Sunday, September 30, 2007
Member since:
May 2004
May 2004
It's no news that the gaming industry generates more money than the movies, but 7 million per hour? Jesus! Most of the gamers who bought it during it's launch btw (midnight) finished the game before 6 o'clock in the morning and started posting screen shots and story spoilers.
There were also some small problems with the release, like a packaging problem, which basically means that many discs were scratched inside their boxes. People said that the discs could play but they didn't want to own a scratched copy of it, so they returned it for a new one. (Microsoft owns)
I compared the gaming industry with the movie industry above because i consider both story-telling mediums, even though games use story as a backdrop to their interactivity.
I am really starting to wonder if this is where storytellers of the future will rely to convey stories.
The gaming industry already has it's own celebrities, like the eAthelte "Fatality", or heroes like "Lara croft" or "Master Chief".
But what about the creators? Things have to eventually end up in names and authorship, like the movie industry. You already have names like "Sid mayer" that are proudly written above game titles, something like "a steven spielberg film" on a movie poster.
They are advertised as movies as well, both Halo 3 and Gears of war had theatrical trailers and tv-spots.
Observing all the above, i wonder if this industry will take over the story telling medium. Will universities in the future have game designing for e"Auters" like movie directors? Will they study their own classics, their own "citizen kanes" and "orson welles's" Will crowds flood entire blocks and wait for their game to come out?
Some may argue that the way that games tell stories is simple and cannot be compared with movies. You take your character from A to B and you get a plot point. The procedure repeats itself until the end and that 10sec clip closes the game. But a brief look around me tells me that even though film has a better range at conveying more complex and emotional stories, is not used at it's maximum. All you see is (at the majority of the content out there), still, explosions, car chases, empty dialog and banale endings.
If the majority of people buy this type of entertainment (louder, bigger, more external than internal) the industry will eventually be pushed to basically only create content like the above.
Please discuss, i really want to read other people's opinions on this.
There were also some small problems with the release, like a packaging problem, which basically means that many discs were scratched inside their boxes. People said that the discs could play but they didn't want to own a scratched copy of it, so they returned it for a new one. (Microsoft owns)
I compared the gaming industry with the movie industry above because i consider both story-telling mediums, even though games use story as a backdrop to their interactivity.
I am really starting to wonder if this is where storytellers of the future will rely to convey stories.
The gaming industry already has it's own celebrities, like the eAthelte "Fatality", or heroes like "Lara croft" or "Master Chief".
But what about the creators? Things have to eventually end up in names and authorship, like the movie industry. You already have names like "Sid mayer" that are proudly written above game titles, something like "a steven spielberg film" on a movie poster.
They are advertised as movies as well, both Halo 3 and Gears of war had theatrical trailers and tv-spots.
Observing all the above, i wonder if this industry will take over the story telling medium. Will universities in the future have game designing for e"Auters" like movie directors? Will they study their own classics, their own "citizen kanes" and "orson welles's" Will crowds flood entire blocks and wait for their game to come out?
Some may argue that the way that games tell stories is simple and cannot be compared with movies. You take your character from A to B and you get a plot point. The procedure repeats itself until the end and that 10sec clip closes the game. But a brief look around me tells me that even though film has a better range at conveying more complex and emotional stories, is not used at it's maximum. All you see is (at the majority of the content out there), still, explosions, car chases, empty dialog and banale endings.
If the majority of people buy this type of entertainment (louder, bigger, more external than internal) the industry will eventually be pushed to basically only create content like the above.
Please discuss, i really want to read other people's opinions on this.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Member since:
January 2003
January 2003
S_Coaster,
I get your allusion to film, but certainly only a handful of games I've come across are screen-worthy if you ask me. It all seems a bit reverse engineered.
My perception is that often people are coming up with these really cool battle scenarios, then attempting to craft a story around them. In the end, the play is good in the game, but the story stinks. Like Halo 3, for example the ending of the "story" is so lackluster as to be laughable. Had a great time playing the game, and will enjoy the online multiplayer matches, but the story rang more than hollow in the end.
Video games have the potential to vy for the silver screen's market share, but I feel they have a long way to go yet.
sean (...and the road is most definitely bumpy...)
I get your allusion to film, but certainly only a handful of games I've come across are screen-worthy if you ask me. It all seems a bit reverse engineered.
My perception is that often people are coming up with these really cool battle scenarios, then attempting to craft a story around them. In the end, the play is good in the game, but the story stinks. Like Halo 3, for example the ending of the "story" is so lackluster as to be laughable. Had a great time playing the game, and will enjoy the online multiplayer matches, but the story rang more than hollow in the end.
Video games have the potential to vy for the silver screen's market share, but I feel they have a long way to go yet.
sean (...and the road is most definitely bumpy...)
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Member since:
March 2002
March 2002
with the exception of "final fantasy", movies based on or inspired by videogames have been terrible. (even "final fantasy" got a lot of hate.) the reverse is true, too, with videogames based on movies getting bad notices. i'm waiting for the first movie-videogame duo to be universally hailed on both fronts before scratching my chin and saying, "hm...promising". 
Monday, October 1, 2007
Member since:
February 2002
February 2002
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My perception is that often people are coming up with these really cool battle scenarios, then attempting to craft a story around them.
I agree, most games tend to have a thin story line. However, if Peter and his Weta team get the green light and decide to make a movie out of Halo I'm sure it will be entertaining. Just don't keep your hopes up for a new Lord of the Rings.
Monday, October 1, 2007
Member since:
March 2002
March 2002
henning,
whatever, man...it's going to be a three-hour snooze fest, and the distended version will be five-hours long.
eddie
whatever, man...it's going to be a three-hour snooze fest, and the distended version will be five-hours long.
eddie
