Choices Not Mattering in Choice Based Games
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- Your choices mean nothing.
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P5 OST 59 The Days When My Mother Was There
OMORI OST - 018 Poems In The Fog
The Walking Dead: Season 1 Episode 3 Soundtrack - Chuck
Dark Cloud 2 - 11 - Palm Brinks
P5 OST 37 Tokyo Daylight
Life Is Strange Soundtrack Max & Chloe By Jonathan Morali
Life Is Strange Soundtrack - Timelines By Jonathan Morali
OST Until Dawn (2015): 13. Chris And Ashley
Investigation | Detroit: Become Human OST
By Firelight | Detroit: Become Human OST
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I think my problems with TTG stem from the way they did the choices. I've enjoyed plenty of games where choices don't have long-lasting effects, and I don't expect every choice to branch the story, but when the game has explicit pop-ups that characters will remember choices you made, or you are presented with big choices like choosing between 2 characters to save, it gives me the expectation that these choices really do matter, so when I later find out that they didn't, it's really hard not to feel robbed.
And it's clearly bot impossible, because Detroid Become Human gives a great example on how you can handle this. You have a few big choices that directly branch the story, but most choices are small choices that don't change much on their own. The way they still make many of those feel important however, is by these choices affecting a relationship stat. While these choices individually don't branch the story, the way they change the stats over the course of the game, allows the game to also branch based on those stats. Overall, this creates an experience where it feels like everything mattered.
Can you imagine if the guys who did Until Dawn did a Walking Dead game?
It would be a legendary piece of art. That would be really cool to see. Until Dawn is such a good game.
@@iBrandad It sure would! Would do AMC a lot of good since most people hate the spin offs and games based off of the main show.
@@iBrandadTo be fair, it was already peak with it's great writing. Although, I think that there are....Maybe two ways it could be slightly improved: either add more meaningful choices and also....have multiple endings (maybe even one, where Lee lives, although it wouldn't be realistic, knowing that he lost too much blood from cutting his arm), or let this game be as it is and make some choices meaningful to season 2. Season 2 needs a complete rework, tho. The writing was trash, the game was rushed and a lot of great things were cut.
I think my first exposure to Choice-based games was Heavy Rain. Easily one of my favorite and classic choice-based games that really got me into this genre. The atmosphere and plot really sets the game's intensity, making you really connect with the characters and be on a major lookout for the incoming choices that could mean life or death.
The things is all decisions are not supposed to change your story or events in them but it’s for you that at the end of the game you made your character and that is what matters. The impact is in your perspective of your character based upon your every decision.
I found you in TWD Definitive series comunity, i dont regret it, u have a cool edition and im going to suscribe
PD:I think detroit become human is the best Choice based game, it haves like 99+ Endings and i think thats one of the most important things i think, i dint played it since my pc is a potato but it is really cool since what i have seen.
Absolutely, David Cage Games have stories that actually reflect your choices.
That reminds me of the two things Telltale did lie about every time.
First lie: "This game series adapts to the choices you make. The story is tailored by how you play"
Second lie: "XYZ will remember that"
I mean it was already mentioned in the video but nonetheless it's always been the main selling point of a Telltale game, and that point just isn't worth anything.
And you know what? I still love playing Telltale games. At the moment I'm finally playing through the TWDG saga, I'm on season 4. And I'm also playing through Telltale's Expanse.
Maybe the decisions don't count, but you have to see it more like a film, where you get to decide for yourself what is said from time to time.
@@WitchDoctorLarry Yeah, at least telltale learn a little about their errors, and even when decisions dont matter, they make you feel they did. I remember minecraft story mode, i played that game so many times that once i wanted to be agresive with everyone and i insulted lukas. When lukas had to go for his friends he remembered me how bad i threated him. Also the thing on telltale are the feelings, almost everything on telltale makes you cry (except TWD ANF, but that dont makes it a bad game) (SPOILERS) Like the lee death, i dint cried, i have seen 90 times the game before playing, but man. Probably i would have cried since i got kinda sad if it was the first time. I passed Season 2 without too many spoilers and man, i had to say goodbye to my favorite character, Kenny. It was for a greater good (until ANF ruined almost everything). And the big plot twist on S4 (SPOILERS), i dint cried so much, it was the final chapter and everyone knew that she would get bitten. But that plow twist was unexpected, lol. Also, I havent played any of David Cage games, but at least in detroit become human, the only one i watched. There arent many emotions except hank, maybe? I dint played their games since i need a good pc, and detroit become human is going to be played, at least one day. But am excited when i get a good graphic card, Its gonna be cool to play their other games. So i dint spoil me so much
I have a real soft spot for The Walking Dead game season 2, but yeah, the choices in that game suuuuck. Like I know everyone hates season 3 but at least your choices in the last couple of episodes mattered for who you kept alive.
A lot of telltales games were really bad.
Despite them being my childhood I have to agree.
@@creedecriswell634 What were your least favorite?
@@brianachim2670 Minecraft story mode and GOTG weren’t great.
@@creedecriswell634 Yeah the GOT game was a complete dumpster fire 🤢🤮
@@brianachim2670 Music was good though
Have you played Life Is Strange 2? The story and choices are way better cause they actually matter! It still has its flaws, but it was a better improvement than the first game.
have you played as dusk falls? its really great
Earned a sub with this one
Big Daddy Mike?😅
Do you consider Deltarune a tell-tale game? It's done pretty differently from what i've seen. I came to this statement because the theme is literally about your choices not mattering.
And Deltarune is from Toby fox
LIfe is strange 2 had good choice system