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Originally Posted by fov
Except that, by its very nature, a *good* story is one that makes you want to keep reading (or playing). In a good novel, the last page of the chapter leaves you hanging so you want to start the next chapter and find out what happens next. I think what you say about self-contained chunks makes sense in theory, but in practice, any game that's unintersting enough at the end of the chapter that you don't want/need to keep playing doesn't sound like it's building to a climax very effectively.
-emily
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Aha, I misinterpreted you. I actually meant that the game should have a large, good, overarching story (simple to suggest!), but that doesn't prevent it from being divided into chapters. I wasn't actually suggesting that they should necessarily be self-contained, though there would be ways of doing that. After all, it's possible to design chapters that are self-containted but all relate to the same story, that when completed together form a bigger picture. Like a set of cases that also contain clues to a much larger case, or playing a scenario from the point of view of multiple characters. Yes, the story would be different to that of many traditional adventures, but it could still be a good story
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