How is it *not* part of the narrative? (Destiny)

by narcogen , Andover, Massachusetts, Friday, December 21, 2018, 16:51 (2233 days ago) @ Harmanimus

Because I am curious where those distinctions are for you. As I don’t hold the same opinion regarding it not being part of the narrative.

I would guess that what Cody means is for it to be part of the text rather than metatext.

Grimoire cards and the Lore tab are more like footnotes-- they may be between the same set of covers, but they are less integrated into the "narrative".

There are lots of ways of putting material normally thought as narrative into games-- cutscenes, character dialogue interactions, interactive text terminals, audio logs, etc. Perhaps the lowest level of integration would be D1's grimoire cards-- material presented in a medium dramatically different from the rest of the game (written words, not cutscenes or recorded dialogue, not dramatized in any way, no audiovisual presentation) and actually physically outside the game-- you have to go to another device in order to access them.

The Lore tab is a single, small step upwards. It's just an in-game grimoire card. It still seems to me to be slightly less integrated than, say, a Fallout terminal.