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Many believe that a 'GOD' created the world we live in ? creating attributes like sorrow, happiness, love, hate and forgiveness to life.
However, us humans want more than this normal life, we want to be apart of a utopian world, that can only be seen in visions and dreams, we want to be apart of a 'different' world that can only exist in tales and fantasies, some of us would love to touted as a hero or villain
But we can...
How you ask?
--- We?ll its happening through gaming all the time
Come to think of it, the games developer has very similar attributes to God because they too create very different 'make-believe' worlds that many of us thrive on, they 'make' the characters that will be living in that specific world and all the objects in that world that will affect the characters in one way or another. They give the characters the ability to speak, move, touch, sense, smell but not only that, they also provide them with other 'special' features/powers like the ability to fly, fight, use magic spells, pick up objects that normally requires a crane! Etc. This leads us from the realms of reality and the 'norm' into another dimension.
Aliens! I hear you cry
No No..
This unique world looks like something that is amazing allowing a plot to take place that can be controlled simply through a games machine, the features of the world looking similar to ours but with the unexpected - some plots in games allows us to do things that we couldn't in real life, observe:
A) Go on an adventure as a super hero to defeat the almighty villain, and rescuing the beautiful princess (so that she can come back and make you lunch :)
B) Control your favourite football team and drive them on to winning trophies, leagues, make multi-million pound transfers and making yourself a name in world football.. (and yes Sheffield Wednesday too..:)
C) Make easy money and a collection of sports cars by working for gangs and surviving on the mean streets, whilst avoiding the police.
D) Drive on off road conditions, crashing cars, doing stunts and even in high speed chases.
But where am I going with all of this?
Yes this is all very well and good, we know that gaming allows us to get away from it all when we come home from the stresses in life, that a good old round on the games console will cure any problems on the mind (well for a few hours anyway..)
But is 'gaming' something that we just relay on to get away from the norm or is it affecting our inner deepest darkest feelings?
Games developers have to find a way of making their games 'unique' from rivals, therefore need to know what will most affect the gamer and currently - a great way of doing this is to develop a product that has the ability to interfere with an individual's deepest desires and dreams to merge fantasy with reality with the use of characters, adventures and new exciting worlds.
Some examples:
Metal Gear Sold 2: Sons of Liberty is a game that always comes to mind as a good example. Playing this game made me feel the game, I was excited and nervous about what was going to happen next, my heartbeat got faster, when I was spotted by guards and as I advanced through levels it was like advancing through life itself.
I felt like I was there with the action, that I was Raiden/Snake and I was going on this journey..when the game came to an end, so did my world that the games developer had created so generously for the likes of me, but then taken it away in an instance.
Another fine example being Pro Evolution Soccer, a fans favourite that has always been a step in front of the rest when it came to football -- picture the moment ? it's the 85th minute of the game stuck in a 0-0 draw and a win is required to get through the next round?I know what ever I'll do to try and score it won't happen (maybe its because im rubbish..) but it was meant to be and the game is designed to match the realties of life as well as giving you the control of a whole new ball game (no pun intended honest!) but once your out of that all important championship, you have to start again and a lot of the time that hurts, all your hard work and achievement down the drain, you feel tired and switch off your games machine - cursing yourself, sound familiar?
Only a GOD can take away a world, a life and re-incarnate it ? and that's what a games developer does, but the ability to touch the deepest desires of a person is very difficult indeed and if achieved..?
Amen.
-----------------------
Thanks for reading,
Neo.
However, us humans want more than this normal life, we want to be apart of a utopian world, that can only be seen in visions and dreams, we want to be apart of a 'different' world that can only exist in tales and fantasies, some of us would love to touted as a hero or villain
But we can...
How you ask?
--- We?ll its happening through gaming all the time
Come to think of it, the games developer has very similar attributes to God because they too create very different 'make-believe' worlds that many of us thrive on, they 'make' the characters that will be living in that specific world and all the objects in that world that will affect the characters in one way or another. They give the characters the ability to speak, move, touch, sense, smell but not only that, they also provide them with other 'special' features/powers like the ability to fly, fight, use magic spells, pick up objects that normally requires a crane! Etc. This leads us from the realms of reality and the 'norm' into another dimension.
