Rev Rant: Character Empathy

How videogames are not movies, where empathetic characters are concerned.

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[TheVaultingFig]

... you're so freakin' awesome. Extra Credits was awesome to suggest to look this up.

[Primus1985]

Wow, was sent here by Extra credits, and I picked the exact topic they just discussed.

Very true words sir, I rarly feel anything for most supporting cast in video games.

[NightShadow1989]

Just curious, how did you feel about Mona in the Max Payne games?

[WillBlanks]

I don't feel like i have to care. It is enough that the protagonist. Understanding the heroes motivation is enough.Put your self in the heroes shoes. Do you understand sadness or rage.

Kratos is a dick. You play the game to see how far he goes. So for me no i don't have to care. I am not Kratos or Marcus. Subject matter and themes in the story usually are how a games story win me over.

[Tgwizman]

This is like the third time i've seen this video, and every time, I think back to FF7. It really did draw me in to the story and the character's point of view.

[masterkeyify]

I miss this guy.

[redplague]

Well your entitled to opinion, but I disagree with it. For me there is no difference how I feel about characters in a game compared to a film. I guess it depends on what kind of person you are and how immersive the game is but the most immersive games I played have just as compelling characters in those in some of my favourite films.

[akaviri001]

I cared for Dom from GOW series and your squad from Brothers in arms :D but thats me

[newf360]

Enslaved Odyssey To The West.

[PoptartInvasion]

@MusicJustin15 Yeah, have to agree about your dad from Fallout 3. I mean, he's the first thing you see--AFTER ESCAPING FROM YOUR MOM'S VAGINA! I imagine for a baby that would be reassuring in that, "OH MY GOD, THIS IS HORRIBLE, I'M SCARED, THIS IS UNLIKE ANYTHING I'VE KNOWN--oh, da-da." But for me, it was, "...What the FUCK! Is this seriously HAPPENING? This is so weird--oh, Liam Neeson." I don't know if a game ever started more appropriately. Then spending all of a rather long tutorial with him

[dalemark45]

@SuperCareBears Well, I hate to say it (especially since I'll sound incredibly ignorant out of the shear fact I've never read any D. Gray Man), but most, if not all people who exist in the real world, don't and cannot care about everyone equally. Let's face it; you will never care about a random stranger as much as you care about someone in your immediate family. This is how life works, and when used properly, it's how games work too.