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Someone wrote they think Portal/TLOU/Bioshock have one dimensional characters and stories but deleted (maybe fearing downvotes), but I wanted to know: What gam
by hotdogscout 3y ago
Someone wrote they think Portal/TLOU/Bioshock have one dimensional characters and stories but deleted (maybe fearing downvotes), but I wanted to know:
What games do you think excel at story/character?
The average perspective of literary studies presents characters in media as often not made to simulate humans but be symbols for ideas, conflict, groups, emotions.
https://thepointmag.com/criticism/real-characters-literary-criticism-existential-turn-toril-moi/ https://thepointmag.com/criticism/real-characters-literary-c...
- happymellon 3y agoI'm not sure I would agree with TLOU, but I completely agree with Portal and Bioshock. Portal is a puzzle game with a bit of a silly story to move the puzzles along. I didn't care about the protagonist, in the same way that I don't care about the art work in a chess game. It's lovely but I'm not emotionally invested in it in the same way I'm not emotionally invested in Fast and Furious. Bioshock 1/2/Infinite was similar. The world had been lovingly crafted, the antagonists and enemies had backstories but the main character was not anyone I cared about. Having a backstory is completely different to having a relatable protagonist that I want to see succeed. For every Logan there are 6(?) X-Men films that are just explosions.