"narrative focus" refers to the main storyline or central theme of a story. It is the aspect or idea that the story primarily revolves around and emphasizes.
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There seems to be a heavy
narrative focus in the Humble «Game On» Bundle, which includes some wonderful narrative - focused games.
Trauma is a creepy
narrative focused game in which you walk through a mysterious dream world and encountering childhood memories and attempting to avoid bad ones.
Many authors, after finishing the proposal, end up changing their angle, perspective, or
narrative focus after better understanding what will sell in book form.
It may not have the
complete narrative focus that its peers have, but in every other department, this is the best adventure game I've played in many years.
There's the standard emotional campaign, the
expanded narrative focused zombies and of course classic ground based multiplayer action.
True, one of the scenes features a singing Kylie Minogue — always a plus — who plays a female counterpart to Monsieur Oscar, but the constant shifting
of narrative focus begins to feel as gimmicky as it is intriguing.
The intermission marks more than just a shift in
narrative focus from Rana to Kochadaiiyan but in Ashwin, who then takes what works best to the next level by completely embracing both the story's inherently exaggerated nature as a «legend» and, more importantly, the fantastical unreality of and the unbridled creative freedom granted by her chosen filmmaking approach.
A large scale and very
narrative focused title, you get to unleash the power of ring to build your own little Orc army.
That Oscar nominee Rinko Kikuchi, a third minor return from the original, is given short shrift, suggests that most of the characters exist merely as vain stereotypes given
simplistic narrative focus that evaporates once the action comes into full focus.
While The Lost Legacy has an
obvious narrative focus, you can diverge from this regularly, searching for picturesque vistas to reflect upon, treasures to gather or groups of enemies to eliminate, either stealthily or with guns blazing.
Surely this is an element of the overall feeling of detachment from the movie, and the lack of
narrative focus drags the front - loaded first act (A subplot involving the identical, bumbling Inspectors Thompson (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) and a pickpocket (Toby Jones) only provides some stilted comedy; something is off about the physics of this animated world).
Like Jupiter Ascending from the Wachowskis earlier this year, Chappie finds a talented filmmaker dipping into many waters but
losing narrative focus along the way.
While the
tight narrative focus that begat many classic scenes of dialogue driven rapartee are notable perhaps the most classic scene in all of Dogs is that of a malicious dance from one Mister Blonde.
The semi-open world structure, loot system, and a much
deeper narrative focus work well, but are all trends being pushed by most other big games»
Decisions like this that add texture to an otherwise rote
war narrative focusing on the last hope a giant robots offers.
The schoolyard drama and the tumultuous romance between Chloe and Rachel Amber, which were the
primary narrative focus in
The
globetrotting narrative focuses on the abortive prostitutional dalliance of a miscellaneous International Business Traveller played by Jude Law, another of the dweeby, Beta - male characterisations he's getting worryingly good at.
Drawing from Vinz's work (1996) with critical incidents, students identify one key moment from their week of teacher - assisting and compose a present -
tense narrative focused on description.
Hans's first
person narrative focuses on his and sister Paulette's youth spent with one parent a brilliant, egotistical, maladjusted addict and the other a hapless enabler.
«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.
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.
We are currently looking for an Experienced Generalist (mainly environment but character experience a plus) 3D Artist to help on the 3
VR narrative focused titles we currently have in production.
The new God of War on PS4 options a wide selection of additives to the collection, from a brand new fight system and weapon to an AI companion and a a lot totally
different narrative focus.
Empire Divided also has a
big narrative focus, as it chronicles the journeys of the characters and powers involved in this turbulent and fascinating time.
While Infernal: Hell's Vengeance offers an
intriguing narrative focusing on the struggle between agents of good and evil, the game's execution is reasonably unrefined.
While largely nonrepresentational, the compositions snap
into narrative focus with the presence of small insects, often ants or a dung beetles, swept up in the fiber pixels of the hand - stitched yarn.
Beyond the Hills's basic story carries these themes forward, yet represents a significant weakening
of narrative focus.
This is a much different project, of course, both in terms of setting and story, and the screenplay could use more
narrative focus in its first half.
While playing «Horizon Zero Dawn,» that list expanded dramatically — outside of delighting in the graceful, smart gameplay systems that underlie the game's
narrative focus, I often laughed out loud at Aloy's smart quips (she's the protagonist you see above).
In 1988,
the narrative focused on Los Angeles.
In Ferguson,
the narrative focusing on entrenched racism came into mainstream focus «because from the first day black Twitter was on it,» she emphasized, and helped «connect the dots» to other incidents across the country.
Narrated by each character in shifting turns, «Mudbound» presents a fascinating exercise in perspective and
narrative focus, weaving in and out of the two families» stories and the constantly changing dynamics of dominance and dependence, all of it set against a backdrop of poverty and the unforgiving forces of nature.
The narrative focuses on Miguel's desire to find his father, Hector's love for his daughter, and the shared bond that develops between the two.