Video Games are the Apex of Storytelling
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April 7, 2025
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You never fail to fill me with your warm and sticky content
Man I love the fact that for you the clear ending in Cyberpunk is the quite life because I always felt it was going out in a blaze of glory. That really shows just how incredible the writing is in Cyberpunk 2077
i love your essays – keep up the great work
Its impressive how much thought you put into your videos. I am glad to have found your channel. I also notice that we share alot of games we like
RDR2 is a horrible videogame with a decent movie in it. It doesn't tell a story only games can tell.
It was such a beautiful and heartfelt journey through this video. Video games truly are the Apex of Storytelling. VR, AR, and more developed A.I. are the final frontier.
@FranklyGaming I’m sorry I’m texting so late do you think every single player game has a story in your opinion
That’s why people say single player games are better than multiplayer is because of these awesome story games and stuff
Wow man, I am so happy to find another kindred spirit who appreciates the being a part of the story in games this much. I love this video and your voice, presentation in general. But yet I didn't watch the rest of the video and will continue after I play Cyberpunk 2077. It wasn't in my wishlist but I trust your opinion so I will play it as soon as I find the opportunity to play. Thanks for your soulful quality content brother.
Only discovered your channel yesterday and already watched a few long clips. Great job! Your naration and insights are top. Subscribed.
I agree that gaming is #1 w/ immersion, but it has significant competition from other areas of the arts. When I listen to a Shostakovich symphony, it's like experiencing history or reading a novel. Ridiculously immersive. I think all areas of the arts have their own unique ways of completely immersing the person consuming it.
Frank, I am impressed, floored really. After watching this video, I have been thoroughly convinced that video games truly are the pinnacle of storytelling…. Why did I ever spend my time studying the works of great film makers or reading countless books in search of a thrill, when the greatest stories are set in games ? This has been quite the experience-a revelation, if you will. I'll be tossing out all of my books later. Thanks
Hey just wanted to say the way you convey your own passion is contagious because I think we all can appreciate the effort you put into these
Amazing videos, you have Frankly! I just discovered your channel, and I love the content, but I have to stop mid video on this one, as I haven't played Phantom Liberty yet. So I'm off to Night City again! Keep doing what you're doing buddy, you're doing it right!
Insanely underrated creator
It feels like literally all ur video are repetitive. You smh managed to slip in Cyberpunk into all of ur videos whenever possible, best story? cyberpunk, best world? cyberpunk, best mission? cyberpunk. Yes, yes I know u love cyberpunk and I get it, Cyberpunk is decent. Dont get me wrong, the topics u bring are interesting but then u proceed to explain it by mentioning the same game over and over which makes it feel disingenuous.
Ngl I don't have time to watch your videos these days but I still like to drop a click to support the channel. I feel like we have very similar ideology and taste in games, and I also really appreciate how much effort you put into every video. You're definitely gonna blow up in the next few years, just don't forget us when you're (more) famous!
Your video raises interesting points, but I feel it lacks a clear argument on why agency in interactive mediums, such as video games, is superior to traditional storytelling methods like cinema. I get that interactivity offers control, but it's not inherently better – just different in its narrative approach. I suggest exploring the nuances of horror classics in cinema to understand their impact and see how they've influenced games like Alan Wake, which skillfully pay tribute to these cinematic masterpieces. Your video was enjoyable and I appreciate your style in any case :-).
My intention isn't to discourage you but to encourage a deeper critique of a medium that, despite its evolution, is still often overlooked by mainstream recognition. Keep up the good work in any case, I hope this just serves as constructive feedback 👌
I enjoy videogames as a whole , some are good and some are bad . I would like god of war and red dead redemption 2 but then i also like to play less appreciated games like far cry, dying light , ac mirage. They are not the best but they are fun, and that is what matters to me the most. It's the only hobby that i have still carried from 10 to now 21 years old. Its Art for me
keep the great work up you are a perfect stud
Life Is Strange changed how I view storytelling in gaming. Instead of a straight forward linear story, it let's you wander around the environments and gather small pieces of the story at your own will. The more pieces you gather and put together, the more it impacts the story 👍 Cyberpunk 2077 would have been the greatest game ever made if it was structured that way…..instead of placing it's focus on a big empty open world that ultimately subtracted from the story in multiple ways 👎
The last section was my favorite 🤩
"Destiny determined through input" has to be the best phrase I've ever heard to describe video games as an art.
Why doesn't this video have million views?
While I do feel that the narrative potential for a video game is incredibly high, I also find that most games don’t fulfill that potential. And while the medium deserves credit for when something like The Witcher 3 comes out, I see a lot of people that think video games are the best medium for storytelling and that’s simply not true. My soul criterion for whether or not something has achieved its full potential is whether or not it can strike a chord in the way that the blurry green light at the end of the dock in The Great Gatsby does.
A lot of people will watch the movie with Leonardo DiCaprio and tell me The Great Gatsby is overrated, but that movie is a fundamental misunderstanding of the text.
Now, this is my criterion because video games do some cool stuff, but much like anime, they’ve become slaves to the same tropes and pitfalls and repetitive nature. Take a story I really liked, Horizon: Zero Dawn. Uncovering the lore is one of my favorite bits of writing in any game. The sci fi world they created is just incredible. But ultimately, the game fails itself as it reaches the finish line because it’s true that the writing in the game can be incredible, most of the game is actually a generic coming of age story where the parental figure dies and a chosen one is given the burden of saving the world. The actual story of the game doesn’t have anything new to say and this is further exacerbated in the sequel where the make sure to make Ted Faro, who was a very complex character in the first game that I regarded as penitent and wanting to finally serve the greater good by not allowing humanity to have knowledge to repeat his mistakes, and boil him down to an insane megalomaniac.
And that’s my real problem with video games as a storytelling medium. For every Red Dead Redemption 2 moment where Arthur talks to the woman before the final ride, there’s another Red Dead Redemption 2 moment where you arbitrarily join a civil war in a foreign nation so that you can see that the crazy guy that’s been getting progressively getting crazier is in fact crazy because he murdered an old lady.
So I don’t agree that video games are the best medium for storytelling anymore. Simply put, I believe that gamers spend so much time gaming that they want to believe it’s enriching their lives in some meaningful way and that’s cool. It’s a fun hobby and it has brief flashes of inspiration every once in awhile…but if you took the best video game of all time and stuck it next to something like Paradise Lost or Hamlet, you’d rightfully get laughed out of whatever room you were in for being a clown
Cyberpunk is a damn gem. I even have V’s Favourite top irl and it’s..”surprisingly”, my absolute favourite top 😀
Another masterpiece video
Id enjoyed hearing how much cyberpunk and your journey as a content creator.
With that I’m going to share some interesting things I figured out about cyberpunk.
Jackie Wells was always meant to end up as a drink on the afterlife menu.
A Jack Daniel’s and coke is a wells drink.
Jackie being the life that goes out in a blaze
Victor Vector means victory path
Victor is not only vs father figure but the other path you should take… as victor talks about how he’s left all the drama behind to find contentment.
Judy in getting involved w v , could be making the same mistake in relationships that has lead her to losing so much. Picking friends that are ambitious to a fault
Pan man might be trusting someone that will play her , again.
Johnny is an example of a person that blazed his way down the rebel path … only to realize… it didn’t matter what he did , everyone would forget him
And if v goes down that path ….
There’s too many characters showing how useless it is to go for the glory
People thinking this was the point are forgetting most of the characters in the game.
Only nc wins in the end