Do you agree with chief Bethesda writer Emil Pagliarulo's view that RPG stories should "Keep It Simple, Stupid"?

Do you agree with chief Bethesda writer Emil Pagliarulo's view that RPG stories should "Keep It Simple, Stupid"?

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You really have no choice

Tell me how many people praise and remember modern Bethesda games for their storytelling.

There's your answer.

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Morrowing has a 10/10 story, are you high?

as much as you can give Emil shit for his abysmal writing, but the real fucking retard who does the dogshit writing is Brian Chapin

Entirely depends on what's being discussed. Generally speaking, I do agree. Look at Fallout New Vegas for example. The RPG mechanics are relatively straightforward, the story's goals are clear cut (hunt down guy that shot you), and how the player navigates the world is just a matter of walking where you want to go/following a marker.

The important distinction though is to use a simple base then build from there. The RPG mechanics are simple where you choose a perk every two levels and put points into various stats. But then those perks give you more dialogue options, ways to navigate the story, and options for quests. The story is initially simple, but then it continues to grow as you meet each faction and realize how all of their goals converge on your actions.

Starting simple in terms of writing and gameplay is important I think. But the devs should be able to trust the player to learn the mechanics and various plot threads well enough for them to expand throughout the game. If a dev keeps things simple from start to finish, you may be able to make a game accessible to a lot of people, but you won't make much of an impact on the player by the end. If they even finish the game.

I consider you and people like you my literal enemies.

Emil is a retard who doesn't abide by his own rules. Fo4's plot is a jumbled mess that makes no sense. It's trying to be a story about family, but also slavery and also heady themes on what it means to be human. But then on top of that you have the interfactional politics that aren't nearly as fleshed out as say New Vegas or STALKER or whatever. It's a jumbled mess that has nothing interesting to say and even worse forces to the player to sit through it's garbage with it's incredibly railroaded structure.

He's written like 3 games and still can't figure out why everyone skips the boring ass main quest to be a dickass thief.

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>morrowind
>modern bethesda

That's pretty sensible. There can be complexities but if you have to make the player sit through hours of exposition before the story even starts then you should probably just write a novel instead of making an RPG.