I'm getting tired of notes/audio logs fleshing out the story in video games.

[Regular_P]

Playing through Dishonored 2 right now and this is simply tiresome. A book, memo or audio log is seemingly in every other room. Once in a while there's useful information, so I'm clicking on each one I find, but most of them are just random stories for extra "world building." Bioshock did this a lot too.

I'm tired of this stuff. Just give me the pertinent info in cut scenes and keep it moving.

 

[ORDER_66]

Game Creators being lazy as fukk... it's becoming a staple...

It be nice if we had a little visual representation with all these backstories too

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

felt the same with metal gear V

that game engine needs some love though its the best i've seen this side of the current gen.

 

[Maxine Shaw]

Playing through Dishonored 2 right now and this is simply tiresome. A book, memo or audio log is seemingly in every other room. Once in a while there's useful information, so I'm clicking on each one I find, but most of them are just random stories for extra "world building." Bioshock did this a lot too.

I'm tired of this stuff. Just give me the pertinent info in cut scenes and keep it moving.

I don't recall any of the Dishonored books/letters giving anything to the story, so you can skip them. They're just there. Bioshock Infinite, on the other hand? A pox on all those fukking logs!!!

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

I appreciate it when it's done to keep the pace of the game moving but when its used as an obvious lazy mechanic as an alternative to crafting well thought out cut scenes its frustrating and cheapens the experience of the game overall.

 

[TripleAgent]

It worked in Bioshock, and everyone else jumped on it as a way to add "story" where there isn't one.

 

[Kingshango]

As long as it's not putting %95 of the story into them (looking at you MGSV) then it's fine.

The best implementation of them are in the Resident Evil games IMO.

 

[TransJenner]

I use to hate this shyt

 

[rtrRaven]

Facts. MGSV

 

[Brandeezy]

MGSV is the biggest culprit of this. People were complaining about cut scenes in 4 so they put them in audio files lmao

 

[Dre Space Age]

its lazy storytelling

 

[Fatboi1]

Stealth MGSV Thread

 

[Gonzo]

I don't know about dishonored but games like Skyrim you totally submerge yourself in the story and that's just part of the game mechanics, you want to believe there is a living breathing world rich with history.

 

[ORDER_66]

I don't know about dishonored but games like Skyrim you totally submerge yourself in the story and that's just part of the game mechanics, you want to believe there is a living breathing world rich with history.

Skyrim has actual books with lore...YOU CAN READ That can give you skill points AND EVEN QUESTS!!!

 

[TransJenner]

I don't know about dishonored but games like Skyrim you totally submerge yourself in the story and that's just part of the game mechanics, you want to believe there is a living breathing world rich with history.

Honestly Skyrim was one of the best games I ever played


I remember I got it for free and only played for like 1 hour and got bored as fukk !!!

I went back like a year later and became ADDICTED

I don't play video games that much but I was playing that shyt for 7-10 a day and I was high