zexen_lowe on 10 October 2008
| Bobbuffalo said: I am happy that the cinematic era is coming to an end. It was about time. |
Firstly, the cinematic era ain't going nowhere, MGS4 released this year, and more and more games with good stories will come out. Who's to say that is coming to an end because some dude from a website said so?
| Bobbuffalo said: people should realize once and for all that videogames are FOR PLAYING. Not storytelling. The story is just an excuse to involve the user in the game not backwards. Games are not art. They are entertainment. They can have "artistic" stuff but that's it. They may become art one day but not copying another one (filmmaking). |
People shouldn't realize anything because there's no only way to make videogames. There'll be games with zero stories which rely only on their gameplay (which to me feel a bit incomplete). And there'll be games which merge great gameplay with an ellaborate, complex (and, if you want, non-interactive) story. I've been enjoying them since I played my first JRPG, and I'd take them any game over a game with no story.
