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>b-but anon it has a great story! Name one video game story
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>b-but anon it has a great story!
Name one video game story that is actually good. They all suck.
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MGS
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>>322405905
not when mgsv exists lad
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>>322405371
>They all suck.
/thread
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Radical Dreamers
Wild Arms 3
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Any Kirby game
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>>322405371
Super Mario Brothers has the best story of all time.
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>>322405905
wow
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>>322405371
Tetris
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>>322406121
Don't you ever fucking reply to me again unless you're contributing to the thread.
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What is a good example of a story in any form of media?
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>>322405371

F.E.A.R.
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>>322405371
STALKER and Metro both had good stories.

STALKER and Metro both came from novels. so.
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>>322405371
Corey in the House
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>>322406228
attack on titan
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>>322406206
wow
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>>322406206
b-but anon, he was talking about world of warcraft!
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>>322405371
Dwarf Fortress
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Bad Dudes
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The Witcher
Planescape
Pathologic
core Silent Hill games
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>>322405371
Skyrim
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>>322405371
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Undertale
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>>322406315
Shit taste
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Legacy of Kain
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>>322405371
silent hill 2 fuck face
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LISA
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>>322405371
Portal 1 and 2
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>>322406425

this is true. in fact, the story is far more interesting than the game itself which honestly kinda sucks.
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>>322405371
I liked LISA's story
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>>322405371
Undertale is comparable to classic literature
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>>322406373
>>322406381
>>322406398
>>322406425
>>322406445
>>322406475
meme games don't have good stories
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>>322406337
I like this answer, but its total bullshit unless you have imagination
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>>322406515
I don't really think there's a single LoK game that has gameplay which sucks. They're all fairly average, but not to the point they suck
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>>322406559

the "crime and punishment" of videogames
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>>322406559
>>322406407
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>>322406621
Yes they do
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Republic commando
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>>322405371
Lisa.
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>>322406621
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>>322405371
Ghost Trick
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Undertale being the best written video game of all time is a fact.
Now, is it as good as books? it's better than most, but it ain't no great gatsby
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>>322405371
Half life 1 and 2
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>>322406649

Blood Omen games are awful. One is a shitty diablo clone that controls like ass, and the other is one of the biggest disappointment sof the PS2
Soul Reaver games are alright i guess, but Defiance is really the only time a LOK game actually stands out.

Doesnt mean i dont personally have a huge attachment to the series. the atmosphere is unbeatable if you get involved with the lore and aesthetics.
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>>322406921
>Blood Omen
>Diablo clone
Did you even play it? If anything it's a fucking Zelda clone
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Xenogears
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>>322406026
Just finished Triple Deluxe
Shit was rad
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>>322405371
Morrowind.

Sadly, that's the only thing good about it.
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How about Deus ex or Max Payne?
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>>322406871
>that multi-layered b8
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>>322406871
Will you fuck off already?

Undermeme is horribly written
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>>322407003

i did play it but back when it came out so maybe my memory is skewed. i associate it heavily with diablo 1 which came out around the same time.
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>>322407091
...and that's why Toby won the nobel prize in literature?
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>>322406871
When will this meme end
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ZHP Unlosing Ranger Vs. Darkdeath Evilman
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>>322406239

>Stalker

Mate.


>A magical soviet machine brainwashed your PDA into killing yourself
>The Monolith is a stone filled with communist dreams
>The real ending is Soviet scientists are just shit
>You do some shit and fight against hundreds of people equipped with the rarest items in the entire world
>"Aw gee, you teleported us to death!"


Come on.
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>>322405371
Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl. CoP is alright too but nothing compares to that first trip into the zone
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I like stories in games such as Earthbound, Super Mario RPG, Final Fantasy 7, etc. They are just sort of zany / whacky, and you end up losing track of what your main objective is, getting lost in the side quests and adventuring.

My second favorite type of story would be stories such as what we see in Dark Souls. "Lore" would be a better word than story, things aren't directly told to you, rather they are implied and you have to put the puzzle pieces together yourself and figure things out yourself through subtle things; maybe some subtle details in the environment could be revealing of much more, or something you read on an item description, etc. I really like this method of presenting a story because it's noninvasive and you are only affected by the story as much as you want to be. As opposed to unskippable cutscenes and being directly told everything in a story the player may not even be interested in in the first place.

