Do Zelda games have bad or cliched stories?

[Khuutra]

Myviewing said:

Khuutra said:

Myviewing said:

largedarryl said:

Myviewing said:
I think the stories a just fine. I never really expect Nintendo to be great story tellers since I grew up knowing they were more concerned about the game opposed to the story. Also the last time they told a deep story was.... er.... Somebody want to help me on this?

There has been a Fire Emblem game almost every year for the last 4 or 5 years.

The appeal behind the story though is the characters, not the actual story itself.  The story usually plays out like the typical "save the world from a long sealed being," that doesn't exactly make for a memorable story this day in age.

Don't confuse "story" with "plot".

Ah, I never really thought there was a difference between the two.  I most likely screwed up there.

It is a very fine distinction which a lot of pople don't make, but it's still there.

Think of the plot as a skeleton for a story, or a path down which the story walks. The story is what you experience. The plot is merely what happens.

Hm, that didn't make a lot of sense. Give me time to come up with something better.