Video Games--Love and Hate
Posted by Unknown
In movies, there is often a relationship that goes on between the protagonist and someone else. However, this is not always true for video games. In games where a moderate amount of skill is needed to beat the game, there isn't really room for any more conflict. For example, imagine playing a Call of Duty campaign and having an affair with someone. In the MW3 campaign, there isn't a single woman in the whole story besides the Russian president's daughter. However, there is going to be a girl in the Black Ops 2 Zombies campaign, but still no relationship. An example of a video game where there is a relationship is Heavy Rain, but the game dosn't really take that much skill. It is rather an interactive story with multiple possible outcomes. My point is, there isn't really as much need for love in video games as there is in movies.
In video games and movies, "hate" isn't written into the story, but is actually created by the audience. For example, if there is a really mean antagonist in a movie, the audience might feel hate for that person. Especially in puzzle games, hate can be made in the player by making the game really hard. In multiplayers, hate is called "rage" and is directed at players that are either really good or deliberately make others rage (trolling).
Of course, there is a huge difference between love and hate in electronic media because they are not exactly opposites. I think that they are both not essential to video games, but can be used to make it more interesting at times.
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