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wfz on 01 April 2011
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LordTheNightKnight said:
wfz said:

It's okay man. it was the :P at the end of my message. I don't know how to do the special smiley faces, and so that's all I could muster.

 

I would actually like to hear more about your experience vs. playing argument though. I've never heard that before and I'm interested to hear more about what you mean.


Well dropping the quote train first.

Anyway, this site auto makes them, you just need a hyphen between the "eyes" and the "mouth".

As for experience, in the context of how it's used in regards to graphics for games, special effects in movies, and music, it means sitting back and taking in the stuff presented to you. Gaming is active, which is not really suited to passively having stuff presented to you.

Now while cut scenes might be the former, those are non-game elements in a game, merely by the fact that you don't play them.

Basically, you can't "experience" a heated multiplayer FPS match, or you'd get creamed. Even a survival horror game can just use its effects and atmosphere to add mood, which is still not really experiencing, as you still need to pay attention to avoid getting killed.

I know that's not a very good description. This is written off the cuff.

So experiences are something you passively see, but not something you do?

So hiking up a mountain and going snowboarding aren't experiences? I think i'm confused by what you mean.

 

I would argue that wandering around the world and searching for quests or hidden items is experiencing the world in Majora's Mask, just as I would argue that wandering around the spooky mansion looking for clues and puzzle keys in the mansion in Resident Evil 1 is an experience.

 

Just like the experience of going to the mountains and exploring around, hiking, wakeboarding, snowboarding, etc are all experiences.

 

What part of your argument am i missing?