They threaten Frey, Frey escapes and runs away down a linear path, then finally finds her way back to her barren apartment where she lives with her cat, Homer, and also has a duffle bag filled with cash. Then the game stops again less than a few minutes later to give us another cutscene where Frey runs into the miscreants she has been doing some nebulous crimes with. We’re given control of Frey on the streets of New York, but are only presented with a linear path to proceed. Upon starting the game we’re introduced to Frey Holland, a street-wise orphan in New York City who is being arraigned for what would be her “third strike.” We’re given some back and forth between the judge and Frey about some crime which can’t be all that serious considering the judge sentences her to 200 hours community service, but heavy-handedly advises Frey that she turns 21 soon and if she gets in trouble again she’ll be sent to prison.

It pains me to say that SquareEnix and Luminous Productions drops the ball in this area, which wouldn’t be so bad if the game didn’t take so long to get going and didn’t have weird presentational issues that make progressing through it and getting to the “good stuff” even more of a chore. Personally, I find the games that can tell a compelling story with interesting characters, to be few and far between. Related Reading: Forspoken Best Settings: Display, Difficulty, and More.And even worse, can make the gameplay suffer as a result.

Unfortunately, more often than not, storytelling in video games can be stilted, rote, and flat out poorly presented. From the earliest text adventures such as Zork to the early Final Fantasy games, Storytelling, when done well, can bring the player into an interesting world and can serve as the motivation to see the game through.

Storytelling in video games has been around since the advent of the medium.

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