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Re: I actually really miss reading in games.
Posted By: DEEP NNN <deep_nnn@hotmail.com>Date: 8/18/11 4:54 p.m.

In Response To: I actually really miss reading in games. (Leviathan)


: Perhaps it's because I grew up on Genesis/SNES and PS1, when voice acting was
: more of a choice and not a 'requirement' like today. I loved being able to
: read my characters in the RPGS that I played and have my own voice for
: them... I like it when video games can bleed into your imagination.

: And that's one reason I loved the Halo 3 terminals ( a highlight of the Halo
: Trilogy for me) and probably why I liked them better than the Sadie Story
: ( though that was fun in a different way for me since it reminded me of
: listening to The Shadow radio serials on cassette as a kid).

: So why I'm gathering that these new terminals are purely animated, I hope
: that doesn't decrease the chance of text-based terminals (perhaps we can
: have two kinds of terminals?) for future Halo games.

: (Besides Halo 3, another REALLY great example of a 'terminal' style story
: told in text in this generation: Lost Odyssey. They are so good, in fact,
: that they overshadowed the rest of the game for me. They made me tear up a
: number of times. Just slightly animated text with beautiful Nobuo Uematsu
: music over vague (but pretty) backgrounds. Magnificent!)

Text was a no go for me in Halo 3. I just couldn't absorb and retain it long enough to make any sense out of it. It would have been difficult for my attention span even if it had been written in plain clear language. Maybe if by accessing each terminal a player also acquired access to the text on the web then it might have grabbed me.

I am glad CEA terminals are going this new visual story telling route.

When I play games now, I don't like reading. I get more than enough of that in forums.


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           Re: All I have to say is...Lurono 8/18/11 3:48 a.m.
                 Oh. I know.Leviathan 8/18/11 3:50 a.m.
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           A solution.bluerunner 8/18/11 12:42 p.m.
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