Games don't need stories.

[richardhutnik]

Johann said:
I've come up with a great solution. Every cutscene in every game should have a skip button. There. Problem solved.

What I find ridiculous is the people who don't enjoy cutscenes, have the option of skipping through them, but endure them just so they can spew their hate over the internet.

I like good cut scenes, and back story and all that.  What does get criticism is when you have a game like MGS4, where you have a cut scene that must run something like approach 1/2 hour.  My take is if you are using a game to tell a story, the storytelling needs to be interactive for the most part.