Would you buy a game that wasn't entertaining, if it was art?
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Since when was art purely about looks? A video game that was to be considered art would have to have that very art incorporeated into the gameplay. I know Flow or whatever the name was called itself art, purely based on looks, but I wouldn't agree, that's like making a movie of still pictures without sound and calling it art. It should encompass the entire medium, and the games medium is about player input, about gameplay. That gameplay has to be a part of the artsy experience, as well as visuals and audio for a game to be truly considered art. Sort of like Myst.sv93 said:
I bought Ico a while back and while it was beautiful to look at, I could only get about an hour into it before I turned it off in disgust. Eventually, I'd get to a point where those shadow creatures would appear and the girl would walk straight towards them...oh, and I only had a stick to fight them with. The puzzles were neat, but I'd rather play Prince of Persia because at least the NPC has an attention span.
Silent Hill two is pretty much my favourite thing ever, in any medium. It's a story of a man trying to come to terms with a bereavement so personally devastating that he's incapable of comprehending the depths of his own loss. His guilt and loneliness are palpable in the landscape he condemns himself to, over and over again.
The game is unrelentingly unhappy, but also incredibly beautiful, and I've lost count of the number of times I've played it through. The ebb and flow of place and memory that both drowns and comforts the protagonist too moving for words. So I keep going back for more.
The game is unrelentingly unhappy, but also incredibly beautiful, and I've lost count of the number of times I've played it through. The ebb and flow of place and memory that both drowns and comforts the protagonist too moving for words. So I keep going back for more.
No and for this reason: You do not have to play a movie. In a movie, you just watch, can get bored, but still appreciate the art part of it. In a game, if it's not fun you're not motivated and lose a connection with the protagonist and that connection is an important part of a games appeal as art.