Aliens! I hear you cry
No No..
This unique world looks like something that is amazing allowing a plot to take place that can be controlled simply through a games machine, the features of the world looking similar to ours but with the unexpected - some plots in games allows us to do things that we couldn't in real life, observe:
A) Go on an adventure as a super hero to defeat the almighty villain, and rescuing the beautiful princess (so that she can come back and make you lunch :)
B) Control your favourite football team and drive them on to winning trophies, leagues, make multi-million pound transfers and making yourself a name in world football.. (and yes Sheffield Wednesday too..:)
C) Make easy money and a collection of sports cars by working for gangs and surviving on the mean streets, whilst avoiding the police.
D) Drive on off road conditions, crashing cars, doing stunts and even in high speed chases.
But where am I going with all of this?
Yes this is all very well and good, we know that gaming allows us to get away from it all when we come home from the stresses in life, that a good old round on the games console will cure any problems on the mind (well for a few hours anyway..)
But is 'gaming' something that we just relay on to get away from the norm or is it affecting our inner deepest darkest feelings?
Games developers have to find a way of making their games 'unique' from rivals, therefore need to know what will most affect the gamer and currently - a great way of doing this is to develop a product that has the ability to interfere with an individual's deepest desires and dreams to merge fantasy with reality with the use of characters, adventures and new exciting worlds.
Some examples:
Metal Gear Sold 2: Sons of Liberty is a game that always comes to mind as a good example. Playing this game made me feel the game, I was excited and nervous about what was going to happen next, my heartbeat got faster, when I was spotted by guards and as I advanced through levels it was like advancing through life itself.
I felt like I was there with the action, that I was Raiden/Snake and I was going on this journey..when the game came to an end, so did my world that the games developer had created so generously for the likes of me, but then taken it away in an instance.
Another fine example being Pro Evolution Soccer, a fans favourite that has always been a step in front of the rest when it came to football -- picture the moment ? it's the 85th minute of the game stuck in a 0-0 draw and a win is required to get through the next round?I know what ever I'll do to try and score it won't happen (maybe its because im rubbish..) but it was meant to be and the game is designed to match the realties of life as well as giving you the control of a whole new ball game (no pun intended honest!) but once your out of that all important championship, you have to start again and a lot of the time that hurts, all your hard work and achievement down the drain, you feel tired and switch off your games machine - cursing yourself, sound familiar?
Only a GOD can take away a world, a life and re-incarnate it ? and that's what a games developer does, but the ability to touch the deepest desires of a person is very difficult indeed and if achieved..?
Amen.
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Thanks for reading,
Neo.
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Great topic Neo. I think though that its best for developers not to try and be God. Sure they can give characters characteristics, but I think its better if they let the actual player be God. Thats why games like GTA and the Sims are so popular. They have minimum restrictions which allow the player to carve their own experience.
Once again, good post :~)
Once again, good post :~)
Yeh I understand what you mean there HHH, creation and design have to blend in with storyline and avoiding the pointless features that can at times put gamers off - some game just simply do not appeal to me because of this very reason.
Ye, good post Neo.
The only thing that could be of some concern is that the worlds that we visit in these games are created according ot the developer's views.They can send a variety of "messages" through to the player via the design and storyline of the game. There, developer's personal opinions and bias come into the game (no pun intended :)) and it is not easy to send the correct sort of messages across-the ones that the player is going to understand and interpret in the way intended. This is probably why complicated storylines can both be a hit and a miss-mammoth games like Final Fantasy X allow us to get to know the characters and we become involved in the script produced by the developer-we can see the messages comign through there-friendship, betrayal, teamwork. On the other hand, this all needs to be done with great care-it is important not to overwhelm the player with pointless information.
