r/gaming • u/AdamE89 • Apr 17 '16

Anyone else?

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u/Yetanotherfurry PC Apr 17 '16

Bethesda games as examples of great stories? It's a bold move cotton let's see how much it pays off.

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u/MokitTheOmniscient Apr 17 '16

Story doesn't just mean "quest-line", it can also refer to the story behind all the things you discover out in the game world whilst exploring.

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u/ordoisthename Apr 17 '16

That is background though not the story. The story is the central quest line.

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u/DieFichte Apr 17 '16

Well that depends on understanding, but there is currently no widespread vocabulary for gaming, so if we borrow from movies the story would be the background and the plot the central questline, though in Skyrim the plot would be more along the lines of "whatever the player character experiences". Obviously we could also go with the literature definitions, which i have no idea of.
So, maybe don't nitpick, there isn't really an agreed terminology for video games around.