Reviews by The Walrus: Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze

[bouzane]

Dulfite said:

bouzane said:
"Story: The most important part of a game for me. /30"

No offense but video games have terrible stories and playing games for this reason is beyond my comprehension.

Some video games have great stories. Ever played The Last Story for Wii? Or Thousand Year door for Gamecube? The story of the Halo games was my favorite part of them! If you don't like the stories that's fine, but I'm kind of tired of people in this thread belitting me (not saying you're doing that specifically) for appreciating stories in games more than anything else.

Again, not to offend but if those are your examples of good stories in video games then we'll never agree. They feature a few of the required elements such as original settings and interesting characters but I would never read their novelizations, let alone call them great. The best examples of good stories in video games that I can think of are adventure games like Grim Fandango and adventure games are simply awful in terms of gameplay. The only title that I can think of that strikes a balance between gameplay and story with any real success is The Last of Us. It was hardly the best game I have ever played or the best story I have ever encountered but it managed to do both adequately, something I have not encountered elsewhere.