tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882815174745926563.post1268810047746919375..comments2023-05-24T08:43:26.671-04:00Comments on Postcards From The Uncanny Valley: Honoring cinemaSylvain L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06595178160544184217noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882815174745926563.post-8637076370695953272013-12-27T21:06:35.906-05:002013-12-27T21:06:35.906-05:00Something interesting I would like to share:
I fi...Something interesting I would like to share: <br />I find the beginning of The Last of Us very interesting because we play for like a minute or two through Joel's daughter perspective (although it can be push into something more interesting). Narratively, when she dies after, I feel quite an emotion. Not only because of the «cinematic» story of when she gives the watch to her father, but because I was able to play through her vulnerable point of view (looking for her father to help her). She's also the only character that I played with, but that I cannot save (her life) (as opposed to Joel or Ellie). That prologue not only offers something we know of Joel when we play with him (20 years after), it defines the gameplay as a survival mode in which you cannot die (to make the story rolling), a determinism point of view or a closed one from Joel and also offers a «dying» experience. The only thing that I keep asking myself is, why not use the gameplay to make us feel the vulnerability of a character or a situation? For example, we lose Sarah while playing with her or make us feel the lost by not been able to save Sarah while playing with Joel. A closed point of view of Joel is far more interesting after, when the prologue offers an interaction in which you can't do anything to change it.Laurencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882815174745926563.post-70953556671505833582013-10-14T10:19:22.766-04:002013-10-14T10:19:22.766-04:00Well, if it can help you make a decision: I think ...Well, if it can help you make a decision: I think The Last of Us is pretty good, even though it doesn't deserve all the hyperbolic praise it got. As far as man-with-a-gun games go, it's probably about as good as it can get (although the violence can be quite extreme, and I'm no fan of making a point through the use of extreme violence, especially in an interactive context). But it's worth playing, for sure.Sylvain L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06595178160544184217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882815174745926563.post-38137125317466610412013-10-14T09:45:39.998-04:002013-10-14T09:45:39.998-04:00Damn, didn't read most of this because I am st...Damn, didn't read most of this because I am still uncommitted on whether to play "The Last of Us"... Going to have to make a decision about this at some point if it's going to get in the way.<br /><br />*waves*<br /><br />Chris.SpiralChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05240692748750321792noreply@blogger.com