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> not sure that video games are actually good vehicles for plots. Video games are interactive, but all good plots require careful pacing and timing in order to
by hypertele-Xii 5y ago
> not sure that video games are actually good vehicles for plots. Video games are interactive, but all good plots require careful pacing and timing in order to be successful.
Video games are a great medium for plots! You just have to allow the plot to fail, and let the player take it on tangents. Games that go "uhh you died that's not canon let's rewind" are just shitty games.
- watwut 5y ago> Games that go "uhh you died that's not canon let's rewind" are just shitty games. That would be overwhelming majority of them. And overwhelming majority of players don't mind this aspect or even actively like it.
- hypertele-Xii 5y agoM'yes, we are at an "Earth is still flat" phase of ludonarrative development in video game history. I remember how mind-blown I was when as a kid I played Warioland 2 and you could't die in it!