Motormouth Twisted Metal creator David Jaffe has criticised media outlets who heap praise on ‘art’ games (that will be us then).
“Just because there’s wind blowing and a minimal soundtrack and vast open spaces to explore and a slow pace doesn’t mean that the game you are playing is art,” said Jaffe.
‘Real art and genuinely important work doesn’t need to continually toot its own horn. The very nature of something being artistic and important means that- except in rare cases- its power is evident without anyone having to tell you that it is,’ continued the wise old sage.
David describes games as ‘smoke and mirrors bullshit’ and that websites and magazines that sing the praises of ‘artful’ games have a detrimental effect.
‘Publisher cash gets taken away from traditional games,’ he claims.
Well if it means more of Journey, Flower, Limbo, Last Guardian and Heavy Rain and less of Call Of Duty, Twisted Metal and Kane & Lynch then I doubt you’ll find many of the TSA staff complaining.
Sorry David, on your own on this one.
Source: Criminal Crackdown
hazelam
like i said in reply to the danny bilson article, i’m happy there are games that aren’t just about killing people.
maybe he sees that as being pretentious, but i think the industry as a whole benefits from some people trying something different every once in a while.
i mean, how does this year’s fifa or cod push the industry creatively?
i’d have thought stagnation would be the worst thing for the gaming industry.
Kronik76
This years Fifa & CoD don’t push the industry creatively, but the sales figures speak for themselves. While there are a lot of people that crave innovation there are a load more that want to play the more ‘traditional’ games. I’ve had far more enjoyment from playin the likes of Fifa & CoD than playing titles such as Flower & Heavy Rain.
There is room in the industry for all these types of games, but I would be horrified if the more traditional games were sacrificed for the more arty games.