From: KanzarisKelshen | #094We have to hold EVERY GAME to a higher standard. Videogames should evolve as a medium and have stories as good as books or the more thought-provoking movies if they're trying to tell a story instead of just prepping some dressing for the mechanics.
Video games are ALL ABOUT the mechanics! Nobody will buy a video game for the story if they don't like the mechanics. Video games are not primarily a story-telling medium, and they never will be. That's why we call them "games!" Do you open up your game of monopoly or chess looking for an engrossing story?
There are reasons that movies, books, etc. still exist and are popular and always will be. They are primarily storytelling mediums and nobody goes to a movie looking for gameplay.
I disagree with this post. I think a great story line is something near every game should strive for. Mechanics are definitely important, but I find games, especially if they are just single player, with weak or nonexistent story line / characters to be... mindless. A game should make me care about what's going on just like a book or movie should.
One thing I really like about this trailer is that it actually felt like a movie trailer. It didn't feel like a video game. Except I'm pretty sure that wasn't all cutscenes, there was actual game play footage laid in there and it didn't break it up. I think that's excellent.
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The batman villians all seem to be one big joke that batman refuses to laugh at - SantaRPG