Execution / Game

[Cuyir]

I barely see games as art so, no, it's not the highest form of art. I've only played a handful of games that were ''special'' and why were they special? Because of one or two of its elements were incredible, not all of the elements that make it a game.

There's a reason why people that try to master a lot of things aren't as good as people who specialize in one. I think that's what happens with games. You have many elements that betray the others (key culprits are usually narrative and gameplay mechanics). Games are about GAMEPLAY, so when you make a game with a ton of cutscenes (firmly looking at Cage and his ''games'') you can praise the story, the music but the part that makes it interactive is poor. But then if you make a game that's all about the gameplay it tends to affect the narrative.

I can only think of a single game that was able to marry gameplay mechanics with all the other elements: The Last Of Us.

With movies and all that you have three core components that work in sync: writing, picture composing and sound. These aren't as likely to muddle one or the other, like what happens with videogames.

Books are razor sharp focused and thus writers can have tremendous impact with their exposition. I've played games/movies that I wish were novels for example.

Music is music, y'know? Simplistic but everyone knows about the usual musical geniuses and masters so no need to really explain this one.