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

[theprof00]

thelifatree said:

theprof00 said:
What always baffles me is how games like half life 2 and bioshock can be considered as having great storylines. To me, those stories are so contrived and "safe" to the point where it hardly feels as if there is a story at all.
MGS3 is the best story game of all time, though, and MGS4 is really great too. However, the problem with mgs4's story is that in order to actually experience the narrative properly, you need to have played the previous 3.

Half Life 2to me was merely innovative way to tell a story in videogames. And Alyx Vance :P

Bioshock to me reminds me of Blade Runner (My favorite movie), where the words don't tell the story, the atmosphere, gadgets you find, and sparingly speaking do.

So I guess maybe it shouldn't be called a  story necesarrily if you dont want to, but the Atmosphere, History, Events that occur in a place around a person, without people telling you want happened but you, learning things based on actions not words. That was my interpretation of bioshock anywyas.

 

 

Hey, I'm not saying they're bad stories, I'm just saying that it's like being a lakers or yankees fan. It's applauding a by-the-books, heavily-produced formula. Something in my counter-culture blood just rejects it.