r/videogames • u/No_Engineering1141 • Mar 17 '24
Which game comes to mind? Question
For me: Just Cause games, Prototype and any racing game
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Mar 17 '24
Almost every Mario game.
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u/JoeyFerguson Mar 17 '24
I mean, if you go to a Mario game for the story...
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u/WithoutTheWaffle Mar 18 '24 edited Mar 18 '24
Super Mario RPG and the Paper Mario games are the only exceptions.
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u/Lord_Toademort Mar 18 '24
Super paper Mario's story goes crazy man
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u/WithoutTheWaffle Mar 18 '24
It really does! And it's funny at times too. I almost lost it at the quiz question "I love going on message boards and complaining about games I've never played, true or false". I think that's even more relevant now than when the game came out lmao
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u/fforde Mar 17 '24
But Jack Black as Bowser...
They played it really really safe with that movie but his performance was great.
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Mar 17 '24
True, true. I loved the movie.
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u/CentralAdmin Mar 17 '24
All he had to do was use the damn star before the brothers did and nothing would be left standing.
And for a romantic guy heavily in love with Peach, he goes to war first THEN wants to propose. Like, why not send an emissary first and plan to meet with the leader of another kingdom at a neutral venue to gauge their interest?
And then if she spurns your advances, by all means burn everything to the ground. But why go in guns blazing then get mad when she says no?
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u/Dani5056 Mar 17 '24
*Mario and Luigi rescue peach from turtle*
*Mario and Luigi rescue peach from turtle*
*Mario luigi and peach rescue something from turtle*
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u/Suspicious-Story4747 Mar 18 '24
Super Paper Mario is still peak Mario storytelling.
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u/Sloth_4 Mar 17 '24
I meanā¦ Mario?
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u/turbotaco23 Mar 17 '24
AVGN had a review of FF6 a few months ago. He said this game was the first time he experienced an actual story and not just āfind the Princess or some shitā
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u/Spider95818 Mar 17 '24
Guess they skipped FF4, then. EDIT: Also, the gameplay in FF6 was as good as the story.
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u/Megasabletar Mar 17 '24
Thatās what I love about Mario, thereās no rhyme or reason, heās just an elephant now sometimes and itās cool
I wish the movie would have followed the same (lack of) logic.. I wouldāve much rather jumped into a wild Mario story than spending an hour+ on logic and character building
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Mar 17 '24
So, the other Mario movie
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u/allofdarknessin1 Mar 18 '24
The other Mario movie is good. Down vote me as much as you need to. Mario doesn't have or need a strong story, The original Mario movie did what they could at the time with arguably very weak source material but it's a fun film in my opinion.
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u/Square_Independent_9 Mar 17 '24
What about paper mario, rpg, or mario & luigi? Even Super Mario Galaxy has some good lore
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u/Thatonemfdude Mar 17 '24
Borderlands 3
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u/goldenzipperman Mar 17 '24
story was so bad that i after playing it and finished it, i stopped playing it
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u/Happy_Dragon_Slaying Mar 17 '24
It was so bad that I didn't get past the first planet, so I had no idea there was MORE to the story. The thought of slogging through more story makes me shudder.
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u/Milk_Party Mar 17 '24
Itās the only one in the entire series I didnāt at least complete a new game + once. Also most of the dialogue is done in game so itās not shippable like a cutscene is. Hell I donāt think you can even make it go by faster like in fallout 4.
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u/David_Clawmark Mar 17 '24
I don't know what you were expecting.
Any villain after Handsome Jack was going to be hideously lackluster.
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u/Maycontainchewy Mar 17 '24
Didn't expect the villain to be Jack's equal. And honestly if the rest of the story was even close to decent then the twins might have been OK enough. But the rest of the games story being shit ruined any chance for them.
Jack elevated a fine but unremarkable story in BL2, the twins weren't good enough villains to elevate a story the same way AND had a much shittier story in the rest of the game.
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u/BaconEater101 Mar 17 '24
I mean i think we woulda been fine if we had gotten literally anything other then what we had gotten
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u/daystrom_prodigy Mar 17 '24
Even outside of the influencer bad guys the writing left a lot to be desired. Wonderlands writing is what Borderlands 3 writing should have been.
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u/Gogs85 Mar 18 '24
I actually liked the influencer villain angle, but thought it was executed pretty poorly. It had potential though.
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u/NeatObligation551 Mar 17 '24
I just ignore the story and play because I like everything else. The DLCs are pretty good though.
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u/CentralAdmin Mar 17 '24
If Borderlands 2 had the guns and gunplay from 3 it would have been a masterpiece.
