EA Dev: 'Game STORIES Are CRAP'! - (So he NEVER played MGS)?

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silicon said:

disolitude said:

darthdevidem01 said:

disolitude said:
I agree.

95% of games have crap stories. The games that try to put emphasis on story like Gears of war 2 and Uncharted are the worst offenders...cause they often neglect gamplay to tell a semi retarded story.

Of course there are exceptions. MGS1, MGS3, Chrono Trigger, Shenmue, Condemned...etc.

I absolutely disagree, Uncharted has great cut scenes & a decent story, definetely not "worst offenders"

Game like HAZE are worst offenders, as the devs HYPED up its story a bit pre-release & the rest is history.

While I respect your opinion, story in Uncharted 1 did not deliver a single new idea to its audience. Its a rip off from various movies, games and other forms of medium. Dead Space is another one.

Gears 2 is another mess. Hiring voice actors to deliver those lines hurts my ears.

But stories are always subjective. Soomeone that has not played Tomb Raider, or seen indiana jones movies or hasn't read Davinci Code would think the story is pretty kick ass in Uncharted.

Something doesn't have to be new to be good. Uncharted really impressed me as a game.

That being said, is the story really deep and original? No. But does it need to be? No.

Along the same lines as silicon, It sounds like what your saying is a little mixed up. You started by saying uncharted was one of the worst offenders for bad story telling, then later on you go onto say that its not the story that was bad, but that the story was unoriginal. A story can still be great even if its a carbon copy of other movies/game, its all in how its delivered and acted, and in my opinion uncharted did it wonderfully.