zombie84 said:
Most games have some sort of storyline but the emphasis is always on the powerups and super-abilities and razzle-dazzle (obviously, they are video games after all) and I think thats the point being made. Few games, preportionally speaking, have the depth of character and storyline that say, the Final Fantasy games have, and even there a big part of it is upgrading your powers and abilities into ever-more-grand preportions.
(Not to mention, there are millions of games without much story, from Smash Brothers to all the Capcom games to stuff like Twisted Metal)
lordjedi said:
Bullshit. You either don't play a lot of games or you believe the hype. The only games in the past 10 years that came out that had very little story and still sold well were the Quake series. That pretty much ended with Doom 3 though. It had amazing graphics, but the "story" and gameplay sucked absolute ass and it's referred to as a $50 tech demo.
Pakka said:
Much like the movie industry, technology allows for more over the top, showy effects, which are then used to hype the product to power-hungry teenage boys. Whatever story might be involved is completely overshadowed by the awesome powers and physics simulation in the game.
Much like the movie industry, technology allows for more over the top, showy effects, which are then used to hype the product to power-hungry teenage boys. Whatever story might be involved is completely overshadowed by the awesome powers and physics simulation in the game.
Bullshit. You either don't play a lot of games or you believe the hype. The only games in the past 10 years that came out that had very little story and still sold well were the Quake series. That pretty much ended with Doom 3 though. It had amazing graphics, but the "story" and gameplay sucked absolute ass and it's referred to as a $50 tech demo.
Most games have some sort of storyline but the emphasis is always on the powerups and super-abilities and razzle-dazzle (obviously, they are video games after all) and I think thats the point being made. Few games, preportionally speaking, have the depth of character and storyline that say, the Final Fantasy games have, and even there a big part of it is upgrading your powers and abilities into ever-more-grand preportions.
(Not to mention, there are millions of games without much story, from Smash Brothers to all the Capcom games to stuff like Twisted Metal)
I tried playing a Final Fantasy game once. I found out that it's nothing but a huge cut scene with some play time in between. Anything with the words "Final Fantasy" in the title isn't my idea of a game.
The story might be thin on the titles you mentioned, but they also aren't using cutting edge technology. I used Doom 3 in my example because it did use cutting edge technology (a lot of PC gamers had to upgrade in order to play it) and it turned out to be a shitty game. Contrast that with Bioshock, which uses pretty cutting edge graphics and has an excellent story and sold well enough to warrant a sequel. COD4 is similar as well. Cutting edge graphics and a good single player story.