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by mcmoor
794 days ago
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While I appreciate games that do the further mile to enhance its story, I think we should still celebrate game as they are, an activity we do to have fun. Do Mario or Tetris have good story? But did they change the world anyway? If we rank games solely because of its writing and narratives, then all games should just be like Life is Strange which is a modern iteration of visual novel but in 3D. I was always plagued by doubt when people only talk about game worthiness solely based on their writings and ignoring (or even disparaging) its mechanics. Then I found this video which spelled my mind in a very good essay https://youtu.be/a33ITEZDQwg |
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I don’t think anyone is proposing to solely rank games by their writing. Games are multi faceted. You can (try) to rank them by many aspects. How beautifull the graphics is, how engaging the game loop, how rewarding the puzzles or the progression, how well balanced it is. How realistic a simulation, how much it teaches you new skills, or shows you different perspectives.
Most people would agree that pacman, The Last Of Us, and Pokemon Go are all masterpieces in their own right but clearly they are not exceling along the same one dimension.