My altered view of MGS4 now that I've beaten it.

[rocketpig]

DTG said:

rocketpig said:
Oh, cut-scene based games can tell a good story. That wasn't my point. My point that any cut-scene heavy game is avoiding the strengths of the medium and instead trying to turn it into a more familiar medium with more limitations, like movies.

 

Why must every aspect of a mans work embrace the "strength" of a medium? Do many books not contain pictures in them? Do many movies not contain written references in them? Wy should a game limit itself to a particular style when it can blend several together - namely movies and games? The gameplay is still there however the story is presented as a movie blending two mediums in a stroke of a genius, something most artists wish to achieve.

Do you really need an answers to this?

Kojima is trying to convey a story using interactive media as his vehicle. You're basically admitting that he's refusing to use the best tools at his disposal to do so. Therefore, you're inadvertantly admitting that Kojima isn't a great storyteller and that superior methods could have been used to the tell the MGS saga.

Your posts are making less and less sense as this thread progresses.