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 Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:25 am
New article saying why it should.. XCheck it out and debate and discuss it.
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:27 am
I have several issues with that article. Whoever wrote it cannot be a professonial for because his tone is all wrong. You don't say "I mean" in a persuasive article.
He doesn't give the themes in games credit they deserve. Some have some pretty good depth to them. And what is with that "because your character is poor" line? Nor does he give credit to the diverse library of games we have today. We have about 10 genres of video games, and 5 sets of age blocks of a game's target audiance.
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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:24 pm
Sakyh I have several issues with that article. Whoever wrote it cannot be a professonial for because his tone is all wrong. You don't say "I mean" in a persuasive article. He doesn't give the themes in games credit they deserve. Some have some pretty good depth to them. And what is with that "because your character is poor" line? Nor does he give credit to the diverse library of games we have today. We have about 10 genres of video games, and 5 sets of age blocks of a game's target audiance. hes said all there is to say on this article and I couldn't have added or said anything to make it better well said and I fully agree with Sakyh
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:03 pm
DARTH CERILLIOS Sakyh I have several issues with that article. Whoever wrote it cannot be a professonial for because his tone is all wrong. You don't say "I mean" in a persuasive article. He doesn't give the themes in games credit they deserve. Some have some pretty good depth to them. And what is with that "because your character is poor" line? Nor does he give credit to the diverse library of games we have today. We have about 10 genres of video games, and 5 sets of age blocks of a game's target audiance. hes said all there is to say on this article and I couldn't have added or said anything to make it better well said and I fully agree with Sakyh Sakyh is, in fact, a female. Just for future reference...
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:14 am
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 5:20 pm
Arvis_Jaggamar DARTH CERILLIOS Sakyh I have several issues with that article. Whoever wrote it cannot be a professonial for because his tone is all wrong. You don't say "I mean" in a persuasive article. He doesn't give the themes in games credit they deserve. Some have some pretty good depth to them. And what is with that "because your character is poor" line? Nor does he give credit to the diverse library of games we have today. We have about 10 genres of video games, and 5 sets of age blocks of a game's target audiance. hes said all there is to say on this article and I couldn't have added or said anything to make it better well said and I fully agree with Sakyh Sakyh is, in fact, a female. Just for future reference... lol, and here I thought that was just a 'she' typo
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:20 pm
Sakyh Arvis_Jaggamar DARTH CERILLIOS Sakyh I have several issues with that article. Whoever wrote it cannot be a professonial for because his tone is all wrong. You don't say "I mean" in a persuasive article. He doesn't give the themes in games credit they deserve. Some have some pretty good depth to them. And what is with that "because your character is poor" line? Nor does he give credit to the diverse library of games we have today. We have about 10 genres of video games, and 5 sets of age blocks of a game's target audiance. hes said all there is to say on this article and I couldn't have added or said anything to make it better well said and I fully agree with Sakyh Sakyh is, in fact, a female. Just for future reference... lol, and here I thought that was just a 'she' typo As if "Pwned By A Girl" in your sig doesn't give it away... mrgreen
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:35 am
Arvis_Jaggamar Sakyh Arvis_Jaggamar DARTH CERILLIOS Sakyh I have several issues with that article. Whoever wrote it cannot be a professonial for because his tone is all wrong. You don't say "I mean" in a persuasive article. He doesn't give the themes in games credit they deserve. Some have some pretty good depth to them. And what is with that "because your character is poor" line? Nor does he give credit to the diverse library of games we have today. We have about 10 genres of video games, and 5 sets of age blocks of a game's target audiance. hes said all there is to say on this article and I couldn't have added or said anything to make it better well said and I fully agree with Sakyh Sakyh is, in fact, a female. Just for future reference... lol, and here I thought that was just a 'she' typo As if "Pwned By A Girl" in your sig doesn't give it away... mrgreen Haha, I love that banner biggrin
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Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:00 pm
Hmm...I think this guy also could've fleshed this article out a bit. I would've liked to see a few more examples of what "themes" should be brought out.
