The dialogue system is interactive and has an impact on both the gameplay and story. Thats kind of my point. Theres ways to keep a story moving while also remembering its a video game first and foremost and keeping the controller in the players hands. Red Dead 2 has some really good moments where they tell the story while you are still playing.
You don't realize how truly annoying your suggested concept can be until you start a second playthrough and frustratingly have to do things like forced walking and you can't skip a cutscenes because you have to press a button prompt to open a door or turn a lever. Also, think of those moments when you're just trying to watch something cool happen on screen but the game is forcing you to concentrate so hard to catch a quick qte button prompt(so that you don't miss it), that you end up missing almost the entire cutscene itself(example: Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm series).
Disliking a particular element of a game means you hate the whole genre? Yall got some real all or nothing mindsets. I love the games listed...both TLOU2 and DS are two of my top 10 ever games, which is why I feel free to criticizes them as art forms. Also its a video game discussion board...lets talk about video games. lol
The longest cutscene in the game is 31 minutes...
RE5 has this and it sucks at lot while playing coop. Interactive QTE filled cutscenes are trash.
Hades and Disco Elysium I guess you don't put your controller down because you have to press x to read the next paragraph of text. Must be nice.
You are playing a Kojima game that has celebrity as characters and you complain why it has too much story!? What exactly did you expect here?
What do debate lords call it? straw man...when did I mention too much story?
thats insane lol
Well majority games focus on story will have long cutscene, especially Kojima made games, you should be expecting this when you bought the game.
If any more recent game deserves a full clean remake/do-over, it's Resident Evil 5. So many annoying things could be changed about the game for quality of life reasons including the short length of each level and what you've mentioned.
The most cinematic thing in bloodborne are the boss cutscenes and you still have to put down the controller during those...
Shut your ass.
I'm not complaining about the story itself...but the methods used to convey the story. Again it's a thought, but in video games I'd like the medium to utilize the aspects of what it does best, game play, to deliver that story. You don't see movies trying to implement gameplay elements to make it more interactive lol. I think gaming in general needs to continue to separate itself from film making as a medium. When the medium started it did because it literally could not recreate whats on screen, but too many game directors are filmmakers who fell into gaming so I get why they do it. As a filmmaker myself I understand the allure, but I think games that are able to tell a story while also keeping the player playing utilize the elements that make the medium unique.
You don't criticize games you like? I keep having to say it but DS is a top 10 game of all time for me...I'm criticizing a medium I love. Just because you enjoy it doesn't mean you have to love every element of it.
I mean atrocious in length (where you put your controller down) not quality compared to a game like TLOU, Yukuza had some long ass scenes. I love Yakuza though.
You are not better than him. Comments like those don't help the thread or the discussion at all imo. If it makes you seethe that much, I think it's easier to put him and his threads on ignore.
All is forgiven.
Each Dev like to tell their story different way, some using long cutscene like Kojima and some like rely on "lore" like Miyazaki, variety is good thing for game industry.
Just to be clear, i wasn't really mad at you
Me proving my own point...10 points for consistency. Yes, Hellblade is a game that utilizes aspects of the medium to tell a story...and in this regard it could have told the whole story with the sections of slow walking and atmospheric story telling. It's not perfect either and applying it to this mindset it had sections where I had to put the controller down. But the cutscene length in hellblade, a game that isnt in my top 30, is much shorter and concise than death stranding, a game thats in my top 10...nice attempt at a gotcha tho.
I agree that variety is good.
What if it's a portable console?
There's a big difference between cutscenes "existing", and the marathon slog of cutscenes that Death Stranding devolves into, especially near the end. DS is one of the worst offenders of having an excessive level of cutscenes. I mean ffs, the game needs like 8 cutscenes just to take the elevator down into your room.
You outed OP.
To answer your question, yes I do.
I think the levels are short because the weapons have a lot of upgrades. There's no merchant in the game after all.
