Saturday 18 July 2015

Emergent Narrative



Does the story of the game really matter anymore? Did it ever matter?
Back when pacman was released and the first Super Mario game came out did anyone play those for the story? Lets be honest here, pacman had no story and Marios was to simply save the princess. They aren't the most appealing stories. Till this very day there are countless amounts of games that are released and don't follow and rely on a story but instead rely on the game-play and if its addictive or not. Games such as Call of Duty or Battlefield are perfect examples. Who buys those game for the campaign? Its all about the multiplayer, just playing with friends is why people buy the game in the first place and that's why they've both been such a popular franchise.

Games these days are starting to leave out the campaign or story of it and are just sticking with the multiplayer function. A highly anticipated game coming soon, Star Wars battle Front will be released without a campaign and just the multiplayer game mode, Why? Because it doesn't matter anymore.

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