Ninja Theory: Get the story right and it will lift the gameplay
Story trumps gameplay
Ninja Theory's Tameem Antoniades has said that he reckons that getting the story right outweighs the working on the gameplay.
Antoniades told VideoGamer in a recent interview that getting the story right in a narrative-driven cna lift the game in a way that good gameplay cannot.
He said: "I still see a prejudice, actually. I still come across a lot of people who say, "it's a game and it doesn't need a story." You're trying to make a particular point of storytelling, trying to refine it, and somebody says "it's just a game, it doesn't matter." What's more important - the gameplay or the story? If you're doing a [story-based] game, it's got to be the story, actually."
Antionaides added: "There is a symbiosis where, if you get it right, both story and gameplay can be elevated."
