Books are void of interaction but do have immersive qualities.īooks and video games are just so different but they’re both uniquely wonderful. Video games tell stories through interaction and immersion.
Episodic with a continuing/evolving story (often). Shorter form to tell the story often in less time. I read more comics than books which I feel lend themselves better to video games than traditional books/novels. I love transgressive fiction which I feel cannot be faithfully converted to video games, mostly because of the genre style, in my opinion. 
I’ve been completely involved in Final Fantasy games because of my interaction in the world with characters, monsters, items, and ambiance coupled with beautiful music.Ĭurrently I’m reading Rant by Chuck Palahniuk (one of my favorite authors). With these in mind it would be hard for video games to match books, but they don’t have to.
Relies almost entirely on the readers imaginations using description of characters, worlds, plot devices also play a part (like a McGuffin, or unreliable narrator). The Road by Cormac McCarthy which uses minimal description in an almost poetic form) strategic use of prose and language to elicit thought and comprehension by the reader (e.g. This is tough, in my opinion because we’re working with two different types of media. And that’s what makes the experience so memorable. I can do what I want and so I create my own memories (like every player’s memories and exp of the game is different). From the moment I start playing I get dedicated to the world, feel like I actually live in it. I feel like my choices matter, and I’m pleasantly surprised when I find out they actually do. Maybe the biggest thing for me why games are that enjoyable is because I actually feel like a part of the story. (I don’t wanna get too into detail about the different purposes it could have because this would become too long and tedious to read soooo) But speaking of video games, they could be whatever they want to be, so there’s something for everyone. We can’t really compare them, it would be unfair as they both have their own specific purpose. But anyway, that’s just my messy personal experience, I’m sure there are great books out there that I just didn’t have the fortune to find.īut yes, I’m certain a great amount of game’s quality and charm comes from the combination of visual art, music, storytelling and player’s input, of course, while in books there is only one element present - the story. But with books more often that not I start and I love it (and I tell myself, this is it, this is a story I’m going to finish and I’m going to adore) and then things go south and I start regretting spending so much time on it or I simply lose interest. In games from the second I start I can feel if I like it or not and if I really want to commit to it. I love reading but I have a really hard time finding something of good quality and in my taste, I’m always very critical towards what I read, I simply don’t wanna waste my time in some story that I won’t really enjoy. Well yeah my judgment is absolutely not balanced and totally biased towards video games because I play a lot more than do reading, so I’d love to see what others think of this. I’ve never been disappointed with a game’s story. I haven’t read a book I’m really interested for a while, whereas I constantly stumble upon games that immediately grab my attention, I know at first glance what I’m gonna love them and I actually do. There is definitely something special to your experience when playing video games, it’s different than reading a book in many ways, as you mentioned.
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