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Topic	Greatest Game Stories - Voting Topic
Mac Arrowny 05/28/20 3:12:06 PM #184:	I feel like a lot of new games aren't really as good at telling lengthy, epic stories as a lot of older games were. Lightning Strikes posted... Honestly contrasting FFVIIR to FFVII was what even more solidified my thoughts on this. The way original FFVII's story is paced is insane. It is extraordinarily dense and effectively skips a lot of development and bridges between events you would expect in a narrative. It's not paced like any other medium or even current video games, it's paced like a 90's RPG and that's not really a good thing. Isn't it though? Fast pacing can be real great sometimes. iiicon posted... Nope! But it's probably a bit obvious if you go looking for games released this year. I almost put like 4 games from 2019 on my list, so I definitely agree with the assertion that there a lot of smart people writing games now and thanks to the democratization of tools they can release across a variety of platforms in untold numbers of genres. Meanwhile, Japanese people have been making VNs with 1 or 2 person teams since the 90s (and maybe earlier). --- All the stars in the sky are waiting for you. <cite>Mac Arrowny posted [p:939842405] in Greatest G... [t:78697674]...</cite> <quote>I feel like a lot of new games aren't really as good at telling lengthy, epic stories as a lot of older games were. Lightning Strikes posted...</cite> <quote>Honestly contrasting FFVIIR to FFVII was what even more solidified my thoughts on this. The way original FFVII's story is paced is insane. It is extraordinarily dense and effectively skips a lot of development and bridges between events you would expect in a narrative. It's not paced like any other medium or even current video games, it's paced like a 90's RPG and that's not really a good thing. </quote> Isn't it though? Fast pacing can be real great sometimes. iiicon posted...</cite> <quote>Nope! But it's probably a bit obvious if you go looking for games released this year. I almost put like 4 games from 2019 on my list, so I definitely agree with the assertion that there a lot of smart people writing games now and thanks to the democratization of tools they can release across a variety of platforms in untold numbers of genres. </quote> Meanwhile, Japanese people have been making VNs with 1 or 2 person teams since the 90s (and maybe earlier). --- All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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