I haven't been on these forums in months, i've been on the GTA Forums, and it's full of whiners saying that GTA IV is better, and most of them can only say one thing in GTA IV's defense: story.
Anyway, onward to the main question, the 7th generation of gaming has seen the rise of storytelling in video games, but it has also sadly seen the downfall of the most important aspect of a game: gameplay. The best games out there are those which combine gameplay and story perfectly but when it can't be done, gameplay should get priority considering it is a game. Examples of games that sacrifice gameplay for stories is Metal Gear Solid 4 (4 hours of gameplay) and Mass Effect 2 (garbage gameplay and level design), yet these are some of the most critically acclaimed games this generation, but when a game comes out and focuses on gameplay and the story is not the reviewers up of tea, the gameplay focused game does not score that well when compared to story driven games.
So i'm asking, how does one prefer story over gameplay when a game which has great gameplay but a meh story can still be enjoyed while playing and a game which has terrible gameplay and a great story can't be enjoyed while playing?
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