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Narration. When your game is mostly this, it is all about convincing you that the game's better than what its gameplay earns it credit for, in the same way that a sitcom or TV drama with a lot of voice-over narration convinces you that the characters are more watchable/interesting than they really are. Law and Order doesn't require narration but Grey's Anatomy does, because nobody ever says 'here's why I saved that kid from Ed Gein.'
Games built around narration are like TV characters the viewer experiences through VO and theater productions full of melodramatic music to cue reactions. Many if not most ring hollow, though once in a while you get The Shawshank Redemption. This is all Robert McKee and some film bloggers so there's my appeal to authority. |
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Why Do So Many People Hate Indie Games? by IGN by skip 08/08/2014, 10:25pm PDT 
The whole value proposition is stupid to begin with. by Jerry Whorebach 08/08/2014, 11:52pm PDT
Oh man, some of those numbers are way off. IGNORE ANY NUMBERS IN THIS POST. by Jerry Whorebach 08/09/2014, 6:23am PDT
This thread does bring up a critical reason for why people hate indie games by serial malcontent 08/09/2014, 8:08am PDT
He didn't save all the kids. NT by Worm,Ed Gein 08/09/2014, 8:49am PDT
Here are some random comments. by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/09/2014, 8:02am PDT
Re: Here are some random comments. by serial malcontent 08/09/2014, 8:14am PDT
Re: Why Do So Many People Hate Indie Games? by IGN by Souffle of Pain 08/09/2014, 10:09am PDT
I've started relying more on video reviews too by skip 08/09/2014, 5:29pm PDT
That's the real reason companies try to shut down Let's Play videos by fabio 08/10/2014, 4:42pm PDT
That's the real reason companies try to shut down Let's Play videos by fabio 08/10/2014, 4:46pm PDT
Count me as someone that never wants to play another sidescrolling platformer by E. L. Koba 08/09/2014, 6:46pm PDT
Understandable, though to me the type of platformer matters a lot. by Jerry Whorebach 08/09/2014, 8:07pm PDT
That's a touch unfair by skip 08/09/2014, 11:41pm PDT
Wait, aren't you the guy who takes narrative dance classes twice a month? by Jerry Whorebach 08/10/2014, 5:56pm PDT
I liked Dear Escher... by blackwater 08/14/2014, 10:33pm PDT
Why critics love Mountain, but Steam users are calling it "worthless" by PCGamer by skip 08/22/2014, 5:23pm PDT
Re: Why critics love Mountain, but Steam users are calling it "worthless" by PCG by E. L. Koba 08/22/2014, 6:21pm PDT
People used to pay money for interesting screensavers. by Fullofkittens 08/22/2014, 7:27pm PDT
Re: People used to pay money for interesting screensavers. by Butterface Loving Lollerson 08/22/2014, 7:41pm PDT
I feel like we as a species solved this riddle a long time ago. by Jerry Whorebach 08/22/2014, 8:42pm PDT
Digital leisure is a good term for it. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/22/2014, 9:53pm PDT
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