Your Take On Cinematic Games?

[Trunkin]

Veknoid_Outcast said:

Trunkin said:

Just finally got around to laying TLOU, and I think it would have been better as a tv miniseries. I've yet to see a story in a game that I didn't feel would have been better told in another medium. I feel like the fact that I'm playing a game puts an additional wall between me and the characters somehow. I've heard the opposite said, though.

And of course there's the fact that the level of interactivity oftimes has to be compromised for the sake of storytelling. The gameplay suffers for the sake of the story, and the story suffers for the game. 

I'm playing bioshock next, so maybe that'll change my mind.

@bold: that's a beautiful way to put it. I agree entirely.

@BioShock: I think you'll enjoy it. The story is told more obliquely, as in Metroid Prime, Unreal, or Half-Life 2. You explore and see more of the world and discover audio logs. In this way exploration/gameplay is linked to storytelling. I find it a much more effective way to tell a story in a video game unobtrusively.

Hmm, I'll see. I like what I've hard so far. I haven't played Metroid Prime either. What have i been doing with my life!?

Wright said:

Trunkin said:

I've yet to see a story in a game that I didn't feel would have been better told in another medium.

 

Unless you're specifically talking about "Cinematic games",

Y'know, I forgot about visual novels. I've played the first Ace Attourney and thought it was brilliant. I tend to look at them as their own separate thing, though -- like a really complex choose your own adventure book.  I think my issue is mainly with action/adventure "cinematic experiences." I get the feeling i wouldn't have any problems with a David Cage, or Telltale game either.

But yes, 999 and Zero escape are near the top of my to-play list. I've heard nothing but good things about them.