Games?

[Maxpphire]

Oh I wasn't meaning to imply other games DON'T have character development and such, but the RPG genre is what's known for giving each character screen time and meaning. Arcade style games like PacMan or something rarely do it.

It isn't a required thing, but it makes it easier to care about what's going on, when you can relate to who you're playing as and the other characters they interact with. Below that would be a quirky or humorous cast, like Puyo Puyo or something, where there's really not a whole lot of depth to the characters, but the silly antics in the stories get you curious on what happens next. Below that still would be games that barely go into the characters at all, and so interest entirely falls on how appealing the gameplay is.

If you're into a good, fun, and competitive puzzle game series, try all the Puyo Puyo games, lol. Tsu (2) is the standard, and Fever starts the Sega acquisition phase.

I still highly disagree

I cared what was going on in my music games before I looked for the story. I care about what's going on in cooking mama, I care what going on in Your Don't Know Jack. It's actually fairly easy to care what's going on in them too, then you dig deeper for more interesting shit and you care even more and become a fan

I mean IIDX and Pop'n are both arcade games, another arcade game I live playing and care about the characters and story of the stages in Super Table Flip. That game is fantastic as well tbh

For reals, sometimes the best things don't come easy ;3