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Graphics is important and I believe we will continue to see further innovations in this space. However, I believe that we still need to achieve a lot in "story

Graphics is important and I believe we will continue to see further innovations in this space. However, I believe that we still need to achieve a lot in "story-telling" in games. The Mass Effect series is probably one of the best out there - the setting, characters, interactions, morality and gameplay.

warfangle 12y ago
If you think ME is the epitome of storytelling in digital gaming, I highly suggest you grab Planescape:Torment from Good Old Games[0]. And grab a few mods to modernize the experience[1]. 0. http://www.gog.com/game/planescape_torment http://www.gog.com/game/planescape_torment 1. http://www.gog.com/news/mod_spotlight_planescape_torment_mods_guide http://www.gog.com/news/mod_spotlight_planescape_torment_mod...
- orillian 12y ago
  So true! I still have the game box sitting on the shelf for this! It's been ages since I played it through, but it is still the game I look back at the most fondly! Never realized there was a push to mod the game so extensively. Gonna have to give these mods a try and replay this one!
norswap 12y ago
If you enjoy ME, be sure to try Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic I & II, which easily measure up. I'd say even better, but that might be my fondness for that particular universe (the universe of KotOR is much richer than that of the movies).
eric_cc 12y ago
I feel exactly the opposite. To hell with graphics and story-telling - I want to play a GAME with good GAMEPLAY
- wtetzner 12y ago
  What exactly does that mean?
  - alphapapa 12y ago
    Maybe he means that, when he wants to be told a story, he reads a book or watches a movie, and when he wants to play a game, he plays a game. I feel mostly this way myself: when I want to do something interactive, I want to do something interactive, not watch cutscenes or listen to or read dialogue. I guess this is why singleplayer story-driven games have never interested me very much, and why I prefer multiplayer games or open-ended singleplayer games (like sports or flight sims back before online games). Sometimes playing singleplayer, story/exploration-driven games feels like more work than play to me. There's 5 different branches in this dialogue tree; if I skip some, what if I miss some important detail, or something amusing? Better sit through all of them...then maybe I can get back to playing the game.
    - boomlinde 12y ago
      This makes sense from the narrow perspective that a compelling story has to be told through cutscenes or dialogue.
    - wtetzner 12y ago
      I don't see any reason there can't be interactive story-driven games. I agree though, games with a pre-defined story, and a path you have to follow, tend to lose a lot of the interactivity one would like in a game.
  - eric_cc 12y ago
    Extremely late to respond but the most simple example that comes to mind is Chess. Chess is all gameplay and does not rely on fancy graphics/art and there is no real story. It's pure gameplay. I like games with great core mechanics, balance, etc. Hell I actually value soundtracks over graphics or story.

warfangle 12y ago

If you think ME is the epitome of storytelling in digital gaming, I highly suggest you grab Planescape:Torment from Good Old Games[0]. And grab a few mods to modernize the experience[1]. 0. http://www.gog.com/game/planescape_torment http://www.gog.com/game/planescape_torment 1. http://www.gog.com/news/mod_spotlight_planescape_torment_mods_guide http://www.gog.com/news/mod_spotlight_planescape_torment_mod...

orillian 12y ago
So true! I still have the game box sitting on the shelf for this! It's been ages since I played it through, but it is still the game I look back at the most fondly! Never realized there was a push to mod the game so extensively. Gonna have to give these mods a try and replay this one!

norswap 12y ago

If you enjoy ME, be sure to try Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic I & II, which easily measure up. I'd say even better, but that might be my fondness for that particular universe (the universe of KotOR is much richer than that of the movies).

eric_cc 12y ago

I feel exactly the opposite. To hell with graphics and story-telling - I want to play a GAME with good GAMEPLAY

wtetzner 12y ago
What exactly does that mean?
- alphapapa 12y ago
  Maybe he means that, when he wants to be told a story, he reads a book or watches a movie, and when he wants to play a game, he plays a game. I feel mostly this way myself: when I want to do something interactive, I want to do something interactive, not watch cutscenes or listen to or read dialogue. I guess this is why singleplayer story-driven games have never interested me very much, and why I prefer multiplayer games or open-ended singleplayer games (like sports or flight sims back before online games). Sometimes playing singleplayer, story/exploration-driven games feels like more work than play to me. There's 5 different branches in this dialogue tree; if I skip some, what if I miss some important detail, or something amusing? Better sit through all of them...then maybe I can get back to playing the game.
  - boomlinde 12y ago
    This makes sense from the narrow perspective that a compelling story has to be told through cutscenes or dialogue.
  - wtetzner 12y ago
    I don't see any reason there can't be interactive story-driven games. I agree though, games with a pre-defined story, and a path you have to follow, tend to lose a lot of the interactivity one would like in a game.
- eric_cc 12y ago
  Extremely late to respond but the most simple example that comes to mind is Chess. Chess is all gameplay and does not rely on fancy graphics/art and there is no real story. It's pure gameplay. I like games with great core mechanics, balance, etc. Hell I actually value soundtracks over graphics or story.