Sentences with phrase «in video game narratives»

Mass Effect was an undeniable milestone in the pantheon of role playing games and was one of the first to truly demonstrate the power of choice in video game narratives.

Alongside that is Dylan Holmes» A Mind Forever Voyaging, a super well - written romp through classic moments in video game narrative history.

Not exact matches

His signature style is to create elaborate narratives and histories for the characters in his video - game videos to make them «like a movie.»

His signature style is to create elaborate narratives and histories for the characters in his video games to make them «like a movie.»

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.

«Importantly, this effect was specific to the condition in which participants actively engaged in the games narration, while the mere exposure to the narrative video game did not affect theory of mind, in comparison to playing a neutral video game.»

As published today in Social Psychological and Personality Science, the researchers found that narrative game elements contributed to a more immersive video game experience.

«The earliest video games really had very little in common with other forms of narrative entertainment,» said Bowman.

Visual novels are a medium using the narrative style of Literature, but in a digital format that could technically be considered a Video Game.

As with its predecessors, it's a rare game that earns its difficulty through the weight of its decisions rather than its gameplay, and it sets an increasingly high bar for narrative excellence in video games.

The Quantic Dream games have always been divisive, some finding them epic narratives telling complex tales, others complaining that they would like some gameplay in their video games.

Storytelling in video games can be a hit or miss endeavor, with the best games nailing the basic tenets of good narrative, and the subpar games dying under the strain of too much exposition.

Tilton demonstrates in this video game score that he has all the hallmarks of someone who would be a great film composer — not just the composition itself (which is beyond reproach — the orchestration in particular is so impressive) but also his dramatic sense, which is honed to provide a gripping narrative here.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is still one of the best video game stories of all time, and although the quality of COD single - player narratives have tended to fluctuate in recent years, there's still that sense of drama and action that I crave.

It is as much a colossal void as the vacuum that serves as its backdrop, so relentlessly plot - driven that it resembles a video game not only in its near - total animation but in its stage - oriented narrative movement.

That said, I do think this game is fantastic and that anybody interested in mobile games with depth, SRPGs, or video games with great narratives should buy The Banner Saga.

The second and third games and The Room built off their worlds, delivering some of the most memorable narratives in video game history (anyone who has played Silent Hill 2 to completion and claims not to remember it is lying).

Disney Interactive And Harmonix Announce October 21 Release And Unveil New Content For The Award - winning Music And Motion Video Game «Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved» At The 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) Experience All - New City Realm and the Game's Narrative Plus Playable Songs from Drake, The Who, and others in Disney Interactive & Microsoft Booths at E3

In an era where people are constantly feeling vaguely screwed over by big - budget video games, it's a narrative a lot of us can get behind.

The plot of Battle Los Angeles is only a few dialogue scenes removed from the objective - based narratives of countless video games concerning warfare in modern times.

Video Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt / CD Projekt Red Mobile Game of the Year Her Story - Sam Barlow Table Top Game of the Year Pandemic Legacy - Z - Man Games Excellence in Gameplay Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain - Konami Excellence in Art Bloodborne - Sony Computer Entertainment / FromSoftware Excellence in Animation Rise of the Tomb Raider - Square Enix / Crystal Dynamics Excellence in Technical Achievement The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt / CD Projekt Red Excellence in Visual Achievement The Order: 1886 - Sony Computer Entertainment / Ready at Dawn Excellence in Narrative The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt / CD Projekt Red Excellence in Design Bloodborne - Sony Computer Entertainment / FromSoftware Excellence in SFX Star Wars Battlefront - Electronic Arts / EA DICE Excellence in Musical Score Ori and the Blind Forest - Microsoft Studios / Moon Studios Excellence in Multiplayer Rocket League - Psyonix Excellence in Convergence Batman: Arkham Knight - Warner Bros..

(What's interesting to note, however, is that Trachtenberg's career really began to build traction after he released a short film based on the video game Portal; that game's narrative has more than a few things in common with 10 Cloverfield Lane «s, which I found intriguing.)

Platforming and narrative elements rarely accompany each other in a video game.

I just hope that Rockstar stick to their guns on this one, and I am hoping that their choice to bring the game in - house and drop Remedy as the games key developer is a wise decision, as Remedy's game style is very distinctive and they seem to understand fully how a film noir narrative needs to be portrayed in video games (can you tell I haven't played LA Noir yet).

Though this is not a new idea for video game narratives, what stands out in Cave Story is that these choices may not be apparent to the player, who may just go along with a specific choice because it is expected from them based on previous years of experience playing other games.

Players who want to feed banknotes to an already - overrated egotist are advised to do so with all haste, but those with any regard for quality in interactive storytelling and the narrative structure of video games should look elsewhere.

Set in a darkly imagined, underwater Ayn Randian dystopia and rife with deep narrative and philosophical themes, the game went beyond some standard video game tropes.

In video games such as God of War 1, Splinter Cell, and Fable 2 the narrative revolves around a man seeking revenge the death of female family members.

