Story or Gameplay, How It Affects People to Love a Game.
Background
Video game is one of the visual moving image out there. Video game has been become a good way to spend the time alone or together. Most people play video game vividly because they want to be relax. However, upon these past few years, some people argue between each other about what is more important, enjoying the video game on its story or enjoying video game on its gameplay? These debate has been debated for years and people are defending each other opinions regardless how is important between both elements to create a game that enjoyable for both of the players. Casting some supreme beliefs, what is more important in video game, a story or a gameplay, or the graphic? We are knowing that they cannot exist within one entity, we cannot have a good story with a good gameplay, vice versa. It has become unwritten rule among the society. They always feel one side is less dominant.
Reason
The reason of these researches are because the debate is endless and to enhance some knowledge of fellow people who enjoys playing games, it is far better to educate them rather than debating over nothing. We also would like to know how big is story in game affects the whole game and how is the game play could be important in story development as well.
Objective
The objectives of these researches is the researcher will be able to conduct experiment towards people and the researcher will be able to socialize the important of having them both Story and Gameplay together. None of them are dominance and the researches want to help the developers to be able to gain more information regarding game industry. To answer most people opinion between why story is better than gameplay and vice versa. Most important objective is to understand what kind of narratives is people nowadays prefers.
Expectation
The researcher expects that people understand about a game not only affected by story and gameplay, but lots of aspect how it can be a good game. The researchers also expect society will get over the debate and enjoy the game as much as they can regardless their belief. Moreover, the researcher wants to help the game designer and game developer to be able to maintain and create good games in the future.
Method
Research Perspective
Transformative/Post Positivism.
Research Approach
Mixed between qualitative and quantitative.
Type of Data
-Fellow Gamers
-Common people who plays game
-Polling to get information which one is more popular, story focus game or gameplay focus game.
Type of Analysis
Story and Gameplay is both important to create a good game.
Timeline
Getting journal sources as well as getting some printed information on the books.
Conduct an online survey by spreading polling and surveys through the internet.
Conduct discussion forums on some big game forums such as Gamefaqs, Reddit, IGN, and Gamespot.
Conduct online interview within several gaming group in Indonesia.
Reference Guide
http://www.gamespot.com/forums/games-discussion-1000000/gameplay-vs-story-29378027/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/2rae44/whats_your_opinion_on_gameplay_vs_storylore/
Putu Deny Pratama Saputra 