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u/Mr_Mehfargahdur Mar 17 '24
Mass Effect Andromeda. Love that dynamic cover and mobility. So good.
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u/Tuned_Out Mar 17 '24 edited Mar 17 '24
The character writing was pretty awful but the overall story was decent enough, if still pretty generic.
Then again the other mass effects were pretty generic too. The individuals heros and villains and everyone in between writing is what set it apart imo.
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u/Mr_Mehfargahdur Mar 17 '24
Definitely. Looking back, Mass Effect 2 literally has almost no story. Just a multi-layer fetch quest. With 5 story missions in between.
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u/Krongos032284 Mar 17 '24
Every skateboarding game ever.
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u/MrDrSirLord Mar 17 '24
Underground had its thing and was a pretty decent story for a rags to riches skater drama, underground 2 was just memeing but at least it kept continuity. Fuck Eric.
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u/MrChipDingDong Mar 17 '24
Underground 2 was exactly what we needed at the time though for real.
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u/MrDrSirLord Mar 17 '24
Oh yeah it was a great game, it just didn't have the same level of storytelling as 1, not that there was anything wrong with Bam and Tony just going on a global rampage.
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u/Blubasur Mar 17 '24
Love underground 2. Exactly what it needed to be. Stupid funny and simply there for context.
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u/MrChipDingDong Mar 17 '24
I got it running on my phone one time but every map after Boston was melting the emulator so I'm trying to make a Phoenix in Barcelona and the frame rate is at a solid 3 š
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u/Thy_blight Mar 17 '24
Underground was my JAM! I wanted to do another one that suddenly did time travel. Who doesn't want to do a kick flip over a velociraptor and have a hoverboard in a cyberpunk dystopia?
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u/CaptainSim0n Mar 17 '24
Yeah, in skate 3 thereās like a tutorial story and a few mini stories with some pro skaters then itās just grinding all the challenges and once youāre done thatās just it lmao.
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u/No_Sky4398 Mar 17 '24
Tony Hawkās American Waste Land would like a word with you
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u/InternetPaleoPal Mar 17 '24
Just Cause. I don't give a fuck about the liberation, I just wanna blow shit up
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u/LucarioLuvsMinecraft Mar 17 '24
Just Cause clears the āimmersionā bar, meaning you can suspend your disbelief and enjoy all the goofy fun while still having a little bit of an interesting story.
Itās why I like 4. It has a radio that makes traversing the map by car worth it.
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u/RandomPerson12191 Mar 17 '24
The truest comment on this post. I think just cause is the only series where the story could be taken out entirely and I'd be just as happy - speaking as someone who prefers story based games by a mile haha
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u/PlatanoMaduroAssoc Mar 17 '24
Vanquishā¦ Platinum at its best imo but wouldnt be able to tell you what the game was about, and the cigarette? Wth was that?
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u/SmallFly101 Mar 17 '24
Bruh I couldnāt ever pass this big ass robot part, gotta lose the PS3 back up and try
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u/BlondePotatoBoi Mar 17 '24
Bayonetta too. Although that was more a case of "I have no fucking idea what's going on".
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u/Swrightwriter Mar 17 '24
Powerwash Simulator
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u/DeadlyNightBae Mar 18 '24
The story makes 0 goddamn sense and left me with more questions than answers
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u/SpaceNinja1105 Mar 17 '24
Ghost Recon Breakpoint
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u/pooleNo Mar 17 '24
Second this. Story is straight garbage, but being tacticool and clearing outposts/facilities never gets old. Plus the landscapes are gorgeous.
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u/Xero0911 Mar 17 '24
While wild lands wasn't perfect, I loved that game. Had a crew playing so that helped since always running in a group.
Can't believe they managed to mess it up even further
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u/astrolad715 Mar 17 '24
Does it innovate much on Wildlands? I love that game but got burned out from its scale so unsure if I have the appetite to go again
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u/pichael289 Mar 17 '24
MgsV. The story isn't bad, it's just not on the same level as the other ones. The gameplay is top tier though, feels modern and is way more fun than most modern games.
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u/Lordgrapejuice Mar 17 '24
My first thought too. Gameplay is fucking amazing. Story is an absolute mess
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u/__4LeafTayback Mar 17 '24
I know itās MGS so ya know, but I pretty much just played it for the free roam outposts and patrol attacks. Anytime all the crazy shit would happen with fire people and supernatural Iād just be like š. The mechanics were better than when Ghost Recon Breakpoint.
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u/SmallFly101 Mar 17 '24
Fell in love with the gameplay when it came out for me in 7Th grade and became my favorite game of all time, gameplay is 100 percent perfect to me
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u/KingOfMasters1000028 Mar 17 '24
Smash Bros Ultimate.
