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kain_kusanagi on 13 April 2013
Wright said:
kain_kusanagi said:
Wright said:
kain_kusanagi said:
Wright said:
kain_kusanagi said:
I cared about keeping clementine alive in The Walking Dead, but I don't really consider it a real video game. It and Heavy Rain are interactive entertainment, but not video games.

The new Tomb Raider was an emotional ride.

All the Mass Effect games are emotional and Halo 4 is as well.


How come you not consider them videogames?

You don't actualy play them. You only interact with them.


While a lot of things can be argued about Heavy Rain in this regard, you do play The Walking Dead.

Barely.


No. You need to explore several areas, you choose what to answer, and you do need to resolve several puzzles (Albeit pretty easy ones). On top of that you had several minigames through the episodes. I would definitively say that The Walking Dead is a videogame.

The "explore" parts are really just "find the thing that triggers the next scene".

You say "choose what to answer" and I call it "choose your own adventure book".

The puzzles aren't actual puzzles.

I don't know what you mean by minigames, but if you are talking about shooting zombies and stuff it's barely gameplay. That's more like a quick time event with aiming.

I just don't consider it a full video game. It's almost a video game, but not quite.



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radiantshadow92 on 13 April 2013

AC: Brotherhood or Revalations



Wright on 13 April 2013
kain_kusanagi said:
Wright said:
kain_kusanagi said:
Wright said:
kain_kusanagi said:
Wright said:
kain_kusanagi said:
I cared about keeping clementine alive in The Walking Dead, but I don't really consider it a real video game. It and Heavy Rain are interactive entertainment, but not video games.

The new Tomb Raider was an emotional ride.

All the Mass Effect games are emotional and Halo 4 is as well.


How come you not consider them videogames?

You don't actualy play them. You only interact with them.


While a lot of things can be argued about Heavy Rain in this regard, you do play The Walking Dead.

Barely.


No. You need to explore several areas, you choose what to answer, and you do need to resolve several puzzles (Albeit pretty easy ones). On top of that you had several minigames through the episodes. I would definitively say that The Walking Dead is a videogame.

The "explore" parts are really just "find the thing that triggers the next scene".

You say "choose what to answer" and I call it "choose your own adventure book".

The puzzles aren't actual puzzles.

I don't know what you mean by minigames, but if you are talking about shooting zombies and stuff it's barely gameplay. That's more like a quick time event with aiming.

I just don't consider it a full video game. It's almost a video game, but not quite.


^ So you're saying that Professor Layton isn't a videogame either?



kain_kusanagi on 13 April 2013
nnodley said:
kain_kusanagi said:
Wright said:
kain_kusanagi said:
I cared about keeping clementine alive in The Walking Dead, but I don't really consider it a real video game. It and Heavy Rain are interactive entertainment, but not video games.

The new Tomb Raider was an emotional ride.

All the Mass Effect games are emotional and Halo 4 is as well.


How come you not consider them videogames?

You don't actualy play them. You only interact with them.

How does that make it not a video game?  All you do in any video game is interact with them.  Some more than others, but they are all video games.  I will never understand this statement.

There is a difference between playing a video game and interacting with digital media.

I could film a movie with 100s of alternate scenes and let the view choose their path. But that would not be a video game.

I could write a book with alternate chapters and let the reader choose their own adventure, but that would not be a video game.

The Walking Dead is a fantastic story with well written character, but it is not a video game. It feels like a video game, but it isn't a full video game. It's a collection of alternate scenes with choices and quick time events.

I don't have a problem with you or anyone else calling it a video game. I just consider this new genre too different from real video games to personaly regard it as such.



kain_kusanagi on 13 April 2013
Wright said:
kain_kusanagi said:
Wright said:
kain_kusanagi said:
Wright said:
kain_kusanagi said:
Wright said:
kain_kusanagi said:
I cared about keeping clementine alive in The Walking Dead, but I don't really consider it a real video game. It and Heavy Rain are interactive entertainment, but not video games.

The new Tomb Raider was an emotional ride.

All the Mass Effect games are emotional and Halo 4 is as well.


How come you not consider them videogames?

You don't actualy play them. You only interact with them.


While a lot of things can be argued about Heavy Rain in this regard, you do play The Walking Dead.

Barely.


No. You need to explore several areas, you choose what to answer, and you do need to resolve several puzzles (Albeit pretty easy ones). On top of that you had several minigames through the episodes. I would definitively say that The Walking Dead is a videogame.

The "explore" parts are really just "find the thing that triggers the next scene".

You say "choose what to answer" and I call it "choose your own adventure book".

The puzzles aren't actual puzzles.

I don't know what you mean by minigames, but if you are talking about shooting zombies and stuff it's barely gameplay. That's more like a quick time event with aiming.

I just don't consider it a full video game. It's almost a video game, but not quite.


^ So you're saying that Professor Layton isn't a videogame either?


It's a puzzle game with real puzzles. The Walking Dead and Heavy Rain are a new genre of interactive media that I believe is different from video games.



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Chark on 13 April 2013

ICO, Shadow of the Collosus. FFVII, FFVIII, Lunar Silver Star Story Complete, Wild Arms, Suikoden 2, Metal Gear Solid series, Heavy Rain, Demon's Souls, Journey.



Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(

avais1993 on 13 April 2013

Ni no kuni tugged on one of my heartstrings :(



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Wright on 13 April 2013
kain_kusanagi said:
Wright said:
kain_kusanagi said:

The "explore" parts are really just "find the thing that triggers the next scene".

You say "choose what to answer" and I call it "choose your own adventure book".

The puzzles aren't actual puzzles.

I don't know what you mean by minigames, but if you are talking about shooting zombies and stuff it's barely gameplay. That's more like a quick time event with aiming.

I just don't consider it a full video game. It's almost a video game, but not quite.


^ So you're saying that Professor Layton isn't a videogame either?


It's a puzzle game with real puzzles. The Walking Dead and Heavy Rain are a new genre of interactive media that I believe is different from video games.


No, it's an interactive digital media. You see, the exploring is just "find the right thing or place to trigger the next scene", you don't get to choice anything, the thing is totally linear (So it's not even a choose your own adventure book) and the puzzles are not interactive, you just answer them and keep going.

That's what I can make from you. Of course I respect your point of view, don't take me wrong. But I fail to see your point.



platformmaster918 on 13 April 2013

Heavy Rain overall because I would actually agonize over decisions I was so immersed. I couldn't even finish the fourth trial and my hands were shaking after the oncoming traffic part.

Also the ACiT ending made my cry tears of joy and sorrow back to back. That's the only story that's ever managed to make me do that.




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007BondAgent on 13 April 2013

finalfantasy ix/ finalfantasy viii/ finalfantasy vii/ finalfantasy vi

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