Gameplay or Story?

[Squall Leonhart 49]

What's more important in the kingdom hearts series to you? Gameplay or story? I've seen people say the story is the most important thing, and say they absolutely loved a game because of the story even thought they didn't like the gameplay, and hate a game that they didn't like the story from even though they liked the gameplay. Personally i find that to be pretty stupid but that doesn't matter. I'm not saying you have to only love one of them, i'm just curious on which one you guys think is more important 

 

[Demyx. 10,064]

Gameplay. Because it's a game. 

[Firaga 5,947]

I wanna say just gameplay, but the story is also a big part on how I even got into the series and why it continues to be appealing to me, so I guess both.

[HarLea Quinn 26,501]

Sorry but I consider both equally important .

[ScarletArisa 128]

Sorry but I consider both equally important .

^ this.

[Geotrix 862]

Gameplay. I'm interested on how the story is gonna turn out but it's gotten so ridiculous at this point its not a top priority for me. So yeah the gameplay will always be the most important thing to me.

[WakelessDream 2,282]

I'm going to have to go with both. I love Kingdom Hearts because of the story, and it's one of the reasons I'm so into the series. But it is a video game, and what's a game without gameplay?

[Ceriraye 485]

Story all the way.

[Exiblade7 1,917]

Story for sure in my opinion. 

[MyDixieRect 2,061]

Story. It's the feels I get that separate my favourite games from my not so favourite and the story is responsible for that.

[Isamu Kuno 2,512]

The story is what originally got me into the series. I do miss the simplicity.

Edited August 15, 2014 by Isamu_Kuno

[rikunobodyxiii 700]

Both. The poorness of one can sully the other, no matter how good the other was.

[Shulk 8,623]

While I like both, the gameplay easily wins. It's not a game without gameplay, and getting to interact is what makes it so fun.

[PrinceNoctis 1,011]

Both. KH is a story driven game, if the story was bad, the game would be bad...bit it's a video game, so of course of the GAMEplay is bad, the GAME's bad too.

[AuraAce 1,126]

The gameplay is a highly expected aspect of a game for me. 

 

But I love myself a good story in a game, especially if it's good like in all Persona games and Kingdom Hearts.

[LeYenrz 276]

(skip to the last sentence if you want just my preference. It's not an opinion. it's a PREFERENCE.) 

 

in the past, gameplay was more essential. but as time has passed, in the present time story is almost essential to games. 

 

But something that's really important to all of these things is the type of game that is to be the subject of discussion. In my opinion, for quite a few of the game genres that exist, story is important to the game as it is the gameplay. But in other type of games, such as platformers, or fighters, or a few exceptions in other genres, story is not as important as we make it out to be. Hey, remember that in pretty much all current Mario Platformers, it's pretty fun to play all of them. Only a few select games (pretty much the 3D ones) was there pretty much any story at all. All of the other games involved pretty much only one goal: go and save the princess. It shows that gameplay enough is enough to entertain anyone.

 

My point is, some people (such as me) use games as a medium to retrieve good stories out of. Games such as the Professor Layton series or the Zero Escape series are pretty much text adventures. It's a book in a nutshell but it's a little interactive with little puzzles and stuff. It's like a book. but cooler.

 

Games such as the Super Mario series rely on pure gameplay to entertain the gamer. 

 

Things that make a good game depend on the qualities of the story or the gameplay. But both are somewhat optional ingredients; it is necessary to have at least some gameplay of sorts to make it a game though. Although putting at the bare minimum is just fine.  But sometimes certain genre's can't afford to put the story quality at the bare minimum or the gameplay at the bare minimum. Or else there would be no uniqueness to the genre and would put it off with some other genre. This is also why i think that some people tend to prefer certain genre's better. It's not just the style of gameplay they like most, it's the certain ratio of gameplay to story.

 

The biggest deciding factor depends on the gamer's preference. Some might favor the taste of one ingredient over the other. Some might like both just fine in any combination. This would explain why so many people hate games such as 358/2 days and so many people love it at the same time. it's a preference of the balance of the ingredients. It could be half story and half game play or 1/3 story and 2/3 gameplay or vice versa. There's multiple combinations.

 

There is no such thing as the "perfect combination" of gameplay. if that were so, then there would be a game that everyone loves. And we all know that that's impossible. There is no right answer as to which is more important in a game. Although i once again point out that the bare minimum of some gameplay is required. But that doesnt mean that the gameplay is the most outstanding or important thing in the game that is required to make it "good".

 

My preference is that the story and gameplay both go hand in hand to make good games. 

 

sorry if this you think entire mini-essay was pure bull crap.

[Isaix 924]

I like both of course,but the story is what got me into Kingdom Hearts and its the story that I'm really looking forward to in Kingdom Hearts 3

[D0G3 66]

Story all the way! I love the gameplay, but the story always pulls me in time and time again. Honestly, most of the time in games I prefer story to gameplay. Although It's PERFECT if a game can manage to have both fun and addictive gameplay and an epic and awesome story like Kingdom Hearts does. 

[Yuya Sakaki 5,212]

Both. There's no other option for me. I would go into details but some members above have pretty much explained why.

 

Peace!

[Keyblade Master Xoncron 499]

Both are equally important.