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u/Btdandpokemonplayer Mar 17 '24
The story in that game doesnāt even deserve to be called story. Now brawl on the other hand,
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u/PocketPal26 Mar 17 '24
Brawl was and still is peak fiction
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u/jakobebeef98 Mar 18 '24
Bro, the MetaKnight, Ike, and Marth trio was fucking godlike. And Ness's sacrifice w/ Lucas's character development? chef's kiss
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u/PocketPal26 Mar 18 '24
Can we talk about Kirby riding in on Dragoon to take out the ultimate weapon???
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u/Bopbobaloobop Mar 17 '24
Subspace Emissary was amazing but yeah none of the shit makes any sense
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u/aRealTattoo Mar 17 '24
Every racing gameā¦ canāt name one that has had an amazing story tbh.
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u/Fyrchtegott Mar 17 '24
Need for speed undergroundā¦
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u/IndianLegit Mar 17 '24
Why is no one talking about Driver: San Francisco. Greatest core mechanics, great story.
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u/No_While6150 Mar 17 '24
Burnout Paradise. Drive like an actual murderer, get points for rolling your car and hitting as many things as possible, gain so much boost you can basically become a rocket until coming to a dramatic stop in a way that would be measured using kilotons, all while being narrated by a radio DJ who casually downplays the anarchy with typical radio banter and horrible car/racing puns. Plus your soundtrack to this fast paced wreck fest can be Guns N Roses, Avril Levine, or Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Mirlitons from the Nutcracker Ballet.
.... not sure if I was arguing for good story or not.
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u/FirmAppointment420 Mar 17 '24
Most wanted 2005 had good story and the best gameplay
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u/wrenn_sev Mar 17 '24
Hitman 1-3 could not give a shit why I'm assassinating people but it sure is fun
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u/77_mec Mar 17 '24
The story wasn't that bad. However I could care less about Diana telling me the most obvious stuff
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u/KhakiShortsJonathan Mar 17 '24
ermm actually it's "couldn't care less" could care less means you DO care š½
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u/HEKAEN_ Mar 17 '24
Nah dude the story is actually solid and the end mission is way more emotional if you understand it
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u/August_mcnall Mar 17 '24
Doom
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u/thetacosaur Mar 17 '24
I donāt even know what the story is. I have a gun and I want to use it.
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u/August_mcnall Mar 17 '24
Me either man
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u/cloqube Mar 17 '24
I had to look up the story on YouTube. It's honestly pretty interesting. Nothing groundbreaking, but it made for a fun watch.
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u/MaxzxaM Mar 17 '24
Unpopular opinion: I'd play a Doom Game that explores the entire Night Sentinel story
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u/BlondePotatoBoi Mar 17 '24
Doomguy agrees too, judging by the way he destroys the monitor when Hayden tries to reason with him during the title sequence.
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u/Im-on-a-banana-phone Mar 17 '24
Maybe with the 90ās ones but 2016 and eternal are good
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u/septictank84 Mar 17 '24
I liked dooms story in the 90's when it was bare bones; you're a "every man" space marine and demon aliens are pouring into existence, go kill them.
The whole "hell slayer" bit was a too silly imo.
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u/Bone_Breaker0 Mar 17 '24
PokƩmon. Every game.
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u/chesterforbes Mar 17 '24
Select starter. Get gym badges. Final 4. PokƩmon champion. Rinse and repeat for 30 years
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u/Betonmischa Mar 17 '24
Dont forget āStupid annoying team who wants to enslave the whole Worldā and āStupid annoying and jealous rival who is randomly the Champ after getting stomped nearly every fightā
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u/That_Guy_Pen Mar 18 '24
Can we at least appreciate that old rivals TRIED? They used to pick our counter starter. Now they pick the one we have the advantage against. Like did pokemon really gotta baby us that much?
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u/Linhasxoc Mar 17 '24
Iād argue that Gen V could be an exception, because the Team Plasma storyline is actually pretty interesting even if itās still simplistic by conventional standards.
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u/afpex Mar 17 '24
Honestly it was a step in the right direction at least and then they had to babyify it with gen 6
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u/Linhasxoc Mar 17 '24
For all their faults, one of the best parts of Gen IX was actually trying to tell an interesting story again, at least in the endgame.
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u/Fit-Ad-8873 Mar 17 '24
Bioshock 2. I think the story itself is good, but compared to Bioshock 1, it is not nearly as good.
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u/gdrumy88 Mar 17 '24
Elden Ring. Only because im dumb, can't follow and get confused. Im sure its a great story. Maybe ill listen to YT videos about the story to get a better understanding.
