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Horizon Zero Dawn wins Writers Guild Award for best video game writing
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Is the award a joke?. Did they only take into consideration games that they personally played?. I'm quite surprised Fifa 18 didn't make the cut.
I like to see what they do next, because all the interesting things were in Flashbacks imo, the "present" story and characters weren't so interesting.
They still have to do something, I expected would have happened at the end of the game, but didn't. I guess that happens in the sequel.
They still have to do something, I expected would have happened at the end of the game, but didn't. I guess that happens in the sequel.
Well deserved, amazing game.
Yep, the second game might give some people a heart attack.
I know everyone has different taste but people in this thread shitting on the story, I wonder if they played the same game as I did.
When I think of great writing and story in 2017, HZD is nowhere near the first game to come to mind lol
I suppose it is a bit better than most games, but I thought plenty of games were doing a much better job. Most of the strength lies in its backstory which is told through holograms which don't give a lot of options for visual storytelling.
Incredibly low, neither the writing nor the dialogue are standout. In fact Aloy is so flat it's not even funny.
Only interesting part was that cool chick that saved the Queen.
You talking about Vanasha? Her, Sylens, and the bandit killer guy are cool as hell. Best characters in the game, easily. Aloy is pretty one-dimensional and her character development ends after the first few hours.
Well deserved, I think the story and characters were amazing in HZD, easily a standout in this year's games, even with such a stiff competition.
HZD got an amazing main line story, very strong side quests, very interesting characters, but also a very on point emphasis on diversity and Women emporment in a post post Apocalypse setting which makes it quite unique.
Congrats to GG, and I hope John Gonzalez stays on board for Zero Dawn 2.
Edit: I see the tradition of several on Era to shit on HZD whenever possible is well and alive. I'm really not sure what makes the haters come out of the woods quite as much as for this specific title really.
HZD got an amazing main line story, very strong side quests, very interesting characters, but also a very on point emphasis on diversity and Women emporment in a post post Apocalypse setting which makes it quite unique.
Congrats to GG, and I hope John Gonzalez stays on board for Zero Dawn 2.
Edit: I see the tradition of several on Era to shit on HZD whenever possible is well and alive. I'm really not sure what makes the haters come out of the woods quite as much as for this specific title really.
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Off the top of my head; Persona 5, Gravity Rush 2, What Remains of Edith Finch, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, Yakuza 0, Night in the Woods.
I haven't played it yet but going by the first game and the developer's previous work, I'm sure the writing in Divinity: OS2 is fantastic.
Whats so good about the writing in let's say persona 5 that horizon doesn't come close to it
i heard good things about madden's story on the waypoint podcast
apparently it is quite touching in many ways
For what it's worth, I was making fun of the awards and the competition it faced in general than Horizon itself. It's not the first year I've poked fun at it either. :p
That a multitude of characters are developed and developed well over the course of almost a hundred hours, for one.
The writing in the game was good but the way it was delivered along with the general mediocrity of the overall plot means that I wouldn't call this game outstanding in this regard. Though I'm far from well vested in fantastic writing and/or plots I'll admit. Danganronpa V3 was the most plot-heavy game of 2017 that I liked the most. I'd have picked that.
I'd make fun of those awards too tbh. But after the Game Awards, I'd hope people would just let it have this one. It's no skin off their backs.
For me it's up there with Bloodborne. A thoroughly engrossing story and amazing gameplay mechanics. That's without mentioning the graphics.
I don't know what it is this gen, and this is not referring specially to you, but amazing, well recieved, games always seem to come in for some sort of revisionist history where their quality is underplayed. I see it with Uncharted 4 too.
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Honestly, I found the character dialogue, side quests and main plot to be average at best. What really won me over in the writing department were Elizabeth's flashbacks and the lore documents. I'm rooting for GG to pull an Uncharted 2 and blow it out of the park with Horizon's sequel.
Yup my post was just a joking reference to a toungue-in-cheek meme circulating after HZD got snubbed at the game awards. No need to be defensive. And what am I looking at here anyway, a hand-uploaded screenshot of a line of text reading "Horizon Zero Dawn - 50 GOTYs"?
User Banned (1 day): Constant console wars posting to defend their favorite games instead of actually discussing the contents of the thread
Could just be some people don't like the games as much as others. You shouldn't be implying they're lying or are incorrect for that.
Yeah man, my post was a joke. You seem legit upset about it though haha.... chill out, no one is attacking you or the game. I love Horizon and am really happy for John Gonzalez and the team.
What does being a "writing expert" have to do with anything? People are just expressing how they feel about a game's writing. That's how you usually judge if it's good or not.
Writers Guild of America, so it removes a lot of competition (like Nier: Automata and The Witcher 3).
Honestly, Horizon Zero Dawn really had a weak story and characters, Aloy was a boring "I am the good-est person of all good!"-type characters with little to no flaws, the characters she met had little development and engagement, the side-quests were very shallow affairs of "My village is under attack by bad people, kill the bad people." *kills the bad people* "Good, you killed the bad people and that's it. No twists or anything. We're done. Bye."
The one thing I liked in the writing was the backstory of the world that told a quite harrowing tale of total despair that was really felt the more you explored that past history. That was the thing I was more interested in than the main story.
Honestly, Horizon Zero Dawn really had a weak story and characters, Aloy was a boring "I am the good-est person of all good!"-type characters with little to no flaws, the characters she met had little development and engagement, the side-quests were very shallow affairs of "My village is under attack by bad people, kill the bad people." *kills the bad people* "Good, you killed the bad people and that's it. No twists or anything. We're done. Bye."
The one thing I liked in the writing was the backstory of the world that told a quite harrowing tale of total despair that was really felt the more you explored that past history. That was the thing I was more interested in than the main story.
There's nothing more funny than watching a certain group of people downplaying HZD's success. So yeah, I will start chillin' as soon as I've wiped away my tears :'( *cries*
Guerrilla Games is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I see. Thought the companies and writers had to be based in America.
I think the story was stronger than the actual writing. That said, I really liked the writing and acting of the main characters, Aloy was well written.
But I would put other games above it, UC Lost Legacy for example.
But I would put other games above it, UC Lost Legacy for example.
Relax buddy your game is good and loved by many. Besides Horizon's story is good especially in the video game realm.
Though developers still seem to find it hard to create female protagonists that are not bland.
It's ridiculous that a character like Kat from Gravity Rush has more character then Aloy without a full fledged backstory and constant exposition.