enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
I've seen gamers use that phrase a lot over the years to justify games with poor or non-existant stories. As long as the gameplay is good it gets a pass. Now there are genres or games where gameplay IS all that matters like platformers (3D World was my GOTY 2013), Tetris and sports games.
However working through Ace Attorney series for the first time, Danganronpa 2 and DA Inquisition, story is VERY important to me. I'll always gravitate towards a game with a great story. My favorite games I see as virtual books or interactive TV series for lack of a better way of putting it It's why I appreciate ambitious developers like Kojima and his MGS series, games that attempt a massive scope with deep lore like the Xenosaga and Mass Effect trilogies, and why I cry myself to sleep at night hoping for a sequel to Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
This is why I get so frustrated with games that see the story as an after-thought such as recent disappointment Fantasy Life on 3DS. Or going back a bit further, Mario Sticker Star. That one is particularly frustrating as the legendary Miyamoto who's had a hand in some of my favorite games of all time went out of his way to butcher SS and made the dev team strip out the story and keep it so minimal. From what I've read he's not a fan of story in games
The more technology advances, the less excuse there is for poor stories in games. I no longer have time or patience for games with good gameplay and bad stories. Great story though, I can excuse some gameplay flaws. Obviously the ideal would be for a game to have great gameplay AND story but that doesn't happen all that often.
What is your take?
However working through Ace Attorney series for the first time, Danganronpa 2 and DA Inquisition, story is VERY important to me. I'll always gravitate towards a game with a great story. My favorite games I see as virtual books or interactive TV series for lack of a better way of putting it It's why I appreciate ambitious developers like Kojima and his MGS series, games that attempt a massive scope with deep lore like the Xenosaga and Mass Effect trilogies, and why I cry myself to sleep at night hoping for a sequel to Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
j/k....sort of
This is why I get so frustrated with games that see the story as an after-thought such as recent disappointment Fantasy Life on 3DS. Or going back a bit further, Mario Sticker Star. That one is particularly frustrating as the legendary Miyamoto who's had a hand in some of my favorite games of all time went out of his way to butcher SS and made the dev team strip out the story and keep it so minimal. From what I've read he's not a fan of story in games
The more technology advances, the less excuse there is for poor stories in games. I no longer have time or patience for games with good gameplay and bad stories. Great story though, I can excuse some gameplay flaws. Obviously the ideal would be for a game to have great gameplay AND story but that doesn't happen all that often.
What is your take?