Question of the Day, May 2, 2010

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Question of the Day, May 2, 2010



The Escapist's own Shamus Young asked a great question in this week's Experienced Points: If you had a friend "who was undecided on the issue of 'games as art,' what games would you have them play?" Well?

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[Cherry Cola]

It's a little game I invented called "Spot the Picasso!"

It involves googling "Picasso" and finding a painting he's made.

Totally art.

On a more serious note, I'd probably say Shadow of the Colossus.

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[LeonLethality]

Monster Hunter's environments surely can be considered art right? If so I'd say that. The game is a work of art to me.

 

[reg42]

Probably Flower.
It's just so relaxing; I love it.

 

[TimeLord]

Probably Flower.
It's just so relaxing; I love it.

I still have yet to try Flower, is it really that good?

 

[Nivag the Owl]

I don't know what Jade Empire is but none of the others are what I would have considered "arty" games. I'm gonna go with Braid. But just to clarify, aren't "arty" games the games that are made primarily to be a piece of art?

THE LONGEST JOURNEY!!

AAAAAAAAAAARGH!

My favourite game ever made. Probably the only game that I've ever cried at.

Really? I massively enjoyed it but I don't even remember any sad moments, let alone something genuinely upsetting.

 

[hazabaza1]

Okami. Everything about that game was beautiful, not just the art style.

 

[Lordmarkus]

Every game that can build up an believeable world with great atmosphere and story i.e the Shock games and Fallout.

 

[SonicKoala]

Silent Hill 2 - wonderfully atmospheric, and one of my all-time favourite stories that I've ever encountered in any medium. It just has so much depth, and the symbolic nature of many of the enemies and environments make this game not only a joy to play, but also to contemplate and analyze.

 

[aaronx83]

Definately
Okami, That Is An Arty Game
And You Can Draw ^^

 

[Marter]

Portal, just because of how awesome it was. The unique gameplay mechanic and witty dialogue would be among my top games if it didn't freeze so often on me.

 

[ThrashJazzAssassin]

Another World wins hands down. Every feature of that game was honed to add to the emotional impact of the story.

 

[The Great JT]

Of the listed, Portal.

Of the unlisted, Psychonauts.

 

[Loonerinoes]

Planescape: Torment

 

[Ph33nix]

mirror's edge. It has a really cool style and its fairly low violence most of the time

 

[reg42]

Probably Flower.
It's just so relaxing; I love it.

I still have yet to try Flower, is it really that good?

Um...It's tough to recommend, because it doesn't have a lot of actual gameplay features, and it's pretty short, but what it will do is give you an interesting piece of "interactive art" to play with, it'll relax you (provided you don't try get all the trophies), and it'll make you feel happy at the end.

 

[Tales of Golden Sun]

None, as long as "arty" hasn't been defined