| DakonBlackblade said: The bigest reason I play videogames is because it's a whole package. Games evolved and story is a big part of them now, there are plenty of games out there that are pure gameplay (Marios and such) and they have theyre space (and generaly review well) but we moved past the days that that was enought. Gamers are also older and therefore apreciate a story way more than they did on the infancy of the industry. |
I disagree entirely
good story is nice, but most people watch a movie for a good story. there are basically ZERO video games out there with stories as good as half decent movie plots...
often the reason for this is that video games HAVE TO have gameplay and it creates forced plot points to enable that. play an Uncharted game and look at the absurd plot points over and over to force action. Metal Gear, Tomb Raider, zombie games... it doesn't matter, they all often end up with somewhat awkward plots simply due to the need to provide a reason for constant action
gameplay is king. no one would give a shit about something like "The Last of Us" if it weren't fun to play in terms of gameplay
I would put it this way- people are willing to play video games that have awesome gameplay but no story, however rarely are people interested in playing a video game that has a great story but terrible gameplay. that's a fact
