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Re: Who else thinks gears of war 2 had awesome writing?
Not so much an example of good writing as so-bad-it's-good writing. And hey, I'm down with that. Army of Darkness is one of my favourite movies. You want an example of genuinely great writing in a video game? And there have been a few examples, but a game that really grabs you and rubs your face in it and shouts "yeah… -
Re: Who else thinks gears of war 2 had awesome writing?
Thank you, Army of Darkness is a perfect example of what i'm getting at. Would anyone here critique AoD for its lack of subtle plotting or believable characters? -
Re: Who else thinks gears of war 2 had awesome writing?
I think your broadway analogy falls apart. Criticizing an entire genre like musicals would be more like attacking a whole genre of games, like FPSes. The criticisms are just as patently ludicrous is each case. Being pissed off about not being able to move in shoot in RE5 is more like yelling at the TV during contrived crap… -
Re: Who else thinks gears of war 2 had awesome writing?
No, it's merely fitting. It's by no means a good plot, it's just a very generic vehicle for guns and explosions and general machismo. That doesn't make it a bad plot... it just doesn't make it great. And certainly not "awesome" by any stretch of the imagination. Like I said, it's no better or worse than the plots for Doom… -
Re: Who else thinks gears of war 2 had awesome writing?
Ugh? You don't like shining examples of game design? One the pinnacle of the oldschool online action-rpg, and the other one of the best designed games in recent memory? Seems to me you're arguing the old "you can't appreciate it" angle, which is mostly wrong. If enough people whine it means the dev messed up, not that…
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