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[Fimbulvetr]

jeez, this thread is god example of stupid mind hive, Other M story bashing? I bet you all came to conclusion after reading some blog over-analysing the whole stupid plot. oh, please...


have you lot heard of Anime story? I bet most of you love that and FF stories...

This is the worst argument ever.

Most people are forgiving it because we like what HR represents and the direction games can take, rather than what it actually is.

Fixed.

There is no direction games "should" take.

 

[brianjones]

havent played a lot of games this year but Alan Wake was hugely disappointing to me from a story standpoint.

it just kept getting worse and worse as it went along. what a clusterfuck

the downloadable content episodes are horesshit too

 

[Kadey]

Final Fantasy XIII may just have the worst story in a game this generation yet alone 2010. I cannot fathom how much crap this game is. The story is just one issue of many. I'd like to meet Square higher ups just to ask them what the hell were they thinking when they made this game. It's also my most disappointed game of the generation. So much production values but absolute zero substance. Calling it trash is an understatement.

 

[dragonlife]

The Other M debate brings to mind another recent example of poor portrayal of female characters; Resonance of Fate.
The three playable characters are basically the same, and yet the young girl of the group is always downplaying herself: "oh why cant I be as good as zephyr" yadda yadda.

Did you beat it? She gets better.

 

[Lime]

Looking back on 2010, it really is amazing how many attempts at story-focused games have been made and yet how many have failed. Alan Wake was horrible in its writing and execution, Heavy Rain had a ridiculous plot, ME2's main story was lackluster, FFXIII was written by a teenager.

Starcraft 2 just makes me mad, due to the sexist characterisation of any female and the completely empty storyline (much, much worse than how ME2 handled the main plot). I can't believe how many millions of dollars that have been invested in SC2 and then the story is as shitty as some fanfic written by a basement dweller. It shows such disregard towards the great Terran campaign of SC1.

Have yet to finish New Vegas and Mafia 2, but I'm looking forward to completing both.

 

[Man]

2010 highlights a couple of 2009 triumphs for me.

Uncharted 2 actually managed to actually have a videogame story be exciting and well presented.

The creators of Demon's Souls realised that 95% of game story attempts suck, even double digit million attempts so their decision was not to do one (besides a few words of setting). All their efforts were spent on the game world and it tells an amazing tale in it's own way.