4 those who see(k) the art in games
Archive for August, 2008
western RPGs
03 years ago
by Void
in Game Design
Max pointed to me to this interesting article on western rpgs on Moby Games:
The world of Western RPGs
I wish there were more though… i find one i like every two years or so… and that lasts me for like a month… i wish i had at least 4 a year… I have nothing against epic stories… but it’s only in these types of RPGs do i see the true gianormous potential of games even partially fulfilled: to stop being movies/books and become branching stories with choices and paths…
"B-but, killing monsters is the fundamental element of RPGs!" No, it is not. Many RPGs have been only about exploration, quite a few about skills and stuff, and currently RPGs are pretty much about choices and consequences since outside from the RPG genre no one really deals with this area of game design.
I wish RPGs would remember what their name means: ROLE playing games… games in which you play a role, you identify with a fictional character, you live her/his life… you have the chance to experience things outside your daily realm, things outside our real life possibilities, choices and consequences, settings and problems that delight & challenge your imagination…
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Heavy rain… awaiting
03 years ago
by Void
in Visual Arts
This is THE game i’m waiting for. and not even because of the visuals: because it seems to be the only game i know of in the next gen which focuses on where i think gaming needs to go to become truly mainstream: not on gameplay but on story, content… if they do it right this is the game i’ll be showing to my non gaming friends: because i hope i can convince them that gaming can be more than button pushing: it can be a truly valid replacement for movies in terms of emotional and story experiences.
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The 1UP Show: Episode 08/01/08
03 years ago
by Void
in Entertaining
I must say WoW stuff is making me curious… but unless it snows in the summer and they turn a lot of it into a singleplayer experience I still quite doubt i’ll get into it. I like my stories EPIC. Soul Calibur stuff sounds very exciting! It’s nice to see games that form a culture around them and outlast a couple of months in the excitement around them.
Music in Gaming, part 1 [Bonus Round]
0Found this to be quite interesting. Besides a pulse of the recording industry I was curious and impressed to see a composer working on two such such wildly different games and companies which afaik have no relation. I think that’s great news…