made up of do not relate to the materials that the antagonists (the 'Combines') use, as their technology is much darker and alien. The Gravity Gun looks like it was designed by humans out of materials familiar to earths resources.

Personally I think that the Gravity Gun looks fine the way it is. How ever, if I had to change something it would be the colour scheme. I am quite partial to changing the metal exoskeleton to purple-black. And the lights that run up the barrel to a neon blue. This is just down to personal preference.