Maturity: it seems that this term has a lot of interpretations when it comes to games.
I wonder what's GAF general idea about it since I often read that Nintendo's games aren't mature because they look "cartoonish" and similar things or that The Last of Us isn't mature because movies do its job better, a statement that always leave me very perplexed.
At the same time I read sometimes that COD or even The Walking Dead are mature games, two statements that leave me even more perplexed.
We all know that videogame is the most complex and richest medium since it blends writing and cinema with its unique feauture, gameplay, and it's not rare to see comparisons with works that belong to other media, it's natural.. but is it fair? What are the requirements for a game, such a complex product, to be defined mature?
Some examples:
I'd like to read your opinions and mention games that you consider mature.
I prefer to give my opinion later but it has a lot to do with storytelling.
I wonder what's GAF general idea about it since I often read that Nintendo's games aren't mature because they look "cartoonish" and similar things or that The Last of Us isn't mature because movies do its job better, a statement that always leave me very perplexed.
At the same time I read sometimes that COD or even The Walking Dead are mature games, two statements that leave me even more perplexed.
We all know that videogame is the most complex and richest medium since it blends writing and cinema with its unique feauture, gameplay, and it's not rare to see comparisons with works that belong to other media, it's natural.. but is it fair? What are the requirements for a game, such a complex product, to be defined mature?
Some examples:
- M rated games: violence and gore content is enough to me to define it mature.
- A great story: Legacy of Kain is an example of mature game to me.
- Themes covered or mentioned: MGS is mature, now more than ever with Ground Zeroes and that
rape thing
- Storytelling technique: a good story is almost useless if you don't know how to tell it in a game and cutscenes aren't the solution. Therefore MGS sucks and mature games to me are The Last of Us, System Shock, Half Life etc.
- A realistic graphic style / graphical fidelity: there's no way that a random Mario can be mature to my eyes.
- Top notch gameplay: it's videogames we're talking about, right? Gameplay is everything, Vanquish and Bayonetta are mature games even if the story sucks.
- Complex, huge games with tons of feautures: Star Citizen is a mature game.
I'd like to read your opinions and mention games that you consider mature.
I prefer to give my opinion later but it has a lot to do with storytelling.