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@RichardTyler; well that depends if the story is the most important part of the game (as in an RPG). NO ONE plays shooters, FPS, racing games, etc. for their story since is just an excuse to do things in some a defined order. What's important in them is the gameplay.

It doesn't mean that AP has a bad story (is not that bad) but KB made a better one and felt more ambitious and fun, although AP felt faster and better executed since the game is shorter and also has better gameplay.
Would Bioshock be that great of a game if the art, artistic value, the decorations, story and all of that makes Rapture so unique and well executed, from a story point of view, was the only good thing about it and the game sucked as an FPS or had horrible gameplay? I don't think so.

A good storyline always help but if the game has a bad story or none and yet the execution of the game, the gameplay and the rest of it is great, does it matter that much? Some games are not played because of their great stories but because of how fun it is to just play them not mattering if the story is good, bad or just silly.

I agree with you that a good games deserves a good story but AP wasn't that bad. It didn't have a BAD guy but, do every story have them? It just makes it easier for people to feel anger and want to accomplish the goal if there is one (the amount of games without a BAD guy is so small that is good to have some games that just care about adventure without bothering about a ridiculous excuse to advance, such as killing a random dude).

Without more comments waiting for your answer.