Are video games better without stories? (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Wednesday, April 26, 2017, 16:22 (2549 days ago) @ Schooly D

The answer is emphatically no.

The author uses the example of the bioshock audio logs, and argues they don't affect the action. But they do. They provide context for the action. It makes the action meaningful within the game world.

Imagine everything about the last of us being he same, except the story was stripped. Literally every level the same, but no story. Imagining it? Then ask the question the author did. And you'll see it's obviously a worse experience.