I keep on reading these reviews and I can't but help think the label "game" really demeans and restricts this medium. Afterall, regardless of the medium, "Journey" sounds like one hell of an experience.
@h311rais3r
Well, your assertions aren't accurate. Along your train of thought, MGS4 should be just about a wheezing old man. Regardless of your "taste," it can not be denied that, at large, MGS4 is significantly more passive than something like UC3. When I put the controller down to watch a thirty minute cutscene I cease to be a participant and become an observer, therefore making it less interactive.
They said that in the 70's, 80's, 90's and yet we persevere and still are. It's never as bad as "they" make it out to be. This medium isn't going anywhere.
Zenimax is doing an MMO of something. Been working on it for some time now...
You sir, are correct. Bubbles for you.
I think everything should rise above it's sation. Heck, look back at silent films that told their story through text. Sooner or later everything advances. It is not the responsibility of one medium to tell another's story. Books have better stories because that craft has been honed for several hundreds of years. Give it time, the interactive medium will get there.
What I can't stand is when people say shit like "If I wanted story I would watch a movie, etc....
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Same thing with American accents. I doubt ever American had a 20th accent during the revolutionary war.
Well, there is a reason most have been dubbing it an experience and not a "Game."
$15 for two hours isn't so bad. Afterall, how much do movie tickets cost at most cinemas these days?
They were talking about branching out to other genres in the DS universe. DS3 won't be an FPS, but I have a feeling that one day their will be a DS FPS.
Focus on story is great. But will it still have the same cinematic presentation and focus? Please ND, give me another UC3 Chapter 18 moment in The Last of Us.
Props good sir.
KotOR 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very well written article, however I find myself disagreeing.
I did not view the message of UC3 placed upon the concept of "responsibility" and the likes. Instead, to me the message and themes seemed to center around the concept of what truly "makes" and defines a man. Ever since "Drake's Fortune" we have seen a vast majority of thematic attention placed on the notion of "Legacy" and how it defines characters. Drake's claim to...
Uncharted 3, chapter 18. I felt like I was with Drake in the sand. His sense of helplessness was palpable. The best part about it was the fact it was out of cutscene.
@FatOldMan
As opposed to just flipping the pages of a book? Regardless of the action that is the vehicle into the story, you are still involved. It doesn't matter how I interact with the story, as long as I interact with it. ND has experimented with dynamic camera angles in the past and UC3 showed they are still willing to do so. Yeah, it could have been a cutscene, but it would have lost the attachment to the experience. Simply watching something is not the same as bei...
Just paraphrasing his stance. He criticizes the medium's ability to evoke emotion, a concpet that is clearly identified as part of the medium's weakest attribute/characteristic. We know this, we acknowledge this and people, like ND, are working to fix that. Writing must and will get better. I just know we cannot leave the story telling of one medium up to another. The interactive medium has the ability to tell the deepest stories and offer the deepest experiences out there, it just ne...
Go ahead and disagree, but "game" implies an objective, something we are getting less and less of. Instead the focus has shifted to immersion and intimacy. Chapter 18 of UC3 was less about "finding something" and more about being in the moment. There wasn't a clear goal in the desert nor was there a checkpoint that had to be accessed. It coninues on depending on the way you interact, be it walking at night or looking up at the stars. An Experience in a true sense of th...