Re:Wayfinder – a relaxing 'art game' in the browser
by Ryder123 on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @04:37PM
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I haven't played Little Orpheus, but the concept of "narrating your actions sounds" like what Supergiant Games did with Bastion. I thought it was a break through in narrative gaming, and was surprised no one had copied it.
I'll have to check out Little Orpheus now.
Re:Wayfinder – a relaxing 'art game' in the browser
by mcphage on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @06:18PM
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Supergiant’s most recent game Hades doesn’t have as much of a narrator as Bastion, but it does have one, and they do clever things like having the narrator accidentally tell the main character secrets (because the main character can hear the narration).
Re:Wayfinder – a relaxing 'art game' in the browser
by Ryder123 on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @09:20PM
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Yeah, I own Hades - great game.
And agreed they do interesting things with the narrator. It didn't hit home for me quite the same way that Bastion did, but I appreciate that they're constantly trying out new things.
Re:Wayfinder – a relaxing 'art game' in the browser
by mrtksn on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @04:44PM
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In Little Orpheus, maybe the "narrator" is not the right word.
Think of it as two people having a conversation about where you are and what's happening.
Now I remember, I think Max Payne also had an occasional background voice. It added so much to the atmosphere.
I decided to give it a try and wow! That game is something else. There's nothing special about the gameplay itself, it's even not that good but the concept of narrating your actions or having a dialog about the story and telling the story is extremely pleasing experience. Normally I would listen to podcast or open a YouTube video in the background as I play casual games. This is much better because your senses don't fight for attention priority.
Then I remember, in Half Life there were parts when an outside voice would talk about something relative(g-man or someone asking you do something etc.). Every game should have a narrator or some kind of background voice taking you deeper into the story.
Maybe that's part of the lure of game streamers?