For a long time, the stories to be found within games were perfunctory offerings, if not entirely negligible in terms of the experience. We were saving princesses and girlfriends, defeating monsters and generally acting out the role of fantasy heroes on the occasions that context was given for our actions. Over time, these narratives have become more complex through the inclusion of subplots and a stronger focus on characterisation but changes have been slow to come to the overarching story formulas of those early days. Back then it was understandable, video games were games, aimed at a younger audience while the technology was simply not powerful enough to really explore the questions of sociology or human nature. That isn’t the case so much any more.
Final Fantasy 7 has come back under the spotlight thanks to the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but is it worth replaying the original?
Very much so. Graphically it's dated but the story and the gameplay haven't aged a day. It's still one of my all time favourite RPGs and for me is better than Remake in some ways.
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Sales ranking announced by Famitsu. This time, we bring you a summary of estimated weekly game software and hardware sales from March 25th to March 31st, 2024.
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
Switch OLED Model – 42,957 (6,958,780)
PlayStation 5 – 18,272 (4,713,002)
Switch Lite – 8,302 (5,793,705)
Switch – 6,274 (19,755,912)
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,574 (746,561)
Xbox Series X – 938 (252,674)
PlayStation 4 – 679 (7,925,339)
Xbox Series S – 438 (306,446)
New 2DS LL (including 2DS) -6 (1,192,906)
Rise of the ronin sold twice as much as Dragons Dogma 2 this week...but no articles about that. It's only news if a PS exclusive is being outsold.
The better the Game Engine Technology the better the gameplay immersion and story possibilities.
As Game Engines advances we get more immersive games like STALKER and Heavy Rain! More exotic gameplay like Portal and Flower!
The advancements in Engine Tech allows more detail and variations in story and gameplay.
Stories are limited by imagination alone.
Game like Uncharted can do both. It just take a talent developer to use the tech to it fullest.