| bananaking21 said: i dont really understand whats so bad if some games look at films for inspiration. i dont see anybody complaining that game of thrones was a book first. does that make it a shitty series? what about godzilla? it was a cartoon. harry potter, lord of the rings, hunger games? whats the problem with some games looking at other forms of media for inspiration? i dont really understand. i dont see people complaining about the walking dead games, which are inspired bv the TV series, which were originally comics. why are people so hell bent to prevent games from taking inspiration from movies is beyond me. we already have all sorts of games coming out and taking different directions, if some games want to have production values and a similar feel to movies, i dont see the problem. |
Can't speak for everyone but my own objection stems from the fact that this is fast becoming the norm in the industry and the chase for expensive "cinematic" feel has impacted game design, writing, character development and even gameplay in a negative way in many cases. Modern games are mostly about packaging rather than content and that's a huge problem for me.
I find that especially people my age (30+) are troubled over this since we've seen the gradual changes in game design and the shift in priority towards shine and gloss and "impressive" Hollywood style elements. I usually apply this analogy; Michael Bay makes entertaining movies and enjoy quite a few of them, I appreciate that there are directors like him but I would never wish his way of filmmaking to become the norm, that would be detrimental to the entire movie industry and ultimately smear all movies into a dull beige smudge somewhere on the middle on a venn diagram.
The above is basically what is happening to the gaming industry, in my opinion, and in quite a few others' as well. I am truly worried and I feel that I every right to be. For those who enjoy this modern style, I say good on them, but I don't think anyone should scoff at the lack of joy others may find in this.
