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Doesn’t everyone just hit escape as soon as a cut scene starts?

seattle_spring 1y ago
No
dentemple 1y ago
Sure, if all you're doing is buying the latest Call of Duty iteration/clone. But imagine spending $30 on a story-driven video game and just skipping the story. That's almost as bad as buying a book and never reading it. (Which, to be fair, is a sin that I do, sometimes, commit).
- Swizec 1y ago
  > That's almost as bad as buying a book and never reading it. > (Which, to be fair, is a sin that I do, sometimes, commit). Buying books and reading books are separate hobbies. Everyone knows this.
- nkrisc 1y ago
  Maybe I just enjoy the gameplay. The fact the story was also good is incidental to me (not that I followed the story).
- deadbabe 1y ago
  It is worth buying books even if you don’t read them. Having a collection of books waiting to be read is satisfying.
- bluefirebrand 1y ago
  > But imagine spending $30 on a story-driven video game and just skipping the story. I cannot imagine buying a "story driven videogame" honestly. I love reading and I love stories, but to me the appeal of videogames is to play. Videogame stories mostly just get in the way of the actual appealing fun part for me
  - yareally 1y ago
    Not a fan of the first 3 Mass Effect games? They would feel pretty shallow without the storyline that made you care about the characters
    - bluefirebrand 1y ago
      Mass Effect is actually one of the game series that convinced me that video game stories aren't really worth it. Taken as a series, Mass Effect is a pretty bad story with wildly inconsistent writing quality. Taken as individual games they are all pretty good for different reasons, but they don't really form a coherent whole trilogy. I didn't bother playing Andromeda Mass Effect 1 had the worst gameplay, honestly. The shooting mechanics weren't good, the RPG mechanics felt tacked on. It did have the best story and most developed lore and characters though, but they aren't good enough for me to ever want to replay it 2 had the best gameplay imo, but ths story took a nosedive. Some of the characters are alright, but overall it's a really bad story here 3 was probably the middle ground between them. The story picked up a bunch of the hanging plot threads from 1 that 2 wound up ignoring. It also changed the gameplay a bit from 2 in ways that weren't good imo I used to think this sort of thing was the pinnacle of video games. Now I prefer playing stuff like Monster Hunter or Dark Souls, where the story is not the focus, but the gameplay is very fun and dynamic
      - nothercastle 1y ago
        Witcher is the best AAA implementation of a great story driving an otherwise decent game. I actually think that cyberpunk was weak mostly because they focused on Star power and the story was meh.
        bluefirebrand 1y ago
        Witcher 1 might have the best story ever written but I'll never know because the gameplay is tedious Witcher 2 was a serviceable game with a serviceable story Witcher 3 was a vast sprawling story with gameplay that got old fast and it made the story a slog to get through. I had to force myself to finish it I played Cyberpunk four times in a row just because it is so damn fun to actually play and try out different builds and approaches to completing the missions
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makeitdouble 1y ago
There's a full genre of games that are 99% dialog and cut scenes. You better not skip those.
Trasmatta 1y ago
No. There are tons of games with great stories and tons of people that love enjoying them.
TMWNN 1y ago
I have never ever skipped a cut scene I have not seen before.
gxd 1y ago
Some games are almost entirely about the story, like mine: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3040110/Outsider/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3040110/Outsider/
NikolaNovak 1y ago
Depends on game and person, as does everything :). I buy games hugely for stories and characters. But also, cutscenes are hardly the only or for many games even the major place writers can contribute. Look at Disco Elysium with more than a million words written, but also anything from Cyberpunk 2077 to Colony Ship to Days of the Tentacle and Monkey Island and Space Quest, plus Mass Effect and KOTOR, Baldur's Gate and Plascape Torment... Great writing makes for great games :)
- nothercastle 1y ago
  Considering how cheap writers are indie games really need more investment in the writing part.
hippari2 1y ago
No, only you ;)

Sure, if all you're doing is buying the latest Call of Duty iteration/clone. But imagine spending $30 on a story-driven video game and just skipping the story. That's almost as bad as buying a book and never reading it. (Which, to be fair, is a sin that I do, sometimes, commit).

Swizec 1y ago
> That's almost as bad as buying a book and never reading it. > (Which, to be fair, is a sin that I do, sometimes, commit). Buying books and reading books are separate hobbies. Everyone knows this.
nkrisc 1y ago
Maybe I just enjoy the gameplay. The fact the story was also good is incidental to me (not that I followed the story).
deadbabe 1y ago
It is worth buying books even if you don’t read them. Having a collection of books waiting to be read is satisfying.
bluefirebrand 1y ago
> But imagine spending $30 on a story-driven video game and just skipping the story. I cannot imagine buying a "story driven videogame" honestly. I love reading and I love stories, but to me the appeal of videogames is to play. Videogame stories mostly just get in the way of the actual appealing fun part for me
- yareally 1y ago
  Not a fan of the first 3 Mass Effect games? They would feel pretty shallow without the storyline that made you care about the characters
  - bluefirebrand 1y ago
    Mass Effect is actually one of the game series that convinced me that video game stories aren't really worth it. Taken as a series, Mass Effect is a pretty bad story with wildly inconsistent writing quality. Taken as individual games they are all pretty good for different reasons, but they don't really form a coherent whole trilogy. I didn't bother playing Andromeda Mass Effect 1 had the worst gameplay, honestly. The shooting mechanics weren't good, the RPG mechanics felt tacked on. It did have the best story and most developed lore and characters though, but they aren't good enough for me to ever want to replay it 2 had the best gameplay imo, but ths story took a nosedive. Some of the characters are alright, but overall it's a really bad story here 3 was probably the middle ground between them. The story picked up a bunch of the hanging plot threads from 1 that 2 wound up ignoring. It also changed the gameplay a bit from 2 in ways that weren't good imo I used to think this sort of thing was the pinnacle of video games. Now I prefer playing stuff like Monster Hunter or Dark Souls, where the story is not the focus, but the gameplay is very fun and dynamic
    - nothercastle 1y ago
      Witcher is the best AAA implementation of a great story driving an otherwise decent game. I actually think that cyberpunk was weak mostly because they focused on Star power and the story was meh.
      - bluefirebrand 1y ago
        Witcher 1 might have the best story ever written but I'll never know because the gameplay is tedious Witcher 2 was a serviceable game with a serviceable story Witcher 3 was a vast sprawling story with gameplay that got old fast and it made the story a slog to get through. I had to force myself to finish it I played Cyberpunk four times in a row just because it is so damn fun to actually play and try out different builds and approaches to completing the missions
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makeitdouble 1y ago

There's a full genre of games that are 99% dialog and cut scenes. You better not skip those.

Trasmatta 1y ago

No. There are tons of games with great stories and tons of people that love enjoying them.

TMWNN 1y ago

I have never ever skipped a cut scene I have not seen before.

gxd 1y ago

Some games are almost entirely about the story, like mine: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3040110/Outsider/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3040110/Outsider/

NikolaNovak 1y ago

Depends on game and person, as does everything :). I buy games hugely for stories and characters. But also, cutscenes are hardly the only or for many games even the major place writers can contribute. Look at Disco Elysium with more than a million words written, but also anything from Cyberpunk 2077 to Colony Ship to Days of the Tentacle and Monkey Island and Space Quest, plus Mass Effect and KOTOR, Baldur's Gate and Plascape Torment... Great writing makes for great games :)

nothercastle 1y ago
Considering how cheap writers are indie games really need more investment in the writing part.

hippari2 1y ago

No, only you ;)