Week in Gaming: A game’s beginning is important, so why is it so hard to get it right?

Week in Gaming: A game's beginning is important, so why is it so hard to get it right?

By Kate Gray

Week in Gaming: A game's beginning is important, so why is it so hard to get it right?

Week in Gaming

Winter always seems to drag on forever, like a meeting with lots of boring graphs but no biscuits, or a train ride with no internet. But now we segue into the slightly-less-terrible season that is Spring, the season that’s all about new beginnings – from baby lambs being splooshed out of their sheepy mothers to the flowers blooming prettily on the side of the motorway. Ah, Spring.

And if there’s one thing I love about video games, it’s their beginnings. That moment when you first Press Start – when your expectations are at their highest and your excitement is building and building as the screen slowly fades in to reveal… you. A video game has a lot of admin to sort out in those first few moments: What’s your name? Who are you? Are you a boy or a girl? What colour is your hair? All very important questions, but it’s not exactly gripping stuff. Imagine settling into a film in the cinema, and being bombarded with personal information rather than the punchy, bombastic openings we’re used to.

“Hello! My name is The Terminator, and I like to terminate people. With guns. My birthday is in June and my …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming

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