nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoPlayStation exec predicts focus will ‘shift from graphics to immersive narratives’www.videogameschronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkPlayStation exec predicts focus will ‘shift from graphics to immersive narratives’www.videogameschronicle.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareAnd009@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThere was a point in time when better graphics meant progress since the expectation of good story wasn’t there at all. Super Mario never had a great narrative. Unreal tournament 99 was mostly a tech demo that blew up. Few games like Baldurs Gate took it and ran, but they’re a few. Until 2002, narrative wasn’t the key to a great game, and it was already 20 years into the industry
There was a point in time when better graphics meant progress since the expectation of good story wasn’t there at all.
Super Mario never had a great narrative. Unreal tournament 99 was mostly a tech demo that blew up.
Few games like Baldurs Gate took it and ran, but they’re a few.
Until 2002, narrative wasn’t the key to a great game, and it was already 20 years into the industry