>reading any sort of supplementary material to what is contained in the game itself
Stop ruining video games.
Reading any sort of supplementary material to what is contained in the game itself
Jeremiah Perry
Aiden Bennett
This actually was more prevalent in the past, remember when lore bits or even the entire story were contained in the instruction manual or even strategy guides?
You're just a confused old boomer, i think it's time to wheel you back into the retirement home.
John Smith
ok fag
Cameron Baker
I genuinely miss the game manuals of last gen. The Darkness is one that was especially awesome.
Logan Harris
No, I'm saying story pollutes video games and encourages devs to spend more time writing out a terrible plot instead of making a robust gaming experience.
Nolan Clark
>game gets an expansion
>references stuff that you would only know about if you bought the 500-ish page shit tie-in novel
Hudson Jackson
You realize that writers and programmers are usually not the same people, right?
The people writing the story, animating cutscenes and so on take no time away from the people designing the gameplay.
Jace Evans
But where money is spent matters too. And that's the issue.
Jackson Garcia
The Killzone 1 manual was pretty dope with its presentation as a newspaper for the planet Vekta. Its media bias for the ISA was a nice touch. If only thet every put the same effort into making a game about the helghast rather glassing the whole planet.
Justin Taylor
I'm trying to do this for my first attempt at Dark Souls, and I'm not sure how successful I'm going to be