This. (Gaming)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 05:44 (2 hours, 31 minutes ago) @ Cody Miller

And Cody, I know it's been way over 20 years since the first game, but I find it interesting that the guy with an OG Marathon avatar is so quick to dismiss text as a story delivery mechanism. If it fits, it fits. Reading text is still a valid experience, and I think it always will be.

We are in an age where sophisticated audiovisual presentation is possible in video games. There are so many more opportunities and techniques for storytelling in games. Marathon OG was made at a time where this wasn't the case. Marathon 2026 was.

I think Disco Elysium is one of the greatest games ever made, and there are 1.5 million words to read. Yet, it combines reading blocks of text with many other things to bring the story to life, and more importantly, is not an FPS.

Agree, but I guess my point is, just because they can do something doesn't mean they should or that they need to or that it makes sense for the player to receive information non-textually. Remember 343's terminals in the Halo Anniversary? A classic case of misapplied technology. We ride the same hobby horses forever, don't we?