Posted February 02, 2010
… or at least strongly dislike. I don’t mean games that you think are no fun at all, but ones that for whatever reason really annoy you. Maybe they ruined your favourite series with those new fangled action elements. Maybe there is some game play element you find insanely frustrating. Maybe they’re unbearably racist or sexist. Maybe everyone loves them and only you are able to see their flaws.
I have to say I have developed quite an irrational dislike for Fahrenheit. It’s just so… dumb. That’s not necessarily a problem, but the game seems to try so hard to be mature and clever and fails on every level. It’s like the developers wanted to prove that games can be serious art, but their idea of serious art consists solely of horrible soap operas and Hollywood blockbusters.
It starts of interesting, but soon descends into a mire of boring clichés and a truly cheesy fantasy story. The whole thing is completely intellectually bankrupt and I honestly felt offended by it. It even, like so many stuff of its kind, at one point quotes Shakespeare, to make it seem highbrow. Oh look, there are witches and wizards in Shakespeare’s plays, so when we quote something out of context, it seems to have some bearing on our crappy fantasy yarn!
It’s just... argh.
I have to say I have developed quite an irrational dislike for Fahrenheit. It’s just so… dumb. That’s not necessarily a problem, but the game seems to try so hard to be mature and clever and fails on every level. It’s like the developers wanted to prove that games can be serious art, but their idea of serious art consists solely of horrible soap operas and Hollywood blockbusters.
It starts of interesting, but soon descends into a mire of boring clichés and a truly cheesy fantasy story. The whole thing is completely intellectually bankrupt and I honestly felt offended by it. It even, like so many stuff of its kind, at one point quotes Shakespeare, to make it seem highbrow. Oh look, there are witches and wizards in Shakespeare’s plays, so when we quote something out of context, it seems to have some bearing on our crappy fantasy yarn!
It’s just... argh.