curl-6 said:
Alphachris said:
Well, but the story is there to keep you interested. There are some games that can live without a story. Puzzler like Tetris etc... Just Games that are there to challange your skill.
But there are more classes of gamer. Not everyone is playing just to test his skills or to win in a competitive situation. There are some really entertaining games that over great characters or a complex story that make you care about the world and the characters. There are games that can make me laugh, games that can almost make me cry, games that make me think about the deeper consequences of religion, war, atomic bombs or propaganda and etnic cleansing.
Games can be seen as a simple "electronic toy", that keep you busy for short periods. But games can also have the educational and entertainment value of a good theatre play. And if you played some really good games like Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XIII or Heavy Rain playing a game without such experience can feel quite empty and you miss something.
I grew up with Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World, but after Playing Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Dexter or Sly Racoon, I miss Character interaction between Mario and Luigi. |
I've played Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XIII and Heavy Rain, and honestly I didn't find them much good. FFXIII and Heavy Rain in particular fell flat beause their gameplay was lacking in favour of graphics/story.
If you demand story, then yeah, Mario's not for you. But to me, the lack of story in Mario is like the lack of machine guns in Citizen Kane; kind of beside the point.
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There are actually mario games with quite funny stories an awesome character interaction (even if mario and luigi don't speak) like the Mario & Luigi series (superstar saga, Partners in Time, Bowser's Inside Story). Those games were easily the most fun Mario games storywise, and also the most fun i had with mario games these past few years.
