Granted, many games in the genre suffer from poor storytelling, but it's not clear why telling stories is seen as a special problem for these games. The solution seems obvious and there are straightforward examples of how to do it in games that share core characteristics with games like Anthem, The Division, Diablo and Destiny. Aside from the worlds in which they're typically set, the major difference between MMOs and loot games is that MMOs tell hundreds of stories and loot games don't. There’s nothing about the economics or core gameplay of loot games that makes good storytelling excessively difficult. However, two changes need to be made if loot games are going to support storytelling.

Source: Forbes March 03, 2019 16:30 UTC