Dec 23, 2024
We often talk about "ludonarrative dissonance" in terms of morality and situations like "the story says violence is bad, but the gameplay enables and encourages you to kill things" but my actual fave version of it is "the story says you have a very serious plot-relevant time-sensitive thing to do, but the gameplay enables and encourages you to buzz off into the world and search for collectibles for five weeks"
#THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WROTE AN ESSAY ON FOR CLASS LAST YEAR#Specifically I wrote about Subnautica !! I love Subnautica with all of my heart but#The narrative isn't very time sensitive even though it really really tries to tell you that it is#I could be curing this infection which will likely progress and kill me the longer I spend on this alien planet#Or I could go hatch 5 Cuddlefish