Most stories in games are really basic and boring and they're presented in a very blunt, disingenuous, uncreative manner - But you're a horrible person if you prefer gameplay driven games, for some reason.
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Can I get a response that is serious? None of these have good stories. Preferably no meme games.
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>>322406206
I like this meme
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>>322407091

I've never played Undertale but I'm wondering about something:
What exactly does "It's well written" mean?
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>>322407443
Half life 2
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>>322407443
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>>322405371
Monster Hunter.
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>>322407443

Are you fucking blind? See this >>322407073
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>>322407443
Undertale
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>>322407443
Jackie Chan
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Big Rigs Over The Road Racing.
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>>322407443
Portal 1 and 2
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>>322407443
Mario Kart DS
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>>322407572
You realize he'll just call them meme games and dismiss them, right?
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Planescape: Torment.

It's a pretty uncontroversial choice for best story.

I mean, maybe you don't like it but you'd be hard pressed to name a better video game story.
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>>322405371
>It's an opinions thread
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>>322407329
My sides
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>>322407443
>meme games
Kill you're self
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>>322405371
MGS 1-3
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>>322405371
Right before Khan went full "dude peace and love" while wearing that fucking doo rag on his head. The story itself is vastly different from the novel though, if you thought that the Librarians were scary in game just read how they were before in the novel.
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>>322407581
>hi and welcome to the bandwagon
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>>322405371
Hotline Miami 1 and 2 (except for the ending)
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Postal 2.
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>>322406315
>lists something that even people who hate anime love.

Jesus you're retarded. Serial experiments Lain and Boogiepop Phantom are the right answers
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the Talos Principle has a really cool story. it's laid on a little thick early on but it's still good. same goes for RtG, though it feels like maybe the architecture doesn't make sense
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>>322405371
pic related
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>>322407824
Postal 1 > Postal 2
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silent hill 1 & 2, deus ex, chrono trigger, life is strange, rule of rose, final fantasy 6, there are more i'm not remembering
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>>322407898
>Muh Daughter: The anime
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>>322407712
sempai- when will I get over the combat in these games and >immerse all the way again?
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>>322408080
>get over the combat

There may be no hope for you if you never played tabletop games and/or old school WRPGs.

Which is a pity.
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>>322408080
never
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>>322407443
>>322407006
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>>322407443
>clearly isn't reading the thread
Feel free to drown yourself anytime op
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>>322407712
Not sure what you mean by "these games," the combat in Torment isn't exactly horrible but it's not very engaging.

Combat is a minor part of that game. You rarely need to engage in it. The best way to make it interesting in my opinion is to go full mage, because a lot of the spells you get later in the game are very neat looking and fun to use.

If by "these games" you mean isometric RPGs in general, there are a lot of them where the combat is much more interesting than Torment. The most recent, Underrail, has fucking great combat where you really have to be smart and make a good build in order to be effective in combat.

If you don't like it because you don't like thinking/challenge, well then I guess you'd want to stay away from older or older-style CRPGs, yeah.
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>>322408505
>Not sure what you mean by "these games,"
I never said that at all so I'm not sure what you mean by
>Not sure what you mean by "these games,"
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chrono trigger, LISA, xenogears
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I have a few points to make:

>no game should ever be "about the story". if the gameplay isn't front and center, it's not a video game.

>A game is no longer a video game if it has over a certain amount of story. At that point it becomes a cinematic experience and should be discarded as such.

>game stories can be told in a variety of ways. Why do people praise large, bloated, unskippable cutscenes?

A good example of a video game story would be like Metroid Prime. All the story is relegated to optional content, and cutscenes are few. I'm never inconvenienced into watching a boring cutscene, nor do I even have to handle the hassle of skipping it.

