[quote]Geneaux486 wrote...
[quote]You contradicted yourself with your first and last statments - they established a very popular franchise with a passionate fanbase. Every game developer is looking for that kind of reception. The way the series ended was not popular to many, so I would imagine people will be hesitant to invest in their products in the future. That IS Bioware's problem[/quote]
Most developers enjoy seeing their work well-recieved, but they don't have to care about the unrealistic expectations and exagerated criticisms of a subset of the fanbase. As I've said, it isn't their problem. They chose to care about it anyway, and tried to improve the ending as best they could, which is further testament to them being awesome, but it doesn't have to be their problem.
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It's their job to please the fanbase or they won't get our money.
Mass effect 3 goes way beyond suspension of disbelief
I am not saying that the fans should determining the story. but the story should make sense.
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Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible
(or at least non-supernatural) content such as future settings,
futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities.
Exploring the consequences of scientific innovations is one purpose of science fiction, making it
a "literature of ideas".
Science fiction is largely based on writing rationally about alternative possible worlds or futures.
It is similar to, but differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary
elements are largely possible within scientifically established or scientifically postulated laws of
nature (though some elements in a story might still be pure imaginative speculation).
The settings for science fiction are often contrary to known reality, but most science fiction relies on
a considerable degree of suspension of disbelief, which is facilitated in the reader's mind by potential
scientific explanations or solutions to various fictional elements.
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The trouble with narrative
storytelling as opposed to pictures, is that pictures/paintings are made
to be seen and it's acceptable for meaning to be left to the viewer.
Yet words are to writers as palette, paint, and inks to a illustrators.
And a blank page isn't enough.
There's a compact between the
writer and the reader. As readers we accept that a work of fiction is a
carefully constructed fabrication, yes. Yet it's one in which we, as
readers, are 'in on' with the writer. There's an understanding that
there will be consistency which adheres within that written framework.
As readers we give our trust to the writer. All we'll ever know of the
world he's created are the bits he's shown to us.
Bad or good, are of course, subjective. I would even argue irrelevant.
Where
integrity breaks downs is when the writer breaks that compact- where he
either deliberately leaves details out that are germain/central to
explaining the narrative, or forgets them without later addressing them;
when he breaks consistency, either in plot or in character development,
but without giving solid causation leading toward it. Worse yet are the
times when he handwaves- when he lies or omits, is caught out, and then
says it doesn't matter. Let me just say that it does matter. Being
subtle is one thing, so long as there is a progression the reader is
able to follow. It needn't be grand or sweeping- perhaps no more than a
simple sentence given in passing, so long as it's there.
You
don't hide from or deceive your reader. You don't tie a blindfold over
their eyes and expect them love you for it. You just don't. I don't care
who you are. That's the worst sin a writer could ever commit. It shows
utter contempt for the reader.
A teacher once said to me, 'Never
write something on a page that you wouldn't want someone to read. The
words you write come from you. They are your soul in print.' The
integrity of an author and his work are so tightly woven together as to
be one. When a writer deceives a reader, it's not a matter of whether
having his integrity attacked becomes reasonable. He loses what no angry
reader or critic could ever hope to steal from him. He has no integrity
left.[/quote]
Modifié par Troxa, 21 juillet 2012 - 06:36 .
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