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Visceral creative director: Industry's problem is lack of effective storytelling

Posted Jan 29, 2011 at 11:29PM EST by Mabie A.

Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: Visceral Games, wright bagwell

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If there's one thing that's wrong with the gaming industry, it would be that there's not enough effective storytelling going on around. This was the opinion of Visceral Games' creative director, Wright Bagwell.

This was what he disclosed over on MTV for their Q&A. He furthered that the challenge for designers now is to perfect the art of game storytelling, without letting themselves get sucked into the whole "Hollywood" thing.

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Expounding on those, he said, "There's no question that game designers need to become more effective storytellers, and that doesn't mean we need more cutscenes in our games."

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"For years, game designers have looked to Hollywod and tried to copy the forumlas that filmmakers use for storytelling. That can work to some degree, but it's imperative that we game designers perfect the craft of storytelling within games, while keeping players in control."

What should the designers do, then? His tip: keep it simple. "A good designer needs to be able to distinguish between depth and complication in both gameplay and story telling."

Furthermore, "You want people to start having fun the moment they begin playing your game, so it's important to not overwhelm people with complicated tutorials or complicated, irrelevant backstory."

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He also shared his thoughts on what he believed was the most important thing that happened to the industry in the past decade. His answer: online play.

So where does he see gaming in five years' time? "I hope to see designers and artists on focus on the quality, not quantity of ideas that games are constructed from.

The complexity of modern games is a big turnoff for people who are new to gaming, and we need to not intimidate people who pick up the controllers for the first time."

Source: http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2011/01/28/dead-space-2-creative-director-went-from-neuroscience-to-necromorphs-developer-pop-quiz-20/

# RE: Visceral creative director: Industry's problem is lack of effective storytelling — UltimaXIX 2011-01-30 14:03

Huh. That's weird. Metal Gear Solid consistantly wins top place in "the best PSX game ever"-type competitions, so it must have been getting something right.

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