Sorry for my little hiatus but I'm active again. Did anyone play Mass Effect 3? Great tragic story with great tragic ending of a memorable tragic hero :) Really good. Though in my humble opinion, could be better, but I'm okay with what I have. (Actually I'm not...Shepard died so that the reapers could live :( )
A great story is imperative to every video game. Nowadays video games affect society almost as much as movies do. A video game which boasts a strong plot that delivers the message of the developer/ designer/ writer is becoming increasingly common in the industry. This is because we evolve. I for one remember a time when video games with mindless action and shooting with weak laughable plots (or none at all) dominated the industry, and I'm so glad that this trend is finally going extinct.
All my life I've always love a great story. I'm so glad I can finally find my sources in somewhere else now. Last time it was just books, and maybe some movies, or serene pictures -in which I can let my imagination flow to give that captured scene a story- now even gaming has become such a beautiful art.
But anyway, back to why good stories in video games are important. First of all, no doubt that the prices of each video game are definitely booming, hm not to mention our taxes are too, so we as gamers have to do something right? We had to develop certain standards. We expected our beloved video games to have revamped graphics, better soundtracks, deeper but still fun gameplay, and well this sudden inclination of augmented story telling is just a really pleasant surprise. And the benefits? Undoubtedly voluminous.
These improvements reminds us why we made that decision to make thiner our wad of cash, and why the load in our pocket seem a little (just a little-money doesn't really weigh much ) lighter. In other words, it's worth our money. Secondly, video game companies' effort to make their characters more realistic and relatable in a well applauded effort, a great great move to make. Gamers are humans, and we like to indulge in our oh so fun fantasies of adventure, and we are naturally gregarious beings. We LOVE socializing. (Whoever doesn't are just wounded or something-and we should help them, because come to think of it mass shootings and suicides aren't something to be taken lightly.) So having this intuitive grasp of communicating with a fellow human being, it is only normal that we'd likely to be more hooked on to something that we can relate to.
And of course last but not least, we learn valuable lessons from these stories. I mean sure, it's not like there'll be like, a zombie apocalypse any time soon right?
You know, you can go ahead and laugh at my silliness to be moved by FICTION. It's fiction, dammit. But you know what, I think it's the adult's mind that has a greater need of fantasy than that of a child. Plus, everyone knows that every fantasy has elements of real life in it.
Especially in these times, when the economy is hardly stable, and when sometimes you just kinda can't help questioning why certain people did certain things. Delusional or not, (hopefully not) we can all cling to our own fantasies, so that we'd be able to hold on 'cause we know that it's going to be all right( in the end).
Cheers and kudos everyone, Have a great day ! Or a good night with pleasing dreams :)
