Execution / Game

[Cuyir]

But that's not really objective, is it frog?

I have games I cherish more than some books and films I love but that doesn't mean it's the highest form of art. I personally think the gameplay limitations holds back games. You can't just remove interactivity because then it's a movie. So that's why I don't see it as the highest form of art. The very thing that makes it a game, is usually the one that brings the whole experience down and makes it ''just a game''.

Again, that's my point of view. I'm not an art appraiser or anything and my opinion is worth bollocks. But that's what I think.

@Alardem: yeah, Bioshock's a great example of what I call ''gameplay galleries'' ( a play on ''shooting galleries"). Games usually have very game-y parts (said gameplay galleries) and then the other elements are built around it but the disconnect is obvious. Bioshock's the ultimate example: "Oh no, I feel remorse for killing native americans or whatever/ oh no, these people are fascists OH WELL, LET ME SHOOT AND MAYBE ASK QUESTIONS LATER''.

Again, I don't mind games being games, even if they are as clunky as Bioshock, but yeah.