KezraPlanes
Just some dood
I've recently finished Metal Gear Solid 4 (one of the, if not, the best game on the market right now) and the overall presentation of the game and storyline kicks the ass of most of what has been released by Hollywood in the last 10 or so years.
Having that as an example and taking into account other landmarks in gaming like: Final Fantasy VII, Fallout 3, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy for US people) and many others, can games fight against the stigma that they are only for kiddies (here in Portugal it's pretty common, if you like games than you're an immature kid) and establish themselves as an Art form no bigger, no lesser than movies, literature or music.
It's been proven over the years that games can make you feel just the way any movie or book would (hating or loving some characters) but in gaming those feelings are always stronger because you (living through the main character) experience the action in the 3rd or 1st person, socialize with the NPC's (and/or party members in RPG's) in a wat that makes you bond with those same NPC's.
Unfortunately (imo) the motion sensing crap was a step backwards in establishing games as an art form, at least in the way it's being used which is a money making cow for Nintendo to "extort" money from consumers with an over-rated console with few really good games (shovelware galore!), but then again the Wii isn't pointed at the hardcore gamers, but rather tapping into a previously untapped audience that had money to spend no one had gotten into yet.
So taking all this into account, what's your take on the theme of this thread? Speak your mind freely.
Having that as an example and taking into account other landmarks in gaming like: Final Fantasy VII, Fallout 3, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy for US people) and many others, can games fight against the stigma that they are only for kiddies (here in Portugal it's pretty common, if you like games than you're an immature kid) and establish themselves as an Art form no bigger, no lesser than movies, literature or music.
It's been proven over the years that games can make you feel just the way any movie or book would (hating or loving some characters) but in gaming those feelings are always stronger because you (living through the main character) experience the action in the 3rd or 1st person, socialize with the NPC's (and/or party members in RPG's) in a wat that makes you bond with those same NPC's.
Unfortunately (imo) the motion sensing crap was a step backwards in establishing games as an art form, at least in the way it's being used which is a money making cow for Nintendo to "extort" money from consumers with an over-rated console with few really good games (shovelware galore!), but then again the Wii isn't pointed at the hardcore gamers, but rather tapping into a previously untapped audience that had money to spend no one had gotten into yet.
So taking all this into account, what's your take on the theme of this thread? Speak your mind freely.