Miyamoto: 'What can games learn from film? Nothing'

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Rafux said:

MDMAlliance said:

I kind of think you're wrong on this a little.  Games do not necessarily HAVE to be fun.  Example are horror games.  People do not play them for fun, they play them for the experience.  I think the real requirement for a game is that it has to be engaging. 

Horror games HAVE fun mechanics which goes from blasting throught waves of zombies to escaping from supernatural boss. If people only care about the experience they would just go to the horror house at the carnival or watch screamers on youtube.

The requieremente is fun and challenge can't be more basic than that.

Fun and challenge aren't the same thing.  Just because it's challenging, doesn't mean it's fun.  Not all horror games are about shooting zombies or running away from supernatural bosses (which doesn't really sound much like a horror game).  Think about Five Nights at Freddies when I say that horror games don't have to be "fun."  Five Nights is challenging, but the only thing you do is move left and right, check the cameras, and open and close doors until the time is up.  Some people might play for the sense of achievement, but that again isn't the same thing as fun.  Some people play it for the "horror" experience.  

Also, just because there are other means of experiencing horror, doesn't mean people would just skip out on video games which are infinitely more accessible than a horror house or a carnival, and watching screamers on YouTube isn't nearly as much about the experience.