What game has the best story?

[Belgarath]

The lol page has a flash of a guy with a spoon in his brain and some candy jumping around...

 

[NearbyHermit]

Thaks a lot,that sounds like Silent Hill 4

 

[TheSandWraith]

- Half-Life
- Morrowind
Enough said.

 

[NearbyHermit]

Well,the new game Haze has a stupid story,Nectar Soldiers

 

[Steel_Stallion]

Personally, i think any game with Magic has a horrible Plot line. Because then usually, writers get lazy and can make shortcuts by going (Eh, lets just say he gets magically revived by the phoenix dragon or some shit...)

Of course knowing them, the shortcut is usually alot worse. Thats excluding the FF series, I think its a stupid plot anyways, but atleast its not like the others.


I'd say Bioshock, Mass Effect or Grand Theft Auto 4.

And maybe Assasins creed... but i cant say that, since the cliff hanger ending killed it. Although, the ending is ingenious, if you study the... "Things" that appear at the end and understand what they mean (Screw that i couldnt do it, i looked it up on the internet). I dont want to spoil it for those who dont know or actually care.

 

[NearbyHermit]

Assassins Creed is a failure ,a copy after Prince of Persia and nothing more

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Best story?

I'm tempted to say Mass Effect, but Kotor 2 just does it for me. It's subtle, dark and even a bit emotional (love the dantooine scene at the end).

Assassins Creed is a failure ,a copy after Prince of Persia and nothing more

Assassin's Creed is Prince of Persia with better platforming, sandbox environnement, better graphics and more realistic sword fighting... actually, it barely resembles Prince of Persia.

 

[NearbyHermit]

Will,I think you should know better,the 4th part of Prince of Persia is just like Assassins Creed,I say this probably cause I dont like the game.

Anyway,Gothic has a more saga storyline.Very Good!

 

[KYTON]

Boulders Gate (spelling is wrong i think) or Morrowind. (He He I'm old school).

 

[NearbyHermit]

Baldur's Gate and Oblivion

 

[TheDivineBoss]

Baldur's Gate, Morrowind ánd Oblivion.

 

[Tyranid]

I can't decide which so I'll go on ahead and say:
The Gothic Series
Fallout 1 & 2
Planescape: Torment

 

[NearbyHermit]

There are some old games,well playable on console or emulator:
Kick Master,Kage,Digger.

 

[redmarine]

When I was a mindless little kid I loved Super Mario!

 

[brad.dude03]

Assassins Creed is a failure ,a copy after Prince of Persia and nothing more

Except that Assassin's Creed is better than every prince of Persia game besides the remake of the original...

 

[Tyranid]

Except that Assassin's Creed is better than every prince of Persia game besides the remake of the original...

What's with this debate? The Prince of Persia games (Sands of Time and after that) have been made by the same people as Assassin's Creed. I see no point in arguing which is a rip-off of which since Game Developers tend to combine ideas from their previous games into newer games.

 

[brad.dude03]

Yeah, and Ubisoft really screwed up on all of them except Sands of Time.

 

[NearbyHermit]

Now,I call each of you,to settle:

Which game has the best story?The ultimate storyline game?

 

[brad.dude03]

Half Life .

 

[NearbyHermit]

I vote for Half Life ,too

 

[FreshMobster]

It's obvious that his title should go to Mafia (2002). Then whole atmosphere simply sucks you in. It's like you're more of a watching a superbly scripted movie, than playing another blow-'em-up game. I just hope the second game will live up to the expectations storywise.

To make this post bigger (and then return after 2 months just to post another of my endless opinions) I also must mention that Myst series maintains a good story. Game characters rarely bump in, while the player's exploring different ages. So that leaves him to find out what's happening by himself. At times player may even experience that he doesn't have the control over story, everything is happening behind his back, and then he turns around just to find no one there, besides a small script of the story. After that he adds it to the whole pot.

 

[NearbyHermit]

In this area goes the FF saga, from 1 to 12.

In 12 episodes,they envelope a long story

 

[Gilles]

Nhl 95 .

 

[NearbyHermit]

Sport game,with a storyline?Im sorry to say but that isnt much.

 

[mato2]

POP's story was awesome

 

[redmarine]

The best and most complicated story-line is Half-Life.

 

[Gilles]

God of War was pretty cool, although not "the best".

