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Personally I don’t think that Movies and Games compare fundamentally.
When you are watching movies you are the audience, sitting there passively and taking in the whole story, characters and filling in what is not said with your imagination.
When you are playing a game you are a participant mostly concentrating on objectives and the here and now. Assuming its not a cut scene there is nothing passive about it.
It’s a fundamental issue in my eye’s. Have you ever tried watching a movie while doing something else at the same time. Does it have a positive or negative effect on your experience of the story? …Imagine a live play that had audience members play some of the parts.. how would the rest of audience, say for the play Hamlet, feel about this? …funny maybe, but good for the Story or Drama?
Another thing I ponder is, are we the players dramatic? …If I had to act out the parts of the movies I like myself would I still like them. It seems odd to me to expect a suspenseful story when I, the player, jump of the side of the Castle just for the ‘craic when I was mean’t to open that glowing gate. I mean actors get multiple takes to get the scene right, do you want 20 takes at a game level to get the dramatic essence right?
I think we need to think different for now atleast until we find what works.
I am also one of those people that don’t think games necessarily need storylines. Also the actions you do create their own storyline. If I am acting as nascar racer in a driving game I feel a little like one.
To me cut scenes are fine though I am very curious to see what alternatives we can come up with.