A bad example would be Metal Gear Movie and it's 50 hours of cutscenes. At that point no amount of gameplay can redeem it or make up for it. Shoot, I won't even tolerate more than 1 hour of cutscenes, because I'm not gonna sit there while the game plays itself in a masturbatory session of cinematics. When I play a video game, I expect thousands of hours of replayability with no cinematics whatsoever. If you have to have them, keep them limited, in the background, where I don't have to deal with them.
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>>322408505
>The best way to make it interesting in my opinion is to go full mage
when I inevidably try it out again I'll give that a spin, thanks doc
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>>322405371

The Last of Us

prove me wrong
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>>322408641
I think a game can lean on its story heavily, but yeah it has to have good gameplay.

If a game has bad gameplay and good story, it's a bad game.

If it has passable gameplay and a good story, it can be a good or great game.
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>>322405371
Just say undertale because this thread doesnt deserve a real answer
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>>322408580
Yeah woops meant to quote >>322408080
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>>322408725
TLoU has a great story but it's a pretty bad videogame.
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paper mario
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>>322406228
Empire Strikes Back
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>>322405371
Xenoblade Chronicles
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>>322405371
Xenoblade X
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>>322405974
MGS != MGSV
Fuck off retard.
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>>322405371
Dragons dogma dark arisen
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>>322408641
I wasnt aware you make the rules for what a video game is.
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>>322408947
Reverse image search very rarely handles crops well.
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>>322408842

Movie games are a valid form of entertainment medium
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fat stay night, non-saber route
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>>322407771
>hating undertale isn't a band wagon
Well memed
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>>322406621
I could have predicted that this is what the thread would amount to.

You happy, OP? Your bait thread netted people for you to talk to on a Saturday Night.
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Tales of the Abyss had a solid story I thought
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>>322408751

>If it has passable gameplay and a good story, it can be a good or great game.
Im gonna have to disagree with you right there. If the gameplay is merely "passable" then it's gonna be a forgettable, bland game. Regardless of how much people might praise the story, it doesn't redeem it.

Look at these guys for example.

>>322408947
>>322408940

Praising a literal naruto fanfiction with poorly made robots, when the gameplay suffers greatly.
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>>322409146
>Im gonna have to disagree with you right there. If the gameplay is merely "passable" then it's gonna be a forgettable, bland game
Well did you even read the sentence I typed before that?

Also it's entirely opinion too of course.

Think about the Mother series, that's what I was thinking about when I said that.
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>>322409078
I never said it's a movie game either. I just said is a bad videogame. If it wasn't for the story it'd be the most boring game i've ever played. First 3 hours where the worst of my life.
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>>322409146
The irony is that Xenoblade X is strong in the gameplay department and weak in the story department.
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>>322409146
>XC
>naruto fanfic with poorly made robots
unless you mean XCX, i don't see what you mean
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>>322408641
>no game should ever be "about the story". if the gameplay isn't front and center, it's not a video game.
what will be then? a interactive animation?
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>>322408641
I disagree completely. I enjoy cinematic experiences, or games where the story comes first. Basically the model that FFIV invented, whre story and presentation is the forefront, and the gameplay is fairly linear and paced to match the story

Maybe for you that's not a video game, but whatever you call it, it is a thing, and a thing I like. Don't insult people by dismissing their likes, I don't do the same to you
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>>322406239
Wait, STALKER is based on books?
What is the book called?
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>>322409267

>Think about the Mother series, that's what I was thinking about when I said that.
The Mother series is also mediocre. The gameplay is okay, but due to a lack of challenge, there's no real replayability. And considering that every cutscene will last you around 5 minutes minimum, AND THEY'RE ALL UNSKIPPABLE, it just drags on. The quality of the writing itself can't stop the fact that all subsequent replays will be marred by me being bored out of my mind while I skip ahead using an emulator speed-up function. And heaven help me if I just import mother 3 myself, or play the Wiiware version of Mother 2, where I can't skip anything. Wew lad. That's nightmare material right there.

>>322409412
>>322409392

let me explain further. The story for XCX is "you fight satan with robots and save the world with love and friendship." Pretty much a rehash of the original Xenoblade.

