Sentences with phrase «focus of the game narrative»

These artefacts are not the primary focus of the game narrative and their religious, social and cultural significance is rarely given a second thought after they're acquired.

Not exact matches

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

These two games are part of a new focus on narrative across the board.

But Fire Emblem shares some of the key ingredients of a Warriors - style game, including a huge roster of recognizable and beloved characters, a focus on medieval - style combat with melee weapons, bows, and just a bit of magic, and narratives revolving around heroes leading armies to save kingdoms.

While Troy's combat won't feel particularly foreign to fans of the Warriors franchise, its setting and narrative offer a refreshing departure from the Three Kingdoms and Feudal Japan focus of previous games.

Superhot VR has a hint of a narrative framework but it doesn't amount to much; the game is largely an arcade title that mostly focused on the unique gameplay.

A League of Their Own isn't a musical, but the narrative layout resembles one in many ways, from the recruitment of players / performers to training / rehearsals to individual games / shows to bus rides between engagements, and there are similar shifts of focus between the leads (in this case Geena Davis and Tom Hanks) and the second bananas (Madonna and Lori Petty) and various comic turns (Jon Lovitz, Garry Marshall, Megan Cavanagh, Rosie O'Donnell).

However what is clear from playing the past two games is that the developers need to have a much stronger focus on the story and narrative, and this is unfortunately one of the area which is still lacking in their new game.

With light RPG elements, distinct AI programming and a focus on characters, Rockstar is consciously trying to highlight the elements of the game that support its narrative side to lay all worries of single player being neglected in favor of multiplayer to rest.

Telling the tale of a young lady returning home to her family's rural Oregon homestead, Gone Home was an interesting, and successful, twist on narrative focus in games.

Developed by Loki Davison, this narrative - focused MMO is the perfect example of why games need to be delayed to perfect development.

There's also a through - line to 2015's Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain — narratively we are shown Big Boss going openly rogue and actively opposing the world order, and while the game's mechanical focus is on freedom, this falls within the constraints of a larger economic system where the narrative freedom to do what you want, is a smokescreen for another system of exploitation.

The biggest change that Guerilla made was their focus and emphasis on the narrative of the game, which is a big component in any RPG.

With the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops III only one month away, Treyarch released a promotional trailer focusing on the narrative of the game.

is focusing on a lot of the themes that made the base game of Mafia III such a standout and as Hangar 13's narrative director, Bill Harms, says «We were really humbled by the response to the characters and the story in Mafia III, so we wanted to double - down on that as much as possible».

Blackwood Crossing plays just like a first - person adventure game and while the main focus of the game is on the narrative arc of the characters, you will proceed through the game by solving puzzles and interacting with several different characters.

The team also focused on the game's story as one of the main features, with a script that invites the player to travel alongside the main protagonist in a surprising narrative experience.

A Profound Waste of Time is a new magazine from the UK, focusing on — says its successful Kickstarter campaign blurb — «a bold new video game culture magazine, a lovingly produced home to great writing on the medium and its accompanying narratives».

There's a fair bit more to the narrative as you progress through the game, but as the main focus of the game is built on this factor, spoiling much more would be a disservice.

«For 15 years, Deus Ex has been a point of conversation across the games industry and beyond, whether the topic is the franchise's unique gameplay or topical narrative focused on advanced biotechnology and human augmentation,» said David Anfossi, Head of Studio, Eidos - Montréal.

By the way the promo is structured it looks like this will be a narrative focused, as in singleplayer campaign, type of game.

The creative director on Mafia 1 and 2, Daniel Vavra, brings a lot of expertise working on narrative focused, cinematic games to Kingdom Come.

That sounds harsh, and it is, but the fact of the matter is, if I'm going to invest 75 hours of my time in ONE game, and one of the focuses of that genre is an epic narrative, then it damn well better hold up from start to finish.

In a recent interview with Gamespot, Ubisoft clarified what type of narrative their multiplayer - focused game Skull and Bones will have.

Regarding your ideas of providing experience - focused game design, Thomas, I agree that is an underexplored area, since it has not gained commercial widespread success, even if the approach is by no means new (see Facade and the already mentioned Storytron along with the entire debate on Interactive Fiction / Interactive Narrative).

