Million Dollar Actor, Five Dollar Writer
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Million Dollar Actor, Five Dollar Writer
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A recent examples that earns my scorn: Why did Darksiders hire Mark "The Joker" Hamill for a completely forgettable story and as a tutorial guide?
Why did the Spiderman games hire Bruce Campbell as the tutorial guy? Answers itself, because he's fucking Bruce Campbell.
I wholeheartedly agree with this article. As my dad used to say, "If you won't do a job right, don't do it at all, boy." (He calls me "boy" when he gets angry)
I hope to become a game writer one day. If my hopes are fulfilled, maybe I could help put an end to games with horrible plots, and simultaneously put Mr. Young out of a job (just joking).
I hope to become a game writer one day. If my hopes are fulfilled, maybe I could help put an end to games with horrible plots, and simultaneously put Mr. Young out of a job (just joking).
I would say Gears of War, but it's painfully dumb dialogue suited it's painfully dumb universe just fine. No, the worst offender of Bad Writing in my opinion would be Killzone 2, what a piece of shit that was. Nothing but a bunch of whiny, overly serious, foul mouthed space marines without 2 damn brain cells to rub together, it lacks the hard edged grit of Call of Duty 4 and lacks the Tongue In Cheek over the topness that characterizes Gears of War.
Dead Rising had some pretty miserable half-assed junk, which was unfortunate because they did a great job of pacing the actual EVENTS of the story, like when certain things would happen, but when it came down to cutscenes or things that described what was going on, I felt like it was pretty miserable. I wish I could give some concrete examples but it's been so long since I played it.
Story line for Dungeon Siege always broke down as a horrible plot and story for me all i heard was...
1:Blah blah blah Save Us
2:Ok
1:Blah blah blah Go here to save us
2:Ok
1:Blah blah blah Oh you can't go the regular way you have to go the long way
2:Ok
1:Blah blah blah Oh you made it
1:Blah blah blah rinse/repeat
1:Blah blah blah Save Us
2:Ok
1:Blah blah blah Go here to save us
2:Ok
1:Blah blah blah Oh you can't go the regular way you have to go the long way
2:Ok
1:Blah blah blah Oh you made it
1:Blah blah blah rinse/repeat
Are you High? Final Fantasy games are the Epitome of good writing. It's the only thing it has going for it, considering it's gameplay is a turn based system of copious level grinding (FF 11 and 12 not withstanding). Have you actually played the games or are you just going by what every one else said?Irridium said:
Back on topic, I don't agree with what you said about unskipable being a collection of bad game stories, because there are quite a number of them whose plots get better as you progress further into the game.
Hmm, you're all going to hate me now, but I think the writing in Zelda is pretty horrible (and the only one I've bothered with is Twilight Princess). "Oh no, Link! You must save the city from these... dark... and... undoubtedly evil... things that... oh fuck this, just go to a bunch of different places and walk around for a bit while we think about how you will defeat the bad guy. Yup. That'll be great."
And all the time everyone's like: "Ohh, Link! You're the chosen one, chosen by the goddesses who are totally bright and shiny, save us from the dark-something woo-woo-bluuuuurgh-cliché-licious."
Any time there's a cutscene in Twilight Princess I just want to roll over and die. Midna was cute though.
And all the time everyone's like: "Ohh, Link! You're the chosen one, chosen by the goddesses who are totally bright and shiny, save us from the dark-something woo-woo-bluuuuurgh-cliché-licious."
Any time there's a cutscene in Twilight Princess I just want to roll over and die. Midna was cute though.
Lost Planet. I'm one of those guys who play many games for the story alone. I llove the convoluted RE plotlines and even DMC can be fun. I enjoyed Dead Rising for what it was. But Lost Planet was so terrible boring! I had zero interest in the characters or the world at all. It was fun blowing up stuff, but this was the only game I ever played where I thought to myself: "oh crap, another cutscene."
Ace combat 6 has the absolute worst story and writing of any game I've ever played. It's so atrocious that it's not even funny. The next time I hear my wingman say "dance with the angels" I'm going to shoot him down myself.
It's a good thing that the gameplay is fucking awesome.
It's a good thing that the gameplay is fucking awesome.
I have always played games that I think will have an intersting story or at least an entertaining one. I find that a good story will make me care about the characters more and it makes me enjoy the game more.
Final Fantasy 7,8,9 are my best examples of games that made you care about the characters (even if the writing sometimes suffers due to translation)
Making me care about the characters greatly enhanced Lost Odyssey, Chrono Trigger, Mass Effect, KOTOR, Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid and even Splinter Cell: Double Agent (I may be alone on that last one)
Final Fantasy 7,8,9 are my best examples of games that made you care about the characters (even if the writing sometimes suffers due to translation)
Making me care about the characters greatly enhanced Lost Odyssey, Chrono Trigger, Mass Effect, KOTOR, Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid and even Splinter Cell: Double Agent (I may be alone on that last one)
Resident Evil 4 was at least fun, but RE5 was a mess. In fact, that game as a whole was a Trojan Horse. We all welcomed it into our homes after the excellence of RE4's game design and finally-abandoning-Umbrella storyline, but then the case opened up and the disc sawed our nuts off.
Still, nothing will ever beat Two Worlds (House of the Dead 2 is probably the worst I've ever experienced, but it's bad enough to provide humor, so it has a saving grace).
Still, nothing will ever beat Two Worlds (House of the Dead 2 is probably the worst I've ever experienced, but it's bad enough to provide humor, so it has a saving grace).
Agreed. I loved the game, but thought the dialogue was very meh.Onyx Oblivion said:
The worst dialogue on my mind lately is in the english trailer for Final Fantasy 13. I linked to it from a Destructoid article that was praising the voice acting in the trailer. The acting was fine, but MY GOD was the dialogue atrocious. I disagree with the argument that JRPG game play is responsible for their decline in popularity in the west. It's their storytelling techniques, IMHO.
Okay, I gotta give you that one. That was truly awful.ccesarano said:
Of games that I've played/seen played, I think I have to go with Two Worlds being the all-time winner of the Most Ridiculously Bad Writing Award, but even GOOD games often have a couple of really boneheaded moments in them.
