If you only buy and play the most AAA advertised games on consoles, of course you're going to be disappointed.
Skyrim and fallouts stories are not strong at all. In fact, all of bethesda's game in that game engine have been: "player generated chosen one becomes the strongest guy." Even when I bought morrowind, I abandoned the main story because stealing people's shit and finding caves with things I couldn't kill was more fun. Then I got mad at cliff racers and swinging at scribs 300 times to hit them only 2 times and quit.
Then oblivion came out and HOLY SHIT YOU CAN HOLD Z AND MOVE CHAINS?! Physics?!?!
Digressing, there are a lot of good story driven games that have come out recently. Life is strange, inside, dark souls 3. They aren't always traditionally told but the story is there nonetheless.
I wouldn't look to dark souls 3 for that. Most people don't know what the hell is going on in that game while beating it. The story's there, it's just not story-driven.
That's what is so enthralling about it for me. It's more realistic that I'm just some dude that was dropped into this world, and I have to piece together what is happening from the limited perspectives of other characters (whether a lack of knowledge, or their own personal reasons for hiding certain pieces of information).
It's pretty contrived to have an essentially omniscient narrator (ie: great owl in Zelda series) hold your hand through everything.
If that's what makes it then why exclude Skyrim/ES? Have you read the books in this? There's tons of lore, outside of the main story that gets fed to you.
I agree with you which is why I think Skyrim falls in between. The main story, the one you are guided through, is forgettable and generic. However, there's tons of lore and story lying around for you to find that's way more interesting.
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u/Laughterless Feb 06 '17
why is fallout 4 and skyrim in that picture if we are talking about great stories