It's a long standing debate....satisfying gameplay or a good story. Choose which you prefer in a game and end the debate once and for all!
Poll: Gameplay or Story?
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A shitty story can be excused as long as it's a fun game. If I had a game with an amazing story but terrible gameplay, I'd just drop it and go read a book.
A story is nice, and gameplay is essential after all, its a game right? Anyways, if both can be combined in a wonderful concoction Like Half-Life and such, Im all for both!
If I wanted an amazing story, I'd read a book. If I play a game, I want to have fun. So if a game has an incredibly story but is not fun to play, then it fails, in my opinion.
That's not to say games can't have good stories. It's just that gameplay should always come before story.
That's not to say games can't have good stories. It's just that gameplay should always come before story.
Gameplay is much more important. If a game is fun, the story can be excused, but if the gameplay is horrible and the story is great, perhaps another form of media would better execute it.
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Gameplay. Anyone who says that story is more important than gameplay might as well just go watch a gorramn movie.
Gameplay. Anyone who says that story is more important than gameplay might as well just go watch a gorramn movie.
Not quite. This is his/her very first post. I'm amazed that someone's first post would be a forum thread though. And yeah, we get too many of these threads. If anyone was following this site for more than a week, then they'd know how often we get these.Avykins said:
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I can play either and throughly enjoy myself, but I prefer a good story. Although many games with good stories have little to no replay value.
This sums up my opinion perfectly. There are plenty of games without a story per see, like Audiosurf, any puzzle game, any shooter(you don't play those for the story, do you?), and pretty much any RTS.TaborMallory said:
If I wanted a story I have books and anime.
I find a good story compels ke a lot more than just fun gameplay. On less story intense games I tend to play maybe an hour or two then take a break(unless is multiplayer, which I can play for hours on end). But if the story is engaging I won't notice the when the sun comes up. I normally finish 40+ hour RPGs faster than 10 hour action games.
Planescape Torment was more or less a glorified choose-your-own adventure book, and I love that sincerely as well as The Longest Journey and Dreamfall, both of which had miserable gameplay but fantastic story and both of which I also count among my all time favorite games.
So it'd be a bit hypocritical of me to choose Gameplay.
That said not every game needs a story. Mount & Blade is a game I love, and it has no story to speak of and is little more -than- gameplay, fortunately the gameplay is so good I just keep coming back. That's only one example.
Why can't we just have both?
So it'd be a bit hypocritical of me to choose Gameplay.
That said not every game needs a story. Mount & Blade is a game I love, and it has no story to speak of and is little more -than- gameplay, fortunately the gameplay is so good I just keep coming back. That's only one example.
Why can't we just have both?