Most Stupid Plotline

[Zeh Don]

Well, anything out of Blizzard Entertainment post-World of Warcraft is a contender. I mean, Starcraft II's story line was insulting bad.

But, I think the cake has to go to Diablo III. On top of everything else the game got wrong, the story line is the worst I've ever experienced in a AAA title, and damn near the worst story I've ever been told period. I can't think of a single thing that made sense, felt organic or natural, or felt like it belonged.
There were plenty of World of Warcraft winks, though.

 

[Auron225]

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Ok, just about all of that stuff was ridiculous and I'll give you that, but;

-A 28 year old woman trapped in a 14 year old's body, who is the lead's "romantic interest". How Squicky of you, Squeenix.

Umm, no? The "romantic interest" was Dr Lucrecia (sp?). I don't think Shelke was ever meant to be seen as a romantic interest - she was just a main-ish character. Even disregarding Lucrecia, the next most likely candidate for romantic interest would be Shelkes' sister but even that is a stretch.

What I really wanted to know about that game was how the heck Rosso got into a fight with Cloud and didn't die. It never showed you their fight or anything but you know it happened and if he can kill Sephiroth, he can kill her. Yet she shows up later without a scratch on her.

 

[Atmos Duality]

Umm, no? The "romantic interest" was Dr Lucrecia (sp?). I don't think Shelke was ever meant to be seen as a romantic interest - she was just a main-ish character. Even disregarding Lucrecia, the next most likely candidate for romantic interest would be Shelkes' sister but even that is a stretch.

Well...
Shelke, for a time, plays the role of Lucretia by downloading her memory (in the same stupid, unexplained manner as Hojo. Yeah, I totally believe the human psyche can fit onto six 3.5 in Floppies) to cheer Vincent on.

Later, she is shown to be the only one really "waiting" for Vincent.
And at the same time Vincent "gets over" Lucretia, accepting her forgiveness at the end.

You can downplay that angle as you want (or NEED), but I've been exposed to enough unpleasant squick to know just what angle was being played there. It's fanfic fuel, which is unfortunately apropos since Dirge's story is written like a bad fanfic. I mean, what the fuck happened between FF7 and Dirge where FF7 turned into DragonBall Z?

The other contender I had for this topic, was Drakengard, but even amidst the nasty shit in that game, I actually kinda respect its segmented plotline. It's dark as hell, and not necessarily in a good way, but it doesn't dive headfirst into cheap incompetence like Dirge...mostly anyway.

What I really wanted to know about that game was how the heck Rosso got into a fight with Cloud and didn't die. It never showed you their fight or anything but you know it happened and if he can kill Sephiroth, he can kill her. Yet she shows up later without a scratch on her.

After infiltrating Deepground, I just threw up my hands and did my best to just let the stupid plot holes wash over me.
My best guess is that because that fight didn't happen on screen, it didn't count?

I dunno.
In cutscenes, Vincent is able to one-shot boss monsters and fly.
In the actual game, Vincent is incapable of hopping over a park bench.

Dirge of Cerberus: "Consistency is for the weak."

 

[pat34us]

All of you fail for not mentioning Final Fantasy 13.

Let me remind you of the epic failure of the plot.

The party is sent on an unknown mission from an unknown god. How do they complete the mission if they don't know it you ask? Good question, because their mission was never explained in game, they just kind of wandered around hoping they would get lucky.