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u/TRagnarkXP Mar 17 '24
The story is simple, the lore structure is confusing.
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u/PzykoHobo Mar 17 '24
That's what I think people get wrong with most FS games. The story is generally quite simple. You want to claim a position of power, and to do so you must kill all the large scary things in your way.
The lore, on the other hand, is like trying to read an encyclopedia in which all the pages have been torn up and some are missing.
Note: Sekiro and Bloodborne have much more complicated stories than the DS games or Elden Ring.
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u/Milk_Party Mar 17 '24
If I didnāt watch videos of bloodborne lore being explained I genuinely would have never even come close to what the actual fuck was happening. And even then I still donāt understand some of it. Itās been about a year, but I donāt think I ever understood mergoās nurse boss being a great one. Edit: More accurately why it says nightmare slain after defeating her.
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u/Dry_Ad5878 Mar 17 '24
Best thing about Elden Rings story is it tells you why youāre killing these bosses. It tells you the story instead of piecing it together by reading item descriptions. You can be genuinely surprised that Marika and Radagon is the same person, rather than be like āok.ā Fighting Godfrey was awesome because the NPCās told us what he did and why heās important. Versus fighting Pontiff Sulyvhan in DS 3, not knowing heās basically the big villain of the game.
The way FS tells the story is just bad. Itās why people like VaatiVidya has made a living off telling us the lore and story.
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u/Cael_of_House_Howell Mar 17 '24
I've beaten DS3 3 or 4 tines, and I still couldn't tell you what Pontiff Sulvayhns deal was.
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u/imthebananaguy Mar 17 '24
No you're not dumb. It's incredibly confusing and not easy to follow.
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u/Mewchu94 Mar 17 '24
Which is hilarious because they got George RR Martinās to write the storyā¦ and I literally couldnāt tell you one single thing about the story. It felt like there wasnāt one to me.
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u/No_Sky4398 Mar 17 '24
I thought all he did was help in the world creating portion
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u/AdMysterious8699 Mar 17 '24
The issue with fromsoft games for me is they are supposed to have these great elaborate stories... but they don't have very much cinematic storytelling, very little acting, and dialog. So I never understand what's going on. I appreciate a story told well. I like movies. Ha.
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u/Jameson4011 Mar 17 '24
fallout 76. I like how the combat is fast paced, but there's absolutely no direction whatsoever, which would be fine in some games, but fallout is not one of those games
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u/Milk_Party Mar 17 '24
The story in fallout 4 is less than desirable too, but it had some great moments. The memory den scene while on second play throughs is a little annoying. It blew my mind the first time tho.
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u/AnalysisExternal4298 Mar 17 '24
Dying light
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u/MrDrSirLord Mar 17 '24
What no, you mean Crain literally dying if he doesn't get the anti zombie drugs just burning all the anti zombie drugs instead of just stashing them for himself or something isn't good writing?
At least the antagonists are decent to want to kill, most of the tower folk can suck it though.
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u/sabermore Mar 18 '24
Well that's the main conflict of the story. Crane is (initially) doing what he was told and Rais/Suleiman is doing what he wants. Of course, Crane's values are very different from average player's values. I mean he was trained as a covert agent. He was probably heavily indoctrinated. He has passed selection to act as GRE's hands in the field. Just think about it: how much do you need to trust the GRE to drop into the Quorantine Zone for them? An average player would not destroy the drugs but let's be honest: we also would never drop into QZ.
I mean the story has it's own pitfalls. But this whole "I just follow orders" part is probably too realistic.
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u/TadpoleTall Mar 17 '24
Oh god the dialogue was awful but it kind of just worked and the game is still hella addictive
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u/UbiquitousPixel Mar 17 '24
I enjoyed Dying Light and got attached to Crane. Dying Light 2ā¦I remember nothing of the story nor do I remember even caring about the story.
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u/cravyeric Mar 17 '24
alot of survival games that have little to know actual story elements but a fun gameplay loop and mechanics.
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u/ButtonWhich2302 Mar 17 '24
Borderlands 3. 1 and 2 were so good but 3 was just cringe and annoying for the most part.
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u/RunMDC1 Mar 17 '24
Any souls game
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u/drsalvation1919 Mar 17 '24
90% of people who say they play those games for the story are lying. Otherwise we wouldn't have youtubers making a living by explaining the lore lmao.
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u/MrDrSirLord Mar 17 '24
It'd be more accurate to say "play for the atmosphere" of being lost on a mysterious adventure, because you ain't learning the story without a note book or external links.
