EPTIncredible story with one of the greatest bad guys ever (Dr. Bad Boon, *shudder* what an evil fucker...). The character development of AiAi is really remarkable and think everyone can relate to his development from the title screen glimpse we get of him as an immature and self-serving adolescent ("I really love Bananas!") to a true hero willing to lay it all on the line for everyone from his slutty girlfriend to his once bitter rival to his son from the future who came back to foil Dr. Bad Boon's diabolic plot.
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Mogwai
United States13274 Posts
Incredible story with one of the greatest bad guys ever (Dr. Bad Boon, *shudder* what an evil fucker...). The character development of AiAi is really remarkable and think everyone can relate to his development from the title screen glimpse we get of him as an immature and self-serving adolescent ("I really love Bananas!") to a true hero willing to lay it all on the line for everyone from his slutty girlfriend to his once bitter rival to his son from the future who came back to foil Dr. Bad Boon's diabolic plot. | ||
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rigelq
United States230 Posts
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Ympulse
United States287 Posts
As far as game stories go.. none have really drawn me in except for maybe FF6, and Legend of Legia. | ||
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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heishe
Germany2284 Posts
On October 28 2010 05:09 Ympulse wrote: Heishe: Look up "Necronomicon" for all your H.P.Lovecraft needs. As far as game stories go.. none have really drawn me in except for maybe FF6, and Legend of Legia. Well, according to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necronomicon), it's not an actual book, but rather a magic book that appears in a lot of Lovecrafts stories. Can you go more into detail please? I'd appreciate it  | ||
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hellsan631
United States695 Posts
So, recently, I played the first one. Within 2 days, i had completed the game, put around 15 hours into it. I played through the game several times, with the exact same character, doing just about the exact same thing, just for fun. Then, i loaded my save into ME2. I was saddened not to have all of my crew again, from the original story, as after each mission in the original, i talked to them. I got to know them, and learned to trust them. I played trough ME2 in about 4 days or so. I have never been hooked to a game's story, and wanting to replay it like this. EVER. Once 3 comes out, im going to play all of them several times, to unlock the most awesome endings. + Show Spoiler + I did a paragon path in both games, and saved wrex and the consul, choosing anderson as human rep. Then, I got the best ending in ME2, and also did the shadow broker DLC. | ||
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LOLtex
United States148 Posts
Real gems like Silent Hill 2 and Shadow of the Colossus are only getting one mention? What's up with that? Silent Hill 2 had a ridiculously amazing story that would make even the most anti-gaming English High School teachers moist in the pants, the character development alone in that game is incredible and requires 100 page essays to merely scratch the surface. Imagine a modern day remake with actually well translated and acted dialogue.. oh man. Shadow of the Colossus deserves a strong mention for telling a fantastic story with almost NO dialogue at all. Even though you have no idea who the character is, who the girl is, or why you're there, the game grabs you by the heart and somehow forces you to genuinely care about the characters. I mean, hell, I was so upset by the + Show Spoiler + horse sacrificing itself for you that my stomach churned and my heart dropped. And that's just the goddamn horse. Farenheit deserves a mention (except for the inexcusable last third of the game), and Heavy Rain also had a very good story. Final Fantasy typically has horrible, generic coming of age stories, but I found that Tactics story was extremely engaging, even if the characters lacked motivation (and some depth). Even Starcraft and Brood War demand an honorable mention. I feel like the entire MGS saga deserves a mention (yes, even 2) as well, it has great writing, voice acting, and characters, obviously 1 & 3 being the best ones. | ||
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awesomoecalypse
United States2235 Posts
It has wonderful characters. For the time, it was absolutely groundbreaking from a graphics/scale standpoint. It was one of the most epic games ever made, and also one of the most influential. It will always rank as one of my favorites, if only for how blown away I was by it as a 15 year old. But objectively speaking, the story is not good. I agree with the OP that PST probably has the best story. The Longest Journey also has a great one. | ||
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sh02hp0869
Sweden460 Posts
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rredtooth
5459 Posts
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Thojorin
Germany162 Posts
On October 27 2010 20:28 Doko wrote: Don't think it makes the top but I personally really enjoyed Gabriel Knight 2: The beast within. I need to play through Torment again and see it with fresh eyes, I was kinda young when I did my first run at it. i agree. but why didn't you mention Gabriel Knight 1 and 3, which IMO were even better story-wise? | ||
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On_Slaught
United States12190 Posts
PS:T probably has a better story, but BG2 is a better game overall and has a better villian imo (you can't get better than Irenicus). FFX is also high on my list (FFVII is highly overrated imo). One game I want to play that i've heard good things about is Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura. | ||
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SwaY-
Dominican Republic463 Posts
On October 27 2010 22:10 Makotoo wrote: Seems like a lot of people really haven't played Xenogears. It had such a brilliant long story with many different factions and events. Too bad gameplay suffered because of budget cuts etc but the story was just so good. QFT... Agreed with Xenogears, FFT for the political drama/twists another poster mentioned. I think FF6 was brilliant but the engine didnt really help, I think real good game storytelling starts with the PSX and forth because of what cinematics/voices add to storytelling. Its ironic that technology also is what makes all these newer games so bad storywise. | ||
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iFU.pauline
France1491 Posts
i'm actually playing baldur's gate trilogy big worl project, and it's awesome. | ||
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Arkeia
France66 Posts
Edit: FFT was also amazing but my heart goes to VP | ||
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Hinanawi
United States2250 Posts
PS:T is such a gem, you can find so many hidden storylines replaying it, it's amazing. Last time I replayed it I focused more on Dak'kon, and finding out the truth behind the Circles of Zerthimon was a real surprise, for example. Neverwinter Nights 1 and 2 have awful vanilla campaigns, but Hordes of the Underdark was pretty good, and Mask of the Betrayer was great. I haven't played ME2, but ME1's story was mostly garbage. I guess I'll have to check out ME2 since people here are saying it's got a good story. | ||
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Typhon
United States387 Posts
[FF7] [FF6] [FFT] |<-------------------- Storyline quality ---------------->| 1 10 | ||
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Piy
Scotland3152 Posts
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Zonel
United States100 Posts
I also love the story of Bioshock 1. It was very dark and the story had a lotof depth to it was really impressed. | ||
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JohannesH
Finland1364 Posts
On October 28 2010 07:11 Hinanawi wrote:Neverwinter Nights 1 and 2 have awful vanilla campaigns, but Hordes of the Underdark was pretty good, and Mask of the Betrayer was great. I've been meaning to play MotB after all the good things I've heard of it. But a question, how much am I missing out on if I skip the original campaign and start straight with MotB? Even if the story sucks in the vanilla do the other aspects, combat, exploration etc. make up for that how much? | ||
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