I’ll suggest not for story, just for overall surprise. Doom was a big leap over what came before it. Doom 3 wasn’t as surprising, even with more story.
I’d turn it around and instead of shooting the idea down, play the game and suggest what games you think will make the history books and get talked about in a thousand years. Even if it’s just some sort of computer or game history class in college, what games made before today will make it through the sieve of history and why?
I’d humbly suggest that story isn’t a very strong reason for the majority of the best games ever made; games are good for other reasons, including but not limited to visuals and graphics, immersion, interaction, engagement, sound, mood, viral play, pushing boundaries on limited hardware, etc., etc.
I’d turn it around and instead of shooting the idea down,
You just shot down the idea in five words.
play the game
I have. This is why I know it's not on the level of Charlotte's Web in terms of story, let alone the Epic of Gilgamesh.
I’d humbly suggest that story isn’t a very strong reason for the majority of the best games ever made
Exactly.
games are good for other reasons, including but not limited to visuals and graphics, immersion, interaction, engagement, sound, mood, viral play, pushing boundaries on limited hardware, etc., etc.
Literally none of this is relevant to what the poster proposed.
Architects don't try and claim that the Colosseum is part of canon. It's not part of canon. It's stone arranged in a particular way. It's impressive architecturally; it's part of architectural history. It's not part of canon.
I'm not sure if the original suggestion was 100% serious, but to the extent that it was, I really don't think it was about story. (If I'm right, maybe the word 'epic' was a confusing choice.) The idea is that Doom:gaming::Gilgamesh:literature.
> Literally none of this is relevant to what the poster proposed. Architects don't try and claim that the Colosseum is part of canon. It's not part of canon.
I don’t speak for the GP comment, but FWIW I think you are misunderstanding the original comment and mine. The Colosseum absolutely is part of the architectural canon.
I’d turn it around and instead of shooting the idea down, play the game and suggest what games you think will make the history books and get talked about in a thousand years. Even if it’s just some sort of computer or game history class in college, what games made before today will make it through the sieve of history and why?
I’d humbly suggest that story isn’t a very strong reason for the majority of the best games ever made; games are good for other reasons, including but not limited to visuals and graphics, immersion, interaction, engagement, sound, mood, viral play, pushing boundaries on limited hardware, etc., etc.