Week 8 - story telling in games

i think that story teling in games is a bit of a weird subject, as how i see it there are predominantly 2 types of gamer.
some like the games for the story, and some like it for the gameplay, such as online gaming against freinds and such.
as for online gaming, i don't think there is much need for a story line, as most of the enjoyment comes in playing with your freinds and against other people, so the gaming expeirience is most often differenet in certain aspects everytime you play different people.

but as for single player, and non online games, i dont think story is all that matters,
for example some games that i play i might really enjoy the story line, but if the gameplay isnt very good, i could just watch all the cinematics or cut scenes from the game, or the game even might aswell be a film.

but on the other hand, i think games can be quite boring without story lines, as sometimes the main reason i will play a game untill 4 o clock in the morning is cuz the story line is so interesting, that i cant wait to see what happns, or if there is a major plot twist of some sort.

mostly what im trying to say is that what i think is that setting aside online games, games need a good mix of gameplay and storyline, but if it has decent, fun replayable gameplay, then the story can just get better and better, making the game better and better.