Comment on We can't keep making videogame stories for players who aren't paying attention to them
deadcream@sopuli.xyz 1 week agoWhat’s even the point of playing story games then if the story is condensed and simplified to such a degree? If all explanations are spoon fed to you it just becomes boring. At this point you are better off playing games that focus on gameplay instead, it will be a more fun experience.
It’s like reading a summary of a book of just watch a short clip about it on TikTok because books are “too long” and then calling yourself a reader.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
It is only boring if you get to play it from start to finish in a
RunicSword@beehaw.org 1 week ago
I’m not sure where the Trails games fall when it comes to being dialogue or story heavy, but it has taken me a good 380 hours to get to the 7th game in the series (Trails of Cold Steel 2) playing over the last 3 years and it has been fantastic.
I’m in my early 40s and have a kindergartener so gaming is fairly limited. These games have become my “nightly TV” where I play about an hour before I go to bed.