And it takes a good developer to affect our feelings but as you mentioned with MGS2 and various other games, it is very much possible
The only thing that could be of some concern is that the worlds that we visit in these games are created according ot the developer's views.They can send a variety of "messages" through to the player via the design and storyline of the game. There, developer's personal opinions and bias come into the game (no pun intended :)) and it is not easy to send the correct sort of messages across-the ones that the player is going to understand and interpret in the way intended. This is probably why complicated storylines can both be a hit and a miss-mammoth games like Final Fantasy X allow us to get to know the characters and we become involved in the script produced by the developer-we can see the messages comign through there-friendship, betrayal, teamwork. On the other hand, this all needs to be done with great care-it is important not to overwhelm the player with pointless information.
And it takes a good developer to affect our feelings but as you mentioned with MGS2 and various other games, it is very much possible
Good developers have a knack to take you and put you in another world and make that place believable to you in your own eyes.
With this they can teach you things, show you things and tell you a story in there own little world. Its a great skill to have.
Interesting post.
With this they can teach you things, show you things and tell you a story in there own little world. Its a great skill to have.
Interesting post.
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By that logic, God makes films and books too. Not t mention a load of other things.
By that logic, God makes films and books too. Not t mention a load of other things.
Nice one neo. One of the few topics that has made me think properly, and that never happens. This is a *** winner for sure. ;D
Amen! praise the lord! err..i mean..good post..seriously, thats good stuff!
Many believe that a 'GOD' created the world we live in ? creating attributes like sorrow, happiness, love, hate and forgiveness to life.
However, us humans want more than this normal life, we want to be apart of a utopian world, that can only be seen in visions and dreams, we want to be apart of a 'different' world that can only exist in tales and fantasies, some of us would love to touted as a hero or villain
But we can...
How you ask?
--- We?ll its happening through gaming all the time
Come to think of it, the games developer has very similar attributes to God because they too create very different 'make-believe' worlds that many of us thrive on, they 'make' the characters that will be living in that specific world and all the objects in that world that will affect the characters in one way or another. They give the characters the ability to speak, move, touch, sense, smell but not only that, they also provide them with other 'special' features/powers like the ability to fly, fight, use magic spells, pick up objects that normally requires a crane! Etc. This leads us from the realms of reality and the 'norm' into another dimension.
Aliens! I hear you cry
No No..
This unique world looks like something that is amazing allowing a plot to take place that can be controlled simply through a games machine, the features of the world looking similar to ours but with the unexpected - some plots in games allows us to do things that we couldn't in real life, observe:
A) Go on an adventure as a super hero to defeat the almighty villain, and rescuing the beautiful princess (so that she can come back and make you lunch :)
B) Control your favourite football team and drive them on to winning trophies, leagues, make multi-million pound transfers and making yourself a name in world football.. (and yes Sheffield Wednesday too..:)
C) Make easy money and a collection of sports cars by working for gangs and surviving on the mean streets, whilst avoiding the police.
D) Drive on off road conditions, crashing cars, doing stunts and even in high speed chases.
But where am I going with all of this?
Yes this is all very well and good, we know that gaming allows us to get away from it all when we come home from the stresses in life, that a good old round on the games console will cure any problems on the mind (well for a few hours anyway..)
But is 'gaming' something that we just relay on to get away from the norm or is it affecting our inner deepest darkest feelings?
Games developers have to find a way of making their games 'unique' from rivals, therefore need to know what will most affect the gamer and currently - a great way of doing this is to develop a product that has the ability to interfere with an individual's deepest desires and dreams to merge fantasy with reality with the use of characters, adventures and new exciting worlds.
Some examples:
Metal Gear Sold 2: Sons of Liberty is a game that always comes to mind as a good example. Playing this game made me feel the game, I was excited and nervous about what was going to happen next, my heartbeat got faster, when I was spotted by guards and as I advanced through levels it was like advancing through life itself.
I felt like I was there with the action, that I was Raiden/Snake and I was going on this journey..when the game came to an end, so did my world that the games developer had created so generously for the likes of me, but then taken it away in an instance.
