Compared to movies, games are absolute crap at telling
stories. They are horrid, absolutely horrid. Sometimes, when in the middle of an intense firefight, completely
oblivious to the jarhead chatter of my fellow marines, I ponder as to why games
seem to be incapable of telling tales a notch above B-list action movies. Now,
some games aren't like this (and I'll get to those rare cases in a second), but
most are and it's becoming a little embarrassing. Through narrative, film can
create incredible emotional experiences like The Hurt Locker, The Curious
Case of Benjamin Button, and Cast
Away. Why are games completely incapable of even touching stories of this
level? Never, in the history of playing video games have I experienced a game
that has even touched on what film achieves countless times every year.
