Your favorite game- for the STORY?
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God of War. The level of presentation and absolutely perfect pacing makes the interesting story rise to a captivating one. It's amazing how much personality they gave a character like Kratos.
Another favorite, Skies of Arcadia; it's only redeeming factor is its charm...an UNGODLY amount of charm.
Another favorite, Skies of Arcadia; it's only redeeming factor is its charm...an UNGODLY amount of charm.
the entire gothic 1,2NOTR and 3.
gothic 3 forsaken gods is totally messed up looks like the story is written by a 10 year old not even going to try it
gothic 3 forsaken gods is totally messed up looks like the story is written by a 10 year old not even going to try it
Either Baldur's Gate (both of them together, not just the first one), or, weirdly, Arcanum.
The story in Arcanum was odd, but it was actually well-suited to the game and dug into an interesting philosophical issue: is it better to risk suffering and pain in order to be happy, or better never to experience anything? Is living worth the price?
The main problem was that the game was buggy and erratic and there were several important story points that it was easily possible to miss out on entirely if you didn't do things in JUST the right way. (As in NwN2 . . . some of the later developments could be completely bizarre and obscure if you managed to miss the preceding events by not triggering some of the side-quests correctly.)
So, Arcanum: Story awesome, Implementation crap.
The story in Arcanum was odd, but it was actually well-suited to the game and dug into an interesting philosophical issue: is it better to risk suffering and pain in order to be happy, or better never to experience anything? Is living worth the price?
The main problem was that the game was buggy and erratic and there were several important story points that it was easily possible to miss out on entirely if you didn't do things in JUST the right way. (As in NwN2 . . . some of the later developments could be completely bizarre and obscure if you managed to miss the preceding events by not triggering some of the side-quests correctly.)
So, Arcanum: Story awesome, Implementation crap.
This may sound strange but i liked Dark Messiah, the plot itself was average but the way it was told was awesome. There were cutscenes but they were still in the first person and the dream ones are seriously messed up. Also getting impaled from an first person perspective is nasty for all the right reasons.
The best game for me story wise whould be any game in the halo series. There are several bestselling novels as well(for halo) that i also enjoy.
Its funny, everyone i know who has played halo 2 says that its campaign sucked, but in my opinion, it had the best campaign out of the three.
The second choice for me would be Viking : Battle for Asguard. The story to this game was great, and so was the gameplay. It was one of the best games ive played in a while. This game needs to be recognized more, not enough people give it credit. It has massive battles, perfect combat, an all-out great package.
My third choice would be any game in the half-life series, though the story is not as epic and the gameplay is repetive sometimes, you gotta give it credit. And headcrabs are stupid. I rofled when i saw then for the first time.
Its funny, everyone i know who has played halo 2 says that its campaign sucked, but in my opinion, it had the best campaign out of the three.
The second choice for me would be Viking : Battle for Asguard. The story to this game was great, and so was the gameplay. It was one of the best games ive played in a while. This game needs to be recognized more, not enough people give it credit. It has massive battles, perfect combat, an all-out great package.
My third choice would be any game in the half-life series, though the story is not as epic and the gameplay is repetive sometimes, you gotta give it credit. And headcrabs are stupid. I rofled when i saw then for the first time.
Bioshock for it's many layers of information to give the player (IE Cutscenes, Quests, Radio Messages all hint at the full story) and Half-Life 2 for having such an intimate story; a story so gripping that in one of the last chapters you're sitting in a pod doing absolutely nothing.. and loving it.
I had a vote but before I get to it:
Planescape: Torment can not be mentioned enough. Not only was the story brilliant but the voice acting and dialogue really brought the story to full life for me. I sooo want a sequel to it. After I beat it I played through again for one goal only: To see inside Fall-From-Grace's diary. I never did find out what was in it. Did anyone else? If I don't get an answer here I'm starting a thread on this one.
Ok, on to one of my personal favs:
One button combos should only be used in Kengo, I don't go in for super Japanimized dragon robots and yet I'm going to play Legend of Dragoon again for the story. I loved the story line so much I overlooked what was for me absolutely horrid gameplay and only so-so graphics. Legend of Dragoon pulled at my heart strings in the end enough to get a tear out of me. Certainly plenty of cliches in it and yet, it's compelling enough that it's sitting out with my short stack of games to play.
Last note: Would someone kindly save me the misery of researching it myself and explain the captivation of the Halo storyline, without referencing the books in any way? (if you have to read a book to get the story line of the game screw the game. Read the book then play the game if it's worth it.)
Planescape: Torment can not be mentioned enough. Not only was the story brilliant but the voice acting and dialogue really brought the story to full life for me. I sooo want a sequel to it. After I beat it I played through again for one goal only: To see inside Fall-From-Grace's diary. I never did find out what was in it. Did anyone else? If I don't get an answer here I'm starting a thread on this one.
Ok, on to one of my personal favs:
One button combos should only be used in Kengo, I don't go in for super Japanimized dragon robots and yet I'm going to play Legend of Dragoon again for the story. I loved the story line so much I overlooked what was for me absolutely horrid gameplay and only so-so graphics. Legend of Dragoon pulled at my heart strings in the end enough to get a tear out of me. Certainly plenty of cliches in it and yet, it's compelling enough that it's sitting out with my short stack of games to play.
Last note: Would someone kindly save me the misery of researching it myself and explain the captivation of the Halo storyline, without referencing the books in any way? (if you have to read a book to get the story line of the game screw the game. Read the book then play the game if it's worth it.)