Beyond reviews

[Veknoid_Outcast]

bananaking21 said:

Veknoid_Outcast said:
I'm very much on the fence about Beyond. I'm hopeful it's a great game, but David Cage's vision for the future of video games really troubles me. Video games are video games, and movies are movies, and never the twain shall meet.

true, he is an idiot for trying something new and trying to make some video games different from others. 

I don't see why you feel the need to respond in such a sarcastic way. I explained my feelings in an honest and straightforward way; why can't you?

Anyway, there's a big difference between making video games of different genres and styles, and blurring the line between game and movie. The latter is a big problem for me, because they are such different media. 

Let me be clear: there's nothing wrong with interactive storytelling. Games like KOTOR and Mass Effect use it to great effect. I'm just very worried about Mr. Cage's insistence on "emotion" and "meaning" in video games, and his weird fascination with fusing the works of cinema's masters -- Kubrick, Welles, Coppola -- with his games.