Comments on: Just How Important Are Video Game Storylines?

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 05:17:00 +0000

Who needs a story line ?
Serious Sam was plenty of fun.

By: JerkinAlabama

JerkinAlabama — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:48:00 +0000

EA sucks. They are marketing geniuses only.

By: SangHan

SangHan — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:18:00 +0000

I used to like storylines and it would be a sin to skip story but now things changed and I just skip story and jump right into gameplay. I just wanna blast away at my enemies and in the mean time there are too many real life stories outside of videogame for me to indulge in.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:43:00 +0000

Some games need storylines to maintain interest, like the grand theft auto series and mafia 2 that’s where the heart and soul of the game is. The heart and soul of call of duty is in the game play, the ability to use your skill to overcome your enemies and just be able to survive meanwhile like a cupcake the story is the icing, some people like it, some people scrape it off before they take a bite.

By: Matt Slinger

Matt Slinger — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 13:07:00 +0000

Your premise: some gamers like story, some don’t. Your argument: some gamers like story, some don’t. Your conclusion: some gamers like story, some don’t.
What a worthless, repetitive article.

By: Danlogue

Danlogue — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:57:00 +0000

What a non-story that whole article was! Seriously, did the author need to meet his quota or something?!

Also, to describe Heavy Rain’s graphics as “average for the time” is laughable. The game was, and still is, one of the best looking console games available.

By: Celebith

Celebith — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:49:00 +0000

In most of the better games, you didn’t have to play as a set race or gender. Fallout let you choose, and one of the default characters (of three) was female. Also had a great storyline and killer ending. Most of the Black Isle and Bioware games gave you a lot of flexibility in deciding your characters background and gender.

By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:41:00 +0000

The Sims doesn’t have A story but it has stories. They just suck.

By: bibleverse1

bibleverse1 — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:55:00 +0000

Angry Birds has a story. Tetris doesnt. The Sims doesnt have a story.

By: abhisek243

abhisek243 — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:59:00 +0000

Story telling is a art.10 years ago Max Payne came with its Noir themed Graphic Novel story telling with action/fighting done by the player.It was story telling like I had never seen before in a game.

On other hand was Quake 3 with a 2 line “story” hidden in html help.And I loved that game too.(I still play it even Offline)

It is Not as if good storyline defines a good game. It simply is a part of the package in some games and in others it is not.

By: Fez Lopez

Fez Lopez — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:47:00 +0000

Typically, I tend to appreciate video games with storylines more. Tales of Symphonia for example, riveting tale. Man, I couldn’t stop.

But in the end, it’s about taste and mindset. A good gamer, in my opinion, has different tastes and can sit through cutscenes. These new “casual” gamers today don’t do that. They just want to play. That’s it. That’s not enough for me.

By: Jon Garrett

Jon Garrett — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:04:00 +0000

Story line’s draw the player into the game but there’s one thing Ive hated about video game for 2 decades now; why must I ALWAYS play as white male? in this day and age, every game should come with a skinnable main character. If its not a sports game, there’s ZERO chance game characters resemble me., nothing wrong with being white–but there’s nothing wrong with being some other color.

and spare me the crap about the demographics of your average gamer because gamers come in all ages, races and at least 2 genders.

By: itaintrite

itaintrite — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:58:00 +0000

Nice. Compare an RPG to an FPS. I’m sure nobody bought NFS for the storylines either.

By: year200X

year200X — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:51:00 +0000

The author’s viewpoint is somewhat flawed. Story is important…in certain genres. An RPG like Mass Effect better have a good story (which is why so many are upset about the ending). Sports and fighting games, not so important. FPS games can go either way I suppose. Games like Modern Warfare 3 and its ilk, which is more about the multiplayer don’t really care about getting a good story. A game like Bioshock however, does.

By: shamu11

shamu11 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:44:00 +0000

assassins creed has the best story line EVER!!!

By: JohnJohnJ

JohnJohnJ — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:52:00 +0000

Author, you can express your opinion, but you won’t make a good argument for me or anyone else. It’s all about personal taste. Hence it leaves your article short and I ask myself why did I even read it…didn’t get anything out of it.

By: Raul Ivan Barbosa Loubet

Raul Ivan Barbosa Loubet — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:01:00 +0000

I’m sorry but today is all about Diablo 3 and the 2 months dividing us from playing one, if not the most waited game ever.