Tribune: Is 'Grand Theft Auto IV' the greatest writing of the century?

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griffinA said:

broo said:

griffinA said:
When will games stop pretending to be movies or books and start becoming what they were supposed to be?

 

Games may be interactive but that does not necessarily mean that there is no room for cutsenes or massive amounts of dialogue. Gamers seem to have a very cynical mindset of the idea that a movie with interactive components can be just as much of a game as Mario Bros. Just like Wiifit is making people rethink the concept of what a game can truly be, one must not shun the idea that an interactive film or fiction is just as much game as anything else.

 

I agree that games can have those things. I'm just saying that it's not really a good thing. Wii Fit is actually a good thing becuase its game trying to be a game, not a movie.

 

Many would argue that Wiifit is just a fitness guide cloaked in games clothings. 3 years ago if someone said "this would make a great game", most people would have called farse of it being a game at all. If we as gamers want storytelling that equals films and literature there is a necessaity for certain amounts of dialogue and cutscenes and directorial control. You simply cannot tell a story of such depth and quality without any directorial contol.