Heavy Rain Vs. The Mario Galaxy games

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I have noticed that the gaming industry is parting into two separate camps: the cinematic/story driven game and the pure gaming experience game

The Cinematic experience game offers you high production values andan emphasis on story but is very linear and the gameplay is lacking in comparison to the story telling and presentation. You are not always in control because the game will play a part for you or cutscenes show up often to keep the story going. Heavy Rain is the perfect example of this. Others that fall here would be Uncharted 2, Metal Gear Solid 4, Call of Duty campaigns, God of War, L.A. Noire, Mass Effect 2 and so on

The pure gaming experience game focuses primarily on on gameplay. You are always in control of what's going on and the story is non existent or completely unnecessary. Super Mario Galaxy and its sequel are examples of this type of game. Others that fall under this category would be Zelda, Metroid, inFAMOUS, Devil May Cry, modnation racers and so on.

My question is: Where do your gaming preferences lie at the moment? I'm most definitely still in the second camp. I get frustrated even for the brief moments that batman stops to listen to his earpiece in Arkham Asylum. Gameplay is everything to me.

It depends on the genre if it's a hack and slash game i only care about the gameplay, but for a RPG i care about the story. Also how is Infamous just about the gameplay?

Ahh I see what you're saying.

I'd take both.

I can't play heavy rain because it's too weirdme2002

I'm all about the gameplay. Give me the Marios and Ninja Gaidens, you can keep the Heavy Rains and God of Wars. Thats not to say I dont enjoy story driven games, but gameplay is always the main priority for me. If the story is great, then thats a nice bonus.

I've always had this mindset in a way, but I seem to be getting increasingly more one sided towards gameplay over the years. I think its a combination of games having less interesting stories nowadays and the fact that I'm getting older and less easily amused.

It depends on the genre if it's a hack and slash game i only care about the gameplay, but for a RPG i care about the story. Also how is Infamous just about the gameplay?

spookykid143

How is it not? Sure it has a nice story to go along with it, but you are always in control of the situation at all times except for the very few and short cutscenes.

They all have their place. I like all of these different types.

[QUOTE="me2002"]I can't play heavy rain because it's too weirdspookykid143

games like Mario don't appeal to me ... a game has to have a good balance of story and gameplay elements for me to take it seriously. Even as a child I didn't find Mario fun, I'd rather play RPG's on hand helds.

I'd take gameplay over "cinematic" any day of the week.

It's all about the story for me. If a game doesn't have a story, I either drop it or make one up(racing games) I need a reason to do stuff.

It's all about the story for me. If a game doesn't have a story, I either drop it or make one up(racing games) I need a reason to do stuff.

Phoenix534

so fun gameplay and excellent level design isn't a good enough reason to keep playing?

Heavy Rain because it's on PS3 imho.

Heavy rain is GREAT, but still - the galaxy games >>> heavy rain.

definitely gameplay over story.

Galaxy was SOOOOOOO much more fun than Heavy Rain could ever hope to be.

All of you people need to see the superiority of the PS3 and its games imho.

My question is: Where do your gaming preferences lie at the moment? I'm most definitely still in the second camp. I get frustrated even for the brief moments that batman stops to listen to his earpiece in Arkham Asylum. Gameplay is everything to me.

Pikminmaniac

A combination of both with a significant focus on fun gameplay or strictly fun gameplay. Heavy Rain just didn't have fun gameplay imo which made it drag out for far too long.

As forUncharted 2, Metal Gear Solid 4, Call of Duty campaigns, and ME 2, I find those games to at least have fun gameplay and the story elements enhance the experience for me.

SMG (at least 1 since I haven't played 2) is just pure fun to me. No need for story to enhance the experience since it offers so much variety in levels.

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It's all about the story for me. If a game doesn't have a story, I either drop it or make one up(racing games) I need a reason to do stuff.

Pikminmaniac

so fun gameplay and excellent level design isn't a good enough reason to keep playing?

No.

All of you people need to see the superiority of the PS3 and its games imho.

93BlackHawk93

Galaxy I guess but I enjoy me a great story when I can get one.

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It's all about the story for me. If a game doesn't have a story, I either drop it or make one up(racing games) I need a reason to do stuff.

Phoenix534

so fun gameplay and excellent level design isn't a good enough reason to keep playing?

No.

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so fun gameplay and excellent level design isn't a good enough reason to keep playing?

drinkerofjuice

No.

I don't see the problem. I'm not saying I need a top-grade storyline, just something well-written enough to give me reason to play.

Considering that games have awful stories, I really don't care how "epic" a game is.

I don't go back to games with good stories because well, I've alreafy been there done that. However iif the gameplay is solid and addicting it'll get me to come back eventually.

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No.

Phoenix534

I don't see the problem. I'm not saying I need a top-grade storyline, just something well-written enough to give me reason to play.

The Princess has been kidnapped. Are you bad enough of a dude to rescue her and give Bowser's army an asswhooping across the universe...with your hands tied behind your back?

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Pretty much all games' plots can be boiled down to that level of simplicity so this seems like a non-issue to me.

I'll take either a bit of both or pure gameplay.

I absolutely LOVE Fighting Games so Gameplay for me.

However I still think that Uncharted 2 is AMAZING so I like Story too.

Getting headaches from a VirtuaBoy > Heavy Rain.

I don't go back to games with good stories because well, I've alreafy been there done that. However iif the gameplay is solid and addicting it'll get me to come back eventually.

ActicEdge

Good point. Replayability has far more to do with gameplay than story. Lasting appeal in general is this way. If a game has a lot of content, most of it happens after credits or have nothing to do with the main story.

I didn't like any of the poll options so I didn't choose. I'll tell you that I did like HR a lot more than both of the Galazy games. They just bored the hell out of me.

I'll take gameplay over story any day. SilverChimera

What he said.

Heavy Rain is the best game ever made.

And not because of its story.

The gameplay is king.

Constant decision making. Constant reflex tests. Heightened stakes (story keeps going if you die), etc.

If anything, story is the weakest part of Heavy Rain.

I can't play Mario games because they are too unrealistic for me.LOXO7

Video games tend to have mediocre stories (with some exceptions like some of the better JRPGSs like Chrono Trigger; and adventure games like Phoenix Wright), so of course I'm going to go with gameplay.

And as for Heavy Rain, any story virtues it might have are canceled out by rather funky/wooden voice acting/dialogue. Voice acting that sounds the way Heavy Rain's does just makes me not want to come near the game with a ten foot pole.

Everytime I come here, someone is comparing games that are in no way alike. "Bro is Tekken better that Call Of Duty?"

I won't pick because that's a silly Vs.