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oldwatchlover t1_j29x27f wrote

No.

For a couple reasons:

  1. Vastly different mediums.
  2. Lack of definition on what a "video game director" is... for film, the guilds have very precise definition and division of labor for what a director does (vs. producer or other responsibilities). There is no such thing in video games. You can just call yourself the director. For some games, the closest match ("vision of final product") is the head game designer (there is no director) for other games (those with more story) maybe there is something closer. Then you have cinematic scenes, which may have an actual director (but not responsible for the whole game)

In my near 30 year game making career, including some very big recognizable AAA+ titles, for some productions it was the "Executive Producer" who might closest map to "film director", in others it was the game designer, or in other cases is was a writer who filled that space.

It's rare that there is a single visionary (despite what game media and hype tells you) that is as responsible for a game the way a director is responsible for a film.

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