The relationship between esports titles and their in-game stories, or lore, is pretty weird. Some games have almost none. Others had to build a story to justify why the game exists at all. We’ve had companies backtrack entirely and re-write their game’s lore from the ground up. And in others, the lore is just downright f@#!ing weird.
Written by: Josh Bury (@ThrownGauntlet)
Shot & Edited by: Jason Durante (@JayJay_Durante)
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So, what is the dumbest character or game lore you've ever come across? Or maybe tell us which esport has the best lore? I'm a little biased, but I think farming simulator has the best… ?
Batmans lore is so dark
Magic the Gathering is getting a big esports soon. Good Lore incoming! 🙂 Who Plays Mtg? Hit like:D
Oh that's what shattered bs is
Haven't played for so long
Edgelord
He called illadan edgelord
????
Kazuya survived because of the devil gene
See, the thing is nobody gives a shit about the characters in cs. Its about having a fucking skin. Its like weapon skins, but now you‘re one yourself.
It makes no sense, because you can‘t even look at your own skin but i‘ll be damned if i don‘t have one.
Also, league lore sucks and noone gives a fuck. I dont even know why it exists. I just have some friends who know weirdly specific details about characters. I play the champion for the model/play-design. Not the lore
Any video on video game lore should always mention Demon Souls/Dark Souls
CSGO has some of the best eSports lore, wtf are you talking about? Olof, Cold, Simple etc. Happy Deag, KennyS knife, Simpling throwing Awp, thats lore. Try again
Thank God for having Slacks
He is a Gift to the Dota Community
Dota 2 is dogshit. says the guy who's wearing an Invoker shirt. Nice.
This didn’t show up in my sub box yesterday lol thanks Susan
Fighting games have the most fun lore tbh
Chip from guilty gear is an American drug addict turned into a weeb ninja who later created an empire named after him which he is the president of.
Street Fighter V story mode is the stupidest lore I have ever seen in a game.
Edit: I haven't played Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite but saw some videos of the story mode… god damn Capcom what is wrong with you?
Overwatch players cant relate
rocket league the movie starring jason statham needs to happen and happen soon. When cars explode, can be a tragic event in the movie too!
Put in your bio "Department Janitor of theScore Esports"
LoL's lore is definitely an exception at this point.
People love to point at the retcon topic to put it down, but it's become damn good over time.
They released a whole ass book with great reviews, have created a website detailing the stories of LoL beautiful, and even Marvel has noticed this and releases consistent comics on LoL's lore.
It's pretty legit at this point.
They don’t need stories- esports is all about the player storylines. Fighting games is the only genre that I can say combines game and player storylines effectively.
I think the McCree fart joke is the first one I've laughed at in over 20 years. lol
if this guy thinks the cs skins were for lore hes delusional and desperate for content, its just the next skin to buy…..
League lore nowadays is legendary