Bioware said:
Based on our industry's increasing ability to emotionally connect with our fans, we fully expect that video games will establish themselves as a true art form.
Games are already establishing themselves as an art form instead of pure entertainment, and in no way is this related to Bioware. Funny thing is that i am almost sure they do believe themselves part of this change after bringing to life characters and storylines as deep as "The serpent people is taking over fairy world" and "Save the galaxy from evil space nazis."
It is funny in a what-were-they-thinking way that they side with the "Art = Emotional Involvement" idiocy emo-fucks use as an excuse for their almost metaphorical intelectual qualities. Feeling is the intellect of monkeys, and thus does not follow to use it as an example for "Something that leads into introspective intelectual analisis and questioning," a very valid definition of Art. More than theirs, at least.
Actually, and on a flame baiting tangent, i am unable to understand why it seems some Codex guys are actually riding that stupid "Art is that wich i can emotionally connect to" definition, or at least not disputing it as a valid one. Maybe i would understand such idiocy among Bio-Fans, given they do not know better and can't identify true art even if it is ass raping them, but the locals? After so much "The Codex is smart and different" publicity, it is kind of sad.
cuthbert said:
So in actuality it was for like loosing a good friend (like in a good book or movie) and that hits you emotionally.
If you are comparing those good books or movies of you with a Final Fantasy game then it goes without saying that such mentioned quality is there for me to question, and so i do. Actually, since you are going further and comparing them to Aeris' death, in wich some idiotic guy fell from impossible heights to impale her with an oversized katana just so the crowd of misguided pop-japan-philes would say "So Cool! So Sad!" then i have to question either your taste or sanity.
Of course, it goes without saying that if the following comment is true in your case then i can forgive you and become interested in wich books and movies have you been indulging into lately. Please, share the wisdom. xD
Bluebottle said:
I don't know about you, but the death of Aries evoked an emotional response in me. Sexual arousal counts as an emotion, doesn't it?
But they did put too little pain in her expression as to make it a boner, and fell short a couple of sweet, naive dying tears too. With modern animation technology it would be eden. Change the katana for an oversized meathook to make it a rapture, thousand year kingdom, and heavenly paradise all-in-one lifetime offer.
Add bondage with piano wires and they have an RPG i could play regardless of it being Art or not.
Hory said:
Did you also cry when you realised you have no life AND your taste in games sucks?
At last an educated opinion that manages to answer, maybe without intention, most comments on this thread.
Dixi.
