Sentences with phrase «about game narrative»

This means that I do not really think it has much to see about game narrative in the way it was made.

Kent Hudson is the man behind this interesting title, and we had the absolute pleasure to ask him a few questions about the games narrative, gameplay elements and the idea behind the games premise.

Not exact matches

This attitude is a long - term game — it's about the narrative you tell yourself.

Since first debuting in Al Pacino's Any Given Sunday, «The Game of Inches» has grown in worldwide popularity thanks to the advent of 30 - second television commercials and an unfair narrative about Joe Buck, King of Bias and Prince of Nepotism.

The term may sound strange given that we're talking about a narrative - driven game rather than, say, this year's «Madden.»

But, more than anything, GamerGate highlights two competing narratives: journalistic integrity when writing about video games and the struggles women face in a male - dominated industry.

You can spoon - feed yourself all the false narrative about how much better the Jags are, but H2H doesn't bare that out at all, while overall record shows a slight edge (1 game) for the Jags.

The national media and Vikings fans (and the Vikings themselves, apparently) were so excited about the «team of destiny plays home Super Bowl» narrative they forgot that there was one more game.

Although I've found it very cathartic to speak, vent and end occasionally rant about all things Arsenal, we need to act carefully and intelligently right now or we're going to get played by this club even worse than at present... the pro-Wengerites and the suits, who represent a considerable proportion of the season ticket holders, don't want to believe that there is no plan and that Wenger has mailed it in for several years now or that things are going to get much worse before they get better... why would they... many have spent a considerable sum buying some of the highest priced tickets in the World... they want to have a front row seat to see something special and to be seen doing so, which simply provides ample justification for the expense and the time invested... to many of them, Wenger is the sun in their soccer universe... his awkward disposition, misplaced arrogance and his utter lack of balls makes him a rather unusual cult figure, but the cerebral narrative seemed to embolden those who already felt pretty highly of themselves... many might not even of really liked football that much before his arrival and rarely games they weren't attending... as such, they desperately believe that Wenger, and only Wenger, can supply them with their required fix... if he goes, they were wrong and that's a tough pill to swallow... they would have to admit that they were duped... they will definitely resent whoever made them feel this way, but of course it will be too late by then... so when we go overboard with ridiculous comments bordering of anarchy, it scares the shit out of them and they shift their blame towards us rather than at those who really perpetrated this act of treason... we aren't the enemy... we simply woke much earlier and the reason our comments have gotten more vile in recent years is out of utter frustration... in order for any real change to occur at this club we need to bring as many supporters as possible with us or the big money interests will fade and our ultimate objective will be lost... so it's time to focus on the head instead of the heart for now

Claiming Obama did nothing about Russian interference because he thought fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton would win the election, Trump tweeted that «when I easily won the Electoral College, the whole game changed and the Russian excuse became the narrative of the Dems.»

Research finds that player behavior in narrative role - playing games reflects specific character roles — even if the game tells players nothing about the character's role.

New research from North Carolina State University finds that player behavior in narrative role - playing games (RPGs) reflects specific character roles — even if the game tells players nothing about the character's role.

The gameplay consisted of not only moving the character through the game environment, but also making a dozen multiple choice decisions about the character's actions in an unfolding fictional narrative.

Indeed, one of the best things about Sunless Sea, apart from its beautifully crafted elder - horror stories, fantastically drawn artwork and generally creepy atmosphere, is the feeling that the decisions you make within the game are shaping the narrative, and that by playing, you are writing yourself into that story.

The narrative is clearly more important than the game's mechanics, and that shows at times, but the combination of mechanics, dialogue choice and acting help to push the message about how devastating depression can be for an individual suffering from it.

Even if you don't care about the poor storytelling and juvenile understanding of the noir genre, Metropolis is still a supremely bland and uninteresting match - 3 game; one that doesn't integrate the gameplay and narrative together in a particularly interesting way and yet somehow also wants people to play it four times to experience all the endings.

The current rash of movies based on toys, or comic books, or video games, or fairy tales, exists to canonize the narrative building blocks of childhood, to provide frameworks for all your stories about Spider - Man or Megatron or Snow White, and then to sell you specially licensed toys so you can keep playing those stories out.

Now, with a confirmed 3 different Zombies experiences at launch, as well as a deeper, more detailed narrative that connects the game mode with the rest of Black Ops 4, Screen Rant can safely confirm that the rumor about more Zombies content is true as well.

Ground rules: One, we're not talking about his documentaries, short or otherwise — narrative film works are the game.

There's much discussion about how the film is supposedly a game changer, how it's more in tune with the current zeitgeist as opposed to the traditional narrative strengths and linearity of a period piece like The King's Speech.

In addition to handing over control of the Westworld narrative via a new mobile game, the multimedia festival also had some big news about the long - germinating Twins...

In addition, there were a multitude of narrative and mechanical elements teased about the game, along with the perhaps unsurprising confirmation that RDR protagonist John Marston — another member of the Van der Linde gang — will make an appearance.

