What Xenos said. (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Thursday, May 12, 2016, 14:29 (2918 days ago) @ Kermit

I liked Heavy Rain okay, but in no way do I think its story is in the same league as something like The Last of Us.

I would not argue Heavy Rain is even close to Last of Us. However the story served the function of the game better because it was adaptable to player choice. Last of Us did not have to be, since the player is never given choice. Last of Us was a better story judged on story terms, but judged functionally in terms of serving the game Heavy Rain did what it needed to do. Games with 'interactive' stories will never have stories as good as a single well crafted tale, but they will be more fun to play assuming the game encourages the story to change through your action.