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wowitsverycool · 4 months

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please i don't want my video games to be toys. if the point of your game is to frustrate me by god please do that.... i feel sometimes that games are held back as an artform by their need to be. like. Products. in the sense that they're expected to be entertainment first and art second, yknow? a game will get praised for its wonderful story, but only if that story supports a Fun gimmick. it's like the art in games is seen as a vehicle through which gameplay is delivered, and when gameplay exists in service of artistic intent, it makes that game a Failed Product.

#i'm not even talking about the obvious siffrin icon frustration here #i mean like.#okay.#so i saw someone complaining about the undertale NM route right? and they conceded that its tedium was successfully in service of #its thematic purpose #but they countered that: people paid to play the game and 'two of the best boss fights' were 'locked' behind that tedium.#and it just staggers me to realize that video games are still widely just. content to consume. toys to pay for and play with and throw away #when they start being 'frustrating' or 'annoying' or what have you.#personally i think more games should just absolutely despise me as a player. quite honestly.#or even just... make me feel bad sometimes. bored even. if that's what their artistic intent is #its sooooo fucked up that games are both trying to survive as an artistic medium AND as a form of toy #and so artistic choices are criticized on their not benefitting a paying customer #and entertainment value is conflated with... having something to say #undertale #in stars and time

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