The gameplay is just "stand in one place and spam attacks." There's a reason why people compare it to an MMO. There's just no depth. And there's no excusing the fact that you don't instantly get the mechs upon starting the game. You have to wait and grind for hours until you get the part that's supposed to be fun.

And personally, if a game doesn't become fun within the first hour, I can't justify continuing it. How long do I have to suffer boredom until the game "gets good"?
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>>322409330

If plot and gameplay are intertwined and gameplay is basic to leave the emphasis on the story, it's a movie game

it's not an inherently derogatory term
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>>322405371

Assassin's Creed 2 actually has a good story until the ending fucks it up.
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>>322409670
I'd be curious what games you think are great.
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>>322409683
Man you don't understand me. I'm talking about pears and you're talking about apples.
I said that TLoU was a bad game, nothing more
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>>322409548
it's loosely based on the movie Stalker and a book called Roadside Picnic. the movie is.. kind of magical. some people find it a bore, some love it. I haven't read the book
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>>322409413
>>322409426

I'm not going to insult you guys for your tastes. Far from it. Rather, I'll pose a question:

What is the point of a video game? What was always the point from the inception of video games back in the 60's with sonar equipment? Were you supposed to watch the game play itself in some fancy cinematic? Or was the point always to play it, having a direct hands-on approach? Pacman, Tetris, Galaga, Galaxia, Pong, Pitfall Larry, Mario, Metroid, etc. Did these games need a deep narrative and large sections of the game dedicated to you watching the game play itself?
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For a recent example, look no further than SOMA
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>>322409880

I'm saying it's a good movie game
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>>322409670
>let me explain further. The story for XCX is "you fight satan with robots and save the world with love and friendship." Pretty much a rehash of the original Xenoblade

That's not the original xenoblade plot at all. The plot of XC was "shulk wants to fuck up metal face for killing fiora" and then "shulk wants to fuck up egil for fucking over the bionis" and finally "shulk is sick of zanza fucking up everything so he kicks his ass and recreates the unicerse so there's no gods screwing around"
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>>322409715
All stories should end with you fist fighting the Pope.
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>>322405371
Dark souls
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>>322405974
>mgsv
>video game
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>>322409778

Well, i have a few games I consider good, but I have to warn you, they're indie games. They have basically no story, no budget, and are there solely to be video-gamey. That means they contain things like bosses, and some have random enemy generation, some make you go hours on end without a single cinematic in the gameplay. I understand that these things might trigger the cinematic fans on /v/, so I don't want to cause trouble by making them unhappy.
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>>322409078
Wrong.
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>>322410248
>so I don't want to cause trouble by making them unhappy.
I gotta be honest that makes me think you don't actually even have any in mind and don't feel like defending your choices.
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>>322409881
i read the book a few years ago and don't really remember it. But it wasn't what I expected at all.
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>>322410141

It's so fucking stupid. The rest of the game is believable, and then the writers are like "How about to end the game, we have Ezio fist fight a Super-Saiyan Pope?"

The series was all downhill from there.
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>>322410124

I hope you realize that's exactly the point I was making.

>satan makes voices in my head
>I'm gonna beat up all the bad guys in emotional temper tantrums and 10 HOURS OF CUTSCENES"
>now I'm gonna fight satan

Xenoblade is pretty unforgivable for making me sift through that much cinematics. Truth be told though, I'm more ashamed of Nintendo for not ringing Monolith Soft in line and keeping them from pushing the CGI cutscene button a couple million times.
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Baldurs Gate 1/2 barring the EE content
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MGS, if you include V it's alright
half-life, blue shift, and op4
hl2 and episodes, ep1 felt like filler but got better towards the end
mercenaries
40k space marine
dawn of war
metro 2033
bad company 2
GTAIV
cod waw
STALKER

That's what i've got off the top of my head
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>>322410313

I have a few over the years, so if you insist, I'll post my general list of GOTY games from the past half-decade.

