Why games fail at storytelling

[Killergran]

zexen_lowe said:
It's funny how they criticize Metal Gear Solid's story and arfter the article there's a link to "15 Best Game Stories Ever" in the same site and MGS is the first game.
Other than that, I disagree completely with the article, even though I love Portal's story, I also love a complex, even if it's uninteractive story (that's why I play a lot of JRPGs), just the way that I love reading books (and I'm not comparing them, both are different).
I have the belief that to create complex , rich, detailed stories, the ammount of influence the character can make can't be high, because if the story is too branched, it loses its focus and complexity. I'd rather have a Xenosaga-like game (zero interactivity with the story, but it features an amazing, complex, engaging story) that a Fable-like game (a lot of freedom of choices, but the story sucks). At least that's my take

 

I think that you're missing something here. The stories in the games can be good. They can be awesome. But they never actually work.  Metal Gear might have a good story. But that story would work better if it was completely detatched from the game. The second you get to control Snake, all suspension of dispelief is shattered and the story falls flat.

Why this happens is explained in the article.