» Fri Dec 31, 2010 2:16 pm
The guy is very well spoken and intelligent, he identified in one paragraph what ive been trying to do for years; why most things like movies, games have gone to **** in the last few years. Simple answer = They treat their audience like we arent capable of understanding a story.
So true. One of my favourite movies of all time is a bugger to keep track of wtf is going on. "The Game" with Michael Douglas is a great flick that really test your level of attention, observation and understanding of the plot. Nowadays its either stupid vampire slop, chick flick rom-coms or million doller cgi & explosions with no plot.
Games have been going this route for decades. Very few games have ever tried to engage the player in a interesting and compelling storyline, and the ones that have usually end up a farce to play. Mostly its because they have spent the time and effort in to making cutscenes and dialogue and forgot that people want to play the game not simply watch it.