Sentences with phrase «narrative focused game»

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.

So now that I see you focusing on trying to bring more gameplay to narrative focused games, I'm very excited for what is coming.

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

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.

Even games that have more narrative focus on the world will use cutscenes effectively.

Perhaps with a bit more careful planning and more focused management, he can deliver a game that satisfies all his narrative goals, since this seems surprisingly rushed.

Kona is a first person game focused on exploration and survival where the narrative is very relevant.

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).

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.

Night in the Woods, the adventure game focusing on exploration, story and character, won the BAFTA for Narrative.

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.

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»

Apparently, Ken Levine isn't leaving video games but will be taking on narrative - driven stories for Take - Two Interactive and will focus on digital distribution for future titles.

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.

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

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.

Her work hones in on game design that focuses less on preset narratives than on what she terms, «reflective play,» or gaming experiences that are open ended.

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.

They focus mainly on analog games with the occasionally venture into digital narrative games.

More recently though, games like Gone Home or Firewatch have challenged that notion by pushing nearly everything to the side except delivering a sharp, focused narrative.

It takes a few pages from BioShock, (as many games do nowadays) builds a similarly atmospheric experience and rounds it out with a more focused, in - depth narrative.

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.

More PvE - centered content and a new focus on the game's narrative are described as major features in The Division Year 2.

The new game will focus on «deep customisation, authentic urban car culture, and an immersive narrative that pulls you through the game.»

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.

Obviously, this has a lot to do with the game's focus on rushing through areas rather than slow, steady espionage as well as less focus on narrative — but even compared to games such as Bayonetta and Devil May Cry, it's quite short.

The Game Developer Conference will be looking for documentaries and narrative films focused on the video games and are taking submissions

Two days ago, the team announced that they will be rebranding as Deck Nine to signify their shift toward more narrative - focused games.

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).

Humans are unpredictable, so human players - allies or enemies - can not be relied upon to carry a narrative in a particular direction, and so multiplayer games tend not to focus heavily on a linear narrative.

A shared world, 3rd person cover based action adventure game, with a focus on art, narrative and environment which includes various game modes and campaigns and cutting - edge, fun and unique online experiences certainly sounds like Destiny.

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.

I think it's worth a playthrough and even my girlfriend, a diehard PC gamer with a focus on narrative driven games and Elder Scrolls games, enjoys this game.

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.