The ultimate game of pretentiousness.

[Funster]

This is just another ♥♥♥♥♥♥ indie game that puts style over substance. Thank god I got this as a throwaway game in a Humble Bundle, as the 10 dollar asking price is laughably high. I only posted this as I was re-angered by the "news" that this steaming ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is coming to PS3/Vita.

This is not entertainment. It is pretentious and meaningless. You want to create art? Don't make a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ video game. That's what upsets me most. They feel the need to make this interactive as a video game but don't include any interactivity? What am I meant to experience from this? Nothing I do has any impact on anything. The same ♥♥♥♥ will happen regardless of my personal input.

Braid did the same thing, where they focused so much more on the art, music, and style and made a horrible game with it all. What a waste.

This topic is pointless, but I just wanted to be mad about something. This game sucks. It's not a game. This thing sucks.

[runequester]

Show us on the bear where the game touched you

[Gramul]

I'd be far from calling it a game. It's just an environment to explore and relax in. There's nothing that says every atificial interactive environment needs to be goal oriented. It's a soft dream like world and it reminded me of something I've missed about games in general. Just soaking up the world and actually feeling a part of it. Being mesmerised by something new or unexplained.

No one said it had to be a game.

But yeah, 10 bucks is really far far too high for it.

[Reepus Vanguard]

YOU HAVE NO SOUL
the point is it shows the beuty the the world and makes you realxed
WHY DOES NO ONE THINK LIKE MEEE

[Reepus Vanguard]

10 BUCKS IS WORTH IT.
ID SAY I WOULD BUY IT FOR 50 BUCKS!

[Reepus Vanguard]

I DONT GET YOU SOULESS PEOPLE

[Gramul]

It's okay dude. People are allowed to have differing opinions.

[Funster]

It's odd when you get a troll that trolls by complimenting the game...

[Ericz]

This game is far away to put art over substance, i think.

Some advice i can make... This game doesn't is like it firstly appears.
It is not just contemplative, it have an ending and a way to reach it, not just walking randomly.

Like a discovery type of game, the things are not that clear, you have to find out, paying attention at the changes on environment and it's sounds.

[Yesiamaduck]

I'm not entirely sure how this is pretentious? All it is is a clear representation of the seasons and nothing more than that... it's not doing it threw some cryptic message it just presenting it to you in a very clear, colourful and engaing way.

[Ericz]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Yesiamaduck:

I'm not entirely sure how this is pretentious? All it is is a clear representation of the seasons and nothing more than that... it's not doing it threw some cryptic message it just presenting it to you in a very clear, colourful and engaing way.

Good point (really).
And although i saw the seasons like metaphoric representations of stages of life, which seems to be implicit at the ending and the increased flow of time when turning from a season to another, it could be seen like a personal interpretation about a more simple thing, like you said. And then, you can't find it pretentiousness. :)

[Yesiamaduck]

Opprinnelig skrevet av ϟ Ericz:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Yesiamaduck:

I'm not entirely sure how this is pretentious? All it is is a clear representation of the seasons and nothing more than that... it's not doing it threw some cryptic message it just presenting it to you in a very clear, colourful and engaing way.

Good point (really).
And although i saw the seasons like metaphoric representations of stages of life, which seems to be implicit at the ending and the increased flow of time when turning from a season to another, it could be seen like a personal interpretation about a more simple thing, like you said. And then, you can't find it pretentiousness. :)

Yeah I mean I understand why people would call Dear Esther pretentious because it presents it's self in a way that's quite cryptic, uses high brow language and in general gives off a very auteur sort of feeling but none of that is to be found here. I mean if you call this pretentious then surely every single piece of art created is pretentious? It's just a toy box presenting your with seasons and is open to interpretation... it doesn't come across as trying to be clever or impenetrable.

[404_Not_Found]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Funster:

You want to create art? Don't make a ♥♥♥♥ing video game.

Video games are art.

[Gramul]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Kaze:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Funster:

You want to create art? Don't make a ♥♥♥♥ing video game.

Video games are art.

I think people mean "High art". When they say it.
But I don't see why you have to exclude a whole medium from exploring what it can be.

[Ericz]

"Art is bs, buy tacos". - Charles Bukowski

[404_Not_Found]

Opprinnelig skrevet av King Nope:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Kaze:

Video games are art.

I think people mean "High art". When they say it.
But I don't see why you have to exclude a whole medium from exploring what it can be.

Dunno what that means. But I agree with the second part. I'm a digital artist, I'd love to make my stuff more interactive so people can feel more immersed in it, that's part of what video games are to me at their core, I think that's worth exploring.