Games that got away with having a mediocre story?

Also, there's plenty of visual novel games with great stories, like Clannad, Steins Gate, YU-NO, Ever 17, 999, Zero Escape, etc.

This

Alongside the lack of AI development, game storytelling is one of my biggest bugbears with the industry. Unfortunately, in terms of standard, it's akin to a failed Hollywood writers graveyard, despite the fact that games compete with movies these days in budgets.

Take a franchise such as GTA, which is a much higher standard than most, and the truth is it's far closer to Guy Ritchie than Martin Scorsese. Voice acting has improved considerably but writing is terrible on the whole. Even a AAA story-focused title such as The Order is on the level of straight-to-DVD, B movie trash.

@deadline-zero0: If you just watched TloU cutscenes I would tell you with a straight face that it's a good story. When you watch GoT and they show a massive battle about to happen and then just skip to the end that to me feels cheap.

There's plenty of people with a sense of humor in system wars these days.

Pretty much every video game ever with a few exceptions (The Witcher, To the Moon ect)

Pretty much all games do.

What makes a story 'good', anyway?

@AgentA-Mi6:

No the story wasnt anything special, seen it many a time in shitty zombie movies. The only reason people bang on about it was because its a sony exclusive, a naughty dog game and it was actually a good game

hahahahahaha oh wait you're serious. Let me laugh even harder

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28 Days Later. Sorry, I mean "The Last of Us."

@deadline-zero0: Why don't you post something constructive and try to prove a point instead of just posting meaningless dribble.

I did. You see, i actually explained why it is that the marriage of gameplay and storytelling is extremely difficult and almost always will lead to large amounts of compromises in favour of the former, and when in one favours the latter, it always ends up being a shit game.

Then you respond to my point about TLOU making for an average TV series.

You do so by proving your own ignorance.

Then i laughed at you. So i'll do it again

Halo

I almost want to say the last of us just to see the butthurt.

either way, who cares, the better topic would be "games that got away with mediocre gameplay" A story isn't required, they were non existent in the old school days pretty much. Playing a video game for a story alone is as bad as watching a porn because it has a good story and good acting, even though it has no sex. It kinda ruins the whole point.

@deadline-zero0: You said gameplay interferes with storytelling. You don't even know the basics or fundamentals of a good story. I didn't ask you if watching a 15 hour game would make for a good movie. That has nothing to do with actual story.

So laugh at yourself you have no clue wtf you are even talking about.

@AM-Gamer: cool story.

Except for the fact that my example was to be used has a demonstration of what happens when the story in TLOU is seperated fom gameplay. Which, has i said, is a horribly paced, repetative and cliche narrative.

The actual experience of the full game might be enjoyable and even loved. After all, a game is an interactive medium.

But when the actual story is seen for what it really is.............................yeah, it's shit

This very few games have stories that aren't utter garbage.

This. If I want a good story, I'll watch a movie or read a book.

@deadline-zero0: Then name examples of a great narrative. You couldn't name me one story or narrative on a AAA budget movie that isn't a cliche at this point.

@AM-Gamer: Did you miss the part where i even state about how romance and comedy are far betetr handled? Not just action style stories? Where are the romance games? Or teh comedy games?

And then you decide to flip the script and now ask me about great narrative in other mediums? Please son.