11th November 2004, 1:12 PM
I suppose you're also going to say that movies aren't books so they shouldn't follow any of the same basic storytelling rules that good books do, right?
Developers still haven't quite figured out the ideal way to tell stories in video games, but the currently-popular method of putting in movies throughout the game works a lot better than the instruction manual back story way that Prime uses. Prime does not tell a good story, and anyone who really enjoys good stories will tell you that. All of the reviews state that. There's nothing wrong with the scanning stuff, but it is in no way good storytelling. It really is the equivalent of instruction manual back stories.
I suppose you also think that Mega Man X tells a great story, what with all of the neat stuff talked about in the instruction manual.
Developers still haven't quite figured out the ideal way to tell stories in video games, but the currently-popular method of putting in movies throughout the game works a lot better than the instruction manual back story way that Prime uses. Prime does not tell a good story, and anyone who really enjoys good stories will tell you that. All of the reviews state that. There's nothing wrong with the scanning stuff, but it is in no way good storytelling. It really is the equivalent of instruction manual back stories.
I suppose you also think that Mega Man X tells a great story, what with all of the neat stuff talked about in the instruction manual.