Games with average storylines but great gameplay

Some games make up for a lackluster story with excellent gameplay. These are some games with average storylines but great gameplay.

[shinoff2183]

Who decides if a games story is average idefinitely ain't listening to no reviewers. I don't agree with most of then anyway. I think alot of them are to harsh on games so they can get clicks

[banger88]

Every Soulslike game ever made.

[RaiderNation]

And Zelda.

[refocusedman]

zelda has a story line? Actually do any nintendo 1st party games have decent (not even good) storylines?

[NotoriousWhiz]

Does Xenoblade count as 1st party? That's the only one I can think of.

[NotoriousWhiz]

Also, Ocarina of time definitely had a decent (but not great) story.

[Brazz]

Zelda average story line!? Zelda Story sucks, most time It comes to "save the princess", Nintendo sucks at story outside Fire Emblem and perhaps 1-2 other IPs.

[DOMination-]

Actually the Souls games and Zelda games share something in common, which is that they reward gamers for seeking out the story rather than thrusting it in their faces. Not saying this is better or worse, but it's unfair to say they don't have them.

People will be surprised to learn that if you dig a bit deeper into Zelda games, there's a whole lot of really dark and crazy stuff happening.

[RaiderNation]

@DOMination

Thrust in your face??? I assume by that you mean basic story-telling 101? Lol.

[P_Bomb]

I platinumed both Niohs but for the life of me, couldn’t tell you what happened in the story lol! I can namedrop Nobunaga, but that’s about it.

[ChasterMies]

The pinnacle of bad story but great gameplay is Destiny and Destiny 2. What is the Traveler? What is the Darkness? What the heck is happening? No one knew. But shooting the aliens and robots felt so good.

[Brazz]

Article os about "average" story. But If you wanna talk about bad story but great gameplay you need to look at Nintendo, they are the masters at making poor shirt story on great gameplay.

[HeliosHex]

@deus. If you want more of the story fleshed out in detail I'd recommend the destiny grimoire anthology 1-6 25 bucks each. It's really good I loved the backstory on the guns.

[Relientk77]

"I don't even have time to explain why I don't have time to explain."

Is my favorite line from Destiny's "story" lol

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

Vanquish.

[GotGame818]

Sorry, but the princess is in another castle.

[Eonjay]

All of thee newer Star Ocean games even though the combat (besides 5) always hit.

[Knushwood Butt]

Playing Far Cry 5. Pretty much beaten it. Don't have any interest in the story (although some of the characters are quite memorable) but the gameplay is fun and perfect to just pick up and end up doing some random stuff.

[Mr_Writer85]

I gave up on the story on Horizon ZD about halfway through. I have skipped every cutscene so far in Forbidden West.

I have no clue what's going on, and I don't really care either.

[boing1]

Game with poor story but great mechanics will always defend itself IMO. Game with poor mechanics but great story will be a drag.

[TheColbertinator]

MGSV The potential was all there but did little of interest. Gameplay was great and lasted me almost a year thankfully.

Zelda. Gameplay, boss fights and music are all solid. I stopped caring for the story since Majoras Mask.