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Originally Posted by Mr. Charlie
My common gripe with many modern games is their emphasis on delivering strong narrative, story and graphics above good gameplay, so much so I get the feeling some developers would be better off making movies instead of videogames. Personally, the enjoyment I get from a game comes from actually playing it, not from watching a pretty cutscene, or hearing some excellent voice acting - that sh*t's dull.
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Well said, i agree.
If the gameplay doesn't match up with the graphics or story the game ends up unbalanced.
But it's not like every game gets it wrong, some balance the gameplay to match the story, like Infamous for exmpl
But others as you mentioned focus too much on one thing but not another, they focus too much on the epic cutscenes rather than the gameplay.
it's shame cause if done well a great cutscene can set the mood of the game through good story telling.
Like i remember the cutscene from FF10 and how great it set up the premise for the game.