I like a game to have both fun gameplay and a good story. I'd say gameplay is generally the most important but a good story can help me want to keep playing a game that I'm not enjoying gameplay-wise. I don't like turn-based combat but I played the entirety of Persona 3 and 4 (which took over 100 hours each) because I loved the story and characters.
stories in video games
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Cartoonmaniac
Biggest Zelda fan this side of the South Pole
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Stories and atmosphere in video games are a big part of why I love them. That's why I am disappointed by some recent games, such as the new Call of Duty games, that just do nothing but throw you in front of a bunch of enemies. However, I don't like it when the plot of a game is too hard to follow. It has to be in that Goldilocks zone 
Djinn
and Tonic
Honestly I think nearly every game post NES era should have some story element to them. It should really not be that hard to include something to form a narrative for the player to latch on to. It's an entertainment medium and I think that includes more than lights and sounds.
Only things that are simple tasks like 80's era arcade games or mobile games where your only goal is to shoot a ball at something or build a sandwich can forego the storyline and just have gameplay alone.
Only things that are simple tasks like 80's era arcade games or mobile games where your only goal is to shoot a ball at something or build a sandwich can forego the storyline and just have gameplay alone.
Woyogoyo
The Oncoming Storm
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I don't generally play games if they don't have a good story. If the story doesn't engage me, I get bored of the game rather easily and drop it.
NintendoCN
Team Captain
I play games for the story, regardless of how bad it is. The game that had the best story to me was the .hack// quadrilogy from Infection to Quarantine. And the worst was sonic '06, if I wasn't lost I was super confused.
say,what's .hack all about
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Team Captain
It's a little hard to explain, basically your friend invites you to play an online game called "The World" shortly after going on your first adventure, your friend ends up in a coma, because he got data drained by a monster called Skeith, and your job is to save him. That is as much as I can say without spoiling too much. You can always watch an LP if you want to know more.