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Khuutra on 18 December 2008
soccerdrew17 said:
Khuutra said:
Also I have yet to beat it but Final Fantasy X is also a stinker.

ffx is an absolute master piece.

for all its phenomenol combat, ninja gaiden (sigma was the only one i played) has a horrible story line.  everyone is either a ninja, a soldier who is a ninja, or a monster.  then to top it all off you could tell the only plot twist about ten minutes into the game.

 

I admit I can't understand the sentiment in bold.

Ninja Gaiden's story doesn't get much better in the sequel, in that it doesn't get less stupid. I guess it gets more awesome in the Ninja Gaiden sense? Who's to say!



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soccerdrew17 on 18 December 2008
Majin-Tenshinhan said:
I somewhat agree with KylieDog too, so it's a tie between God of War and MGS4 for me.

as simplistic as gow1 was, kratos was such an awesome, bad ass antihero that I loved the cutscenes that he participated in because he probably would end up ripping someone's head off.

 



my pillars of gaming: kh, naughty dog, insomniac, ssb, gow, ff

i officially boycott boycotts.  crap.

soccerdrew17 on 18 December 2008
Khuutra said:
soccerdrew17 said:
Khuutra said:
Also I have yet to beat it but Final Fantasy X is also a stinker.

ffx is an absolute master piece.

I admit I can't understand the sentiment in bold.

that's a shame.  combat i can understand not liking (its turn based, cant help that) but the story is subtle at times.  took me a second play through to really love it.

 



my pillars of gaming: kh, naughty dog, insomniac, ssb, gow, ff

i officially boycott boycotts.  crap.

Majin-Tenshinhan on 18 December 2008
soccerdrew17 said:
Majin-Tenshinhan said:
I somewhat agree with KylieDog too, so it's a tie between God of War and MGS4 for me.

as simplistic as gow1 was, kratos was such an awesome, bad ass antihero that I loved the cutscenes that he participated in because he probably would end up ripping someone's head off.

 

 

Kratos was an honest-to-god moron who blamed other people for his own wrongdoings.



Kantor on 18 December 2008
Majin-Tenshinhan said:
God of War. The first one.

"ROOOOAAARRR I'M GONNA MAKE A DEAL WITH THE GOD OF WAR"
"Uh, okay, sure, but you're gonna become my bloodthirsty killing puppet, is that alright?"
"YEAAHHHH FOR THE GLOOORRYYYY"
"Fine, have it your way"
"WHAT HOW DARE YOU MAKE ME UPHOLD MY END OF THE DEAL! AREEEEEEEEEES"

A: I'm off to destroy cities for no reason
Z: He's off to destroy cities for no reason! Get his angry mind slave in here!
K: I WILL KILL HIM!
Z: That's nice.
K: HE'S DEAD NOW MAKE ME A GOD!
Z: Sure, why not?

Without the mindless violence, that game would be AWFUL

EDIT: I suppose it was better than God of War II:

K: I'M HAVING NIGHTMARES! I'M OFF TO DESTROY A CITY FOR NO REASON
Z: Not again...
Z: Hahahahhahahahahaha, your powers are gone!
K: I STILL HAVE MY BLADES, BASTARD!
Z: Shit! I have to reanimate a statue!
K: MUST KILL STATUE!
Z: Now to kill you!
*Kratos Dies*
K: I'm back! Now I'm going to an island!
G: Go kill Zeus!
K: Okay.

Come to think of it, that's actually better.



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zexen_lowe on 18 December 2008

Dragon Quest VIII. If you can call that a story, I'd call it a series of random fetch quests for the local townspeople who know something, all done for with the objective of finding the most stupid-looking and less interesting villain of all time.
Add to that equation the most plain, cliched and less developed characters of all time (except maybe Yangus, at least he has a bit of development) and there you have it




Majin-Tenshinhan on 18 December 2008
Kantor said:
Majin-Tenshinhan said:
God of War. The first one.

"ROOOOAAARRR I'M GONNA MAKE A DEAL WITH THE GOD OF WAR"
"Uh, okay, sure, but you're gonna become my bloodthirsty killing puppet, is that alright?"
"YEAAHHHH FOR THE GLOOORRYYYY"
"Fine, have it your way"
"WHAT HOW DARE YOU MAKE ME UPHOLD MY END OF THE DEAL! AREEEEEEEEEES"

A: I'm off to destroy cities for no reason
Z: He's off to destroy cities for no reason! Get his angry mind slave in here!
K: I WILL KILL HIM!
Z: That's nice.
K: HE'S DEAD NOW MAKE ME A GOD!
Z: Sure, why not?

Without the mindless violence, that game would be AWFUL

Quite true indeed :P



Kantor on 18 December 2008

Ooh, Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade has to be up there.

Spiders are attacking! Spiders are dead!
Strange monsters are attacking! Strange monsters are dead!
*Repeat for some ten other species*
We must find some dead people's spirits and kill a giant demon who's been controlling all of this!

So cliche.

UT3 had a pretty pointless story, too.
If Soulcalibur IV counts, then that wins. Various random backstories with no real connection, followed by a story that is pretty much completely unchanged for all of the characters.



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TruckOSaurus on 18 December 2008

Blaster Master: The game is awesome but the story is laughable. A boy looses his frog, jumps down a hole to catch it, finds a tank just lying there and fights tons of weird creatures all that to rescue that stupid frog.



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Wetcoaster on 18 December 2008
RolStoppable said:
Nobody of you ever heard of Pocket Racers? This is why racing games shouldn't have stories:

"In Konami’s Pocket Racers, an evil Nemesis has crashed a party by summoning dark sorcery and turning all the guests into tiny cars – and placing them in an ongoing race for their souls.

In every corner and cranny of a giant house, players will find more than a dozen different race tracks with breathtaking jumps, drops, obstacles, twists and turns as they race to victory or meet certain doom."

 

 Wow, what were they thinking? haha. Oh, right, they weren't.