I think that videogames are not even close to their potential. People just create games then release them without furthering their genre or anything. When I think of a great videogame I think of the perfect balance of gameplay and narrative. There have only been a few games to nail that sense. And by narrative I don't just mean an intriguing story, I mean the story is shown through the gameplay. You don't have to make a cutscene every time you want to show the story evolving, show it through gameplay and make your game more immersive. That is what games are all about to me, immersion. If a game has me immersed through it's perfect blend of gameplay and narrative, then it has done it's job.

I don't even think that's possible because things keep getting better and better. It's like the cartesian graph with a positive slope.

Yeah. I love video games, but none so far as come close to reaching the potential of the media. Certainly none has come close to being what I would regard as art.

Half-Life 2, Planescape:Torment, Fallout and a handful of others come close. Not many though.

There's a long way to go, and for the past decade video games have been heading backwards, not forwards, with the exception of a few indie developers.

True, but the ride on the way to the destination is pretty damn nice to date and keeps improving.

I'm content with watching the improvements and being able to be a part of the first generation of gamers.

'Ocarina of Time' seems to be the only game that meets the above requirements perfectly, so far...

No, the Zelda games don't sit too highly with me at all. Gameplay is excellent, but storytelling is non-existent.

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Originally posted by youandwhosearmy:
No, the Zelda games don't sit too highly with me at all. Gameplay is excellent, but storytelling is non-existent.

Yeah, the Zelda series has more or less no storytelling, and the slow of the game has been identical for about 10 years.