I'm optimistic now. (Gaming)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Tuesday, February 23, 2016, 23:21 (3199 days ago) @ cheapLEY

I used to believe that. As someone who liked games I constantly graded their stories on a curve compared what I saw and liked in other mediums. Then I played The Last of Us. The bar has been raised.

I'm not sure that really serves as a counterpoint to what he's saying. While I do believe that there is some added value to the story from actually playing as Joel and Ellie and in a certain manner actually experiencing the story sort of through their eyes, I'm not really convinced that The Last of Us couldn't work just as well, or even potentially better, as a movie. It doesn't really do anything that only a game can inherently do at least as far as story is concerned.

You're introducing a different discussion. He didn't say anything about interactivity and which is better, a movie version of a game version of the same story. By those lights video games might win considering all the dogcrap video-game-based films. I'll agree with CruelLegacy about the superiority of playing it versus watching it being played (worth noting: the latter is not the same as a movie version even though there's a youtube video called that). But again, this is a different topic.

Cody said, "Look at the very best of both media. The best of film and television completely blow away the best of games in terms of story and exploration of the human condition. It's not even close."

I say in terms of story and exploration of the human condition, the best of film and television do not completely blow away "The Last of Us." It's pretty damn close. The Last of Us being so competitive by these measures is precisely why I'm looking forward to its film version.