The Legacy of the Story Game
“A game is not a movie,” a sentiment regurgitated from time to time in the gaming world. It’s why I’ll probably never get along perfectly with—gack—gamers.
The reason avid gamers say games aren’t movies is because they don’t want them to be. For them, the story is just an add-on to the gameplay. That’s fine if you’re into gameplay. But some of us prefer something more meaningful, more engaging.
I’ve never loved a game that only offered me gameplay. In fact, I’ve loved games that offered only mediocre gameplay. Because gameplay is not where it’s at. The core of a great game is its story, and the gameplay is only there to serve the story, to draw me further into the story. This is the legacy of the story game.
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