No Good Stories in Games

I know that there are some really good ones out there but it seems like less and less games are having a good narrative and just focus on gameplay. Don't get me wrong here, I like my gameplay to be top notch but I also like a good story too. Does anyone know why this is?

Also, this is a little off topic but, does anyone think that games are getting easier?

Devs need better writers, and I love to write.

yeah i found that out too, but it dosent bother me

ill say its bc most games focus on the Multiplayer than the Single player. but i think you are right. i cant remember what was the last game i played with an amazing story. i think it was Lost Oddysey.

I agree, most games I find so uninteresting I skip through cutscenes. The gameplay might be fun as hell,keeping me intothe game. However, I have a mass collection of PC games to solve this problem.

I'd say it's because developers want to make money from selling for multiplayer, and they're afraid little Jimmy 12 year old might get confused by having a story with themes and concepts, so they dumb it down (gameplay too) so he can just go around lol right triggerI win without having to think too hard.

ill say its bc most games focus on the Multiplayer than the Single player. but i think you are right. i cant remember what was the last game i played with an amazing story. i think it was Lost Oddysey.

MissMorphine

Umm...

The Darkness

Bioshock

Half-Life

MASS EFFECT!

Come on man there are still games out there with good stories. Don't give up hope yet.

Umm...

The Darkness

Bioshock

Half-Life

MASS EFFECT!

Come on man there are still games out there with good stories. Don't give up hope yet.

RAMRODtheMASTER

That may be true but it also means that we now have way more good stories then waay back when.

If you want a good story you should play some of these games

-Shadow of the Colossus (one of my favorite PS2 games)

-MGS4

-Mass Effect

-Orange Box for Half-Life 2

-Half-Life 1

-CoD4

-Bioshock

-KOTOR I and II

-Indigo Prophecy

-Heavy Rain

Dev. just need new writters. and games are getting easier except for a few games.

A lot of games change in development, and that puts a lot of strain on the writers.

Yeah they are, cause we buy video games for stories not gameplay.

Part of it caused by the fact that with true story driven game such as Final Fantasy you need to be able to play for long ammounts of time and very often otherwise the storys can become hard to follow and eventully making the game impossible to play, where as games with little story such as CoD, Halo & Gears give many of todays game (myself NOT included) a quick adrenaline fix without the long twisting storys, which means that people who don't have alot of time to play games don't have to worry about keeping up with the story, and with the majorty of gamers now been working adults, these are the type of games that attract them.spike6958

Right now I'm playing through Call Of Juarez Bound In Blood.... so I disagree with you.

I like the good old days when games were hard and had great stories.Like in the 90's.SlykReviewin

agreed

Right now I'm playing through Call Of Juarez Bound In Blood.... so I disagree with you.

joesh89

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Right now I'm playing through Call Of Juarez Bound In Blood.... so I disagree with you.

shawn7324

Yeah I'm half asleep... I kinda read his post wrong :P

the reason is because most video game are based too much on movies like halo allways reminds me of star wars or robocop and well gta 4 you dont have to think to know you have seen this in every movie

Umm...

The Darkness

Bioshock

Half-Life

MASS EFFECT!

Come on man there are still games out there with good stories. Don't give up hope yet.