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One and Done: Does David Cage Have a Point?

If you've been reticent to replay an old game, don't worry, because it may be due to the game's outstanding quality...or at least that's what Chase believes. Do you agree?

Peppino75641d ago

Sometimes one and done is the best route. But if they can replicate HR with a new stroy entirely, it'll do just fine.

pixelsword5641d ago

I agree; I own GoW I, II, and III and I played GoW I and II on the PS2, and I thought those were the two greatest games that came out on the PS2, but I only played them once and never played them again.

Yet, I still own them after 6+ years.

I would have done the same thing to GoW III but I had those darn trophies lol.

jim2wheels5641d ago

Too many games on my wanted list to devote time to replays. Even if that wasn't the case, I think I would rather buy an older game that I wasn't sure about for a tenner.

On last count I reckon I have played around 65 games to completion in just under 2 years.

Christopher5641d ago

I was very satisfied with the result of Heavy Rain and saw no need to replay it. Especially considering playing through again wouldn't prove myself to be more skilled or lead me to change the decisions I've already made.

With other games, even if they have just as good of a story, I don't feel like it was molded by my actions as much as just allowing me to modify some of the side elements. ME1 and ME2 for example. These, I find enjoyable to play over again to see if I missed anything and to challenge myself.

maniacmayhem5641d ago

I agree, I played HR the way I would have in real life and I actually got the best ending.
No need to go back and replay.

I did though replay ME2, Batman:AA and Bioshock 1 just because those games were so fantastic.

Redempteur5641d ago

i felt like you ..but i didn't get the ending i hoped ..so i replayed it trying to reach a ending result that satisfied me ..

it's also one of the charms of Heavy Rain

Tru_Ray5641d ago

Yep. The first time I played it, I got a really tragic ending. So I replayed some of the last chapters until I got the ending I liked. Additionally, there is a trophy for unlocking ALL of the endings, so David Cage is obviously not encouraging people to platinum the game.

Tru

Lirky5641d ago

Hes right i was ina hurry to platinuming heavy rain i did that,and then realized i could lose the memory of what happend after each decision.

Ponurasky5641d ago

Cage is just an talentless dork that pretend to be Stanley Kubrick of video games. The stories he wrote are just so bad my teeth aches. And "gameplay" he creates is just a bad joke.

Christopher5641d ago (Edited 5641d ago )

I agree his stories aren't anything commendable when it comes to what's available in literature, but he's never claimed he was any such thing. He's talked about the experience he tries to convey with his games, not if he is a good writer or not.

@Ponurasky below: Because of the element of immersion. The story wasn't horrible unless you analyzed it, but when played out as a single experience you can easily grow attached to the actions you make and thereby the characters who you feel the need to defend or attack.

I can imagine a game like this attached to an award-winning story and it would be the penultimate choose-your-path storyline, the ultimate one being that which we live in each day.

Ponurasky5641d ago

I don't see how you can have a real emotional experience while playing game if its story and its characters are just bad. How can you get into something like that, and care about what happens?

Tru_Ray5641d ago

He is not trying to be the Stanley Kubrick of video games, playa. Kubrick's movies are emotionally very hollow and misanthropic. David Cage's Heavy Rain was extremely emotional at its core. Kubrick also had a common theme of dehumanization in his films, which doesn't exactly happen to the protagonist.

He is just trying to elevate the medium into something that it is not presently.

Tru

Ponurasky5641d ago

I was talking about level of fame and admiration rather than artistic similarities. I remember how he was full of himself in the interviews, saying how revolutionary HR will be and how he will lead the blind and stupid gamers away from their Super Mario Bros and will show them real art. And I don't buy that.

SpinalRemains1385641d ago

Looks like no one agrees with you.

David Cage's story has no inclination of a Kubrick story at all.

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Death is Not the End: 7 Games Where the Story Continues Without You

Ben from Netto's Game Room takes a look at 7 video games where dying doesn't mean the end, as the story and world simply continue on without you.

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5 Horror Games With Depressing Endings

We present a list of horror games with depressing endings, each known for its unique experience and storytelling.

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P_Bomb316d ago

I’m reminded of some of the alternate endings in the Suffering games.

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Please stop comparing video games to movies

"Many video games catch not only great commercial attention but remarkable critical attention as well. We have seen games like Heavy Rain, The Last of Us Part II, and even entries in the Metal Gear series described as fantastic interactive experiences, even heralded in the same way as Hollywood's greatest films.

I would suggest that not only is this an unfair comparison but also a harmful one. Video games, by their very nature, are an intricately different medium and should be weighed against one another rather than another form of media," Phillip writes for GF365.

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Fist4achin2044d ago

Yes, please stop. They're better than most hollywood drivel nowadays.

BLAKHOODe2044d ago

I think Hollywood films will becoming increasingly more like video games in the future, especially as the world embraces the "new normal" from the pandemic. It makes sense, as games like Spider-Man: Miles Morales showcase just how realistically we're reaching in graphical capabilities, as well as showcase extreme action sequences in spectacular ways. And as time goes by, it'll get easier and cheaper to produce such "art", as well as create new star "actors" that never age, never die, never complain, never gets involved in scandals, etc. Technology is amazing and we're only just getting a taste of what it'll eventually be.

sourOG2044d ago

No. Some games are like movies.

medman2044d ago (Edited 2044d ago )

No. For the money spent, a quality game provides far more entertainment value than a quality movie. Especially when looking at what is going on in the world, and how a studio can attempt to pilfer from consumers by charging 30 dollars for Mulan via streaming. Ridiculous. There is no comparison....games all day.