Gamespot gives Bayonetta 2 10 out of 10!

And Destiny focuses just as much on the gameplay. So why again is it so much worse? They still make videos about the game

No... They came out the same week, i have been raiding for 3 weeks now...

It depends on how much story is emphasized in a game. If the Last of Us had a poor story, the game would have been much more negatively reviewed because that's a big part of the experience. Games like mario, Bayonetta, and Devil May Cry are all about the gameplay and involvement. They are more about the mechanics and design so a story isn't necessary to let those aspects shine. In fact a story/some sort of logic would get in the way of some of the crazy and creative situations these games put you through.

My mistake, I don't why I was thinking it got released last week.

@behardy24: No problem, just had to correct you there

Which is the case with Destiny, it's all about the gameplay

@The_Last_Ride

Destiny is all about Behavior.... All MMOs are.

No it isn't. Story is pretty important to Destiny too. I love Destiny and think it's a great game but I won't deny that they screwed up the story and lore of that game in some pretty big ways. The story telling in it is very weak and too thinly spread out and putting all the lore and interesting facts on their website and something that you have to access out of game was not smart.

No... Destiny has like 6 or 7 cutscenes that last a minute. That's not a big part of the game...The lore is awesome, the story is not.

@The_Last_Ride: Well that's what I mean, they should have put more story into Destiny because it needed it. The lackluster story telling is something that hurt the game. There's great lore but that's all mostly something that one has to go out of the game to get which is also something that hurt Destiny as well, it should be easily accessible in the game.

@Archangel3371

Make your own story by going on your own adventures. :)

I could do that but it's just not the same. There's a great story potential there if you go and read all the lore it's just that it's all outside of the game and the story-telling in the game is very poorly done. Sometimes you can use your imagination to craft your own stories in games but sometimes I just want to be told a great story. To me Destiny feels more suited to the latter.

@Archangel3371

Don't ya think its weird you want a game to tell you a story ?

Sounds Passive.

No, it doesn't sound weird at all. I'm still playing it also.

@Archangel3371

Perhaps they will make a movie.... That way everybody's happy.

It doesn't hurt the game, could the game have better story? Sure it could, same exact thing with Bayonetta. It's not that i mind that it doesn't get a 9 or 10. That's not the point. I don't care about that. It's the consistency and the principle that they differantiate between different games and just pick certain games they like even though they don't ignore similar faults with those games

@Lulu_Lulu: what he's saying is he wants to be the main participant in the story being told instead of being a casual observer of the events.

The story-telling in Destiny does hurt the game though because it's poorly done and lacking in content. Bayonetta 2 is a crazy over-the-top story. These don't mean the same things at all and are not representative of any inconsistency.

@mastermetal777

Actually it sounds like he's saying the exact opposite... Where have you been anyway... Its been a while !

So jumping in because i had to respond to this comment.

Wanting a game to tell a story isent passive because 99% sure that most also wants the story to be told in a interactive way.

I will never get this idea that gameplay-gamers have about story and that just because the game tells a story its also passive.

@Jacanuk

People don't passive story telling methods so naturally when it story time thats developers go to method. Go ahead.... Ask him, I'm sure he doesn't mind Story by Cutscene.

No I don't mind story being told in cut-scenes in fact I enjoy it very much.

I dont mind a story told by cut-scenes for the most part, but that doesn't mean that if the developer isent holding his head on his arm, that the game wont be connected and also tell something during the interactive sequences. So im sure he wouldn't mind either.

But i know you have an aversion against story in games :D

@Archangel3371

Wow.... I was actually not that sure. if anything it was a lucky guess.

@Jacanuk

I don't.... Just Cutscenes, Text Dumpts and Audio Doohikies.

Really? Because I remember having a similar discussion with you before. Anyway having a preference one way or another is fine, the problem lies when one tries to force that preference as the "right" or "correct" way.

@Archangel3371

Really.... I don't remember

Not everything can be a preference... And although there is no right or wrong way there are redundant or counter intuitive ways.

Its redundant for a game to tell a story the exact same way a movie does.

No it's not and I'm not getting into this kind of discussion with you. Just letting you know so we don't waste each other's time.

@Archangel3371

Well if you change your mind I'm always around. :)

Oh yeah no problem.

Can' say I'm surprised. I don't think there's a being alive who could tell you the story of the first game, but goddamn if it isn't one of the most entertaining gaming experiences out there. Sadly I don't have the funds to get my copy of 2 yet, but I will ASAP.