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May 18, 2006
E3 fallout
I like games.
I like video games.
I like video games a lot.
I have been reading reports from various quarters on the E3 gaming (industry) expo and even watching some vids from it. SOme of the game trailers look pretty great and others show the state of current games - hollywood style big explosions, matrix without the story -err? and weirdness
What seems to be missign more and more, and something that is commented on more and more is gameplay, storyline, character development.
Don't get me wrong I like FPS games but most games now seem to involve either helping or harming NPC's. Some games expand on this a little but ultimately the world is vivified by the characters involvement.
I would love to see a game in a world where the NPC's have a life of their own and even if they never see the character they will do more than loop through a little set of actions. They will get bored, go for a drink, get in a fight, kill someone or get injured, go to hospital or jail and all that follows from that.
Are you trying to tell me that the characters in games like Grand Theft Auto have nothing better to do than interact with the player? These are nasty people - where is the richness of a life lived badly? Where are the late night, drunken tearfests about their abusive fathers?
Where is the humanity?
And yeah, I know you are going to say games are about escapism - so tell me about soap operas then - why are THEY so compelling?
Posted by dottie at May 18, 2006 10:54 PM