Story or Gameplay?

[Bokishi]

Hmmm....

[OLD SKOOL WHEELMAN]

Um, Story?

 

I can't really say...both are equally important to me....

[Dark Wanderer]

Story for me, no doubt. a game with good gameplay but little or no story is just plain booring.

[Meshugger]

If we're solely talking about KotOR, then i would choose 'story', since the gameplay has already been explained

 

Generally speaking though, i would prefer a game with mediocre gameplay and a very good story in favour of a game with a bad story and great gameplay. Since it should be the story (especially in the RPG genre) that keeps the gamer interested in continuing the game.

[Ivan the Terrible]

Depends heavily on the genre. In RPGs, story without a doubt. PS:T's gameplay is average, at best, but the storyline beats anything else out there.

[GhostofAnakin]

story for me.

 

if i can't get in to the story, i can't get in to the game.

[Alexia]

Story

[Nartwak]

Story.

[OLD SKOOL WHEELMAN]

Only one person voted 'Gameplay'...

[Tyrell]

KOTOR was great cause it had a good gameplay system and a compelling story. In the case of The Sith Lords, the gameplay is really a carbon-copy of the original so gamers won't be expecting anything new there. So whats going to sell TSL is the story. Graphics, sound, and gameplay remain the same.

 

Again, if there is going to be anything that will make TSL a classic like KOTOR, its going to have to be the story. With that being said, the story is....going to have to be better then KOTOR's.

[Your Execution]

Story

[ShinIchiro]

Gameplay...Think about it.

 

If you have fun, who cares what the story is, or if it doesn't have one.

 

If you have story without gameplay, it's like reading a book (which is good, but not why you're playing a videogame).

[Nartwak]

which is good, but not why you're playing a videogame

 

I can speak for myself, thanks.

[Kill Jar Jar]

Gameplay...Think about it.

 

If you have fun, who cares what the story is, or if it doesn't have one.

 

If you have story without gameplay, it's like reading a book (which is good, but not why you're playing a videogame).

I wouldn't spend $50 for KOTOR 2 when I already own KOTOR 1 if the only draw was the gameplay. And I wouldn't have played KOTOR through 3 times for gameplay either. For me, it was exploring other elements of the story that drew me back to play through KOTOR multiple times...

[nik_bg]

For RPG the most important is story. Gameplay is next. Otherwise it is not RPG but something else. (and yet RPG means roleplaying game, but not rocket propelled grenade )

 

Nik.

[Sarkile]

A big reason to play a game for it's story over reading a book is the interactivity that the game can provide. Saying "if you want story just read a book!!1" really pisses me off.

[Exar Dulo]

Il ike them both. RPG's combine many kinds of stuff - combat, story, adenture. That's why they're my favorite games, after all.

[Darth Sun_Tzu]

For a really good game, you cant have one without the other.

 

Faith!

[ampulator00]

My my, what a decision. If you ask me, it really depends. A game must have both. but gameplay takes precedent in most situations. However, there are many great games that have the gameplay wrap around the story.

[alanschu]

I agree with Sun Tzu.....you cannot really have one without the other.

 

Gameplay is the means by which you travel through the story, but without the story there is no reason to have any gameplay.

 

Gameplay tends to be a vague term anyways. But I wouldn't play a game with crappy gameplay even with a super sweet story, and vice versa. But if I would prefer decent gameplay with an excellent story than a decent story with fantastic gameplay.

[JohnDoe]

Both are important, but I'll probably end up finishing a game with crappy gameplay and a good story just to complete the story, while a game with only gameplay I'll get bored off before the end.

[Guest Fallen Jedi]

Story...

[Exar Dulo]

Story...

Read a book, as i love to say...

[Tyrell]

For those who picked gameplay let me ask you a question. Answer it honestly now. For KOTOR, do you think that it would have been as great as it was if it had a sorry storyline?

 

Whether you know it or not, it was the story aspect that made KOTOR a great game. Ask the developers of Bioware and they'll say it. Ask the developers of Obisidian and they'll say it.

 

TSL is a RPG, and no matter how good the graphics and gameplay is, the game will suck if the story sucks. The RPG genre relies on the story aspect. Action Adventure, FPS and games like that, it is the gameplay that makes or breaks the game. With RPGs its the story that makes or breaks the game.

 

Look at Final Fantasy 7. Why is that considered a classic? Cause of its graphics? No! Cause of its gameplay? No, but it helped. It was the story that everyone remembered at liked.

 

So in the case of The Sith Lords, the story is the most important aspect considering that it is a RPG.

[ShinIchiro]

Good point, but answer this, would KOTOR have been as great with no gameplay? Also, I think the FF7 story was good, but FFVIII will live forever!!!!! Also, I thought FF7 was so great because it was the first of its time. FFVII was the virst 3D style good RPG with half-decent graphics. The story was good I guess, but I've seen better. No matter how good the story is, the game will suck without gameplay.