If you were to make a game, would you put in a story?
I'd insert a
basic premise epic backstory; I have a few in my mind... but apart from that I'm keen to let players find their own way around, do what they want to. You can expect tons of in-universe lore from me, but no actual story beyond small quests and missions. I just like setting up a world, it's a lot more flexible than a story with a specific setting, and doesn't necessarily have to be less detailed.
Do you think Story truly matters in a game?
Growing up with games that lack much for story, I've always felt having one at all to be unnecessary. Instead, the gameplay should be compelling enough on its own to keep someone playing — rarely so, but examples of this might be
X or
Dwarf Fortress, depends how you are with cliff-face learning curves. Indeed it seems that the games I find most enjoyable are the hardest to actually get into in the first place.
Do you think devs aren't putting enough time into stories for their games?
Probably not, but as you can probably gather, that was never my concern.
I think they aren't putting enough into gameplay. It's alright shooting people, it's nice to have a compelling storyline if you want one, but at the end of the day it's still shooting people and progressing the plot. If that's all I'm going to do, at least let me kill people with... I dunno, a gun that shoots telephone poles or something.
Do you wish games told you more epic, detailed stories like TV, Movies etc. are expected to?
Well... no, else I'd watch a movie or read a book. I hold nothing against games that focus on story (ie. visual novels), just, I wouldn't want every game to be like that. It would be nice to see more effort put into originality in most aspects including story, but the lobby for this has been around for long enough that it's clearly not happening much anyway, at least not among the larger developers.
Is there any particular game story you're fond of?
Nothing comes to mind.
Is there any particular game story you despise?
Not really. I don't tend to pay attention...