You may judge as you please. I have no shame in my choices.
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>>322410310

They are objectively more immersive than standard films
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>>322405371
I think Bloodborne's story is actually really interesting and was something I genuinely hadn't seen before

I'm going to leave now before I'm crucified
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>>322410573
>he's the Steel Strider guy
Man I seem to attract you in like every thread, fuck
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>>322410237
How fucking stupid are you? There's hardly any fucking cutscenes in that game.
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>>322410687

>5 hours
>"hardly any fucking cutscenes"

Are you high or something?
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>>322410661
>thinking that makes them valid
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>>322406315
>attack on titan

ew
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>>322406206
Are we bringing this meme back
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Killer 7 all day
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>>322410787

I'm yet to hear your argument as to how they're not valid
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>>322410573
>2012 Winner isn't pic related.
>2013 winner isn't Wonderful 101
>Shovel Knight is better than Legend of Grimrock 2
>2015 is literally who's
Holy shit anon you have terrible taste, not a single one of your GOTY's is right.
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>>322408641
>>A game is no longer a video game if it has over a certain amount of story. At that point it becomes a cinematic experience and should be discarded as such.

I'd say it's far more about the proportion of story to gameplay rather than the amount of story alone.
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>>322405371
Legacy of Kain
>>322405905
Kojima is a hack
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>>322405371

Ar Nosurge

Chrono Cross
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>>322411039

>2012 winner isn't pic related
La Mulana is a fantastic game, I will give you that, but it can't beat the hundreds of hours I've spent in FTL.

>2013 winner isn't Wonderful 101
Way too much story. I don't fancy sitting through Kamiya telling superhero jokes the whole game.

>Shovel Knight is better than Legend of Grimrock 2
Shovel Knight had marginally less story and free DLC, so I can't say that it didn't deserve it.

>2015 is literally who's
Whoa whoa, what's wrong with that? I thought the point of indie games was that they didn't need brand recognition or billion dollar budgets to be good? I thought you would appreciate that I put games consistent with my posts. 3 months ago I would've considered Undertale my GOTY until I gave it a deep analysis and considered it no longer worthy of the title. Even if I love the characters and soundtrack, the gameplay drags it down, and the ever-present, ever-unskippable story drags as well.
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>>322405371
DUDE! Haven't you heard about THE LAST OF US? It's the best game ever and exclusive on PlayStation 3/4.
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>>322411039

>he likes the casualized remake
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>>322411024
Grow up, kid.
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>>322406559
you little fucker hahaha
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>>322411702
Are you one of those little shop of horror's fags that thinks the original is better than the masterpiece that is the musical remake?

The remake of La-mulana is better in just about every single way. Having literally unsolvable puzzles and removing them isn't "casualizing" it, it's called "removing stupid broken bullshit."
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>>322406871
great gatsby is fucking ass and an absolute bore
nice bait you dip
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>>322405371
As much as this is a troll thread I'm dissapoint that ctrl-f yields no Grim Fandango.

Y'all children.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-K8R1hDG9E
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>>322407460
Well-written has always been subjective, although the standards change through the course of time, The subject/category of a work of fiction/non-fiction also plays a factor.

For video game standards (if there are any):
idk
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>>322412524

>2000 + 16
>not liking le great memesby
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>>322412402

And in the process they broke several other parts of the game, like the massive puzzle involving mother (which requires every weapon in the game) and the dynamic to each boss. Instead of bosses needing strategy to beat them, you just spam whatsoever and hope it works.

I don't need to remind you of the gun which pretty much turns the game into ez mode.
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Are we talking about writing? I'd nominate Thief 1 and VtM:B
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>>322407852
Was the question about pretentious shit?
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>>322410248
>ACFag
Just post your shitty, flash mech games so everyone can laugh at you
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>>322405371
This entire thread is nothing but shitty memes.....
I'm really disappointed in /V/......
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>>322412702
For video games, it's what I personally deem good. Not what all the faggots who want to be me thinks. If i don't approve of it, then nobody likes it.
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>>322413138

>so everyone can laugh at you for liking video games, instead of enjoying overpriced movie games with no gameplay!

