Characters and Storytelling in Gaming

[@nyah235]

What I find really unique about video games is how you are actively participating in the narrative of the game unlike watching a movie or reading a book. You question your own choices and thus your own character when choices you make result in something going wrong or even just you feeling like crap because of it. For example: *light spoilers for Kagha and Rolan story in BG3* On my first playthrough, I've always looked at Kagha as a ruthless evil druid and Rolan as an ambitious prick wizard who forsakes his fellow tieflings. On a second playthrough, I found a secret quest for Kagha and found out she was led astray and when confronted, she accepted the consequences honorably for her mistakes. Rolan on the other hand, a different decision made on his story resulted in a different act 2 outcome and thus me seeing him as way more sympathetic. And thus, I ended up feeling kinda bad for judging them without knowing their full stories on my first playthrough. This is a feeling that I think is very unique to video games.

[@LotsofChicken]

I know it’s so interesting! Not a lot of games really explore this idea! There’s like the monolith of linear storytelling in games but games are a medium best suited for affect on the player considering their involvement and action influence everything.