Director turn developer

There’s no two ways about it, games are becoming more cinematic. Be it the engaging and witty dialogue of the Uncharted series to the Michael Bayhem of the COD franchise. Hell, Heavy Rain even made a stab at being an adult thriller. This generation has managed to produce narrative entertainment in ways that would have been nigh-on unimaginable on last generation’s consoles.

But there are two problems with this. Firstly, some games want to be considered as works of art so badly, they forget to tell a decent story and end up looking a bit try hard and dim, like the aforementioned Heavy Rain. Secondly, if games do eventually become the best way to craft a tale or universe, what will happen to all those hard-working film directors?

So what can be done to remedy this situation? Let’s get our favourite film directors making some of our favourite games.