In this edition I talk with Chris Suellentrop, video game critic for the New York Times, and Steve Gaynor of the Fullbright Company, an indie game studio developing Gone Home, a finalist for the Excellence in Narrative award at the Indpendent Games Festival later this montIn this edition I talk with Chris Suellentrop, video game critic for the New York Times, and Steve Gaynor of the Fullbright Company, an indie game studio developing Gone Home, a finalist for the Excellence in Narrative award at the Indpendent Games Festival later this montin Narrative award at the Indpendent Games Festival later this month.

In an era of video games when developers often supplement narrative for great graphics, Naughty Dog prove with the Uncharted series that both can live in perfect harmonIn an era of video games when developers often supplement narrative for great graphics, Naughty Dog prove with the Uncharted series that both can live in perfect harmonin perfect harmony.

Please join me for our next video in which we will continue our discussion of the Women as Background Decoration trope by examining the growing trend of exploiting sexual violence as a plot device in game narratives.

It deserves it as well, because The Walking Dead is a great game, one that truly pushes what can be done with a video game narrative that can not be done in film or TV.

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.

The selection of titles for the Festival aims to affirm the status of video games as culture, and as a design object, showing the state of the art in narrative, experimental and political games.

Acknowledgments List of Figures Foreword Chapter 1: The Father of Modern Video Games Chapter 2: Spatial Narratives: Characters in their Worlds Chapter 3: From Games to Experiences: Designing for User Freedom and Unique Expression Chapter 4: Revolutionizing Gameplay: Casual Games and Mature Audiences Chapter 5: In His Own Words: Transcript of Miyamoto's 1999 Game Developer Conference Keynote Chapter 6: A Continuing Legacy Gameography Works Cited Indin their Worlds Chapter 3: From Games to Experiences: Designing for User Freedom and Unique Expression Chapter 4: Revolutionizing Gameplay: Casual Games and Mature Audiences Chapter 5: In His Own Words: Transcript of Miyamoto's 1999 Game Developer Conference Keynote Chapter 6: A Continuing Legacy Gameography Works Cited IndIn His Own Words: Transcript of Miyamoto's 1999 Game Developer Conference Keynote Chapter 6: A Continuing Legacy Gameography Works Cited Index

It has a deep lore and history for those who look for it, a diverse roster of characters without belonging into most of the awful tropes they usually fall prey to, a simple yet really customizable combat system, and one of the better narratives I've seen in a video game.

In a time where video game narratives like Nier Automata take a look at the video game medium and use it to say powerful things about life itself or how my last reviewed game the Last Guardian showing big budget games can still have heart.

In the video version of this week's show, Brent and Ben are a two - man act as they get together to discuss Sony's 2018 slate of games, Destiny 2's narrative, Jim Ryan's latest controversy, Halo 6's future reveal, May's NPD results, Skull & Bones» single - player campaign, Rocket League on the Switch, and lots more!

Some of the high - prestige indie games that made their way onto Xbox and PlayStation include Journey (a melancholy pilgrimage to a mountaintop in which you sometimes encounter other random players), Gone Home (players explore an empty house in Portland, Oregon, and un-lock its secrets through hidden journal entries), and What Remains of Edith Finch (a narrative adventure published by the video game arm of the film production company Annapurna Pictures).

Rean, Alisa, Elliot, Laura, Machias, Jusis, Emma, Fie, and Gaius is undeniably one of the strongest main cast of characters to exist in a modern video game, and it definitely helped to suck me into the story and feel an emotional connection with every single one of them every time something major or minor would happen in the narrative.

This is, in some ways, the narrative which set the standard for what stories in video games look like.

He studied Mass Communication in Hamburg and developed the game Edna & Harvey: The Breakout as his diploma thesis (video games as a non linear narrative medium).

So, does linear narrative belong in video games?

And while I'd like to say «if you're going to make a linear narrative, just write a book,» there have been some amazing linear narratives told in video games, and I'm just as happy to experience them in a video game as I would have been in a book or movie.

At the risk of sounding shallow, simply progressing a narrative, either linear or otherwise, has never been enough to keep me going in a video game.

Nuanced narrative, one of the last frontiers in video games, is the welcome backdrop for «Where The Water Tastes Like Wine,» a new offering about the Great Depression from a small group of independent game makers.

There's nothing quite like having a lazy afternoon with nothing else to do except put on a video game, get lost in a narrative and overcome a few challenging puzzles.

Which of narrative or gameplay should take the lead in video games?

Boasting a unique combat system in which everyday objects become weapons, multiple story routes, a varied cast of characters based on common anime and video game tropes and a narrative dripping with social satire and subtle nods to Japanese pop culture, AKIBA»S TRIP is a present - day supernatural adventure for the gamer in all of us.

But now, not satisfied with Tekken and his recent XBLA game Way of the Dogg (in which, by the way, you play a character unironically named America Jones who learns how to reverse time and punch dudes at Snoop's magical Dojo, setting video game narrative back another five years), Snoop Hedgehog is lending his vocal cords to a Multiplayer Announcer voice package for Call of Duty: Ghosts.