Submitted by OfficalNotMySalad t3_zz65qg in movies
st3akkn1fe t1_j29sb64 wrote
I don't think so. I mean I play a couple of games a year and they're well done but I think its rare you get a well written or directed game. Most are pretty run of the mill.
OfficalNotMySalad OP t1_j29uim3 wrote
That’s getting more into the game design aspects of the conversation which wouldn’t be fair to compare as that’s too far into one medium. However, for a couple years now my favourite stories of the year have come from video games.
God of War in 2018, Outer Wilds & Death Stranding in 2019, The Last of Us 2 in 2020. All phenomenal stories with direction to match.
Most are pretty run of the mill but I mean there were ~50 Christmas Hallmark movies released just this year alone. It’s comes with every media.
st3akkn1fe t1_j29v2oq wrote
Yeah but I mean to say that there are a lot of good movies where as the number of good games is limited. I'm not talking about the levels and the word the game uses I'm talking about the characters amd the story.
OfficalNotMySalad OP t1_j2a2nfu wrote
Taking 2018 as a sample, there were far more impactful game stories than movies. You said yourself that you only play a couple games a year, anyone who dives into both regularly will tell you.
There are fewer games released compared to movies because they take much more effort, that’s why there is usually more good movies. If the ratios weren’t so heavily offset then you would have a point
st3akkn1fe t1_j2a46d1 wrote
Someone just said there were more games released.
Film has a long history of good story telling where as games probably didn't mature until very recently.i stand by my comment that most games are trash and its only a handful of games in recent years that tell a good story.
OfficalNotMySalad OP t1_j2aprdl wrote
Those are indie games, not the kinda games I’m talking about. They’re the equivalent to fan made short films and half of them are porn games tbh. We aren’t including those so we don’t have to include porno films and shorts.
You can’t say that most games are trash since you haven’t played them, I can give you recommendations if you’d like but don’t use others ill informed opinions to justify your own.
st3akkn1fe t1_j2aqybu wrote
You can't say that most games aren't trash as you haven't played them...
Most of anything is trash mate. In just giving my experience that a lot of games I've played are mediocre stories. They're fun to play but they aren't great stories.
Infuzan t1_j29y6qp wrote
I’m just gonna say here that you either aren’t playing enough games or you’re giving movies way too much credit. I think there are infinitely better stories in video games in the last 5 years than there have been in films and I’m huge buff of both.
st3akkn1fe t1_j29yqs5 wrote
I play like 4 games a year. Even games which are well received are pretty poorly done compared to films. There is a reason games like god of war or the last of us stand out and it's because the vast majority of games are trash.
I know you can say the same about movies but there are many more movies released than games.
Infuzan t1_j2a00th wrote
I don’t agree with your last statement because it is just factually incorrect. For example, in 2020 there were 9,512 video games released versus 403 movies. That’s a huge discrepancy.
Have you ever been on steam, the Nintendo store, the PlayStation store, or the Xbox store? There are literally thousands of shovelware games released every year that you never ever hear of because they’re absolutely garbage.
I play 15-20 games per year and watch at least an equal number of movies. In my honest but not critically relevant opinion, for the most part the good video games have more intriguing, better fleshed out stories than the good movies. This is the benefit of having 20-40 hours to tell your story versus 90-180 minutes.
st3akkn1fe t1_j2a2edq wrote
Ok man but I mean you're counting like all games I presume and not counting all movies and things. If you count every game available on phones and things then you should count every movie and short film or series or whatever.
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