Updated - Naughty Dog: Reviews that say other games have amazing stories are disheartening to us

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Xxain said:

M.U.G.E.N said:

Xxain said:

teigaga said:
I absolutely agree with him. Video game stories are generally of a horrible standard and have a far way to go. It doesn't help, when overly kind reviewers praise a narrative purely because it manages to make sense lol. I haven't played uncharted 3 but uncharted 2 story was decent, but it was told brilliantly. More games need to step up to the standard!

It's a Video game though. Silly ppl tend to want to compare Video game stories to movies and books, media focused on just that.. telling stories. for Video games the stories we get are fine for this type of media so it is ok that reviewers are pass lesser quality stories compared to Uncharted. Stories in Video game should aim to be one thing... entertaining... regardless of mood... this oscar worthy/ 5 Star book stuff doesn't belong here. Video games are not the right media for that, its annoying to see ND pioneering this type of behavior.

isn't that a really narrow way of thinking? if the stories are mediocre why settle for it? why not point it out? A great story will only enhance the experience. Not all games would require this..for example Vanquish..despite the saw that coming from miles away story ..it was enjoyable..but if it had a better story it would have been a masterpeice. Cheap and simple entertainment from books and movies/tv shows exist too but it doesn't mean those industries as a whole should accept that to be 'acceptable' norm. So I completely disagree with you with your statement, tho I agree it all comes down to personal preference and what a gamer would desire from this hobby

"if the stories are mediocre why settle for it? why not point it out?" Because we dont need to. Video games should be used as the media for telling the kind of stories ND wants to tell. Story is important to Video game but not as important as ND believes or wants it be. ppl do not buy games for that level of story telling. Resident Evil has huge mythos that is adored by RE fans... but its B class movie shit but thats ok though because it is entertaining <--- thats whats important in a Video game story. Its not wrong just not needed.

see now you are just generalizing a lot....personal preference wise it may be ok for you if the games are entertaining with a bgrade story..But I for example want that great story driven experiences. I don't agree with you on RE story btw..I don't think the issue there is with the story..but how they tell it which kinda sucks overall. Same goes for many other games. I don't think either your nor me can define what video games 'should' be tho outside of what they mean for 'us' . I like to see more innovation and improvement in many areas including gameplay...but story is a definite part of it. I can't see how you would argue that, again a game like vanquish, with a better story would be a bad thing? surely that's an improvement for the overall experience