Games almost universally have nothing to say beyond superficial messages about war is bad, technology is bad, X thing is cool. They are almost always just world-building without any actual storytelling, the equivalent of Z-grade fantasy or sci-fi where the author spent all their time designing an intricate magic system, but forgot basic character development. There's a massive over reliance on fantasy elements or super powers and cool swords and generally no effort put into human connections or emotion. When those human elements are included, they are usually so poorly written and lacking in decent characterisation that they are laughable and come across as almost a parody of themselves.
A cool setting does not make a good story. A good story needs to say something to connect with people. Video games are almost universally about using cool powers to kill shit with a superficial messages hammered into the script with very little subtlety or thought.
ok but what elevates other media
are Avengers, Guardians or Fast and Furious so much better? "family is important, but not necessarily blood, family is who you make it," so deep
Jurassic Park or Godzilla? "man is insignificant and meddles in affairs he shouldn't"
what about Demolition Man, Speed, Terminator, Indiana Jones, Die Hard, makes them better than most action games? I mean it's one thing to watch Sarah Connor get hunted down, and another to feel
personally hunted down by Mr. X or Pyramid Head
can games not tell the
seven basic stories like movies do
you could argue that specific decisions surrounding games limit their ability to have more depth, like silent protagonists or quiet/viewpoint ones like in Skyrim or Fallout, but games don't have to be like that
I don't necessarily think that games are especially good, rather, most mass media stories are just as bad
I felt as much for Ezio in Assassin's Creed 2 as I did for Luke Skywalker, both losing their family and being inducted into a small order to fight a larger fight, etc., both were characterized equally well
