Jason of Leviathyn surveys two cover based third person shooters – Spec Ops: The Line and Gears of War – to see the power of both story and gameplay.
For those who don't have time for massive open worlds or role-playing games with epic tales, these 15 games are worth checking out.
Cultured Vultures: In the spirit of preserving some kind of history of this industry, we’ve decided to list some of the best games that you just simply can’t get hold of digitally at the minute.
I just started playing Spec op. I've had it for years on steam and forgot about it. Such a good game.
Honorable mention to the excellent Driveclub, one of the best racing games of all-time and one of my favourite games ever.
Outrun Online Arcade, Sega Rally Online Arcade, After Burner Climax... all good stuff. I keep my 360 hooked up to play these as well as the TMNT games that were also delisted.
wow...I have all of them except the Nintendo ones either in physical or digital version.
Also..Deadpool the Game is missing on that list.
Tim and Luis talk what they’ve been watching and playing along with the news from the past week, including all the games from Sony’s “State of Play,” Evil West, Silent Hill: The Short Message, Hideo Kojima weirdness, Spec Ops: The Line delisted and more!
I LOVE a great story, and wish to have both that and great gameplay in a game. But if I had to choose only one, I would rather have great gameplay. A game is meant to be played, not just viewed in idleness. If i'm not gonna enjoy playing it, I may as well just watch a movie (if it's just for the story).
But either way, I wish for both in a game.
Gameplay
Depends on the type of game for me.
Speaking only for myself, I perfere gameplay.
If you actally liked what Heavy Rain did, then you perfere story.
PGR3 would be an example of no story at all.
Story for me, no question.
Gameplay can carry a game for awhile, and in fact gameplay and story should be intertwined, but I see games as a storytelling medium where you are the driving force behind the protagonist.
Gameplay matters, but it's much harder to keep me interested with great gamplay and crap story, than a great story with crappy gameplay.
For example, FTL had great gameplay and music, but it won't ever be on the same level as TWD for me because months afterwards I can still reflect on, enjoy, and speculate about the story.
Not to say games without stories can't be fun, I love shmups, and the occasional bout of monster hunter or Tribes:Ascend, but they will never be able to hold my interest as well as a story driven experience.