Why does game storytelling have such low standards? [MGS4, HL2, etc.]

[thelifatree]

perpride said:

Pipedream24 said:

Video game stories are on the most part cliched and predictable, but that doesn't mean they have to be ridiculous. I agree, MGS4 is absolutely a mess. I can't believe so many people hearld it as one of the greatest stories of all time. The story is incoherent at best and borders on absurd at points (Seriously, Raiden going into battle with no arms and his sword in his teeth). Kojima is better than that. MGS, Snatcher, and ZoE were at least enjoyable stories.

Modern Warfare 2 is another game with horrific storytelling. I know it's a FPS, but there is no continuity to the story what so ever. It jumps all over the place and leaves you wondering "What the hell did I just do".

I also agree with Bioshock being the pinnacle in video game stories so far (Heavy Rain was pretty damn good as well). I don't expect Hollywood scripts for games. Development cost are already high enough. But at least keep things in the realm of plausibilty and have the plot make sense.

You call MGS4 story redicolous and a mess, yet hail Heavy Rain (or as I like to call it, swiss cheese) as one of the greatest stories of all time?

I understand MGS4 was complicated, but it was an amazing storyline and wrapped the series up perfectly imo.

I agree with you. I thought the Story in MGS4 wasn't perfect and more Anime-like than the others, but much much more creative

Heavy rain, is good it creates tension. But it creates tension by lieing to you, and has as many holes as I've seen in a story based game this generation

 

still it was fun as hell