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Dwango
Head Merchant
Joined: 06 May 2002
Posts: 68
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Story takes it for me over combat. If the story is genuinely interactive and interesting, then I don't mind reading tons of text and easing through battle (or cheating if its uber-hard). But give me a combat game with great battle and fluff story, the battles had better be awesome and non-repetetive. I solve the battles to get that next gem of the story. Of course, I'm another Planescape-Torment lover. Go figure...
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Toaster
Bread Alert
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Posts: 5475
Location: Sweden |
I have to vote for the story, although I admit I wouldn't think Gothic was so good if it wasn't for it's combat system.
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Val
Risen From Ashes
Joined: 18 Feb 2002
Posts: 14724
Location: Utah, USA |
quote:
Originally posted by aj142
BTW, why is it that so many RPGs take place in medieval times?
Because it's easier to be called a hero after killing millions of bad guys in medieval times than it is in modern times? 
Just a guess.
*Raises hand.*
Another PS:T lover here.
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Korzen
Forsaken
Joined: 02 Nov 2002
Posts: 3673
Location: The User Groups Section. |
So many people love PS:T and BlackIsle didn't make enough money on it to make another part. 
Btw. I'm looking for a site with a lot of screenshots from PS:T, I mean screenshots from the movies in the game. |
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Namirrha
Noble Knight
Joined: 03 May 2002
Posts: 218
Location: Utah County, Utah. |
For me, I think the result of the experience is the most important, and this can be influenced by either combat or story, or preferentially both. If I enjoy the game at the end, and it's story fit it well, that was a good game. If I liked the combat, and the story was passable (i.e., not insultingly simple, stupid, cliched, or what not), usually I consider that a good game too. The best games, the ones I remember, are the ones that had both good story and combat. Fallout and Fallout 2 are still number 1 and 2 in my mind for the balance of atmosphere, story, combat, and gameplay. I still need to finish PS:T and Gothic, but those also count high on my list. Also, one of the reasons why I love Fallout and Fallout 2 so much is the varied gameplay, which didn't always rely on combat or violence to solve a problem. (Though you could--a minigun gets you out of many trying situations.) It was as much fun, if not the most fun, to talk my way out of tricky situations with my PC or to explore dialogue choices and consequences.
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