do you find it difficult to get into games? I’ve got Epic Games and Steam Games libraries chock-full of classic top-tier games along with many other newer games like Stray or 2077, and a bunch of indie titles. I just can’t be bothered to download and install them, much less try to get into the characters and storylines. Used to be I couldn’t wait to see what happened in the story, what new items you could collect, what new worlds the developers had created. Not anymore. I return to playing the same franchise for a quick FPS match or three and then I’m done.
A lot of modern games definitely don’t do story well. The amount of times I download a game for 10 mins of exposition before starting or not getting to play while the game tells rather than shows is outrageous.
The perfect game for me would start immediately and have any exposition happen via audio while being able to play the game.
Like portal?
Like most good indie games, too. “Show don’t tell” is a lesson well learned from the days of Nintendo hegemony, only AAA studios forgot everything not relatedto maximizing profits.