Teeqoz said:
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Firstly I would encourage anyone who hasn't to actually read the full article, context is a wonderful thing. Secondly people have to remember that these comments are all translated and no matter how good the translator, Asian languages are often very hard to translate well into English, subtlety is frequently a casualty. Add to this the paraphrasing that occurs throughout the article and you have a recipe for miscontrued information. For example the 'quote' that makes up the both title of this thread and the original article is actually nowhere to be found in the body of the article because that's not how he actually answered the question. He actually answered that question with:
“When you play a game, one moment you’re just controlling it and then suddenly you feel you’re in its world,” he says. “And that’s something you cannot experience through film or literature. It’s a completely unique experience.”
As for the 'boring' quote, look at things from his perspective, he is a game designer, a creative person. Why on earth would he want to make games like other people/companies, it would completely go against his very reason for being. He's not saying those games are boring but to make games that fit the current, popular mold would be boring for him.
Ask any one of the hundreds of game developers working on Assassin's Creed the same question and I think you would get a similar response. Given the opportunity and choice do you suppose they would they rather work on another story-driven 'opus' or would they like to carve out a unique experience in their own vision? I think I know what the majority would chose.
