Post #4681331 · Elektrine

@tias@discuss.tchncs.de

2026-09-05 14:19 UTC

If we want to be charitable there’s a nugget of truth to what he’s saying though. I’m 48 now and I’ve played computer games since I was seven, and I’ve worked with game development myself. TLOU was the first game that felt like it had a story for someone who’s 40+. It felt like some kind of milestone. The art of games has matured significantly in the past 15 years.

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@lyrial@anarchist.nexus 2026-09-05 23:47

I am 43 and feel it necessary to point out that this a really ignorant take. Not that storytelling in games hasn’t progressed, but discounting the myriad of games (especially in the RPG genre) that have excellent storytelling is ignorant at best and disingenuous at worst.

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@julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 2026-09-05 16:19

Yeah, it’s worded stupidly, but there’s a point there. TLOU was emotive in a way I haven’t felt often in video game writing. Ref how well it adapted into TV. I think what he’s getting at is that gaming has focused more on gameplay loop than storytelling, which is generally fair. If anyone has recommendations for games they think have writing of comparable quality, lay them on me. For me so far the pantheon is bioshock, RDR2, TLOU, and I have high hopes for Bg3.

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