When will games stop making up shit stories

Tollbooth Willie

Tollbooth Willie

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and actually be baout fun instead of stupid as f*ck M. Night Shyamalan plot twists executed horribly against the backdrops of incredibly generic and boring 'cinematic experiences' for the sake of having shit tons of scripted events and 2deep4u philosophical bullshit and instead be about pure f*cking fun

after seeing what the ending to Bioshock Infinite is I am convinced not only is Ken Levine mentally retarded, but so are 60% of game devs

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There will always be games with stupid stories, just like there will always be movies with stupids plots, and books with stupid plots.

In my opinion, sometimes a bad or cliched story doesn't matter as other aspects of the game make up for it (Just Cause 2 for example). With that said, it is frustrating to find games with legitimately good plotlines nowadays...
 
Kind of like DICE when they plan to make another shit story for BF4, even though the BF3's story was full of suck. Seriously I just stopped playing at a quarter of the SP. It was Black Ops 1 story with parody elements from Duty Calls. Just stop making fake BF games and make Mirrors Edge 2.

I just can't wait for Metro Last Light, a game with a good atmosphere and a good story.
 
You created that title without considering the fact that books, films, TV, comics, etc all still have shit stories/narratives here and there, despite the fact that those mediums are substantially older than games. You're probably just looking in the wrong place.
 
Let me rephrase shit: when will devs stop making shitty f*cking stories for games where they focus on trying to be all deep and edgy and SO CINEMATIC when the gameplay and everything else takes a hit because of it where they realize "oh we're making a game not a goddamn movie quick let's make some gameplay mechanics"

I say this because I've played very few games in the last few years that aren't pretentious as hell or cause the gameplay itself to fall short because they opted for some stupid f*cking shit
 
I would pay all the money for a videogame showcasing the life i've made up for Willie in my head.
 
I agree with Willie. So many developers making supposedly "triple A" FPS games have forgotten that the main focus should be fun gameplay, and not crafting a cinematic experience. Seriously stop using that term like it's a good thing. If I want a cinematic experience I'll go watch a movie. I've recently played through Blood and Duke Nukem again, and they manage to have better gameplay and more interactivity than a lot of modern action games. You know something's wrong when games made today are worse in the gameplay department than games made in the ****ing 90's.

Now come to think of it, given what you're saying in the OP how the hell did you like Max Payne 3 anyway? That game was literally: shooting gallery, cutscene, shooting gallery, cutscene, cutscene, cutscene, oh and cutscene! "Cinematic experience" incarnate!
 
Infinite's ending

holy ****, it is worse than gordon = gman fanfictions
 
Barnz said:
infinite's ending

holy ****, it is worse than gordon = gman fanfictions
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I know. I couldn't believe it for a solid half hour after the stream ended. That was one of the dumbest f*cking things I've ever seen. Ken Levine's a hack.

Remus said:
I agree with Willie. So many developers making supposedly "triple A" FPS games have forgotten that the main focus should be fun gameplay, and not crafting a cinematic experience. Seriously stop using that term like it's a good thing. If I want a cinematic experience I'll go watch a movie. I've recently played through Blood and Duke Nukem again, and they manage to have better gameplay and more interactivity than a lot of modern action games. You know something's wrong when games made today are worse in the gameplay department than games made in the ****ing 90's.

Now come to think of it, given what you're saying in the OP how the hell did you like Max Payne 3 anyway? That game was literally: shooting gallery, cutscene, shooting gallery, cutscene, cutscene, cutscene, oh and cutscene! "Cinematic experience" incarnate!
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Oh yeha, no. It was f*cking annoying I honestly would have preferred the game just being straight arcade at this point. I don't know. I manage to push through everything fairly well in games, no matter how much they annoy me.
 
Good porn always has a terrible story. If only the same could be true for games.
 
You're whining about Irrational not focusing on gameplay after watching a stream?

Bioshock: Infinite is the most fun FPS I've ever played.
 
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