http://www.split-screen.com/2009/07/02/to-mr-schrader-videogames-and-the-illusion-of-narrative-non-contrivance/ gaming news, reviews, discussion, tutorials and humour Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:09:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.split-screen.com/2009/07/02/to-mr-schrader-videogames-and-the-illusion-of-narrative-non-contrivance/comment-page-1/#comment-14999 Colossal Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:28:38 +0000 http://www.split-screen.com/?p=3510#comment-14999 Games are unique in how they can cause you to experience the story rather than watch it. However, games don't do that. In God of War, the plot is divided from the gameplay: kill enemies, get plot, kill enemies, get plot. Call of Duty 4 had you get executed and experience a nuclear explosion. Great techniques, but no plot to be had other than "stop terrorists." The best game for involving you in the plot would be Shadow of the Colossus. It leaves you wondering about why you are killing such amazing creatures and how they got there in the first place. The conclusion of which is amazing. Games are unique in how they can cause you to experience the story rather than watch it. However, games don’t do that. In God of War, the plot is divided from the gameplay: kill enemies, get plot, kill enemies, get plot. Call of Duty 4 had you get executed and experience a nuclear explosion. Great techniques, but no plot to be had other than “stop terrorists.” The best game for involving you in the plot would be Shadow of the Colossus. It leaves you wondering about why you are killing such amazing creatures and how they got there in the first place. The conclusion of which is amazing.

]]> http://www.split-screen.com/2009/07/02/to-mr-schrader-videogames-and-the-illusion-of-narrative-non-contrivance/comment-page-1/#comment-14733 | Balu | Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:35:59 +0000 http://www.split-screen.com/?p=3510#comment-14733 When it comes to story telling in gaming, Mafia takes the cake (for the time it came in). Bioshock took it a step or rather a few miles ahead. Let's see if they do something extraordinary with Mafia 2 When it comes to story telling in gaming, Mafia takes the cake (for the time it came in). Bioshock took it a step or rather a few miles ahead. Let’s see if they do something extraordinary with Mafia 2

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