Game makers craft sophisticated story lines

Game makers are crafting more sophisticated story lines and creating characters that evolve based on their experiences within a game. The new games merge first-person shoot-em-ups with movie plotlines to develop what some in the industry are calling a new art form.A new crop of games calls for players to make choices that go beyond selecting a weapon. Among other things, players are asked to make moral decisions that force their characters. Part of the goal of involved storytelling is to keep players occupied for longer, playing out stories through to the end. It is an attempt by video game makers to stop players from getting bored and quickly offloading games onto used game shops.Gradually, non-action scenes are becoming more central to games and the story is the focus. These storytelling games represent yet another way the video game business is reaching out to people who have not traditionally considered themselves gamers.