02-14-2012, 12:23 PM
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/vie...-BS-Filter
Obviously the article is geared more towards game designers, but what do you guys think of games with stories? I like a good story, or if in an open game a nice backstory.
(That was the Twisted Metal/God of War designer in the article by the way)
Quote:A lot of these people will say 'I have something to say, I have a story to tell.' If you've really got something inside of you that's so powerful, like a story you've got to share or a philosophy about man's place in the universe, why in the fuck would you choose the medium that has historically, continually been the worst medium to express philosophy, story and narrative?
Obviously the article is geared more towards game designers, but what do you guys think of games with stories? I like a good story, or if in an open game a nice backstory.
(That was the Twisted Metal/God of War designer in the article by the way)