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🔥 Unpopular opinion 🔥

I used to be very judgemental about video games that advertised themselves as multiple choice games where your decisions mattered, only to turn around and just give you the illusion of choice (examples: Life Is Strange and the majority of Telltale Games’ lineup). 

But after a while- and this is where the unpopular opinion comes in- I realized multiple choice games cost more money than you think, need more time than you think, and take more effort than you think. Even companies like Telltale Games, who specialize in games that revolve around players’ decisions, are limited in what they can do. Even AAA companies like Bioware are limited with what they can do despite their large budgets. 

The one company that produces games where your choices matter while bringing the illusion of choice to a minimum is Choice Of Games (x x x) but even then there’s a reason for that. The games from COG are all text based, so unless they decide to add pictures, majority of the effort and budget goes into the writing. They don’t need to worry about alot of the things that other video game companies have to, so it’s much easier for them to make branching choices that branch into other choices and so on and so on. But even COG can fall into the “illusion of choice” trap despite their added freedom.

So even though their limitations does not excuse a lack of quality or weak choices, I understand why as players we are not given every choice to explore or why many branching paths lead to a forgone conclusion. And though I want companies to improve upon their choices and branching pathways, I understand that they have limitations and don’t judge them harshly for them anymore.

🔥 On a related note (slightly less unpopular but still an unpopular opinion) I believe Telltale Games has improved upon the way they go about making your choices matter. They still need to improve in areas, but I don’t think they’ve been stagnant when it comes to their writing.

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That sounds like a great idea. I'll give it a shot, thank you.

I have a lot of ideas for stories and character developments running through my mind all the time. Unfortunately, if I do come up with a story arc I can never really take off with it, so I just have partially written stories sitting in limbo until I either abandon them completely, or until I figure out how to progress further. T-T

I know how you feel. When I initially come up with a story idea, it always feels like I have more to work with than I actually do. But when it comes down to solidifying the plot, I realize that what I actually had was fragmented sections of an idea of a plot. 

However, I can actually come up with a plot after a while, and it never takes too much effort out of me to figure out a basic guideline for a story. My secret is that I daydream alot. Like ALOT. I come up with various scenarios, and I keep what I think will work and get rid of whatever I don’t think I can fit in.

Congrats on the job. It might not be much but it's a start. Even the small, insignificant things that come into your life is a step closer to landing you somewhere better. Good luck! You got this! :)

That sounds great! Good luck with your job search :)

Thank you!

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Good luck with everything dude <3