Not exact matches
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.
While the
setting and
narrative are quite strong, players looking for an in - depth
gameplay experience might find themselves a bit disappointed.
+ Excellent
narrative + Entertaining live action show + Great
set pieces + Not too hard to follow - Mediocre shooter
gameplay - Some characters aren't well developed - Choices don't change the plot much
One would naturally expect, then, a
narrative that stands on its own but
sets up the events of the main game, while also providing a
gameplay experience that does much the same.
The
gameplay is to be one of interactive fiction and will be
set within the noir genre, with players working within a
narrative and focusing on what to do next, either in pursuing leads or options within dialogue.
With such an interesting
narrative that is
set up for the game, you hope that the story and
gameplay mesh well together, and they do.
We know that this is a platform title that features a cyberpunk theme
setting, but we're still a bit scarce in regards to
gameplay and
narrative information.
Novel content,
narrative,
settings, character designs, artwork, audio or plots - unless they affect the core
gameplay in a major way.
It's a good thing that not much stock is being put into the game's
narrative because a) The French Revolution as a
setting pretty much comes with the
narrative pre-installed and b) this means that the developers can focus on pants that make you faster
gameplay.
But that said, Past Cure does have some innovative ideas and thought - provoking pieces of
narrative, mixed with some great
set pieces of
gameplay that should keep you entertained.
Haimrik blends
gameplay with the
narrative of its story
set in medieval times.
It makes that struggle to cope and survive central to both the
narrative and
gameplay — not peripheral
set dressing to a story about something else.
«The ambitious
narrative and
gameplay of Human Element required an innovative
set of features in order to achieve our vision,» said Robotoki creative director Robert Bowling.
The game feels like an evolution of the Housemarque
set - up, still clinging to the studio's arcade ideals with leaderboards and a competitive element, but it also attempts to inject the mixture with some
narrative elements and co-op
gameplay.
This
sets up the string of boss fights that make up the bulk of Furi's
gameplay, but even then the game still manages to pull some neat
narrative tricks.
According to Wikipedia, «Roguelike is a subgenre of role - playing video games, characterized by procedural level generation, turn - based
gameplay, tile - based graphics, permanent death, and typically based on a high fantasy
narrative setting.
While it's clear in many games that there's a core
gameplay loop that the game was built around, and you'll often see that loop reused over and over again, A Way Out is built around the story and these
gameplay settings feel like
narrative devices in hindsight.
The
set - up is as conventional as it gets, but what Shu lacks in
narrative it more than makes up for with
gameplay.
Set in the most renown city of the Chernobyl exclusion zone, «Pripyat» will mark a new milestone in the franchise featuring a rich
narrative and new
gameplay mechanics for players to discover later this year.
Its core
gameplay — being a free - roaming lightgun shooter, with smatterings of
narrative, some strong
set pieces and solid wave - based shooting — isn't hugely inspired.
They will also appreciate its classic survival - horror
gameplay that's blended expertly with more modern features like open world
settings, its improved graphics, and tighter
narrative.
«Game
narratives set out explicit problems that raise philosophical questions,» says Schulzke, while «
gameplay mechanics
set the rules that govern players» range of choices.»