▲ 261 ▼ "You're swimming against the tide making games like this": Why more developers didn't copy Firewatch's reactive storytelling (www.rockpapershotgun.com) submitted 4 months ago by Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to c/games@lemmy.world 63 comments fedilink hide all child comments Firewatch was meant to spark a subgenre but its influence didn't spread. A decade on, we ask why Roblox and Minecraft are more
[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) What does "reactive storytelling" mean? I didn't play Firewatch. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) I guess it's the combination of two industry gameplay types: "voice on the radio" like in Bioshock, and "branching dialogue trees" like in Mass Effect. You choose when to start a dialogue with your counterpart over the walkie-talkie after things you notice, or you can choose not to mention something. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Yeah but nothing you do changes major events. It's pretty on rails. You can replay it just to get different conversations though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) I guess it's the combination of two industry gameplay types: "voice on the radio" like in Bioshock, and "branching dialogue trees" like in Mass Effect. You choose when to start a dialogue with your counterpart over the walkie-talkie after things you notice, or you can choose not to mention something. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Yeah but nothing you do changes major events. It's pretty on rails. You can replay it just to get different conversations though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Yeah but nothing you do changes major events. It's pretty on rails. You can replay it just to get different conversations though. permalink fedilink source parent