action or story?

[Nebulous]

In video games,

What's more important: action or story?

[Uncrowned Guard]

For multiplayer focused games, I prefer action.  For single player games I enjoy a good mix of just enough features with solid story telling, although I do actually enjoy single player games that offer a slower pace most of the time.

[ThunderFlash]

Action all the way!  Most new stories are just going to be terrible anyway.

[Heatman]

What's the good of a story without good action to back it up? If both action and story isn't balanced to a good extent in the game, it's not going to be so much fun for me to play it for long.