I remember a game in the mid 80's where you controlled a little fat plumber whose story was some ridiculous afterthought about saving a princess who was kidnapped by a giant turtle. According to this article, that game should be terrible. And yet that game managed to be a groundbreaking success cause it had plenty of challenging, meticulously designed levels and amazingly tight controls. This teaches a lesson that gameplay alone is everything that a game needs to be great. Games are not supposed to rely too much on story. Like a guy here already said, if you just want to watch a story, go to the books, cinema or theaters. Gaming is just not for you.
don't understand all the fuss about Half-Life 2's greatness. IMHO, hl2 was a mediocre shooter, with mediocre gunplay and an excess of scripted events always interrupting the gameplay. The fact that it had a good story doesn't save it from being a mediocre game.
Silly comparison. All images are absolutely identical. You need to have kind of a bionic eye to tell any difference. DonĀ“t know what they're trying to get with such nitpicks.
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