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

[Kasz216]

Riachu said:

Kasz216 said:

Riachu said:
You know, Gears of War 2 had some great writing. I mean sure the characters were one dimensional and the dramatic parts of the story fell flat but there's just something about the ruined lands that make it so insightful and deep. /sarcasm

Do you really want me to list books that are considered classics depsite having flat characters?

I mean, i could do it... but there is more to a story then simply the characters.  Plenty of good stories have been told with flat characters and with static characters.

Heck look at the bible.  It's full of flat characters left and right.  I mean can you find a more flat character then Jesus, the main character.  None of the characters change at all.  Not even Judas who is always considered as such in the traditional gospels.

What is so great about the story then?  Why how everything is.  How everything plays out.

You might as well as I was crazy enough to sarcastically say that GeoW 2's story was deep and insightful.

 

Well for a quick four

Animal Farm 

The Odyessy

The Importance of Being Earnest

Harrison Berngon (or so i hear.)

Care to call all four of those bad stories?

Not comparing L4D to those stories of course... but no videogame has yet reached even close to the storytelling potential of even most pulp fiction.