Poll: Does a game NEED a complex story to make it a good game?
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It was a mishmash of original, goofy and absurd. Tied together by an equaly uncommon fighting system and some Jpop to back it all up.notoriouslynx said:
But as far as stories go.
A story needs to fit the game, a simple side scroller doesn't need a complex story because it will disrupt the flow of the game. But as for most rpgs and shooters it gives me a reason to play the game. Something like Max Payne wouldn't be as interesting if the story wasn't that well told.
Arcade style games need no story, as long as the fun is there, it's all good.
What this fellow said. Complexity is not quality.Vanguard1219 said:
Abe's Oddysee has, in my opinion, the greatest story in any game ever, but it's hardly a convulted one. You're a slave working for a big evil meat processing company who have run out of animals to kill and are now gonna kill you and your kind instead. Oh noes!
Sometimes they don't need stories at all! Left 4 Dead is a cracker.
no need for a goof story line to make it a good game like Generals for instance had a crappy story but it was a good game, then there are freaking good games that when a story was introduced it made u say wow like gta San andreas (plz dont kill me)
Portal has a story?oktalist said:
I didn't notice much of a plot line, but then again I was pretty scared thoughout the whole thing.
GLaDos voice gets pretty errie (spell check?) and I always expected something to jump out of a portal and claw my face off.
I like good storylines. But I wouldnt say its NEEDED. Games like Painkiller proved that it isnt needed whereas games like Mass Effect proved that they can be interesting.
As long as one can make up for the other i dont mind about gameplay or storyline as long as one is good.
As long as one can make up for the other i dont mind about gameplay or storyline as long as one is good.
NO.
If the story to the most fun and badass FPS would be:
"Use these guns to kill, dont die"
Id still not mind.
If the story to the most fun and badass FPS would be:
"Use these guns to kill, dont die"
Id still not mind.
I picked the 'depends' option.
When it comes to FPS and the like, a good story can be sweet but hardly necesarry. Many action games thrive on the utter cheesiness of the story and I'm fine with that.
RPGs or MMOs, on the other hand, are much more reliant on backstory. A good story can really take the game to epic heights (see ref: Bioware).
When it comes to FPS and the like, a good story can be sweet but hardly necesarry. Many action games thrive on the utter cheesiness of the story and I'm fine with that.
RPGs or MMOs, on the other hand, are much more reliant on backstory. A good story can really take the game to epic heights (see ref: Bioware).
it adds to the element of the game and often it what makes you want to carry on playing. for example with out the story of gears it would just be mindless violence which would wear thin soon. what makes games fun is being able to play as someone and have a goal to achieve. there are still games with out big story lines such as quake, unreal tornament 4 and counter strikes if you just want to blast some shit and some peoples
A well thought out story always helps, but too complicated and well... A game gets boring.
Not enough and a game becomes obscure...
but then again Tetris never had a plot...
Not enough and a game becomes obscure...
but then again Tetris never had a plot...
I've been ninja'd on this, but I think it's still worth another mention. Games like Portal show that you don't need a complicated plot to be amazing. That one was especially cool since you slowly figured out what was happening as you went along, without cutscenes or tons of dialogue.
Complex stories can be great, but sometimes it's nice to have a break from it all.
Complex stories can be great, but sometimes it's nice to have a break from it all.
Lolz I know what you mean.Bluntknife said:
Yeah Portal has a story. Not a very lucid one but it's there, and very skilfully entwined with the action. The subtle ways in which GLaDos changes throughout the game, the implications of other test subjects having been through before. Better than the standard "last space marine on a base swarming with demons/mutants/nazis" or "it's the zombie apocalypse, grab your gun" scenarios. But I mentioned it as an example of a game that would not have been nearly as good if it hadn't had a story. Without GLaDos and the other tantalising bits of stuff, it would just have been a clever 3D puzzle game.
Or Psychonauts. Would just have been an average platformer if it hadn't had a genius story.
And of course all adventure games, without a story would just be clicking random objects together to see what happens
On the other hand, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Awesome game let down by having a rubbish story (the Strelok stuff, not the setting and backstory, which was the brilliant work of the Strugatsky brothers).
