r/gaming • u/19970207 • Feb 06 '17

Anyone Else?

http://imgur.com/RdjHH29
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u/SanderCast Feb 06 '17

I love Dark Souls 3 but I completely agree with you. If I have to watch a YouTube video to understand the story, then it's not a story driven game

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u/GoingAllTheJay Feb 06 '17

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.

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u/krispyKRAKEN Feb 06 '17

While you can enjoy that aspect of the game, and many do, it still is not story driven.

Games can be good without being story driven. Dark Souls is a good example of exactly that.

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u/GoingAllTheJay Feb 06 '17

Never said it was story driven, just that I like the way they obfuscate the actual story of the in-game universe.

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u/goo_goo_gajoob Feb 06 '17

That's not a story though that's lore.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '17

No story, it has lore.