The Current State of Game Dialogue

From story driven games to online shooters, dialogue is integral to the experience of gaming today. But the prevalence of sarcastic characters has brought into question the laziness and repetitiveness of modern game dialogue writing, especially in the AAA gaming scene where it seems that many of the most popular games are written by the same few people.

Has the way games are written fundamentally changed since the days of the Xbox 360? Is game writing being brought down by cinematic influences? And how does Joss Whedon come into this?

In this video I will discuss the history and evolution of game dialogue up to where it is today, and how a shift in popularity from RPGs to action adventure games is symbolic of the perceived decline in game writing.

Chapters won’t work until I reach 1000 subscribers (which is a little over 29) but yeah I’m just gonna put them here for if/when that happens

00:00 – Intro
00:27 – History
02:46 – The peak
04:35 – The decline
06:34 – Bad writing and bad voice acting
07:45 – NPCs and PCs
09:54 – Good games and cinema
11:33 – Forspoken
15:09 – Other gaming controversies
16:11 – Conclusion
17:43 – Outro