Stories in Video Games

[Zovistograt]

I can't avoid the story.  It calls me, even if it's really bad.

[Kodiack]

I can't avoid the story.  It calls me, even if it's really bad.

That's the problem with me. I just can't pay attention to bad stories. There are a few games that I really got into story-wise. The Zelda games, Paper Mario games (except for Super Paper Mario :\), and some very well-written stories such as BioShock. Sure, keeping your eye out for details can be a bit tedious, and that's the reason that I only do so with well-written games.

So yeah, well-written games. How rare are they? Extremely rare. :(

[Water ☮]

The fact that any one can just ignore the main story in a game makes me sick!

without the story what purpose do you serve? to just make it to the next level? pish posh!

I hate it when someone just mashes the [a] button just to get through the parts where people "talk too much!"

Some of you really need to learn to be patient and read through the story! The developers didn't put it in the game for kicks! They put it in there for our enjoyment!! now appreciate it!

example:
guy1: Dude, what are you doing?
guy2: fighting these monsters with mah lazor!
guy1: Why?
guy2: I don't know...

[CommanderFlint]

I can't avoid the story.  It calls me, even if it's really bad.

That's the problem with me. I just can't pay attention to bad stories. There are a few games that I really got into story-wise. The Zelda games, Paper Mario games (except for Super Paper Mario :\), and some very well-written stories such as BioShock. Sure, keeping your eye out for details can be a bit tedious, and that's the reason that I only do so with well-written games.

So yeah, well-written games. How rare are they? Extremely rare. :(

Maybe Rare/hard to find, but not extremely...

[Kodiack]

Maybe Rare/hard to find, but not extremely...

Well, I need to get more games with a good story. I'm just tired of all this watered-down stuff. Then again, I haven't played through any games with anything worthwhile for quite a long time. I got a Wii, and right now I only have Super Mario Galaxy, Super Paper Mario, Mario Kart Wii, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Link's Crossbow Training. Yeah, none of those have real thrilling stories off the bat. Still, I paid attention to all the text in Super Paper Mario. I kept track of the story, even if the text started to drag on past its welcome. It's times like that where I just want to get back to playing. :\

Yeah, I'm kind of picky, but I do give all games a chance when it comes to their plot. Speaking of skipping stuff, I don't do that. I read all the text and watch all the cut scenes, even if they're very bland. There are some games where I just can't skip text or cut scenes because it's so great, though. Resident Evil 4 and Oblivion come to mind. :P