Tom Jubert the writing genius behind the Penumbura horror games and Black and White 2 has likened video game storylines to cinema in the black and white era in an interview with CVG.

“Blacksite gets a lot of flak for its botched political message - but at least they gave it a shot. Bioshock was altogether less ambitious. But it’s early days - in cinematic history we’d still be in black and white”.

I must agree that video game stories are at the moment still a bit ‘old fashioned’ with only a handful pushing the boundaries and being innovative in what they do. What can developers do to change this? Focus less on graphics and more on getting players involved in an engrossing storyline. That is my take, what do you think?

[CVG]

Tags: Game stories

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