Last time on Life is Strange, XBLA Fans introduced details about this episodic narrative driven adventure game here.

Too few strategy games stop to think about life outside the battlefield, but this 3DS outing is all the richer for its relationship - focused narrative.

We now have more details about the game's storyline and know more of what to expect regarding its narrative, though gameplay details remain elusive.

You will learn more about their childhood and how both became close friends however this is mostly done through narrative exposition in the form of Chloe's journal that you can access at any point in the game.

Minecraft: The Story of Mojang is charming fluff, a sweet tribute to a popular game, and its piecemeal «best of» style makes for a pleasant enough affirmation for fans who want nothing more than a brief glimpse behind the scenes, but for a documentary about a game in which players are compelled to dig ever deeper in search of raw material, it's disappointingly ironic how many blocks of narrative ore the film fails to unearth.

The philosophical vignettes might not have the narrative weight to be anything other than beguiling curios tossed out and then forgotten about but there are enough of them, delivered sharply enough by delightful movie stars at the top of their game, to make Age of Ultron one of the most thoughtfully driven monster vehicles you are likely to see in a summer rammed with powerful, glossy, mechanised beasts.

There was some situation about the review with Double Fine saying no early reviews during the backer release period, but later changed their minds after quite a lot of disagreement with that stance.We reviewed Broken Age Act 1 two weeks ago and awarded it an 8/10, stating that the game contained an excellent pair of narratives, but was a bit let down by how simple many of the puzzles where.

He found The Knowledge Guru — a customizable, online game platform that teaches users about desired subjects through an interactive narrative.

It was about how narrative games replace player agency with story.

In his historical narrative, the game changers are mid-20th-century laws about collective - bargaining rights and mandatory dues: «The key to the spectacular growth of public sector unions is that the laws changed.

A revelatory and game - changing narrative that rewrites everything we thought we knew about the modern history of the Islamic world.

That's about it really; the game is very much narrative - focused, so everything is linear.

But you don't have to care about these narratives; they often get mentioned only in passing, or exist solely in the game manual.

The house of Persona is dropping hints about a possible sequel to their 2011 narrative puzzle game with adult themes.

Fighter management sim with RPG and tycoon elements Find out who killed your father, and maybe learn something about yourself along the way Heavily story - driven, with multiple different narrative branches and game endings to discover Get as deep with stats as you like, and find your own way through extensive skill trees Gorgeous pixel visuals with 80 - 90s references and nostalgia all over the place

This would hopefully mean that the first half of the game has some solid narrative progression for the player to get invested in, and should also hopefully create an looming sense of dread and interest because Zaroff is coming and they've heard so much about him.

The fact that videogames have come so far in the subjects they can tackle and the quality of the narratives they can tell never ceases to amaze and delight me, but there's something to be said for games like Saints Row IV as well, games that hark back to what this form of media has always been about at its very core: fun.

Even when no one cared about stories in their games, even when the standards for a good narrative in this industry were ridiculously low, the Metal Gear games were doing things with their cinematic cutscenes and their elaborate narratives that very few other games were.

Ubisoft has sent out the third dev diary for Prince of Persia today, showing producer Ben Mattes, level designer Michael McIntyre and narrative director Andrew Walsh — who all look like they could sleep for roughly a week — talking about the game's illustrative art design, the environments, and what they see Prince of Persia as.

Yeah, thing is do you realize / admit that it - and only talking about the first game here - was the most linear entry in the whole of the franchise, that there was no narrative, that the characters did nothing but rather just moved from scene to scene and that as the player all you were allowed to do was move them from scene to scene?

The game takes the shape of a narrative investigation: you have to search the phone's text messages, pictures and applications, in order to learn about its former owner.

Our hundred - and - first episode features Tzufit and Apple Cider talking to narrative writer Cara Ellison about her jump from games journalism into the wide world of games development.

I would tell you more about Destiny's lore, but the majority of the game's narrative is front - loaded.

A point - and - click game about a somewhat - mundane border checkpoint isn't the place you expect a compelling narrative, but Papers, Please offers a wonderful branching story that made me go back and replay it.

Exposition is still there, as that's how we learn about the world and narrative of Cave Story, but it's never inane, trite, or obtrusive to the game, as the story is layered and feels meaningful as it quickly puts forth a mystery of what's happening and why, and sets up a dark tone to the proceedings that contrast quite heavily with what many may see as cute visuals.

Brilliantly building a hub world of sorts into an oddly entertaining narrative — which was a rarity for a game about karting — it even boasted boss races and vehicle choice, taking you into the skies as well as the water.

But for those who are still unconvinced, I spoke with Lead Narrative Designer Paul Crocker of developer Rocksteady at E3 about the newest Batman game, including Play as the Joker exclusive to PLAYSTATION 3.

That's all the story on offer in this game, but it's not about narrative or words or themes, it's all about the skill.