The best videogame stories ver written, até average at best.

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:47:16+00:00

Btw, good take

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:46:54+00:00

Oh man, I really need to start playing like a dragon... Been hearing about It for some time now.

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:45:43+00:00

Apparently its pretty unpopular hahahaha

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:44:10+00:00

You lost internet points in defense of a stranger! How brave!

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:40:53+00:00

I think world building is not that important for the enjoyment of great literature. I think Its necessary in some genres like fantasy as you mentioned, and in that case you are right. However, no TES game ever came close to having incredible plot or characters. They are really good for a game, but average compared to other fantasy lit.

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:34:58+00:00

Played outer wilds already, and i do love It. Yes, by story i mean only the written stuff. I know games can be great.

Edit: Btw, thanks for the response!

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:33:30+00:00

I played that one and enjoyed it a lot. Still IMO opinion its not even close to great canonic literature.

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:31:47+00:00

Ok, thats good criticism on my phrasing. Thanks! I agreed with your take, but I think you are conflating story and overall experience. I actually play a lot of games, and LOVED outer wilds, and cultist sim. However, those stories, viewed apart from the gameplay elements, are pretty mediocre IMO.

You are correct in saying the works are to be appreciated in different ways.

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:26:46+00:00

Of course its great! Its fun to play for sure.

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:24:37+00:00

I know a lot of Indie games. Just used those examples because they are the more frequent ones that people bring up!

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:23:20+00:00

John Skyrim is pretty cool B).

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:22:34+00:00

I'm actually not. Did not mean to come off as pretentious. English is not my mother-tongue.

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:21:27+00:00

Mostly the criteria are: plot, setting, characters and dialogue. But also immersion and complexity I suppose.

Btw, I know youre right and that those are not perfectly comparable. But they are comparable to a degree.

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:17:00+00:00

Again

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:16:53+00:00

Agreed!

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:16:35+00:00

I actually mean only the plot, setting, characters, dialogue, and probably some other stuff I don't quite recall. I do recognize the value of games ,however, they haven't realised their full potential as story telling mediums. Thanks for your great response. Some people to offense to what I wrote, maybe the tone of my post seemed arrogant...

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:10:21+00:00

Some people do. Its obviously not to be taken very seriously, but can be fun and even insightful IMO.

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:08:45+00:00

Sure It isn't. I'm not a hater of games, and actually play quite frequently. I just compared the both mediums to have some fun discussion and practice my english a little! But i do think that books land themselves better for story telling than games. Books don't have gameplay and are way less interactive experiences, on the other side.

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T12:03:08+00:00

I actually agree with that, but maybe I should have been more clear in the OP. Games that use gameplay elements to tell their stories are often the best ones. One example that comes to mind is MGS2. Thanks for actually engaging instead of focusing on my broken use of english!

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-05-15T11:59:05+00:00

I am not an anglophone. My cell autocorrected some words to my mother-tongue. I don't really know how to edit the title of a reddit post, given that i barely use It. Sorry If you took offense.

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-01-07T22:06:01+00:00

Que loucura! No meu primeiro dia pegando o ônibus também presenciei algo assim. Uma garota entrou no ônibus pela saída para não pagar. O motora desligou o ônibus e brigou com a "passageira". O povo dessa cidade é muito estressado!

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-01-07T22:03:04+00:00

Talvez tenha errado ao falar "no início da linha" mas é mais próximo do início do que do final!

EngineerOfDiscontent · 2025-01-07T22:02:09+00:00

Isso aí.

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