>>332699167
Yeah, yeah. MXC only lasted three years in Japan, but made him an international superstar among drunken males. Impressive.

Story in an interactive medium should be made, not told.

>>332699592
When you make a game you tell the story through gameplay.

>>332699718
That's told. Story shouldn't be told in an interactive medium. The story should be made through interaction.

>>332699913
And what is interaction if not gameplay? Disregard the fluff, be it words or images and focus on the mechanics. Press E to interact is the same story, be it visual novel or an FPS shooter. Design should try to figure out different interactions, even if that means developing gimmicks.

>>332700108
That's still told, though. At most you're filling small gaps that are designated as ambiguous, maybe steering the story towards various checkpoints. But that's still told.

The player should make the story.

>>332700298
Give too much freedom to player and you get nonsensical sandbox simulators that might as well be tech demos.

>>332700752
Take too much freedom away and you have just another movie.

So the player has to actually be good to make a good story, is that a problem?

>>332701225
Why not have just the right amount of freedom? There's more alternatives between Dorf Fort and a movie.

>>332701225
No, I'm all for exploration but the skill of the video game director is much akin to what a movie director would do when setting up mise-en-scene and that is guiding the eye of the viewer or in this case the player without making it feel like handholding. I don't believe in giving player agency to choose key plot points.

There is no objectively correct or better way of doing story in games. I equally enjoy Dwarf Fortress and Metal Gear for different reasons. Vidya is a very elastic medium, there's no reason to have things only be one way because you think it's right or wrong.