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terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I’m an old millennial and Ive usually preferred games to movies.

I think one reason it’s hard for me to watch movies (or even books) is having no control over the narrative. Writing in a lot of TV/movies are just too, well, stupid. Even if a game is bad, you can at least have fun with cheats/mods or having your own objectives. Movies/TV your stuck with their plot as a bystander to a story.

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theangriestbird@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Writing in a lot of TV/movies are just too, well, stupid

Personally i find the quality bar for writing in games (especially AAA games) is much lower. A well-known game with writing that matches a mid-tier movie usually gets heralded as GOTY. I agree with your point about emergent stories, though.

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- terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Basically the same reason as my reply to above reply. But in short, you’re right. AAA games basically = trash now (rare exceptions probably).
  
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sverit@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Old millennial here, too. For me it’s that video games have gotten too exhausting for me. Simply consuming, without decisions, is what I prefer after a workday 😴

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- terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Oh I’m not playing new games anymore. WoW burned me of that years ago (shadowlands refugee). I’m playing single player/local co-op stuff only. Bg3, modded Minecraft/sims 4/cyberpunk etc.
  
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