Games Aren't Art?! - No Straight Roads Review (Skill Up Response... Kinda)

I mean I remember when people said digital art wasn't art. They're just wrong.

"Games aren't art" Cuphead, an entirety hand-drawn game: Am I a joke to you?

Tatiana's voice acting is bad? Wut? Isn't she supposed to be somewhat monotone and stone cold sounding?

They're as much art as any other medium.

I love how 1010 is a dual commentary on K-Pop/Boy Bands and mandatory Korean military service!

I think the "bad" voice acting you are refering to is the accents that sometimes slip. I thought Mayday sounded off until I realized they game was from Malaysia. After that, everytime I hear something most would consider odd, I immediately recognize as their accent. DK West literally speaks in Malay while rapping in english, Zuke and Mayday speaks in Malay when they get angry, And my theory on why Yinu sounds like that is because she is literally 9 years old. She probably just emulated her mother's accent or maybe she hasn't really developed much in (conversational) english. (I say conversational since she knows Music terms and habits such as "fingers curved" when she is sort of panicking during her fight) There are issues with actual voice acting but I don't classify most as inheritly bad. Then again, I grew up watching a lot of Upin and Ipin, and Boboboi so its not as off as it should really sound for me.

Skillup: “The voice acting is bad” Just admit you’re not used to hearing people with accents that aren’t Eurocentric and/or American 😳

1010 are all husbands and Eve is my wife, I don't make the rules

The irony of this game is most of the levels are straight roads lol

Honestly, the first time i've heard Tatiana speak, I thought "Hot damn this voice acting is so interesting, I love it", like the second you hear her speak you know everything about her personnality, and if that's not great voice acting I don't know what is

If a banana stick to a wall can be considered "art" so video games have all the right to have the same treatment.

SkillUp: Zuke has no personality. Me: Oh, so we’re just going to ignore EVE’s boss fight and the fact that he used to date her as well as the history he has with his brother? Okay then.

All this game needs is some patching. Then it deserves the chef's kiss. Also, I personally didn't really think Yinu sounded all that bad. ESPECIALLY at that revelation at the end... Poor kid...

Music, writing, pictures, and animation are all considered art. Why would the combination not be considered an artform? Video games should be considered an artform to me. Actually now that I think about it Martial arts and Dancing are considered artforms, should streaming game play also be considered art?

People are so used to playing realstic games that they forgot that games used to be like this, fun and trippy/ introspective with great music all in one. Examples: brutal legends, jet set radio, pysconauts and blinx the time cat.

”Zuke is a bad character with no personality whatsoever” Meanwhile as anyone who’s played the game for real knows, Zuke is the best character in the game. At least in my personal opinion of course.

I remember following this guy on Twitter who overall was a pretty level headed guy but would often say games aren't art. I found out he says this because them being called art has given rise to walking simulators and games journalists essentially. Kinda floored me with how dumb that was. He also agreed with someone that said games aren't art because they are a craft. Like you can't have a beautifully crafted blade that can be considered art, because blacksmithing is a craft. Or a perfectly made dish, because cooking may be a craft but the term culinary arts exists for a reason. Overall people who say such things have both a very ridged but also poorly defined idea of what art is. Makes no sense to me.

WHO WOULD THINK TATIANA'S VOICE IS TERRIBLE??? her voice acting is one of the best in the game....

I cant get over how wrong “Zuke doesnt have a personality” is Did Skillup even like, pay attention to the game at all? Or was he too busy complaining and trying to find the fast travel button to do so-