Am I a bad gamer?

[BreakfastMan]

Films can have stories as well. So can books. Yet they are also considered stories. Funny that.

Films and books have stories. They are still films and books. The scar on my thumb has a STORY it doesn't mean it's story belongs in the same place as films, books or even games.

Okay... Your point is?

I think the point he's trying to make is that its possible to remove the story from a game and still have a game, something you can't do in other media.

Of course, games can tell their stories through their worlds, so removing all the story is almost impossible. But if you removed all the (non-briefing) dialogue from say Half Life, you would still have a fully functional (but vastly inferior) game.

Nah, you can do that. There are films without stories (ala many porn ones, training videos, some documentaries) and books without stories (pretty much the entirety of non-fiction). I don't see what makes games so different. :/

In this scenario, we arent talking about making something without a story, but of removing story elements from an existing work. In my example, deleting dialogue from Half Life.
The story is now as non-existant as it can be, but the game just as functional.

If by "functional", you mean "I can still play it, but I have no idea what is going on and for what purpose", the yes, it is still functional. But the same thing can be accomplished with movies and books. I can extract all the fight scenes from, say, Hard Boiled, and still have a number of enjoyable fight scenes that I can still watch, but they would come with no context and no idea of what is going on. Like stripping the story from a game that has a story.

 

[demotion1]

People have different tastes which is why there are so many gaming genres. In general imo, if you are playing games that you are having fun with you are a good gamer. If you are playing games you do not have fun with you are a bad gamer.

 

[PBMcNair]

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Never said it was a good idea, just that it was possible.

 

[Zeema]

no a Bad Gamer is someone who is just a knob to anyone while playing games like someone who insults and trolls in COD or hates on games they haven't played.

your not a bad gamer

 

[Microman4]

I'm like exactly the same! I don't think that makes you a bad gamer, but obviously coming form me, it's gonna be bias

 

[Rastien]

Are you a bad gamer? anyone imo anyone can be a gamer you simply have to play games and enjoy them.

A gamer isn't on a sliding scale my friend you get schooled in tf2 by a demo man for 2 hours doesn't mean shit if YOU had fun playing the game then you are a gamer.

Sure some people are elitist about the community but nuts to them i would consider you a gamer! so dont think otherwise.

Gamers come in all shapes and sizes from your call of duty frat boys to your hide away jrpg loving people and well frat boys who love jrpgs and hide away people who love cod.

 

[RedLister]

If your having fun, your doing it right. Gaming is about having fun, right?

This pretty much sums up my opinion.