Story is one of the most important elements in any form of entertainment media, including video games. The introduction of the story and an identifiable character proved to be a turning point in gaming while it was still in its infancy. This is what turned a yellow dot on a screen into a world wide icon. But it seems today that many game developers have been caught up in making their games look good, instead of trying to make them be good. Story in many games today becomes secondary to graphics.
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| Would he be an icon if made today? |
What game developers must realize is that it was story, not graphics that has kept the video game industry alive and not graphics. That is why we can still look at some of the classics such as Pacman and Zelda and appreciate them. There is still hope, however. Some developers have begun to realize that graphics can take a game only so far and have gone back to basics to make the story as much a driving force as it ever was.
Not just graphics, but scenes.... like scenes and setting for a film... it's all part of the intricacies in creating an "epic" game. So: what about the rest of the graphics... an interesting topic to pursue
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