Far Cry 3 Writer: Gamers and Developers have 'Caustic Relationship'
Because many devs talk down to gamers
For some Far Cry 3 is big, dumb, fun. For others it is tedious, colonial, US-imperialism made into big, dumb fun. To lead writer Jeffrey Yohalem it is an unrealised, misunderstood meta-commentary on games and gaming. He believes that by not talking down to gamers, they have missed the point.
Before delving further, we reviewed the game here, you might like to give that a read. Now you're back, let's see what Jeffery thinks happens if you talk down to gamers:
“For me, there’s a kind of caustic relationship that’s developed between players and developers. It’s really a bad, abusive relationship, because developers say ‘Players won’t get it anyway, so we’re just gonna do something that holds their hand.’
"It doesn’t respect them, and then players say ‘I hate this,’ or ‘I hate that,’ or ‘This game sucks,’ and that hurts developers. So it’s like a cycle. It also feels like critics aren’t looking for meaning in the game, either. So it’s like all sides have just stopped listening to each other.”
More here at the PA report.
Before delving further, we reviewed the game here, you might like to give that a read. Now you're back, let's see what Jeffery thinks happens if you talk down to gamers:
“For me, there’s a kind of caustic relationship that’s developed between players and developers. It’s really a bad, abusive relationship, because developers say ‘Players won’t get it anyway, so we’re just gonna do something that holds their hand.’
"It doesn’t respect them, and then players say ‘I hate this,’ or ‘I hate that,’ or ‘This game sucks,’ and that hurts developers. So it’s like a cycle. It also feels like critics aren’t looking for meaning in the game, either. So it’s like all sides have just stopped listening to each other.”
More here at the PA report.
Games:
Far Cry 3
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