Is it me or do games have a habit of giving away most of the interesting parts in the gameplay videos, trailers, ect? Even game reviews show all the best there is to offer ruining the, well I guess it's best described as a "surprise". It's one of the reasons I like Yahtzee, now I will explain that.
In footage of games you will see the levels and the enemies, so you now have a pretty good guess of when it's going end. You do this by thinking about what you know you should see and what you have seen.
Personal example and Bioshock spoilers: Getting ready to fight Ryan the entire of Rapture look ready to fall over and I believed it might, but inside my head a little voice was saying "but we never saw the museum that was in the videos". Instant detachment. It took the sight of Ryan to shut the little voice up so I could enjoy one of the best moments in video games.
It was a close call and I've had similar experiences of knowing that the end is near. I am a person who doesn't like knowing when his time is up; it makes me feel rushed and agitated. I go into watching video reviews with the attitude of a sith holding a double bladed light sabre with no handle. But with written reviews I have no problem. Time is not important (only life important) so it can be the equivalent of a 30 minuet review, with twice the information and best of all the spoilers are clearly labelled and avoidable.
What about you, does video game frottage ruin the experience a bit? Do you prefer text to talk?
This ended up in a different place to where I started so if it's a bit confusing let me know so I can fix it.
In footage of games you will see the levels and the enemies, so you now have a pretty good guess of when it's going end. You do this by thinking about what you know you should see and what you have seen.
Personal example and Bioshock spoilers: Getting ready to fight Ryan the entire of Rapture look ready to fall over and I believed it might, but inside my head a little voice was saying "but we never saw the museum that was in the videos". Instant detachment. It took the sight of Ryan to shut the little voice up so I could enjoy one of the best moments in video games.
It was a close call and I've had similar experiences of knowing that the end is near. I am a person who doesn't like knowing when his time is up; it makes me feel rushed and agitated. I go into watching video reviews with the attitude of a sith holding a double bladed light sabre with no handle. But with written reviews I have no problem. Time is not important (only life important) so it can be the equivalent of a 30 minuet review, with twice the information and best of all the spoilers are clearly labelled and avoidable.
What about you, does video game frottage ruin the experience a bit? Do you prefer text to talk?
This ended up in a different place to where I started so if it's a bit confusing let me know so I can fix it.
