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Article #721017Re: Fallout 4 - Nobody's discussing it here yet?
From: Rin Stowleigh
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:03
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:03
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One thing I will say that pains me to watch that video is the emphasis on character creation. How much is it going to really impact gameplay having one nose or facial hair configuration versus the other? The development time spent doing things like making sure the baby is properly generated from parents is time that could have been spent doing something else that IMO adds more value to the overall experience. I doubt most people are going to start a new game a couple of dozen times just so they can see all the possible baby combinations. Most of the time the player will be running through the city looking at the back of their own head. Yes, the customizations will be seen in the cutscenes, but the fact that there is so much emphasis on cutscene visuals is what's so wrong with gaming these days. Want a story and characters? Watch a movie, it's a much better experience. The very idea of "playing games" implies being presented with and trying to overcome some challenge either tactically or via hand-eye coordination, in order to defeat the challenge and achieve some goal. At some point we've just gotten lost in the idea that dozens of hours should be spent watching interactive movies and that this somehow constitutes "gaming".
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