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Ecrit le: 24/08/2012 10:39
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Tomorrow I start my teaching job. One of the classes
I'm insanely excited to be teaching is Video Games as
Literature (the study of video games as a storytelling
medium). I have a pretty good setup for the course, I
think, but I have one friend who constantly laments the
fact that I have no RTS games in the course. The reason
I didn't include any is pretty simple; I have never (in
my admittedly limited experience with the genre) played
an RTS with a story worth studying in a literature
course. Not even close. I've barely ever even heard
story mentioned in relation to the genre; with very few
exceptions, the mechanics and strategy seem to be all
that matter.
But I certainly would be interested to see if there is
an exception to this perceived rule. So then,
Escapists, tell me: are there any RTS games with
genuinely interesting storylines, interesting
characters, and thematic depth?
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