ShankarArtistic Sentiment From A Game
June 3rd 2008 14:57
Videogames should be an accepted artistic medium. The interactive experience has come a long way, from the days of mindless entertainment the likes of Pong and Donkey Kong, when games were only an entertainment medium.
Now in the days of RPG’s and action/adventure games where story is the most important motivating factor, video games transcend the emotional barrier most people always deemed necessary to achieve art status. But then how do you even define art? Or can you define it?
I would define art as a sensory perception altered to invoke a statement, or realization, from the creator. A form of communication, from a separate depth than just explaining a situation, rather making a person feel a situation, feel a perspective, feel a message.
An example today? Shadow of The Colossus. The best game I’ve played recently, and one of the best experiences for gamers, that’s available on PS2. You could almost confuse Shadow Of The Colossus for having little story, if you haven’t completed an entire play through. But I assure you the ending, as well as the scraps of story you receive throughout, all together manufacture an amazing tale to behold.
Through the sixteen Colossi you fight, every battle remains memorable and unique in the amazement you feel from the sense of scale. The enemies tower over you in a way that you’re astounded the frame-rate doesn’t slow down, considering it’s on the lackluster power of a PS2. Every battle is unique in it’s own way as well, constantly evolving the concept of climbing on a gigantic creature for the purposes of killing it.
The emotional cut scenes after you destroy a Colossus are so powerful too. The game always lets you know that what you’re doing is wrong, destroying these majestic magical creatures. Like you’re tearing a part of the world’s mystery away with every kill, serving nothing more than your own selfish needs.
Trust me, it’s amazing, you should play it if you haven’t.
I’m talking run out and buy it now amazing. . .seriously.
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