Story-lines in videogames.

[Leonidas]

Killer7 .

[2pro4show]

Originally Posted by boffo

Now I definately can't get Brawl until I've played the first game at least.

You actually should though.

[downphoenix]

Ken Levine is a genius. I read that whole article and Im impressed.

And I agree with stuff such as cutscenes draw you out of the game, and games don't need to be overly difficult, and only give the player as much story as they desire.

[Nirvana09]

Three Levels of Story

According to Levine, BioShock operates on three levels. "We did some focus testing on BioShock -- and their answer as a focus group of 40 people was... 'Uh... Madden? Halo 3?'. The truth is that people have no idea of franchises. It's so hard to understand the experience of actual guys. You have to make the game for people who don't care." Levine's three levels:

Level 1 - "Where do I need to go, who do I need to kill? If you don't hit those people you will be making those games, as we did at Irrational, that sold 150,000 units."
Level 2 - "I need to kill this guy Andrew Ryan, there's that Fontaine guy, there are those little girls. I'm usually in this group in games, some interest in the story."
Level 3 - "Think about music. There's the weird kid in the back of the classroom who's writing all the Nirvana lyrics on his notebook. That's the hardcore fan... you have to give them all of that love, a novelistic level of detail. That has to be there but it can't get in the way of the experience of the guy who just plays Madden and Halo."


Hmmm....

[Leonidas]

Nirvana09 I tried to watch that video in your sig a couple of times but it was too american, I couldn't do it.


Could you just sum it up, who killed Kurt?

[Nirvana09]

The nanny, in the greenhouse, with a shotgun.