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Chozo_Gunner posted...

Yup, even a LOT of games that gamers supposedly hold up as having "good writing", like Uncharted or MGS.

Uncharted isn't going to win an Oscar, or bring up any deep arguments or anything, but that really isn't why you should be playing Uncharted. You play Uncharted because you want to be Indiana Jones and be a treasure hunter and do awesome action set pieces that feels like you're the main character in an adventure movie.

Its not the artsy indie film to make you think its a big summer blockbuster brought to you by Subway and it does a great job at that.

Although the bigger issue with most game writing is that it almost always takes a back seat to the gameplay, which can make effectively writing a good story much more difficult. constantly making sacrifices to make playing through the game actually somewhat enjoyable can make it really hard to really enjoy a game the same way as say, a movie.