There is a growing sentiment among a lot of gamers that cutscenes are an inherently bad means of telling stories in games. These people say that cutscenes are nothing but an imitation of film, with the argument being that games are different from other forms of entertainment and should tell their stories in a way that is unique to video games.
Given the medium's wild diversity, this primer of the essential video games everyone should try is a good place to start.
I can't fk with this list. They missed on alot of games probably before the writers times. Also I know people loved some portal but I was never a fan.
Tomb Raider 1
Driver 1
Abe’s Odyssey
FF6
King of Fighters 94
Mortal Kombat OG
LINK 2 the past
Street Fighter 2
Resident Evil 1
Infinite but not the first two games? Witcher 3 but not the first two games?? GTA V but not literally any of the games before it??? Portal 2 but not the first? Also if you're going to play Shadow of The Colossus play the remaster and not the remake. Can't say I disagree with the list but my man it's all over the place.
I mean some sequels are objectively better and you don’t need to play the whole series.
But most of these games have a story to follow, sure you can catch up with a YouTube vid but where's the fun in that?
A list like this isn't telling you not to play the previous games if you want to. It's just giving you legendary games to play.
But tbh, you don't always have to force yourself to play every entry in a franchise to get to the better ones.
- The vast majority of Witcher 3 players never played the first 2 and had a great time. The first 2 games aren't in the same league.
- The GTA games are self-contained with the odd fun reference. You can easily jump into any of them.
- The Shadow Of The Colossus remake looks and controls better than the original (plus it has a 60fps option while the remaster is just 30fps). New players will enjoy it more.
- Portal 2 is a lot better than Portal 1 and takes the concept much further gameplay-wise. Storywise, Portal 1 is fairly light too. Not that you shouldn't play it but realistically ... you'd love Portal 2 whether you play it or not (at lot of Portal 2 players have never played 1).
Bioshock 1 is the only one I agree with you on simply because it's one the best games of all time and arguably better than Infinite. No other setting like Rapture.
Looking at the list, I'd recommend playing Uncharted 1 before 2 but no doubt, 2 is the legendary one you have to play.
I get it, but that's just my opinion on his opinion. I just think that before you play a sequel you should still play what came before it. Maybe it's just me but i find it fascinating playing through the first game in a series and seeing how it has evolved through its sequels. Like I said I don't disagree with the list, other than SoTC which I strongly believe the remaster of the original should be played above the remake.
Awesome list! Hot take on Fear (and it's hard af expansion Persaus Mandate!) Bioshock Infinite is stellar, so is the Witcher 3 and you nailed it by having Ocarina of Time. So many fantastic games! Gotta play 'em all! Next one on my list is Prey after I beat Dead Space 2 and Splinter Cell Conviction.
"The Game Music Foundation are today very proud and pleased to announce an additional concert, circling back to the roots of Game Muisic Festival in Poland. On April 28th, 2024, the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw will once again become a place to celebrate the art of video game music, featuring scores from The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II." - The Game Music Foundation.
The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.
Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!
I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.
Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.
resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword
Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2
Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.
There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.
Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence
The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!
The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer
The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.
Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱
Yes, Metal Gear Solid 4 is like a friggin movie.
"There is a growing sentiment among a lot of gamers that cutscenes are an inherently bad means of telling stories in games."
Who are these gamers? I love cutscense its been a part of gaming for years and I hope it never changes. I would love to see who these are that are hating on cutscense. Next they are going to say that a game does not need a plot, oh wait.
Cutscenes are a tool, and like any other tool it can be used incorrectly. Cutscenes aren't inherently bad but there are games which use them poorly.
I enjoyed Metal Gear Solid 4 and loved the cutscenes, but that is from the perspective of someone who is used to the way Kojima makes games. I don't think anyone else could get away with how he tells a story, at least not with the way AAA works right now.
Too many cutscenes IS a bad thing in my honest opinion. Especially if the writing of your game is not very good despite all the relatively sad attempts to imitate film. Many developers that are praised for their storytelling are actually part of the reason why storytelling in video games is held back, because they are not good storytellers in anyway shape or form to anyone who has any knowledge of storytelling, screenwriting, and characterization principles. Games that are guilty of this are games like David Cage games and every metal gear solid besides 3. (and only if you consider it to be a parody that's not supposed to be taken seriously and remove the overly long exposition).
Games are an interactive storytelling medium so taking away the control from the player for long times on end to spill exposition is the opposite of what's good for the medium. Games like the dark souls, journey, and brothers a tale of two sons take advantage of interactive storytelling by integrating the story into the actual gameplay by using lots of mise en scene, (or at least a video game equivalent of it) while not spoon feeding the player every little bit of detail.
One of the main problems of video game storytelling and making grounded realistic relatable characters who speak like actual modern day people is the fact that video game dialogue usually has to end with "go there, do this" in some way shape or form to let the player know where to go next. Western games have been very successful at integrating that line into realistic human dialogue. Most recently, Infamous Second
Reggie:Hey Delsin, I found that control tower you were looking for.
Delsin:Oh really? Where is it?
Reggie"Well you did say that you wanted to see it while we're here."
Delsin:"Shut up...space needle?!"
Reggie"Space needle."
^This feel and sounds like how people in the real world talk. Hell, some games like the Left Behind DLC of The Last of Us even decided to not include that kind of dialogue in exchange for grounded realistic characters.
What people like Kojima and David Cage don't seem to understand is that video games are NOT films and are not a substitute for films. Video games will NEVER get something like "Wolf of Wall Street" So their graphics engines can be as pretty as they want but in the end it always turns out that much worse looking games end up telling the better stories. That is especially true for anything David Cage puts his hands on.
i.e
-Journey
-Walking Dead
-Papers Please
although that's not to say that triple A games can't tell fantastic stories too
-Last of Us
-Infamous Second Son
Btw, please don't try to defend David Cage's writing, I know there are fans of David Cage games, but let's not fool ourselves into thinking he's a good storyteller or writer.
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At least Kojima is a genius when it comes to good cinematography and takes advantage of the fact that video game cutscenes have a controllable camera, as seen in Ground Zeroes, where the entire intro is one long camera shot with no cuts. Something that would be pretty hard to pull off in an actual film.
Metal Gear is the worst!