Still, I wonder if he ever heard of Mother 3. Lovely little RPG, even if is a little straightforward. But some very powerful messages there, on transcendentalism and capitalism, and a very clever plot. Not to mention hilarious dialogue.
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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:42 pm
games are supposed to be fun, not to show a point. I mean, what the **** is the point of that article? How many people are going to change from it? or even read it? How many people are going to play a game because it has a good moral? I don't. Aw well, people are still going to have their petty little fights about what is right and wrong. What's the point? is their really such thing as right and wrong? No. Everything is right or wrong according to the situation, isn't it? If games were focused on education, would someone have written that article? Of course. Games would be too focused on kids who hadn't learned to spell or add. They wouldn't be fun. They would be exactly how this writer said they are. Too focused. And games aren't too focused. There are educational, puzzle, fighting, shooting, RPG's, and many other genres and sub-genres. People like this are just incredible hypocrites. I hate them. Thank you for reading my opinion.
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:10 pm
With the kind of possibilities opened up to developers thanks to the groundbreaking power of modern consoles, making a straightforward storyless objective-based game like Tetris the norm rather than a story-driven narrative game like Metal Gear Solid 4 would be ridiculous and lazy. That might have been acceptable ten years ago, not even, more. Now? Absolutely not.
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:47 pm
-The Gray Legend- With the kind of possibilities opened up to developers thanks to the groundbreaking power of modern consoles, making a straightforward storyless objective-based game like Tetris the norm rather than a story-driven narrative game like Metal Gear Solid 4 would be ridiculous and lazy. That might have been acceptable ten years ago, not even, more. Now? Absolutely not. Please. talk2hand MGS4 is a movie with a video game component in it.
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:40 am
HistoryWak -The Gray Legend- With the kind of possibilities opened up to developers thanks to the groundbreaking power of modern consoles, making a straightforward storyless objective-based game like Tetris the norm rather than a story-driven narrative game like Metal Gear Solid 4 would be ridiculous and lazy. That might have been acceptable ten years ago, not even, more. Now? Absolutely not. Please. talk2hand MGS4 is a s**t movie with a video game component in it. Fix'd. Where's the Story in Burnout Paradise? Where's the Story in Team Fortress 2? Game's can be fun without narrative, they just have to be FUN.
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:14 pm
Pathos Nervos HistoryWak -The Gray Legend- With the kind of possibilities opened up to developers thanks to the groundbreaking power of modern consoles, making a straightforward storyless objective-based game like Tetris the norm rather than a story-driven narrative game like Metal Gear Solid 4 would be ridiculous and lazy. That might have been acceptable ten years ago, not even, more. Now? Absolutely not. Please. talk2hand MGS4 is a s**t movie with a video game component in it. Fix'd. Where's the Story in Burnout Paradise? Where's the Story in Team Fortress 2? Where's the story in Left 4 Dead? Game's can be fun without narrative, they just have to be FUN. Had to add another. Stories can help a good game and make RPGs popular, but you have to have a strong base -- even in an RPG -- before it can really be good. On the other hand, a story can break a game if it takes itself too seriously.
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 6:49 am
Okay, wait a minute, wait a minute. Maybe MGS4 wasn't the best example, it was the first thing that came to mind.
Sure, games like that can be fun without story. But are you going to tell me that you've never played a game for its story or like a game for its story? Honestly guys, just because a game can be fun without a story doesn't mean all games shouldn't have stories. That'll leave anyone who plays games for stories out in the cold. And in the gaming market, you really don't wanna leave ANYONE out in the cold (looking at YOU, Nintendo!)
The line between movie and game is ever blurring, and when a lot of people go to see movies, they go because of the story. Note I didn't say all people, I said most. Gaming is just another medium, like movies and books, both of which are to tell a decent story. Why shouldn't games.
Story is important, and with the technology we have today, not creating any games with powerful narratives would just be lazy.
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