Nobody has ever, ever, ever, EVER said that "all games must be art" and I am god damn sick of this argument that somehow people are saying that popping up everywhere.
Nobody is saying that "all games must be art", but what people do say is that if it's trying to be "high art" or whatever, then it has to try. People don't want more "artistic" games, people want more "diverse" games, they games other than the same FPS, shooter, action game that, while on their own might be very good, are still just the same thing.
We want a breath of fresh air.
The mentality that I am sick of is "Not every game needs a story/has to be deep/whateverthefuck the argument is for 'anti-art' afficionadoes". But it's such a defeatist statement, I mean, fine, not every game needs a deep story, or "artistic" qualities, but aren't they better when they do? Games are all the more better when you're playing with things you care about [/MovieBob_quote]. And the second we get over that hurdle, we'll be in for a great generation in games, where some games are both deep and complex, and other games offer the right amount of fun without worrying about stories or "high concept art"-y-ness.
Does anyone want every single game to be "high art"? Of course not, and I am goddamn sick of people claiming like somehow we do. Does every game have to have some sort of "meaning" or "depth" to it? Of course not, and I am goddamn sick of it when people keep saying that other people are saying it!
You want to play your Duke Nukems, your Call of Duty's, your Battlefields? Fine, go right ahead, they're great games, nothing wrong with that. But we're never going to get our goddamn Citizen Kane, or even Orson Wells, of gaming if we stick with the mentality that "Games are supposed to be fun, brah!" No, they're supposed to entertain, and there is a clear distinction between them. You think Schindler's List was "fun"? Not in the slightest, but it entertained the audience while sending it's message.
OKAY, okay, okay, I need to calm down, I'm pretty sure I'm not addressing the actual point in the topic, but whatever. I enjoy my "arty" games like Braid, Heavy Rain, ICO/Shadow of the Collosus, Limbo, and whatnot, but I also enjoy my wholesum, no-holds-bar action games like Killzone, Uncharted, and Battlefield. Doesn't mean those games couldn't have been improved with a little more attention to story, or whatever.