Almost certainly the most accessible masterpiece of gaming when coming from any other medium.
This standard pedagogy of game design education emphasizes the importance of gameplay over all other elements. “Gameplay is king” as they say. Likely a holdover from the idea of the camera-stylo which itself was a holdover from written literature. It’s not true for film and it isn’t for games.
This games serves, to me, as one of the greatest proofs of this. A slow, methodical, exploration of an ensemble of characters, no game has ever come closer to capturing the power of a well-curated gallery. An experience designed to be meditated on and replayed many times over. A masterful combination of aesthetic brilliance and rich story crafting. If it fails to entertain at any point, it is of little importance, there is much more here than just entertainment.
This standard pedagogy of game design education emphasizes the importance of gameplay over all other elements. “Gameplay is king” as they say. Likely a holdover from the idea of the camera-stylo which itself was a holdover from written literature. It’s not true for film and it isn’t for games.
This games serves, to me, as one of the greatest proofs of this. A slow, methodical, exploration of an ensemble of characters, no game has ever come closer to capturing the power of a well-curated gallery. An experience designed to be meditated on and replayed many times over. A masterful combination of aesthetic brilliance and rich story crafting. If it fails to entertain at any point, it is of little importance, there is much more here than just entertainment.