Games don't need stories.

[alephnull]

richardhutnik said:

alephnull said:

richardhutnik said:

alephnull said:
What is this game you speak of with excessive attention given to plot?

MGS4 is hyped up as "best game eva" because people find the plot to be awesome, and the fans of it consider Kojima a genius because he created such detailed and moving plots.  One can also say GTA now fits into that also.  I would say Bioshock also gave concern to the plot also.

Well the problem there is that while MGS4 had a lot of story, it was terrible.

It does FEEL like it is a great story and does have a number of good individual elements.  I personally consider MSG4 one of the best SIMULATIONS of a blockbuster movie ever made. 

I remember people saying the same thing about Wing Commander. At the very least I don't think you can say this is a new phenomena.