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Indigo Prophecy Creator - No More 'Porn Narrative'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that's-some-good-writing dept.

simoniker writes "There's a new postmortem for Quantic Dream's console title Indigo Prophecy, as described by creator David Cage, online, and one of the most interesting sections in the 8,000 word postmortem is how the game has tried to reshape storytelling for games away from the basic: "One of the key points in Indigo Prophecy was the idea of getting interactivity and narration to work together. Most games oppose these two concepts or rather, they develop them in turn: a cut scene to advance the narration, then an action scene, then another cut scene for the narration. The structure of this narrative process is very close to that of porn movies.""

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  1. That sounds familiar... by Aurin+Wildfire · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "Story in a game is like a story in a porn movie. It's expected to be there, but it's not that important."
    - John Carmack

  2. Get ready!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Red. Blue. Blue. Green. Yellow. Yellow. *BZZZZT*

    I helped a friend play Indigo Prophecy twice. The idea was cute, but it's actually just as linear as all the other games out there. The only difference is that you get to affect the "mood" of the main characters, and you get to ever-so-slightly modify the subplot. Add to that all the gratuitious "follow the flashing lights" two-handed button mashing sessions, and it rates as one of the worst games I've ever had the misfortune of playing. In short, the basic idea is fairly novel, but the game itself was poorly conceived and implemented.