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i think my comment earlier got removed... oh well

Mmm.... sort of disagree and agree, but mostly disagree. Yes we all love a good story, but lets take an rpg game and then an mmorpg game. In an rpg, we HAVE to read the story because we want to know if it's interesting. It's not the same case with an mmorpg. The story is relatively important but not as important as the other stuff that make up the game. Sure I enjoy reading quest as much as the next person, but what is most looked for in mmorpgs is not only the story. The story IS NOT enough to hold on to a player. You need a wide variety of jobs, classes, armor, weapons, races, and maps. Exploring is in our blood. We all want to explore something outside of our miserable lives. In a book or an RPG, the story is interesting because it takes you places and allows you to imagine. In an mmorpg, we need a variety of things so that we can explore it, and enjoy renewing our love of the game. The story should be good, but it's not going to keep us happy for long. I mean I've played games with good storyline, but it's not enough to keep me hooked. I quest sometimes cause I need to lvl. EVERYONE is guilty of it. So in some ways I agree and disagree

Well, I agree on what you said mostly. I disagree with Ikari, because you can't compair a foundation game like Pac-Man, Tetris, Pong, or anything like that with the copied crap most MMO companies put out today. Back then, Tetris and all those other games were on the edge of techincal breakthroughs in graphics and programming. Gaming has taken leaps and bounds since then and most game companies now and days are downright fucking lazy and just only in it for the money.

Yeah story is really important in the game too, so you know what's going on. They make the game more fun too.

agreed I aint playing anything without a good story ....

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'Without story there is only pure grind'

How could you say that? Could you think of a better statement or I'll have to make you sit down to play Tertis until the batteries run out.

Some people play video games for fun, there something called casual gaming, That's like saying you want to play a baseball match and you'll have to 'grind', when you're not having gun. Users use the term grind is used when the game gets boring and having to do the same over and over again for the sake to see the next area, movie or wateva.

Pac-man wasn't grinding, Tertis wasn't grinding... just because there isn't a story means there no grinding, I think the added story or unlockables gives it a good reason for it to call it a grind.

A game's success is due to a variety of factors, and a good implementation of a gripping storyline is just one of those, to make a game famous you don't necessarily need a good storyline, but if there is one it will truly draw you into the imagined world, enriching your gaming experience, and therefore making the game itself more enjoyable ;)

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I agree to a certain level and disagree to other.

I noticed that games who come from stabilished franchises that already have a story, are the MMORPGs who often have better and more stabilithed stories and players who are interested in it, like Final Fantasy XI, Shin Megami Tensei: IMAGINE, World of Warcraft. Though some MMORPGs who are originally started as MMORPGs, like Lineage I and II. Guild Wars, Granado Espada or RF Online, have good storylines.

However I having a story is not enought, it must be used in the game. FlyFF has a storyline that can be acessed in the main menu, however they aren't implemented in the main game and you don't see a clue about it in your quests and all. There's also a bad implementation of the story, who only serves to give an excuse for quests instead of really playing a part in the game.

On the other side of the fence, there are games who don't need story, Monster Hunter for example, it's a game made only on the premise of accomplishing quests about hunting monsters and collecting materials, no levels, just equipment crafting and all in solo or co-op multiplayer and it's a enormous sucess in japan, so far to boost console sales to the stars every time a new game is released and is a huge success.

*thumbs up* totally agree.

I really agree some people need to look into more in the RPG that they are playing rather than just kill kill kill lvl up. Because then they'll be bored and blame the game and then that game will lose user's becuaet that person will tell other people that the game is lame. YOU MAKE IT LAME MAKe IT FUN THEN!!

Story is important if we are talking about RPG or MMORPG, but I still don't think it is the necessary part in games of other genres. Different games have different gameplay... Nice article, *digg*ed :D

yesh!!! i officially agree it!!!

I agree, for any RPG there has to be some story in it. If there wasn't any story it would be a pointless grind game for casual play. One of the games I've played with a pretty good story is Lunia. It's story driven and uses the staging system which may not appeal to everyone.