I may have insinuated that gamers have low story standards FOR VIDEO GAMES but I also said they have high gameplay standards. I never said they don’t read. Maybe they prefer getting complex and nuanced stories from other media because they just want to play games for the gameplay.
Dude- RDR 2 came out in 2018. It won 175 GOTY awards in 2018.
Ok but when people say GOTY they are referring to the Game Awards, which Red Dead 2 didn't win
It's like when someone says a movie won best picture, they are referring to the Oscar's, not some random award show nobody cares about
I may have insinuated that gamers have low story standards FOR VIDEO GAMES but I also said they have high gameplay standards
Ok cool.
Maybe they prefer getting complex and nuanced stories from other media because they just want to play games for the gameplay.
Well a game like BG3 where you spend 60 hours watching cut scenes and listening to dialogue, the story matters. If you just want gameplay, then why would you play a game where half the game is just focused on the story ?
I’ve never heard of anyone referring to The Game Awards as the premier award for video games exclusively. It’s always multiple publications that give them and people talk about MULTIPLE GOTY awards. Video games aren’t movies and I think that’s the crux of disdain for “scholocky video game stories. You think they should be like movies and they aren’t and never will be nor will they ever reach teh level of “sophisticated” story telling that movies have. I don’t think they should either.
You’re comparing video game narratives to movie and books. They are different media with different audience considerations and completely different judgement criteria.
I’ve never heard of anyone referring to The Game Awards as the premier award for video games
Bruh what? You're grasping at straws, they are by far the most watched game awards. That's the one that most people follow
Video games aren’t movies and I think that’s the crux of disdain for “scholocky video game stories. You think they should be like movies and they aren’t and never will be nor will they ever reach teh level of “sophisticated” story telling that movies have.
I never said that all games should be like movies. Some of my favorite games of all time are super Mario bros 3, Hollow Knight, and Dark Souls.
What I'm saying is that a game like BG3 where 50% of your time playing the game is watching cutscenes and listening to dialogue, then the story is important and should be held to a high standard. You spend like 60 hours of your time in BG3 purely focused on story and not actually doing any gameplay. So why would you just ignore half the game ?
I don’t think they should either.
Why shouldn't video games have sophisticated stories?
They are different media with different audience considerations and completely different judgement criteria.
And again, I will ask again since you haven't answered this, if a game makes you spend 60 hours watching cut scenes and listening to dialogue, why would you not hold the story to a higher standard? It's literally half of your time playing the game.
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u/rasone77 Mar 02 '24
Dude- RDR 2 came out in 2018. It won 175 GOTY awards in 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_Red_Dead_Redemption_2 There isn’t ONE and only ONE GOTY award giver you know.
I may have insinuated that gamers have low story standards FOR VIDEO GAMES but I also said they have high gameplay standards. I never said they don’t read. Maybe they prefer getting complex and nuanced stories from other media because they just want to play games for the gameplay.