What do you dislike about video games?
One thing I hate the most about video games are the stories and videos.
When I pick up a game I want to play. If I want a story i'll watch a movie or tv show.
The other thing i find annoying are loading times of course, but they are likely unavoidable.
Why is is that games developers put so much story into their game? And do you like it?
Absolutely hate the story lines. Give me action and let me get into the game quickly. Honestly I used to have much more fun playing old NES, Nintendo 64, and Sega Genesis games then I do the new games. I've tried many games and for the most part I bore of them before we even need to return them to the library. Don't even bother buying games anymore as it's not worth it to me. But I still own each of the vintage game systems...hate calling my stuff vintage as it means I'm getting old...but anyways those systems and games still are more entertaining.
Problem seems to be that the developers think that just because they can, that they should.
Oh and another thing, at what point did some idiot decide that games without a way to win or loose were cool? If you can't win why on earth are you playing in the first place?
I personally hate long tutorials,
Because I am the kind of player who can figure everything out by myself.
But then there are like 15 min tutorials teaching everything super simple and easy.
And they are usually NON SKIPPABLE
I feel the main reason for putting a story is to create an engaging element. They make it stick you to the game and make it more interesting.
I actually like the stories and cut scenes. When playing games like Prince of Persia, Max Payne, Uncharted, I really liked how the stories gelled well with the gameplay.
Video games slow or that weigh a lot ... I have little patience so I suffer waiting hahaha and like you, I do not like the stories. If I look for a story, I read a novel and that's it.
I hate the load times with games. Dread them a lot.
The story is by far the best when it comes to a first person or rpg game. I played countless hours because I get to be someone I am not remotely ever going to be. It is apart of the fantasy. In a movie you do not have the freedom to decide the outcome while in the games players decide on outcomes.
It depends - from a business / marketing point of view we always need a story to attract people - the hardcore gamer probably does not need that and personally I would prefer games where you simply can select if you want to get rid of this / skip video and so on but I rarely play any video games anymore.
I like the stories before and in the game. I think that history is an important part of the game, it allows the player to better deal with the characters and tries to get a better understanding of the activities in the game.
But I also know many people who think about it just like you. It does not really matter, a game should be fun and you can push away the narrative with the ESC.
I like the story in the games. I like even the story-based games.
Like the Half-Life series, the Heroes of Might and Magic series or the Lord of the Rings: War in the North.
Or even the Grand Theft Auto series.
The story of the games often have humor, jokes, and this makes the gameplay more enjoyable in my opinion.
I also like the feelings/emotions and the character development.
Some games are showing strong feelings/emotions. Like The Last Guardian (2016).
Many games have a good balance between story and action.
Like Total Overdose (2005). This game has a story, but a lot of action as well.
I also like interactive story-based games with multiple endings, like The Stanley Parable (2011/2013).
There are many good story-based games out there. I don't know why you don't like them.
Game publishers need story line to attract more people. That's why they add story line in video games. Another reason is a fews popular video games become movies like Resident Evil, Creed Assassin, War of Warcraft. If their story is good, they can get more money from producing movies. That is the another reason they put story line.
The stigma that comes with them. If you say your a gamer to the wrong person you are likely to get a strange look from them. If you are an adult gamer you likely heard the phrase ..... " aren't those games for kids " at some point in your life.