The Jimquisition: "Cinematic"

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SubiyaCryolite said:

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.

Because recent high profile cinematic games are getting poor reviews because of bad design in general. If these games were rockinbg 9/10s there wouldn't be any fuss.
Cinematic games done right (the last of us, metal gear, the walking dead) tend to blow competition out of the water. When the next the Last of Us or BioShock type game comes out (looking like the order or shadow fall) minds will be blown and cinematic won't be taboo.

Exactly. The only problem here is that cinematic was used as a poor excuse for bad games.