atomicblue on 21 February 2016
Generally, yes.
It feels, in recent years, like more and more games have been trying to imitate another medium (film). I'd probably mind that less if it were as good as film, but even the better games that shoot for a cinematic approach (TLOU, for instance) don't deliver quite the level of subtlety or depth of character that the best of film (or television) manage imo.
Like, when "cinematic" games are able to hit the kind of level of direction or emotional range of something like Six Feet Under, I might be more interested in them. At this point, the games that have engaged me most have usually found other ways to tell their story.
