In a world where Gears Of War 3 can be widely-praised for its plot and script, Mark Butler argues that game critics need to have higher standards when it comes to stories.
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After playing Dark Souls I have questioned why half of these lesser story driven games even bother with a story at all.
That is not to say I don't love a good story driven game mind you.
Totally agree. Can u imagine games with incredible gameplay and an incredible story. MGS, Uncharted are prime examples of this. It blows my mind when a game with the story of Halo and Gears is considered "masterful storytelling", while games that actually deliver on the goods get shunned. It just shows the sad state of the gaming media and their supporting websites. Shameful.
We're talking about the same world where Twilight and Harry Potter are praised for their writing, right? You may like the stories, but the writing is far from praise-worthy when compared to others of the same year and even genre.
I agree. Bad storytelling, and I don't mean stories with minor plot holes or inconsistencies, should make a game lose points. I am talking the 'I am space marines, aliens bad we good' and them trying to make you care about your one dimensional characters with clumsy dialogue, cliche characters and the emotion of a cardboard box. Characters that could fall into an abyss and no one would really care and stories you forget the minute you stop playing.
@ DeathAvengers. If you say that about UC taking from action adventure movies then you have to drag everything else for doing that to. Just about every game, including Halo, takes all of its ideas from movies and T.V. shows to the point of being cliche. From Evil Dead to Star Wars to Star Trek to Power Rangers to Starship Troopers to Aliens to Blade Runner. Don't even try to pretend that Halo's story was unique. It is the same space marines/soldiers fighting advanced aliens story that has been floating around for ages since Aliens and V for Victory