We may be a little biased, being on the gaming side of FandomWire, but in our opinion, it is undoubtedly the case that a good video game story far outweighs the emotional impact of a good film story. Don’t get us wrong, there are plenty of amazing films with stories that impact us for a good long while, from childhood to adulthood and so on, but there’s something about a video game story that hits different. It also seems that sentiment is shared by the majority of people, as found in a study conducted by Buffalo 7.
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Video Games Have Better Stories – Full Stop.
During the study conducted by Buffalo 7, they quizzed 1158 respondents on the subject. Of those 1158, a huge 67% of them said they thought that video game have better stories than either film or television. That is a huge amount!
During the same survey, Buffalo 7 also aimed to find the greatest stories, using the all sorts of data including Google hits, YouTube videos, review articles and more, and found out some wholly unsurprising results.
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Taking the top spot for the greatest video game story? The Last of Us. Following that gem is no mean feat, but God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 managed it, coming in second and third respectively.
Respondents to the study were also asked exactly what games they considered to have the most memorable story, and it was a very similar result, with The Last of Us taking the top spot with 47%, followed by The Witcher 3 with 35%. Those are two hard-hitting stories in fairness.
Of course, the time it takes to tell a good story is considerably longer in a video game, or at least most, when compared to films and television shows. It’s also an immersive medium, drawing us in and giving us control of the characters as they experience the story, making it feel like we ourselves are experiencing it. Even the best films or television shows will struggle to replicate that. Would you sit through a twenty hour film with the hope of it eliciting the same emotional rollercoaster from you as The Last of Us? Most of us wouldn’t.
There may be caveats to the argument, but the study has proven that video games have better stories, but with technology changing at such a pace, whose to say that’ll stay that way? Maybe we’ll get some immersive technology in film that’ll aid in us being left a soppy, crying mess after the latest blockbuster?
What do you think? Do you think that video games have better stories than film or television? What’s your most memorable video game story? Let us know in the comments!
Source: AugustMan
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