If there’s one thing I find fascinating in video games, it’s choice. Choice is something that doesn’t really exist in other media (well, there are choose your own adventure books, and VNs, but one’s a gimmick, and the other goes hand in hand with video games), and if used well, they can add a lot of depth to a game. However, I have a weird way of admiring choice in games. If used superficially (like, say, one or two lines changing, maybe changing the colors of a scene, but nothing more), I’ll consider it kind of a waste. If a game goes beyond that, I start to get impressed. How about a nonlinear mission structure with the only restrictions in place to prevent the plot from derailing? That, my readers, is Deus Ex.
Jun 262012
