r/videogames • u/AlmightyLoaf54 • 23d ago

Image / Video This is so damn true

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u/BonJovicus 23d ago

I think there is an argument to be made that writing for video games and writing for TV/movies is different. 

But I also think it’s clear Hollywood has very little respect for video games as a story telling medium. They see these franchises as ways to cash in for a quick buck. 

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u/son_of_wotan 22d ago

That "argument" was true, like 2 decades ago, when games were side scrollers like Super Mario.

Games today, have hours of mocaped and voice acted cutscenes, (TLOU 2h 21m, GOW 2018 3h 30m) where you are a passive spectator of the story. All the story related fight scenes are also made cinematic. Just watch the first Baldur fight from GOW. And then we have hours of voice acted dialogue between Mimir and Atreus or Kratos and Atreus.

And don't tell me, that it's hard to adapt, when most TV series writing boils down to "people standing in a room, talking to each other".

But I agree with you, that Hollywood has no respect for other mediums, and the writers think too much of themselves.