Your favorite game- for the STORY?
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For the story? Hmm, I would have to go with YOSHI'S STORY
Just kidding. [Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem] is my true choice.
Just kidding. [Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem] is my true choice.
Pumpkin_Eater said:
I heartily endorse both of those suggestions (although I would extend SS2 to SS as well).fenixrising said:
That said, I'm going to add a couple. One caveat: since you said 'favorite game for the STORY', I'm not going to look at it so much as "what game I thought had the coolest, most original story as I sat back and thought about it" so much as I'm going to make my choices based upon what story was "cool, interesting, gripping, and really immersive to me as I was playing the game".
If that's the case, then I also have to suggest:
the Half-Life series
the Myth series
the Thief series
Legacy of Kain series
Warcraft, et al.
Diablo, et al.
Marathon series
Oddworld series
...and I have this feeling I'm forgetting one important one, but I can't put my finger on it right now...
Oblivion IMO had not one, but 5 great storylines. I would say MGS but it seems every game I lose track of what's happening right at the end.
My first choice will be Mass Effect since you can modify the main character and feel that the guy/girl there is actually you.
The other story I really liked was that of Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit.It began with a slow pace, then sped up and the ending was mindblowing since literally more than half the story is stuffed in the last hour or so.
The other story I really liked was that of Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit.It began with a slow pace, then sped up and the ending was mindblowing since literally more than half the story is stuffed in the last hour or so.
KOTOR (II over I because I prefer the many shades of grey Darker & Grittier content over the more black vs. white story in I, the dialogue with Kreia alone was fantastic.)
Warcraft and WoW, some of it is LOLlore (*cough* space goats and "Alliance Thrall" *cough*) but most of it is great.
Halo, especially the Covenant backstory and the Arbiter's slow realization that the Prophets are evil. I especially appreciate the minimalism-- they convey a lot of character development in glances and short phrases and generally resist the urge to overdo (example: "were it so easy" at the end, it conveys everything about the trust John and Arby had come to have in each other). Love the fact that you don't *need* the novels, but they put in enough content in H3 that you're rewarded if you did (all of Cortana's interspersed dialogue, especially "it's the coin's fault"). I haven't played through Halo Wars yet (RTS, really really not my genre), but I kind of worry about it from a story perspective, Bungie has done such a nice job with the lore and I'm not sure how it'll be handled now that it's in others' hands.
Warcraft and WoW, some of it is LOLlore (*cough* space goats and "Alliance Thrall" *cough*) but most of it is great.
Halo, especially the Covenant backstory and the Arbiter's slow realization that the Prophets are evil. I especially appreciate the minimalism-- they convey a lot of character development in glances and short phrases and generally resist the urge to overdo (example: "were it so easy" at the end, it conveys everything about the trust John and Arby had come to have in each other). Love the fact that you don't *need* the novels, but they put in enough content in H3 that you're rewarded if you did (all of Cortana's interspersed dialogue, especially "it's the coin's fault"). I haven't played through Halo Wars yet (RTS, really really not my genre), but I kind of worry about it from a story perspective, Bungie has done such a nice job with the lore and I'm not sure how it'll be handled now that it's in others' hands.
-Silent Hill 2
-Xenogears
-Chrono Trigger
-Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
-Final Fantasy Tactics
To be fair, I haven't checked out Silent Hill 3 yet, and I haven't finished Shadow of Destiny.
Also, Shadow of the Colossus, if a great "story" can be more about creating emotion than saying stuff with words.
-Xenogears
-Chrono Trigger
-Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
-Final Fantasy Tactics
To be fair, I haven't checked out Silent Hill 3 yet, and I haven't finished Shadow of Destiny.
Also, Shadow of the Colossus, if a great "story" can be more about creating emotion than saying stuff with words.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. While MP1 had a great story in its own right, MP2 was simply amazing. The amount of detail put into the plot really made you feel for the characters.
Kingdom Hearts or Resident Evil franchises
Also Final Fantasy (all of them apart from XI and XII. They don't exsist in my book)
Also Final Fantasy (all of them apart from XI and XII. They don't exsist in my book)
Shadow of Memories (I think it's called Shadow of Destiny in the US) - it left me speechless.
In my opinion, while lots of action/adventure games have great stories, the best ones are to be found in pure adventure games, where the story is the game. Most of them were good games, so to have a list of the ones with good stories would be pointless. It is sad that the adventure game genre is in such a decline.
In my opinion, while lots of action/adventure games have great stories, the best ones are to be found in pure adventure games, where the story is the game. Most of them were good games, so to have a list of the ones with good stories would be pointless. It is sad that the adventure game genre is in such a decline.
Ok, now, I reckon I'll get a few angry responses for this, but I'm just throwing it out there...
The Eve Online backstory
I don't know if I'm the only one, but I think it's really interesting, the extra little stories that you can read on the site.
I don't know how it compares to other stories mentioned here, because I haven't played most of them (I'm shallow, I prefer gameplay over story)
The Eve Online backstory
I don't know if I'm the only one, but I think it's really interesting, the extra little stories that you can read on the site.
I don't know how it compares to other stories mentioned here, because I haven't played most of them (I'm shallow, I prefer gameplay over story)
