Games vs Movies

[SvennoJ]

I hardly ever replay games, I've watched many movies multiple times.

Sci-Fi: Books first, yet movies still blast sci-fi games out of the water. While HZD has a great sci-fi story, I couldn't stop thinking how awesome the movie could be leading up to zero dawn.
Blade Runner, 2001, 12 Monkeys, Children of men, Akira, The Matrix, Interstellar, Inception, Dark City, Moon, Brazil, Alien, Terminator 1&2, A scanner darkly, Gattaca, Strange days, District 9, Chappie, Logan's run. So much variety.

As for animation, movies have games beat there too. Ghibli, Pixar, Laika, Disney, Aardman, games haven't produced anywhere near that level in animating characters.

Yet I agree games have the upper hand when it comes to horror. Silent Hill 2, RE7 in VR, Outlast, Siren, far more memorable than any horror movie I have seen.

For fantasy/adventure, games can have that too. It's been too long since a great fantasy movie, I don't care about superhero movies which seem to have replaced that genre. 172 hours clocked in Botw is proof enough. Last fantasy movie I watched, rewatch of Legend I think almost a year ago.

Racing: games of course. Fast and furious no thanks, Rush wasn't bad yet I rather race myself then watch a movie about racing.

Movies still have games beat when it comes to making you think or pushing the envelope. There is no City of god, The great beauty or Tideland in games.

Comedy: I guess the user base is too small for comedy to work in games. I happen to love Wes Anderson movies, others hate them. Comedy is very specific, too risky to specialize in in games. Comedy also relies heavily on timing, very hard to do interactive comedy.

All that said, nowadays I play games far more than I watch movies. It's easier to stay awake while playing a game.