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Are games really that bad at storytelling? (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by Bong-Docter9999@alien.top to c/gaming@level-up.zone

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I've been seeing a lot of people online saying games are very bad at storytelling because your playing it while learning the lore, I think that's BS but I wanted to see if gamers such as yourselves agree or disagree

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[–] Pegussu@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Games aren't inherently bad at storytelling, it just has to be handled differently than a movie or show. You couldn't make a movie like Outer Wilds or a TV show like The Stanley Parable.

Even something like The Last of Us which has sometimes been derided as a "movie game" takes advantage of the medium by letting you naturally build a relationship with Ellie and explore the setting. You can see that it the show; as good as it is, Ellie and Joel's relationship progression is a little more abrupt simply because it can't be done as slowly and thoroughly as the game can.

[–] Shylteryne@alien.top 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

“Or a TV show like Stanley Parable”

there is a “Stanley Parable” show on apple TV. It’s called Severance

[–] Xreshiss@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Having watched Severance, I'd say the two have just about nothing in common until maybe the last two episodes.

I would not recommend Severance based on someone's like for Stanley Parable.

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