While Final Fantasy VII and Square's subsequent games were an assertion of the value of developing and designing a game with a story at the center of the experience, and using that story to assert ideas about politics economics, and philosophy, Dragon Quarter was a statement in return that similarly intelligent engagements of political ideas could be built into games of minimal narrative that still focused primarily on gamers» engagement with mechanics.

I wasn't brought to tears by the story like I was in similar narrative - focused games, but I certainly felt great pangs of emotion during key moments.

While previous games focused on the power fantasy and rage of Kratos, the addition of Atreus into the game alters the narrative tone, but there are gameplay implications as well.

It's easy to discount Shining Force Online due to its MMO premise, but the team promises the game keeps a narrative focus, with plenty of incentive to keep you battling through the game's main quest.

Seemingly, Guarini is ahead of the game if his goal is to engage the player emotionally with a focus on the narrative.

An occasionally dark tale full of humor, emotion, and memorable characters, if you're even the slightest bit interested in narrative focused video games, you owe it to yourself to experience Grim Fandango Remastered.

Some games are more narrative driven, while others focus more on the visual side of things, but it's usually a combination of both to create a compelling story that ends up creating a «Walking Simulator».

Over two days of focused Masterclasses, you will hear from and meet with New York Times bestselling Authors, World Class Film Makers and Award Winning Game Narrative Designers.

Stefano Maccarinelli Board member & SGDA Swiss - Italian Representative Linkedin, Twitter Stefano Maccarinelli is co-owner of Stelex Software, an independent game development studio focused on narrative games, and one of the pioneers of game development in Ticino.

The game is a narrative - focused first - person adventure that takes place on an uninhabited Hebridean island, upon which a lone man must piece together the chain of events that led to his wife's death.

The multiplayer focus of the game appears to be in - line with the direction the industry is headed, with games - as - a-service and competition a priority over a single - player narrative experience.

A large portion of the game's narrative is focused on Harrisville, both in the present time and sixty years in the past.

He said any new title would be «a different kind of game» that what it has developed before, with a focus on narrative and replayability.

6th August 2013 - The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is only 2 weeks away and today 2K has released a new developer diary focusing on the development of the game, especially the narrative around Agent... Read More

It is a welcome step back from the previous 3DS Fire Emblem games as it focuses on a tighter narrative while providing us with a glimpse towards the future as Shadows of Valentia ventures into new territory with its explorable areas and fresh gameplay mechanics.

Final Fantasy III tried to reconcile the differences between the character customization of the first game and the narrative focus of the second, introducing the class - job system.

This is the focus of The Long Dark — a cel - shaded survival game for purists; no jump scares or paranormal things or sci - fi narratives.

What Remains of Edith Finch is the latest upcoming first person narrative adventure video game which focuses heavily on the plot — based on a family's curse.

What Remains of Edith Finch is the latest upcoming first person narrative adventure video game which focuses heavily on the plot — based on a...

He wants it to be a focused experience that presents the mechanics and narrative in a specific manner, which is a necessity for this type of game.

Reviewing a game like Will O'Neill's Little Red Lie can be a rather difficult process, as it's one of those games that has little player interaction with the focus instead being on the narrative.

Although only a few hours long (you'll probably finish your first, normal difficulty run - through in an evening, though obviously that's always just the precursor to weeks of iterative, repeat play for progressive rewards, as part of Destiny's now huge melting pot of content), it's easily the most precisely curated chunk of campaign Destiny has yet seen, eschewing the early game's narrative vagaries and reliance on multi-purpose, overworld spaces in favour of pacing, storytelling and set - pieces entirely worthy of a focused, single - player FPS.

As regular readers may know, I'm a big fan of narrative - focused games, sometimes pejoratively referred to as «walking simulators».

Ken Levine and his dream team fifteen will remain as part of 2K to create smaller, narrative focused games.

Never did I think I would say that some of the most fresh, novel, and downright wild gameplay - centric ideas of the year would come from a two hour, narrative - focused game.