Trunkin on 16 February 2017
| KLXVER said: Cinematic games are fine, but the gameplay usually takes the back seat on them. Sure its exciting to see Drake and his brother drive fast on a bike while shooting at a car that chases them, but what are YOU the player really doing in these instances? Its cool to see Drake climbing up ledges while stuff comes crashing down towards him and the ledges keep breaking to almost make him fall, but again what are YOU doing? I think The Last Of Us did a great job of balancing the cinematics and the gameplay. |
I didn't really think TLoU balanced gameplay and cinematics particularly well either, and it is the primary reason why I question if "filmic" storytelling can ever be effectively utilized in gaming. I thought the gameplay segments messed up the pacing of the story, and the cinematic segments screwed with the immersion of the gameplay. Things didn't really start to click for me until Fall, and by then the game was almost over.
