[Ravok99]

You wanna see a game without a story? Load up Tribes 1 and see what happened to it. Its a baseless, 2-dimensional game that uses 3-d graphics. There is the idea that you gotta fight stuff, to win things, and maybe you need to have a fast connection to get skillz - but it no longer has anything to do with the story that brought it about.

Apply modern day use of that game as compared to the game when the original enthusiasts purchased it and breathed that *sigh* of relief! "Now THIS is a game!" I said as I took it home. "I get all this equipment that does stuff, and it was made for these guys that are exploring the universe and vying for control over resources - and I am a Trooper sent out to like, be a Medic, or maybe Jam the enemy Radar.... or like, I gotta be real Fast you know, and maybe like, Intercept people or Snipe at them to keep them away from Attacking from a certain point! OR... Hey, what's a BloodEagle? OOO that is cool! Yeah! So I am this rough and tough BloodEagle guy that wears this cool armor, and has all this History?"

Compare that to what you see now.

"Oh boy, I get about three choices. My polk-a-dot undies, a Fat Armor, or my polk-a-dot undies. Maybe I can mine-disk after 3 months of practice, or something."

So, yeah, give me a game with some stories, eh? If all I wanted to do was go trigger happy all the time, I would be a pin-ball wizard or something.