Another fine example being Pro Evolution Soccer, a fans favourite that has always been a step in front of the rest when it came to football -- picture the moment ? it's the 85th minute of the game stuck in a 0-0 draw and a win is required to get through the next round?I know what ever I'll do to try and score it won't happen (maybe its because im rubbish..) but it was meant to be and the game is designed to match the realties of life as well as giving you the control of a whole new ball game (no pun intended honest!) but once your out of that all important championship, you have to start again and a lot of the time that hurts, all your hard work and achievement down the drain, you feel tired and switch off your games machine - cursing yourself, sound familiar?
Only a GOD can take away a world, a life and re-incarnate it ? and that's what a games developer does, but the ability to touch the deepest desires of a person is very difficult indeed and if achieved..?
Amen.
-----------------------
Thanks for reading,
Neo.
However, us humans want more than this normal life, we want to be apart of a utopian world, that can only be seen in visions and dreams, we want to be apart of a 'different' world that can only exist in tales and fantasies, some of us would love to touted as a hero or villain
But we can...
How you ask?
--- We?ll its happening through gaming all the time
Come to think of it, the games developer has very similar attributes to God because they too create very different 'make-believe' worlds that many of us thrive on, they 'make' the characters that will be living in that specific world and all the objects in that world that will affect the characters in one way or another. They give the characters the ability to speak, move, touch, sense, smell but not only that, they also provide them with other 'special' features/powers like the ability to fly, fight, use magic spells, pick up objects that normally requires a crane! Etc. This leads us from the realms of reality and the 'norm' into another dimension.
Aliens! I hear you cry
No No..
This unique world looks like something that is amazing allowing a plot to take place that can be controlled simply through a games machine, the features of the world looking similar to ours but with the unexpected - some plots in games allows us to do things that we couldn't in real life, observe:
A) Go on an adventure as a super hero to defeat the almighty villain, and rescuing the beautiful princess (so that she can come back and make you lunch :)
B) Control your favourite football team and drive them on to winning trophies, leagues, make multi-million pound transfers and making yourself a name in world football.. (and yes Sheffield Wednesday too..:)
C) Make easy money and a collection of sports cars by working for gangs and surviving on the mean streets, whilst avoiding the police.
D) Drive on off road conditions, crashing cars, doing stunts and even in high speed chases.
But where am I going with all of this?
Yes this is all very well and good, we know that gaming allows us to get away from it all when we come home from the stresses in life, that a good old round on the games console will cure any problems on the mind (well for a few hours anyway..)
But is 'gaming' something that we just relay on to get away from the norm or is it affecting our inner deepest darkest feelings?
Games developers have to find a way of making their games 'unique' from rivals, therefore need to know what will most affect the gamer and currently - a great way of doing this is to develop a product that has the ability to interfere with an individual's deepest desires and dreams to merge fantasy with reality with the use of characters, adventures and new exciting worlds.
Some examples:
Metal Gear Sold 2: Sons of Liberty is a game that always comes to mind as a good example. Playing this game made me feel the game, I was excited and nervous about what was going to happen next, my heartbeat got faster, when I was spotted by guards and as I advanced through levels it was like advancing through life itself.
I felt like I was there with the action, that I was Raiden/Snake and I was going on this journey..when the game came to an end, so did my world that the games developer had created so generously for the likes of me, but then taken it away in an instance.
Another fine example being Pro Evolution Soccer, a fans favourite that has always been a step in front of the rest when it came to football -- picture the moment ? it's the 85th minute of the game stuck in a 0-0 draw and a win is required to get through the next round?I know what ever I'll do to try and score it won't happen (maybe its because im rubbish..) but it was meant to be and the game is designed to match the realties of life as well as giving you the control of a whole new ball game (no pun intended honest!) but once your out of that all important championship, you have to start again and a lot of the time that hurts, all your hard work and achievement down the drain, you feel tired and switch off your games machine - cursing yourself, sound familiar?
Only a GOD can take away a world, a life and re-incarnate it ? and that's what a games developer does, but the ability to touch the deepest desires of a person is very difficult indeed and if achieved..?
Amen.
-----------------------
Thanks for reading,
Neo.
Page: