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Posted by: Deus_Ex_Machina
Cortana 5 is a carbon-based lifeform that frequently visits these forums, currently residing in the United States. Practically every male on the site responds to her posts.
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Video games had great writing until the Mass Effect 3 ending. >_>
But, seriously, writing isn't just dialogue or scrips in games. When you write for games, you're not writing for an audience. The trick is to write a character that the player will give enough of a damn about in order to keep playing. You're writing an experience, not just a story. Hell, people write environments, in a sense. In a game, we've got a unique opportunity to tell the story through an interactive setting, where other mediums rely on dialogue or written narrative.
It's so damn difficult to get good game writers. You can have an excellent writer who will fall face-flat in game development. It's not like game studios have a "only hire the good writers" button. It's not that black and white.
I think that Destiny will provide them with a new opportunity of new-found freedom to go wherever the hell they want with their game, instead of being bogged down by Microsoft over changing things up too much.
P.S.
It's my 6th Bungie.net birthday!
[Edited on 03.24.2012 8:04 PM PDT]