6. Game modes

OVERVIEW

Vanguard's game modes provide the rule-sets and competitive challenges that facilitate the game's core pillars. They should balance the need for fair competition with accessibility and offer players degrees of mastery within the rules of the mode itself. The game modes should also highly encourage teamwork and the characteristics of our Warriors, while still allowing room for individual heroics.

GOALS

• Vanguard's game modes should reflect VRality mission, values and our roots

• Vanguard's game modes should encourage players to play together in ways that are both complimentary and directly competitive

• Vanguard's game modes should provide a variety of mastery goals to suit the different player personality types, focusing on our key target markets

• Vanguard's game modes should provide players with a modern take on the classic ET formula

• Vanguard should have game modes that have narrative grounding, exciting events and evolving or different spaces

• Vanguard should have game modes that feature objectives that foster teamwork

• Vanguard's game modes should enable a high tactical skill ceiling that encourages both individual mastery and cooperative mastery

• Vanguard's game modes should be easy to understand for a first-time player but be different from other shooters and offer more depth than meets the eye

USER STORIES

• As a player, I think that Vanguard has the coolest game modes in any game ever!

• As a player, I love that Vanguard has game modes that feel different to what is available in other shooters

• As a player, I like that Vanguard has a variety of things that I can target to do in the various game modes, which keeps things from feeling stale

• As a player, I love that there is a bit of variety in Vanguard's game modes, so I can change up the pace without taking a break from the game completely