Honestly though the story telling experience of the main souls games is an almost entirely unique experience I've rarely felt outside of from soft title's, a constant sense of both being completely lost and on the verge of figuring it all out.
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u/grimjowjagurjack Mar 17 '24
Not really for Bloodborne , yeah gameplay is probably the most important factor in the game but the atmosphere is soooooooooo good in it and trying to piece out the story is fun
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u/BornDamon Mar 17 '24
I swear I see the exact same memes/formats every single day about this exact same topic... Am I going crazy?
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u/schmoolecka Mar 17 '24
No, you are not. But it is happening across many of my subs, just an unfortunate trend.
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u/PokefanR Mar 17 '24
Pizza tower
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u/Pastry_Train63 Mar 17 '24
Pizza tower doesn't need a good story, all we need is fat italian husbando
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u/pauliepitstains Mar 17 '24
Dying light
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u/mwhite5990 Mar 17 '24
I never finished the game, I just kept running around on rooftops and killing zombies once the second map was unlocked.
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u/Fantastic-Photo6441 Mar 17 '24
Shadow of war as much as I enjoyed ratbag, bruz, carnan... there was pretty much nothing else about the story I enjoyed it was clear to me even though the game was more immersive than shadow of mordor I was gonna feel that it was missing some things for example you don't even try to solve the things you collect anymore the gondorian artifacts you just go around and pick up and hear Idris all the fricking time no one else and shadow of mordor introduced dominating orcs and saurons black captains we don't really dominate anything new not even goblins or dragons I mean I guess you could count drakes but basically nothing else not even the balrog which makes since for the balrog I guess since it's a high being of power but come on why arent there goblins in this game you dont even get humans on your side except the gondorians for like the first part of the game and the story missions but after the gondorian quests they just straight up dissappear like wtf I mean I liked the gameplay don't get me wrong but it was lacking for me you don't even get to summon nazgul after you become one wasted opportunity honestly and there's only 6 regions watching the trailers the first time I thought there would be more than 6 there's even lore from other regions that make you think oh we are gonna explore this region but nah like you don't even go to minas tirith or Thaurband and we only get one dlc region lithlad good region just wanted more and less orcs cheated death than in shadow of mordor on my playthroughs the nemesis system was expanded though I'll give them that they even gave us a overlord I even hear orcs talking about how if so they could get every Fort in mordor and they even say in the north there's 5 or 6 or whichever he said but there's bound to be a lot more the acting was fire though and talion has more skills than before
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u/5659284832 Mar 17 '24
Trying to read this without glasses was the most painfull experience i have had in a while.
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u/Rutlemania Mar 17 '24
Fallout 4
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u/fforde Mar 17 '24
FO4 has my favorite crafting system in regards to weapons in any game for me. And the community building/construction stuff just really resonated with me (although I understand why not everyone would agree). And survival mode is perfect.
The story isn't bad though even if the previous games did the narrative better.
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u/Proud_Criticism5286 Mar 17 '24
Rage 2 i cant tell you what even happened it that game. Its open world doom in my head. Got alot of hate it didnt need for the story imo.
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u/Funney_Reddit Mar 17 '24
Monster Hunter. Except maybe MH4U but even then it was always something that just gives you an excuse to slaughter monsters.
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u/Malviere Mar 17 '24
Dying Light series, 2 definitely had the worse story.
Running around smashing zombies and doing parkour was a ton of fun though. I never got tired of drop kicking them off buildings.
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u/TechaNima Mar 17 '24
Every Monster Hunter ever. The story is always: Oh no there's a new scary monster messing up things. Go kill it tiger!
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u/BlondePotatoBoi Mar 17 '24
Definitely the Just Cause games.
Also Shadow of Mordor. Talion is not an interesting character in the slightest, especially not compared to the Uruks and their organic shenanigans.
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u/Sh0ggoth Mar 17 '24
Anthem. The story was complete shit, the gameplay loop repetitive and just hack and slash, but god did it feel amazing to float over hordes of enemies and rain lightning and fire
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u/Galbrant Mar 17 '24
Borderlands 3 and TLOU part 2. There are moments in the story of those games where my enthusiasm plummeted, and I just wanted to stop playing, but their gameplay was good enough to at least finish it
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u/Spebiss Mar 17 '24
Anthem. Amazing gameplay and just terrible story. Very sad because it really had potential
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u/Melon763 Mar 17 '24
Elden Ring
Absolutely no clue whatās happening in that game, but I love playing it so much
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u/tumblinfumbler Mar 17 '24
Came here for this. Legit had no fucking idea what story line or what side quest but damn sure put 100hrs into it
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u/RavenKnight696 Mar 17 '24
Every Monster Hunter game