Thickstone
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What I've experienced a lot on this board is that videogame stories often get labeled as 'shitty' with arbitrary words such as 'anime', 'writing' or 'dialogue being tossed around. In all of these topics, you read the following:
The writing is horrible.
The dialogue is ridiculous.
It's very anime.
etc.
Quite often these statements are thrown around without much explanation. I often feel that neither the terms themselves are clear (what does the poster mean with 'writing') and neither are the statements in which they are embedded (why does the writing suck?). Moreover, I feel that there is an unspoken truth that videogame stories suck anyway so there is no need in explaining the criticism any further. The vagueness I mentioned somehow becomes accepted. In general, my impression is that there is a lot of harsh criticism and negativity surrounding the discussion of videogame stories. Eventually, everything is either 'shit' or 'pretty good (for a videogame)' but there is no in-between and this is why I find these discussions very flat. Not only are the terms unclear, they are also fairly black and white. For instance, I remember being amazed by the scope and complexity of Xenosaga and yet I wouldn't be surprised to see many writing it off as 'convoluted anime bs'.
What is your impression regarding the discussion of videogame stories?
The writing is horrible.
The dialogue is ridiculous.
It's very anime.
etc.
Quite often these statements are thrown around without much explanation. I often feel that neither the terms themselves are clear (what does the poster mean with 'writing') and neither are the statements in which they are embedded (why does the writing suck?). Moreover, I feel that there is an unspoken truth that videogame stories suck anyway so there is no need in explaining the criticism any further. The vagueness I mentioned somehow becomes accepted. In general, my impression is that there is a lot of harsh criticism and negativity surrounding the discussion of videogame stories. Eventually, everything is either 'shit' or 'pretty good (for a videogame)' but there is no in-between and this is why I find these discussions very flat. Not only are the terms unclear, they are also fairly black and white. For instance, I remember being amazed by the scope and complexity of Xenosaga and yet I wouldn't be surprised to see many writing it off as 'convoluted anime bs'.
What is your impression regarding the discussion of videogame stories?