OfficalNotMySalad OP t1_j29uim3 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 6:14 PM

Reply to comment by st3akkn1fe in Should video game directors be talked about in the same sphere as movie directors? by OfficalNotMySalad

That’s getting more into the game design aspects of the conversation which wouldn’t be fair to compare as that’s too far into one medium. However, for a couple years now my favourite stories of the year have come from video games.

God of War in 2018, Outer Wilds & Death Stranding in 2019, The Last of Us 2 in 2020. All phenomenal stories with direction to match.

Most are pretty run of the mill but I mean there were ~50 Christmas Hallmark movies released just this year alone. It’s comes with every media.

st3akkn1fe t1_j29v2oq wrote on December 30, 2022 at 6:18 PM

Yeah but I mean to say that there are a lot of good movies where as the number of good games is limited. I'm not talking about the levels and the word the game uses I'm talking about the characters amd the story.

OfficalNotMySalad OP t1_j2a2nfu wrote on December 30, 2022 at 7:06 PM

Taking 2018 as a sample, there were far more impactful game stories than movies. You said yourself that you only play a couple games a year, anyone who dives into both regularly will tell you.

There are fewer games released compared to movies because they take much more effort, that’s why there is usually more good movies. If the ratios weren’t so heavily offset then you would have a point

st3akkn1fe t1_j2a46d1 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 7:15 PM

Someone just said there were more games released.

Film has a long history of good story telling where as games probably didn't mature until very recently.i stand by my comment that most games are trash and its only a handful of games in recent years that tell a good story.

OfficalNotMySalad OP t1_j2aprdl wrote on December 30, 2022 at 9:36 PM

Those are indie games, not the kinda games I’m talking about. They’re the equivalent to fan made short films and half of them are porn games tbh. We aren’t including those so we don’t have to include porno films and shorts.

You can’t say that most games are trash since you haven’t played them, I can give you recommendations if you’d like but don’t use others ill informed opinions to justify your own.

st3akkn1fe t1_j2aqybu wrote on December 30, 2022 at 9:43 PM

You can't say that most games aren't trash as you haven't played them...

Most of anything is trash mate. In just giving my experience that a lot of games I've played are mediocre stories. They're fun to play but they aren't great stories.