They ALREADY do!! Video games offer more bang for your buck. They also don't preach and shove their politics on you like Hollywood does. All a video game asks of you is your time and maybe some patience. They are more immpersive and the player has choice. The industry generally just wants to make a better game.
Hollywood just wants you to keep buying the same movie over and over again (Sequels,Prequels,Remakes, Reimaginings,Reboots). Their product keeps getting worse every year, but the price keeps going up. What do you think 3D is all about!!!! Hollywood makes movies that say THIS is the norm you must conform. You don't like my movie there's something wrong with you!! This is your hero/main character YOU must like and relate to him/her. He/she is what you should aspire to be! Now give me my award and praise, OH and go vote for candidate X. THATS why video games rival movies.
Guillermo Del Toro on Video Games: Will They Rival Film?
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2011/11/01 13:00:00
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Mexican filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro, best known for scifi fantasy flicks like "Hellboy" and "Pan's Labyrinth," announced last year that he would be working on a survival horror game trilogy called "inSANE." This week Del Toro spoke with The Atlantic about his view on video games, and how they compare to movies. He suggests video games will soon be so elaborate and well-conceived that they will rival film as an artform.
He told The Atlantic, "The opposite of humility is arrogance, and that is the coin of trade in the movie business. Movies are one of the peaks of human narrative. But I'm sorry to break it to the movie industry: So are videogames. The videogames we will be playing in 2020—they will be f---ing masterpieces then."
That's why Del Toro wants to make sure "inSANE" is unlike any other game people have seen. He wants to elevate games to level of film, with all the intricacy and respect of a classic. When he announced the game at the Spike Video Game Awards last December, he said, "With this new series of video games, I want to take players to a place they have never seen before, where every single action makes them question their own senses of morality and reality."
He told The Atlantic, "The opposite of humility is arrogance, and that is the coin of trade in the movie business. Movies are one of the peaks of human narrative. But I'm sorry to break it to the movie industry: So are videogames. The videogames we will be playing in 2020—they will be f---ing masterpieces then."
That's why Del Toro wants to make sure "inSANE" is unlike any other game people have seen. He wants to elevate games to level of film, with all the intricacy and respect of a classic. When he announced the game at the Spike Video Game Awards last December, he said, "With this new series of video games, I want to take players to a place they have never seen before, where every single action makes them question their own senses of morality and reality."
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BlackwinterG36C 2011/11/01 18:15:43
One recent example is Red Dead Redemption. I grew to care more about the main character in that game than any other game. The game made me feel real emotion over what happens to the main character, John Marston. My experience after finishing the game was that it was better than most movies I had seen. If the plot for this game were turned into a movie, it may not stick out from many of the other classic westerns. But seeing as the game took over 30 hours to beat and I was the one playing as John Marston, I felt like I got to know him as well as many of the other main characters, much better than if they been featured in a 2 hour movie.
This is one reason why I like good TV Dramas such as Breaking Bad, Mad Men, The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos etc... so much. It's because of the chance for extended storytelling, where there is a long story arc and there is a chance to really build tension into the story. Some scenes may not seem important or significant until many episodes later when you see just how it ties into the story. I...
One recent example is Red Dead Redemption. I grew to care more about the main character in that game than any other game. The game made me feel real emotion over what happens to the main character, John Marston. My experience after finishing the game was that it was better than most movies I had seen. If the plot for this game were turned into a movie, it may not stick out from many of the other classic westerns. But seeing as the game took over 30 hours to beat and I was the one playing as John Marston, I felt like I got to know him as well as many of the other main characters, much better than if they been featured in a 2 hour movie.
This is one reason why I like good TV Dramas such as Breaking Bad, Mad Men, The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos etc... so much. It's because of the chance for extended storytelling, where there is a long story arc and there is a chance to really build tension into the story. Some scenes may not seem important or significant until many episodes later when you see just how it ties into the story. It's telling the long story, and it's something I see video games being great a doing in the near future.
Yes, yes, yes!!!! Finally someone understand me!!!!! We need more gore, blood and evilness on games!
Stop doing games for the family and start doing games for adults!
Edit they also seem to be mastering the Theatrical Trailer:
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Hollywood just wants you to keep buying the same movie over and over again (Sequels,Prequels,Remakes, Reimaginings,Reboots). Their product keeps getting worse every year, but the price keeps going up. What do you think 3D is all about!!!! Hollywood makes movies that say THIS is the norm you must conform. You don't like my movie there's something wrong with you!! This is your hero/main character YOU must like and relate to him/her. He/she is what you should aspire to be! Now give me my award and praise, OH and go vote for candidate X. THATS why video games rival movies.
It's one thing to be scared by watching a movie, it's entirely a different experience to be scared by a game. It's because you feel more immersed in the tale when you are a part of it.
For every Call of Duty there is a Bio Shock, for every Mario there is a Braid. It's a misconception that a thoughtful piece cannot be found in the medium, as the film media has about the same amount of schlock to art ratio as games, and they often promote them even more.
In Mass Effect 2 for example, you gather teammates and get to know them on a personal level. Whether they live or die in the final mission depends entirely on the decisions you made throughout the game.