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Originally Posted by Trep
Wait a minute. When the publishers give us this bullshit about stories not selling, and yet there are posts and threads talking about stories in games (like this damn thread), even in other genres like FPSs and RPGs, where the hell are the publishers getting this idea?
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Because "what sells" is:
• Over 8 upgradable weapons
• Featuring 12 distinct destructable urban environments
• Drive 3 different vehicles including a badass tank
• Downloadable content over xbox live!
• Featuring the voices of some B-list rappers, and a theme song by Godsmack
In other words:
• Blow shit up loudly to bad groove/metal/rap oriented pap while possibly looking at some boobs.
Story might be what makes people like us come back to a game time and again over the years, but if they buy it in the first place because of a bunch of bulleted lists, who cares if they come back! They already shelled out the fifty bucks! They'll shell out another fifty for the sequel too, assuming it has a few extra bulleted items tacked on.
