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Spiteful49 on 10 December 2008
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Rainbird said:
DTG said:
Khuutra said:
CGI-Quality said:
@ DTG

The gameplay shouldn't be that shallow, don't worry. But you are correct when you say this game's storyline should be it's selling point, hence why I'm so excited for it besides it's unrivaled presentation. Talk about BEAUTIFUL visuals, the best I've seen besides Killzone 2 and Crysis.

He is saying the more shallow the gameplay, the better

 

Look, most of the world doesn't want "deep" gameplay. If they did, the Wii and it's intuitive, simple controls wouldn't be wiping the floor with the competition. Better yet, tv's, movies and books wouldn't be wiping the floor (in terms of audiance size) with all 3 consoles combined. People want story, the faster you can give that to them with the least amount of work and distraction the more they're likely to follow. You;re a gamer and may not agree, but most of the world doesn't play games, and doesn't want to because it is too much work, effort for less conventional awards (beating the game rather than reciving an emotional or mental punch from a film or book, for a fraction of the time and effort necessary)

I can't believe you're serious about this. Gameplay is by far the bigger factor in what makes a game popular.

You even brought up the Wii for christ's sake! MKWii! SSBB! Wii Fit! There is NOTHING in those games that make them great in terms of story. It's the gameplay. And the people you talk about, who don't play games but watch movies and read books, are exactly a part of the audience that these games (with the Wii) appeal to.

Call of Duty 4 has a great singleplayer, but the story doesn't matter one bit when it comes to making the multiplayer popular. It's the gameplay.

If something isn't fun to play, chances are it will fail saleswise.

 

Haha… these posts make me laugh. I agree with Rainbird... Game play is the reason people play video games.  I don’t care how great the storyline is or how great the visuals are.  If this $60 game is going to be competing on those lines with say a movie like… The Dark Knight then this game is utter fail.  Storyline and Visuals are important to video games but the game play is what makes it fun. 

 

I am interested to see how they mix and match it with the game play.  I am still looking for enough reasons to buy a PS3 so I am very interested in this.  Reading threads like this scare me into thinking the game is going to be a movie with random button pushes to advance the story.