[QUOTE="kittykatz5k"]Back, and vandi ol' boy, I said you should raise some support for your argument, and you did not. Shall we drop this now? Vandalvideo

So basically, eventhough everyone disagreed with you you still consider yourself the winner? good for you

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[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="barabadwan"]Why should I pay 50$ for a video game with story when I can pay 10$ for a novel which would have a much deeper story? If that is the only aspect in Video Games you care about. Vandalvideo

ok fine listen I understand what you're saying, my favourite genre is Adventure games so deep stories matter to me, but when you look at the video games as a whole they don't rely on story lines soley to be successful. Some of the best games have shallow storylines (e.g Zelda) but that doesn't make them any less acclaimed the reason being they deliver the main purpose of the video game medium which is entertainment. Games such as Zelda and Mario entertain us through gameplay while games such as Monkey Island and Grim Fandango entertain us through storylines. When a game has both thats wonderful but the fact that a game is focuse on one aspect doesn't detract from its merit. In the end, if you wish to play games that only have deep stories you're going to miss out on some of the masterpieces of gaming. But to each his own.

You know what, buy Plinko get drunk and have the time of you life. there is no point arguing with you if you're just going to jump over all the points I mention and just keep repeating yourself.

[QUOTE="barabadwan"]Why should I pay 50$ for a video game with story when I can pay 10$ for a novel which would have a much deeper story? If that is the only aspect in Video Games you care about. Vandalvideo

ok fine listen I understand what you're saying, my favourite genre is Adventure games so deep stories matter to me, but when you look at the video games as a whole they don't rely on story lines soley to be successful. Some of the best games have shallow storylines (e.g Zelda) but that doesn't make them any less acclaimed the reason being they deliver the main purpose of the video game medium which is entertainment. Games such as Zelda and Mario entertain us through gameplay while games such as Monkey Island and Grim Fandango entertain us through storylines. When a game has both thats wonderful but the fact that a game is focuse on one aspect doesn't detract from its merit. In the end, if you wish to play games that only have deep stories you're going to miss out on some of the masterpieces of gaming. But to each his own.

[QUOTE="barabadwan"]I hate to be the one who breaks this to you but the main purpose of video games is entertainment, in other words having fun. Yes quite insane I know but its the truth, engrossing stories interesting dialouge and philosophical question can all be found in books, it seems to me that you would be better off reading Dostoyevsky than playing Video Games. Fun is subjective but it can be compared, for example, I have more fun playing Mario Galaxy than I have playing Plinko, that is why I pay 50$ for it. That is whay I pay for Video Games, to have fun. If you simply don't want to have fun I suggest you drop 10$ and go buy yourself a decent novel it will satisfy your needs and would stop this silly arguement. Vandalvideo

Why should I pay 50$ for a video game with story when I can pay 10$ for a novel which would have a much deeper story? If that is the only aspect in Video Games you care about.

[QUOTE="kittykatz5k"]

In advance, sorry to any future unreplied arguments, but arguing the philosphy of fun isn't what I came here for, and that's what it's turning into.

I think you can say what you like, that mario is not any more fun than a beer and a board game, but your lack support for such an argumetn. I'll see if you can raise some when I get back, but atm in the idea of measurable fun which you seem to believe impossible while on a gaming forum arguing scores made based on the idea of measuring fun, I think I would have more fun watching my bro paly chibi robo than listening to this headache enducing twisted logic that no game designer should ever make a game around..

In short, be back later.

Vandalvideo

I hate to be the one who breaks this to you but the main purpose of video games is entertainment, in other words having fun. Yes quite insane I know but its the truth, engrossing stories interesting dialouge and philosophical question can all be found in books, it seems to me that you would be better off reading Dostoyevsky than playing Video Games. Fun is subjective but it can be compared, for example, I have more fun playing Mario Galaxy than I have playing Plinko, that is why I pay 50$ for it. That is whay I pay for Video Games, to have fun. If you simply don't want to have fun I suggest you drop 10$ and go buy yourself a decent novel it will satisfy your needs and would stop this silly arguement.

Assassins Creed??? Really?

BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!

Oh, man that's a good one. I guess Sitting on a bench is the gameplay mechanic we have all been waiting for.

How can the sequel possibly top that? Laying on a mat? Reclining in a chair? Leaning against a wall?

Riverwolf007

Actually, the sad part is that laying on a matt is already a part of Asassin's Creed.