 

[NearbyHermit]

I must say that Half Life is owning here,but can any of you think of older games,Heroes has a great storyline,if you read the dialogues.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

Deus Ex. Say otherwise and I'll stab your testicles with a soldering iron.

There are plenty of Japanese visual novels with awesome storylines, but they're created just for, in fact, the storyline and don't have many gameplay elements, so I guess you can't call them actual games.

 

[brad.dude03]

I have a ton of Japanese visual novels for Dreamcast. Some are really great, and others are just damned strange.

 

[emperor_d3st]

I can't decide which so I'll go on ahead and say:
Fallout 1 & 2

So true. I have played quite a lot games in my life but the Fallout 1 and 2 was far the most amazing. Its non-linear gamestyle, kickass humour and awesome storyline is second to none.


I haven't played Deus Ex and Gothic too much but I plan to play them some day. Half-Life has a somewhat entertaining gameplay but excuse me.. Story? Any grade-schooler kid could make up a story like Half-Life's. There is nothing extraordinary about it and I played Hl1 through like 2 times, Hl2 and episode 1 a gazillion times since I have a kid brother who loves that game, so I kinda know every dialog by heart.. and it's just not so impressive.

 

[Moontraveler]

I'm going to say Morrowind even though it rips off Dune.

 

[Videosurfer101]

Earthbound I think has the best, if not the funniest. It's the only rpg where its really fun to talk to all the npc's because they have somthing witty to say.

 

[emperor_d3st]

I haven't played Earthbound but it's clear you haven't played Fallout

 

[Childeric]

Im gonna have to go with Final Fantasy VII or IX. Or XII... IV is good too... Damn!

I don't know if this counts but, the Warhammer 40k universe has thousands of seperate storylines, each and everyone amazing in its own right.

 

[TheDivineBoss]

Baldur's Gate. Why? Check the books, storyline and characters.

 

[NearbyHermit]

Ah Dungeon Siege,if you go in a library in that game and buy a book,you read it and your gameplay changes,for those books are great guides trough story and paths.

 

[cheesdude]

Mass Effect is one of the few console games where i was worried how everything is going to unfold.

The story is truly remarkable. Anyone who owns a 360 needs to play Mass Effect.

There's also PC version.

 

[brad.dude03]

Yeah, so why buy a console to get it when you can play it on PC? Unless of course you already have a 360 in which case absolutely buy it for that because everything will be way better since it wont be a poorly engineered port, like all of Bioware's PC Games.

 

[Sephiroth_VII]

I loved God of Wars story, It was pretty cool.
However the best story would have to go to the Final fantasy series, if you could call it a series that is.

 

[Captain Griffen]

I'm going to say Morrowind even though it rips off Dune.

Not really. Superficially only.

But Morrowind is awesome. The story isn't the best, but its sense of culture might well be.

Deus Ex has to win for story, hands down.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

Deus Ex has to win for story, hands down.

Here's to hoping Deus Ex 3 is going to come out great, despite the fact that Warren Spector is no longer working on the game series.

 

[brad.dude03]

....

WHAT?

It might as well be Battlefield 2142 with RPG mods then.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

....

WHAT?

It might as well be Battlefield 2142 with RPG mods then.

Yes, but Warren Spector worked on System Shock but not System Shock 2, and System Shock 2 turned out pretty damn fine.

 

[Captain Griffen]

He also worked on that game they made after DX. That one I try to block out of my mind due to how much of a butchery it was.

I just hope DX3 has Gunther "Awesome" Hermann in it.

 

[brad.dude03]

Oh, you mean INVISIBLE WAR?

That the one you're talking about?

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

He also worked on that game they made after DX. That one I try to block out of my mind due to how much of a butchery it was.

Pretty sure his role was a lot smaller than the one he played in the creation of the original.

I just hope DX3 has Gunther "Awesome" Hermann in it.

Laputan Machine.

 

[Far Aldazar Din]

I have a few picks. Tales of Symphonia has a great story-line (it is a LONG ass game!). Umm, Golden Sun I and II and a classic that I will play over alot.

 

[F4talWr4th]

Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy (I prefer those Psycho killing stories)

 

[Sion36]

I'd have to say Half-Life 1&2, Tales of Symphonia, Baldur's Gate 2, and Gothic 1&2 all have awesome story-lines.