Oh, trust me, I'll be doing the laughing too, friend, albeit for different reasons.
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>>322413326
>video games
If only they were.
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>>322413443

What disqualifies them from being video games, compadre?
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>>322405371
bioshock infinite was the most engrossing and highly thought provoking game I've ever played. Not one second went past where I wasn't questioning some preconceived ideals or social idea. It made me think and it has stuck with me since I first played it.
That is what a video game should do and I highly recommend it to everyone.
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sonic adnventure 2 has the best story of all time/
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>>322413569
No challenge. Its cinematic, press X to win, dudebto trash.
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>>322413734
lol
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>>322405371
my favourite game is WhoreRider
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I thought soma had a pretty good story.
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>>322405371
Amnesia
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>>322410007
so we mush be conformist, keep in 2D and only kid frienly, or taste new trings in or saturated market
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>>322413820

>games have multiple challenge modes
>no cutscenes whatsoever aside from mission briefings, which combined last about 1 minute the whole game
>implying any of them even use an X button
>implying dudebros like giant robots

Four fouls, that's an out.
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>>322406854
>took this long to be posted
This board is dead
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>>322413820
This. There's only two games that are worthy of the title "video games". I wanna be that guy, and Super Mario bros: Lost levels
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>>322414118

Misinterpreted what I said. My point is that a video game should have the gameplay first and foremost, and should be the only focus.

There's no problem if the game does that.
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Despite seemingly sounding obvious it's not a simple question. First you have to really define what a good story should look like, if you use a model similar to a book or movie games will obliviously not measure up for the same reasons a book or movie won't make a good game without significant changes. Despite this vagueness I'd put fourth as RDR as a pretty good story in general, I'd argue it has a lot of what most people would define as good story.
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>>322407329
Pretty damn accurate.
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>>322409881
Find the book and read it. Short, sweet, well-written sci-fi.
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>>322405371
dark souls for the reason that i played through the entire game without the story being forced down my throat. I think i beat the game three times before i decided to dedicate any time to figuring out why i was doing what i was doing.
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>>322407443
>>322405371

A good story is subjective to whatever you fancy is a good story you dolt.
Final fantasy is a great story to some people, shit story to others.
Hell, some people think call of duty singleplayer campaigns are great stories.
Suck my balls.
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>>322414128
1 minute is too much. Its a movie. And yeah, dudebros propelled Transformers to billions.
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>>322415364

>1 minute is too much
Then you'd definitely love Vulkaiser. It doesn't even have an intro or cutscenes. It's one giant GAME from start to finish.

of course, you'd know this if you played it.
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TLoS had a decent story IMO. Pretty dark though for an E10+ game.
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Pepsiman
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>>322415459
>you'd know this if you played it.
>implying I have to
First YT result shows its mindless, casual trash. Might as well play itself.
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>>322414436
okay fair enough
but i have still a problem with that statement
you know who the beginins of cinema was?
only one take not history, them someone just cut different scene and put together the fist movie
i believe that game have the same potencial but just my opinion
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There's some decent stuff in Metroid Prime's lore, even if the main story kinda jumps the shark at Corruption.
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>>322415998

>First YT result shows its mindless, casual trash. Might as well play itself.
Does it show anything aside from Normal mode?
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>>322415310
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>>322416013

At the end of the day, the beginning of cinema was still something cinematic. It was something you experienced. Is that not the entire point of cinema?

Likewise, the entire point of a video game is to PLAY it. Everything else, the story, the graphics, the music, only exists for that purpose: to get you to the gameplay, or to make the gameplay better.
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>>322406228
A song of Ice and Fire
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Last of Us
Heralded as the Citizen Kane of gaming
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>>322416617
Oh no, i can hear /lit/ frothing already. Best hide in the bunker.
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>>322405371
Soul Calibur's story is pretty dope
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>>322416438
and indeed you play "the walking simulators" with out your imput the plot will not progress
just not game mechanics, not score, just more story

for explorer type of player
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>>322417265

>and indeed you play "the walking simulators" with out your imput the plot will not progress
That's kind of silly. It's like saying a DVD movie is a game because "you need input to press play on the remote".

