Finished Killzone 3, now to kvetch about the writing

[Darkhill]

Yeah, as stated above, just finished a decent shooter but had to slog through the most wretched piece of shit to ever be called a script.

I think I sicked in my mouth a bit during the scene before they boarded the space elevator. I've always tried to maintain that the story is superfluous in big AAA gameplay based games, especially shooters, but I'm starting to think I might just have to shun them if I have to put up with Battlefield Earth quality storytelling being shoved in my face every 10 minutes. And Rico never shut up during gameplay.

I'm not even going to try go over everything wrong with the plot, else I'll wind up overthinking it MovieBob style and delve into the ugly, downright sociopathic American ultranationalism fueling the thing. But wow, just look at that ending...

So, anyone got any ideas how we could actually get decent scripts into our AAAs?

 

[Irridium]

Simple, take some money away from the UBAR GRAPHIX!!! department and kick it towards hiring some actual writers. If I have to give up some particle effects and super-advanced textures for a decent story, by all means, cut those graphics.

 

[DasUberCow]

I agree. Shooters have really, rally bad stories. And i love Killzone 3 for the gameplay. It has a great backstory as well (you should check it out) but the execution in the actual games is bullshit.

 

[Zhukov]

So, anyone got any ideas how we could actually get decent scripts into our AAAs?

Only one. Vote with your wallet. Don't buy anything with a space marine in it. Encourage others to do the same whenever possible.

Sadly, voting with your wallet is a bit like voting for the Greens. Admirable in a way, but rendered almost entirely irrelevant by the millions of people voting for something else.

So I guess that leaves us with Plan B: cross your fingers and pray.

Well, crap.

 

[Darkhill]

I really can't decide which is worse, Battlefield Earth or the Killzone scripts. You're probably right about the vote with your wallet thing, but I actually believe they'll get better one day. Remember what they were talking about in Extra Creditz? A change is on it's way.