| impertinence said: No, a C- is better than you deserve for your lack of reading comprehension. I have never condemed storytelling in games, nor the people who enjoy it. I have just pointed out that in my opinion storytelling as an artform and videogames as a format is about as compatible as a moose and a bike and as a result to this day videogames have produced not one single worthwhile story, but rather an ocean of extremely mediocre story telling and equally mediocre game designs. That is my OPINION, and has nothing to do with condemning anyone or anything or telling people what they should enjoy or do. I have long ago resign to what I see as a fact: That the videogame industry will colapse into a shadow of the movie and music industry. Meaning that craftmanship will be replaced by showmanship and glitz, the massmarket will bow down to and lap up the most inane drivel as long as the presentation and hype is strong enough (and yes, I consider story part of the presentation and not the substance). It saddens me to see that the path is ireversable and it likely means that my 30 years as a videogame enthusiast will likely die with it, but I'm not some sort of moron who thinks that means people should do something they don't want to to facilitate my tastes. I don't condem people for listening to One Direction, I don't condem people for watching Avatar, and I don't condem people for playing The Last of Us. I just hold their tastes in low regard, that's all. Now if my opinion on this matter is offensive to your sensibilities: though cookies. |
Question. Have you actually played The Last Of Us? Or are you going by the assumption that due to it's popularity and few people on this site who 'over glorify the game" that it means that it is of low quality? Believe it or not there are elements in the story that were far from mediocre and the gameplay for the most part was solid (although I wish it was a bit less linear). TLOU really does manage to find a well balanced blend of both without overdoing it on the glitz and presentation that other AAA titles end up with.
On a different note. I do not forsee Nintendo changing their policies of "gameplay comes first". They're also situated quite nice financially to where they can only sell 20 million consoles and still make a comfortable profit. If the industry does eventually crash due to absurd big budgets with low returns, at least we'll still have Nintendo.
" Rebellion Against Tyrants Is Obedience To God"