At the end of the day, regardless of the amount of input required, it's still cinematic if you're spending almost all of your time watching the game, instead of playing it.
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999
Virtue's Last Reward
TWEWY
Ghost Trick
Brood War
Ori
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>>322407443
what make a good story and the fuck is a meme game
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>>322417439
all right i know this can sound like a bait but

define "playing the game"
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>>322408641
do you like devil may cry?
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>>322417658
>Ori
What
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>>322417965

Not really. It's an okay hack and slash, but the story drags on too long.
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>>322406463
>>322406557

My niggas
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Planescape, it's the only game where I just kept playing for the story 'cuz the gameplay sucked
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>>322418085
>an ok hack and slash
anon, please tell me a game that does what devil may cry does better
and you can skip every cutscene in the game so you can effectively never see any story, how does the story drag on, the only way I see the story dragging on is that you have to retrace your steps in the second half of the game
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>>322417898

I define it as interaction where the game challenges you, where you can lose, where you can strive to be better. It doesn't have to be 2hu, but it shouldn't hold your hand every minute.
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>>322406871
Bait is like an ogre
Ogres are like onions, in which they have layers
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>>322406337
This is the correct answer. The only decent videogame "stories" are the ones you make yourself.
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>>322418307

>anon, please tell me a game that does what devil may cry does better
When it comes to "being a game" I'd say multiple games do it better. They don't make me skip the story just to get to the non-boring parts. I'd rather a game have no story at all than make me skip 2 hours of it.
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>>322418307
>please tell me a game that does what devil may cry does better
God of War
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>>322418016
Still better than most things in this thread
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>>322408913
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Cradle. But you guys wouldn't know about that game because it's too obscure for you.
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>>322418487
>being a game
thats not the question, you said it was "an ok hack and slash game" please give me a game that plays like devi may cry does
>>322418565
bait pls go
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>>322409072
I don't know, but look up lynlee_kuu on rule34.xxx
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>>322418737
>bait
fine then, Ninja Gaiden 2 NES
10x better than devil may meme
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>>322409072
right after I posted that I found it on Gelbooru

You're welcome
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>>322418324
i have to agreed

i still believe this tipe of game have a place and can do stuff unique in this media but by you definition yes they are not games

maybe "interactive animation" was correct after all
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>>322418923
bait harder bb
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>>322418737

I was implying that the genre in general was mediocre. I can't name a game in the series that I would consider to be above average.

DMC is just especially painful because of the cringe-worthy story.
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>>322419016
bet you haven't even played it
i suggest you do and come back when you have some perspective
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>>322416617
a song of the cunt becoming her world as the shit dribbled from her poo more like
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Gta san andreas CJs story was alright
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Nier
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Any game where you are the one making the story.
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>>322419914
real life
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Kyle Hyde games.
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>>322406695
Grim's shocked expression just made that scene.
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>>322419869
love this meme
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luigi's mansion
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>>322419608
Is that a reference to Dany?
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>>322420430
>dismiss counterexamples based on becuz itz a meme
Quiet, child
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>>322406315
>attack on titan
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>>322418632
what?
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>>322411284

>"""""Legacy of Kain has a good storyâ„¢."""""
>Plot full of holes, inconsistent paradox and time-travelling rules.
>No reason for the Old God to use Raziel as a wraith or to assassinate Kain, instead handing his opponent the only weapon that threatens him.
>The Hilden possessing Mortanius, a cornerstone of the plot in Defiance, is uneeded and a terrible retcon.
>The Hilden being thrust into an antagonist role is stupid, over "muh Old God."
>"The vampires created the pillars!" was a Deviant Art tier twist.
>Janos' Heart being his actual heart despite being a tarot in Blood Omen.
>Vorador is a retarded character, attacking the Circle even though it undermines his vocal position as some sage-like hermit, constantly reminding everyone to "avoid human affairs", despite directly antagonizing them himself.
>This shit just keeps going for practically every character and event.

Great VA, fucking awful plot.
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I really liked Far Cry 3's story. It wasn't super complicated, but it was a lot more captivating than I was expecting.
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>>322405371
Contra: Hard Corps
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>>322406425

Except time travel bullshit will almost always make something bad, LoK is no exception.
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Find a flaw

>protip: filename
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>>322421130

See

>>322420778

It's shit.
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