I really have, Sanderson replies.
They dont want to hand you the story.
You gotta piece it together.
He goes on to compliment this approach for videogames specifically.
It doesnt stop the action, you get to stop it when you want.
Games are about playing.
Sanderson reckons that having to work to piece the mystery together aligns with FromSofts approach to mood.
There arent a lot of answers, so it creates a game on top of the game.
Can you replicate this?
he continues, referring to writing traditional fiction, I think you possibly can.
Its like how we use epigrams as a supplementary storytelling style.
A supplementary storytelling style to stealthily slide the Souls series signature storytelling into Sandersons softbacks?
Obviously, Dune is the great big pioneer of this.
Watchmens the other really great example.
Its always the men who can afford massive swords that get sent free ones, to quote Engels.
Ah, he deserves it, Im sure.
From Software decides to make a fantasy game and partner with a fantasy novelist, right?
What are you thinking, people?
You may want to try it - it’s called a jump button!
