Mnementh on 23 June 2020
| The Fury said: His video, while on form with his usual stuff raised a question for me. What is considered a good video game story? Instead of moaning that video game stories are crap compared to some films, what are good stand out stories in games that show what a game can produce, so that story in games can be compared to other games. For every great movie story, there are 50 books that are better. For every pun filled super-hero film, there are 15 graphic novels that outshine them. You can't compare different mediums stories against each other as how they are told and portrayed are so different. Video game medium is still hung up on the idea it's entertainment media has to be compared to that of films because films are still more popular as an entertainment media even if games make more money. |
Yeah, I think you get the core of what I think too. I want to add that Jim Sterling showed clips from Undertale, Journey and Celeste in the background as he spoke about alternative ways games can transpire story. And I think these are also good examples. None of these games try to be movies, but they use things exclusive to games to tell their story. Quite artfully too.
