Well, I just thought I would create a topic for the discussion on positive games versus negative games. Why people want to see the cruel actions and the more harsh part of reality in an escape from it is beyond me.
However there are people that do crave that type of game. Do you think it is just a reflection of there true desires? I'm not speaking of just games with violence, but games where cruelty and immoral things are at the core. Ninja Gaiden for example is a very violent game but the people you kill are actually bad people and your reasoning is for the Justis of your slayed family and clan. And it is fantasy violence ninjas are not out killing people in the streets ATM much less doing it for immoral reasons.
Games like GTA on the other hand have realistic violence carried out on innocent people in the game. That is a bad part of out actual reality why would we want to promote this and why should we enjoy this type of behavior? Things that most people do in these games are things that they would probably not do in reality though.
So that begs the question do you think that if there were an alternative to GTA with the same core game-play and open ended aspects, yet set in a more positive and or fantasy setting, some of the current players of the violent GTA would switch over? I do. I also believe that it doesn't need to be "censored" yet there should be a option to travel another path a just one for example. And mostly I would just like to see more fantasy in games than the more harsh parts of reality.
"When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge."-Albert Einstein.
I would much rather see people creating and enjoying fantasy worlds and because of them, aspiring to draw our reality closer to it. Rather than enjoying simulated part taking in the more disgusting parts of humanity.
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world"-Albert Einstein.
I for one would love to see games where you know people reached into there imagination pulled a part of it out and expressed it through the art of video-games as apposed to getting your creativity "off the streets".
"All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom."-Albert Einstein
Ennobling=To make noble Noble=Having or showing qualities of high moral character, such as courage, generosity, or honor: a noble spirit.
Games like GTA in IMO do nothing in that direction and in fact take a step back so in closing this post, I would just like to say, I would really like to get the feeling after playing a game, that I am standing on a branch... metaphorically speaking. I think games like KOTOR and Jade Empire are a step in the right direction, Yes they have a dark path yet you can take the light path and doing so in that game in a game ,where you could have gone the other direction gives your actions even more nobility in my opinion.
So, any thoughts on this subject?
However there are people that do crave that type of game. Do you think it is just a reflection of there true desires? I'm not speaking of just games with violence, but games where cruelty and immoral things are at the core. Ninja Gaiden for example is a very violent game but the people you kill are actually bad people and your reasoning is for the Justis of your slayed family and clan. And it is fantasy violence ninjas are not out killing people in the streets ATM much less doing it for immoral reasons.
Games like GTA on the other hand have realistic violence carried out on innocent people in the game. That is a bad part of out actual reality why would we want to promote this and why should we enjoy this type of behavior? Things that most people do in these games are things that they would probably not do in reality though.
So that begs the question do you think that if there were an alternative to GTA with the same core game-play and open ended aspects, yet set in a more positive and or fantasy setting, some of the current players of the violent GTA would switch over? I do. I also believe that it doesn't need to be "censored" yet there should be a option to travel another path a just one for example. And mostly I would just like to see more fantasy in games than the more harsh parts of reality.
"When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge."-Albert Einstein.
I would much rather see people creating and enjoying fantasy worlds and because of them, aspiring to draw our reality closer to it. Rather than enjoying simulated part taking in the more disgusting parts of humanity.
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world"-Albert Einstein.
I for one would love to see games where you know people reached into there imagination pulled a part of it out and expressed it through the art of video-games as apposed to getting your creativity "off the streets".
"All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom."-Albert Einstein
Ennobling=To make noble Noble=Having or showing qualities of high moral character, such as courage, generosity, or honor: a noble spirit.
Games like GTA in IMO do nothing in that direction and in fact take a step back so in closing this post, I would just like to say, I would really like to get the feeling after playing a game, that I am standing on a branch... metaphorically speaking. I think games like KOTOR and Jade Empire are a step in the right direction, Yes they have a dark path yet you can take the light path and doing so in that game in a game ,where you could have gone the other direction gives your actions even more nobility in my opinion.
So, any thoughts on this subject?
