ok rocketpig.. please say you haven't played Xenogears, cause if you have and don't think the story is truly great.. then that would make me sad.. somehow.. :(

I honestly don't think Xeno is brilliant. Sorry. But, to add something, I'm an extremely hard sell on anything. I don't attack people for liking what they do; what I attack is the very nature of the industry. We're acting like children. We like things that are little better than children's stories and often lack the characterization of those legends.

Anyone who has actually met me or talked to me knows I love videogames as much as the most hardcore fanboy. What differentiates me from most is that I have lived through the many ages of gaming and I have yet to see it live along with me. I expect more from this media and Goddamn it, so should everyone else. I don't want every game to be an intellectual mindfuck, I just want the possibility for that mindfuck to coexist with the eye candy we currently enjoy and I want people to accept that eye candy for what it is and not present it as a Rembrandt. 

ok now you're pushing it hooligan!

Okay, I'll say it:

Xenogears sucks balls. Big, sweaty, hairy balls from a Jewish man straight out of a camp in 1945.

*runs, hides, and laughs hysterically* 

Alright, I think we're reaching a middle ground, heh. I will agree that people accept crappy stories in videogames, but story isn't always the focus of the game. I think some games have great stories, though. I still need to play Bioshock.

Ok that's it!! I'm gonna track you down man, wherever you might be!! Some things you can say in life, but now you've just crossed the holy-line!! I better book a ticket to the US as soon as possible.. I finally have a goal in my life again: put Xenogears-haters out of their misery! Mmwhahahaha

I have not played that game, but instead of comparing it to great literature, why not compare it to anime stories? DBZ isn't emmy-worthy but it's still entertaining. Of course, that's a bad example because the story is basically the same throughout the series, heh.

Oh my god, another ignorant mortal!!

But for you there is still hope though windbane: play the game, and ''you shall be as gods''!

@windbane:

I won't compare videogames to anime because there's so much more potential in the medium than that. Most of the best anime pales in comparison to the best cinema from America, France, Britain, India, etc. But that's not even the point. Games are not movies. Let's not try to make them into movies but instead, challenge the way we look at media itself.

My entire point is that we should expect more from this medium yet we are continually fed bullshit and take it with a smile. It's high time we actually asked for more from videogames to meet the rest of media.