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These are two very good examples of how developers try to integrate story with gameplay. Stuff like this is way more enjoyable to me than switching between game mode and video mode (aka cut scene) or a story without actual pace to it (for example fallout3.... was I the only one who had a quest...

With WRPGs and JRPGs you´re still comparing apples to apples. Why? There always is a plot and it is always linear. You start at point A with your lvl1 Char and the game is more or less over when you reach point Z, which is the end of the narrative plot. It´s a matter of personal preverence what...

Skimmed through this thread but didn´t really find this mentioned: I think with "stagnation" he didn´t mean technic, presentation, the type of combat, but rather how the actual storytelling is done. There is a huge gap between the actual gameplay including it´s game mechanic and the...