LordTheNightKnight said:
The point there is that the writing on all of them wasn't that good. It wasn't meant to be, but that doesn't change the quality of the story just because you can choose how the story unfolds. And even if I'm judging the story over the shoulder, does that make what looks like a poorly written scene any different? It doesn't matter if a game is meant to be played, the story cannot be presented in a way that changes the quality depending on whether you are playing or watching it. It doesn't matter if I choose the paths of a story. If path A has a plot hole, and path B does not have one, path A will still have a plot hole no matter what happens, no matter how I play the game, no matter what paths I choose. And I'm not comparing the game to a movie. I'm comparing the story of the game to a movie. There is a difference. Heck, many of these stories try to present themselves in a "cinematic" manner, so if they are trying to look like movies, they sure as hell fall under those quality standards, and become something that can be judged by observing. |
Your just talking rubbish now. I'll make it simpler, you should never contrast and compare between two totally different form's of interactivity. I don't compare the impression I get from an album to the impression I get from a book, because they are two totally different thing's. The same goes for game 'stories' and movies.
The Path A and B thing show's you missed my point (which may have been my fault), if there is a plot hole in the game, it's because you missed it on your personal play through. If Ethan Mars dies, then whatever happens to Ethan Mars is thrown out the window, the story changes and is focused back on to the three remaining characters. This mean's that a whole chunk of the plot is gone by your choice. It play's out like it would in real life, if a person I've never met dies, then I wouldn't know anything about them or what was going to happen to them because it never happened.
You can not judge anything based on an extract, which is what your doing, if I went and read one random chapter in a book, I don't I think should be qualified to judge that book based on one chapter out of thirty. Hell, if I watched one shitty part of the Shawshank Redemption and then went on to a movie board and started ranting based on 3 minutes of film, I would be verbally crucified.
Your view on video games seems to be extremely narrow, I'd recommend playing more of the game's you enjoy bashing and then come to a thread and discuss it's negatives and positives.
Bet with Conegamer and AussieGecko that the PS3 will have more exclusives in 2011 than the Wii or 360... or something.