It’s provocative, but I wonder if there’s a comparison for games. He talked about wanting an image-based cinema. TM: I remember reading an article about Peter Greenaway. Just because writing is cheaper compared to something like AI or ballistics, is still has to absolutely earn every single second of its existence. Going through that process in Rapture has made me a better writer. With Rapture, Jess and I talked about how, if you turned off all the text in the game, it would still tell you a story through music and visuals. There are all kind of problems with text in virtual reality. In terms of the stuff we’re doing now, certainly the project we’re currently working on, the voice acting is stripped down to very small sections.ĭP: It’s unannounced, but yeah. It’s much more about how everybody’s got an impression of what’s going on.
TM: In terms of narrative, how has the way you think about story and environment changed since Dear Esther ?ĭP: With Dear Esther, there was the question: what does the story need to make sense? What happens if you have symbols and images that are more about the way they resonate and the impression they give, rather than the way they make literal, linear sense? I think with Rapture we ran with a similar idea – that you never have a single voice that’s an authorial perspective.
The intent was certainly there, which is important. I was very impressed by the way the team behind Mankind Divided said there was a lot of pressure on them to live up to this. TM: So it’s no longer enough just to crudely nod towards something? Does the size of the potential audience mean developers need to be more sophisticated in how they handle politics in their games?ĭP: I think so.
More people will play Mankind Divided than will ever read a book about Black Lives Matter, so if you’re going to engage with those types of politics, you better do it properly and seriously. Games aren’t this tucked-away thing where it doesn’t matter. It’s been really interesting watching the debate around the politics in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. “More people will play Mankind Divided than will ever read a book about Black Lives Matter”
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