14th November 2004, 1:04 PM
Quote:BG and MP have absolutely nothing in common as far as storytelling goes, so this comment makes no sense...
They both use text in a "find-it-yourself instruction manual" manner.
Quote:True, but you seemed to be implying that movies are a better influence for games than books...
Obviously, as games are a visual medium just like movies are. Games can directly copy movies while books can only offer inspiration and technique.
Quote:Nope. Aliens just repeat the same (very few number) of lines over and over and over. And aliens talk a lot in that game. It clearly saves them a huge amount of time and space, to not actually have the aliens use their languages (if they really exist), but no one who played the game for more than an hour or two should have been confused into thinking that they actually are voicing what it says one the screen! I found it extremely obvious and, eventually, annoying...
There was still hundreds of hours of recorded dialogue in the game.
Quote:How many videogames have been inspired by books though?
Kobo Abe's "Kangaroo Notebook" inspired MGS2, according to Hideo Kojima. :D But that's only inspiration, like I said.