“Let me start by saying that I think with the video game business and art form – I’m no longer embarrassed to call it ‘art’ by the way – the most exciting thing going on right now is the diversity of these games. [But] I think there is a part of the business that is trying desperately to make games more like movies… But I don’t think it’s particularly interesting.

This is my personal opinion… More power to them, they tell their stories [well] because they’re just making movies. it’s a solved problem, you know? They’re telling branching stories, [which are] five movies all jammed together into one thing. It’s the illusion of choice. And, you can tell a great story that way. They’re very successful and lots of people enjoy playing them.

I [just] think we want to make games more ‘game-like’. I have no interest in telling you my cool story, and making you think you’re in control. I have a lot of interest in making sure you get to tell your story and I get to tell my story and we describe different things.” – Warren Spector

I feel we good find a happy middle between game-like and movie-like games. There is a place for all the amazing cinematic in games and a place to have just a straight up game.

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