Quote Originally Posted by Hiro View Post
IMHO, story is very genre dependant. For a an RPG is critical. But for an Action or ARPG it's not really critical. I have enjoyed many hours of Diablo and I barely have a cooking clue what the story was about :-)
Yeah, but often if there's a good story and not such great gameplay (e.g. Bioshock), I'll still enjoy the heck out of the game. Like with Assassin's Creed, the story line just didn't interest me so I didn't play any after the first, though Black Flags looks good now