crpgnut…I'm…overwhelmed. I don't know if the irony is greater from what you said you think or what you think you mean. Know what I mean?
So you read a lot of books, which you use as a qualifier to criticize others who take writing too seriously in games. Basically your saying, you ate a bunch of roses and now your farts are of rosey sonnets?
I didn't criticize anybody. I said I read a lot of books, which I enjoy doing, and even though I enjoy reading books I can still enjoy the quests and writing in Skyrim. You should be able to do both - enjoying a great, in depth 400 page novel, and then enjoying a 5 line sonnet. Video games are the 5 line sonnet. They will never convey the sheer depth of a great novel, but they can be made to "seem" like they are. It's like an illusion that the game plays on you. To make you think it goes deeper than it really does. It's up to you to suspend your disbelief and go with the flow, or rip it apart because truly, it's not "deep enough". I choose to go with the flow and enjoy it for what it has to offer.
My main point was that people seem to be incredibly picky, to the point where they lose interest in a video game because of it. All I'm suggesting is to approach video games like they are shiny, new toys, and you're a child who doesn't know any better and just wants to play with the shiny new toy. If you approach them in this way, you will always be surprised, always be enthralled, and always at least have some fun with a game, no matter what. Trust me, I can rip a game apart with the best of them! And I have my gripes about games like Skyrim. But at the end of the day I choose to ignore them and focus on the good bits. It makes my gaming experience much more fun because of it.
Don't get me wrong though, the person who said forums would be more boring because of this attitude is right. And the cynical type of attitude is also attributed with bringing change to games, I'm sure. I'm sure because of this article it's possible that someone who wrote for the Thieves guild questline in Skyrim will rethink his writing for the next game. Not saying that will happen, but it's possible. All thanks to people meticulously picking the game apart. So yes, they are good for something. It's important to balance both attitudes and knowing which attitude to have at a certain time.
But bottom line, the people who wrote this article have their opinions, and I have mine. Everyone is right in their own mind. So I don't even know why I bothered posting this, but whatever. I felt like typing