As we come to the conclusion of History Through Gaming, we have touched on over 6 games with all different sorts of mechanics and game types. We played a wide variety of enjoyable games that had significant relevance to being historically accurate. This course was to say the least, the most enjoyable history course I have ever been apart of, and it has taught me more then I have retained from past history classes due to the enjoyability of this course. From the beginning, we started off with civ, and then built our way through the games ending on battle field 5. Out of all the games we touched on in this course, I found civ to be the most historically accurate and best learning tool. You understand ideas of theology, economics, growth, and leadership. All relating to the relevant historic figures present for those time periods and eras. It even allows you to learn how infrastructures develop throughout a city too a whole nation.
Out of all the topics we discussed and activities we completed. My favorite thing was the creation of our own video game. You had free range on anything you could imagine as long as it has relevance to history. We created as a team a video game on how the wakanabi confederacy (native Americans) could fight the British and French for the possibility to win back there land. We incorporated the French and Indian war, used historically figures of the tribe, and took their apparel, and lifestyles into full consideration when making it. We also then built the system, created the game, “joined with rockstar” as a subsidy, “all fictional.” To create our work. We priced it accordingly, to the system we would be using it on, and the specs in which it would function.
What we could change about the course; overall if it stayed the same it would be a great course most would enjoy. If there was one thing in my honest opinion it would be to substitute some of the PC platform games for console. When referring to this it would be more relevant to the people who enjoy console games more. I would have no problem purchasing all of them to have for life on my console. While as laptop I’m not as prone to go back and play them.