Wii and DS games having the worst storylines?

[Riachu]

famousringo said:

shio said:

Chrizum said:
Complex storylines do not work in videogames. If anything, I'm glad most games don't rely on their storyline.

Planescape: Torment, Deus Ex, Fallout 1 & 2...

And DTG, the Xbox 360 and PS3 are almost as bad as the Wii in terms of quality stories. The only platform for great stories and quality storytelling is the PC, 'nuff said.

 

Sorry, I've played the highlighted games and they're fantastic, but I wouldn't call their storylines complex. Having a few branching paths doesn't give a story sophistication. That being said, I don't think games necessarily need sophisticated stories, just as movies and novels don't.

I do think that the player-driven narrative these games have is exactly what video games demand, though. The linear, passive narrative which most story-based games adopt just doesn't belong in an interactive medium. Game developers keep cramming that square peg into a round hole anyway, because linear stories are more conventional and easier to craft.

Linear stories have their place in video games and so do player driven stories.

 

@Zucas

Many JRPGs have emotional and character development