Monday, December 5, 2016

Video games storytelling (1 of 2)

I enjoy video games they have a way to tell a story that no other form can. It lets you put yourself in the shoes of the character by controlling his action. I'm going to talk about 2 of my favorite games just from the aspect of the story.
The first one is shadow of the colossus a game that the only enemy is a giant (you guessed) it colossi. you play as Wander a character who brings a girl who is unconscious to a alter to try and wake her up. The you have this god-like voice telling you that you have to kill 16 colossi. each one is different in its own way, the first one is to teach you how to play the game climb on his back and try and stab his head. The second one you learn how to fight on your horse agro. after that the game gets interesting, the colossi keep getting harder and harder you have to start using everything around you. And while you are killing colossi a huge story unfolds.
After you kill a colossi you get engulfed in darkness and get taken back to the room you left the girl with shadow people standing around you. (spoilers) After you kill the last colossus (super hard by the way) you get taken back to the room with the shadows around and they take over your body. they god-like voice you have been hearing was some evil spirit locked away. (watch the video if you want to see and it goes without saying SPOILERS). But this game has a beautiful story without much dialog at all. The dialog in the game is the voice telling you the next colossi but once the end hits the story hits you. You find out that the lands were cursed by the voice you just released.
this is a art form I would like to see more you don't think anything of this world at the beginning you just start killing colossi. then you see what you did and what happened to this land.
This is one of my favorite games but I want to talk about a different type of story-telling that a game can offer.
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