Difference between revisions of "Finale Levels"

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Examples

The last enemies found in worlds of the Super Mario series games are typically placed in isolated places which makes the players need to fight them in areas dedicated to this fight without the possibility of leaving before vanquishing the enemies. The same structure can be found in FPS Games such as the Doom and Half-Life series.

Each of the campaigns in the Left 4 Dead series consist of a number of levels that players need to traverse. However, the last part of most campaigns requires players to make a stand and solve specific goals different from those in the earlier levels.

Using the pattern

Rather obviously, Finale Levels can be created with the same design possibilities as Levels. However, to a certain extent, some Adventures can also be seen Finale Levels of Campaigns. An example of this is "Q1 Queen of the Demonweb Pits", which is the last Adventure in the "Queen of the Demonweb Pits" supermodule^[1].

One typical difference between Finale Levels and other Levels is that they typically have more Challenging Gameplay. This to highlight the Tension in the finale, as well as potentially being the last piece of gameplay in the game as a whole.

Boss Monsters are typically encountered in Finale Levels, but since these may be encountered in other places as well these are actually not a way to create or modulate Finale Levels. Instead, the opposite can be said, i.e. that Finale Levels modulate Boss Monsters, since these may the places where they can actually be defeated.

Narration Aspects

Finale Levels is a Narration Pattern. However, since Finale Levels are specifically crafted to be closures of narrative arcs, they do not work well in games that wish to have Never Ending Stories.

Consequences

Can Instantiate

Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses, Levels, Scenes

Can Modulate

Adventures, Boss Monsters, Campaigns

Relations

Can Instantiate

Higher-Level Closures as Gameplay Progresses, Levels, Scenes

Can Modulate

Adventures, Boss Monsters, Campaigns

Can Be Instantiated By

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Can Be Modulated By

Challenging Gameplay

Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

Never Ending Stories

History

New pattern created in this wiki. However, the pattern was inspired by the Finale entry on a Left 4 Dead wiki.

References

1. ↑ Wikipedia entry for the "Queen of the Demonweb Pits" module.

Acknowledgements

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