Poll: Game plots
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yes, i beleive that games need good plots. i hate it when your killing random things for no reason at all or for a shitty one. sure gameplay is more important than story..sometimes. however story is also increadibly important.
Pretty much the only reason I play games is for plot. If they were 80 hour movies where I only had to stop to make choices on what my person does, that would be awesome.
I feel bad when a game with a really good story has infuriating gameplay...I end up giving up and missing the awesomeness.
I feel bad when a game with a really good story has infuriating gameplay...I end up giving up and missing the awesomeness.
I love games with or without plots. It doesn't bother me when there is no deep rich storyline.
Many of the old games didn't come with a plot or that the plot was shallow.
Come on Super Mario Bros. was very shallow in storyline department, just a plumber wanting to get the princess.
Even better, Pac-Man has absolutely no plot, yet it had an addictive flavor that keep people eating power pellets and evading ghost.
I understand when a game tries to make a good storyline and it has a shallow plot, but as long as a game has good gameplay I'm happy. I do understand also that it's just me that good games are really about the gameplay and the overwhelming feeling I get every time I save the princess, get in the top five on the high score, or that reach the end of the game. I think everyone lifts their standards too high for any game developer to get a perfect score, especially on the little things such as graphics, sound, and/or a storyline that is not rich.
(I only consider these things to be an additive flavor in a game that has great gameplay and replayability.)
Many of the old games didn't come with a plot or that the plot was shallow.
Come on Super Mario Bros. was very shallow in storyline department, just a plumber wanting to get the princess.
Even better, Pac-Man has absolutely no plot, yet it had an addictive flavor that keep people eating power pellets and evading ghost.
I understand when a game tries to make a good storyline and it has a shallow plot, but as long as a game has good gameplay I'm happy. I do understand also that it's just me that good games are really about the gameplay and the overwhelming feeling I get every time I save the princess, get in the top five on the high score, or that reach the end of the game. I think everyone lifts their standards too high for any game developer to get a perfect score, especially on the little things such as graphics, sound, and/or a storyline that is not rich.
(I only consider these things to be an additive flavor in a game that has great gameplay and replayability.)
In the modern culture, yes. Plot is important.
Overall? No. Not really.
I point to Tetris and Galaga.
Overall? No. Not really.
I point to Tetris and Galaga.
I choose a game depending on it's story, I won't buy a game that looks like it has no plot or so little plot that it is basically nonexistent. However I will play ANY type of game as long as the story is good enough.
Obviously not every game needs a story or plot.
Aside from those (and others I'm sure I've neglected) I think a game needs a story. It's like watching a movie where you get to act out the action scenes. Each level, among other things, is just the way to unlock the next "cinematic experience."
This isn't a constant, though. Let's use Halo as an example. I love the Halo story. I mean love. I've played each game a few times and read all the books. Some of them more than once. That being said, maybe my favourite thing about the games is the multiplayer. It's a fun experience. You're in charge of what happens. It's not scripted and every game is completely different.
So I prefer and enjoy a story but they're not needed.
They tried a plot for Tetris on the xBox and it made me vomit. And I'd go as far as to say that you don't need story for RTS games either. I don't know about you all, but when I play AoE, for example, it's straight to skirmish for me. Screw the story. Racing games too. Just put me in a fucking car!!!Flying-Emu said:
Aside from those (and others I'm sure I've neglected) I think a game needs a story. It's like watching a movie where you get to act out the action scenes. Each level, among other things, is just the way to unlock the next "cinematic experience."
This isn't a constant, though. Let's use Halo as an example. I love the Halo story. I mean love. I've played each game a few times and read all the books. Some of them more than once. That being said, maybe my favourite thing about the games is the multiplayer. It's a fun experience. You're in charge of what happens. It's not scripted and every game is completely different.
So I prefer and enjoy a story but they're not needed.
Yes, I love good plots, and will often bypass enemies just to get to cinematics. This often poses a problem in most RPG's though, and I will often hit the smashing roadblock known as the next boss blocking me from the plot.
That's funny, I would have thought that everyone here loved TF2 since yahtzee liked it. It's pretty thin on plot
Yes, except for the multi-player heavy games like Starcraft. Because a lot of people are good at starcraft, but have never completed the campaign, so to me it's like a waste of money releasing SC 2 in 3 games because of the plot.
A few genres can get by without them ie sports, but having a lackluster plot is bad game making. Hence System Shock 2's superiority over Bioshock.
pac-man was a good game, according to some people.
freeform RP can be fun.
bioshock was a great game. (almost makes me wish i was old enough to have played system shock series)
you can have a good game with a crappy or nonexistent story, and you can have a good game with crappy or no (why i mention freeform RP) gameplay, but to be a great one, you need both, and they have to be good.
freeform RP can be fun.
bioshock was a great game. (almost makes me wish i was old enough to have played system shock series)
you can have a good game with a crappy or nonexistent story, and you can have a good game with crappy or no (why i mention freeform RP) gameplay, but to be a great one, you need both, and they have to be good.