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[AS]Rattus
Profile Joined March 2017
427 Posts
August 21 2018 14:40 GMT
#1
Hey, just finished the three Xenosaga games and wondered if there are more games out there, that have one story going through multiple games.
I mean witcher is kinda like that, but not exactly what i was searching for and the Mass Effect-Trilogy doesn't really feel connected either.

Any suggestions?
lxginverse
Profile Joined May 2008
Monaco1506 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-21 15:50:54
August 21 2018 15:49 GMT
#2
I don't think this passes your definition of one story going through multiple games but the Suikoden series in PS (1 & 2) PS2 (3, 4 & 5) comes to mind. Valkyrie Profile 1 & 2 as well
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Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
August 21 2018 17:49 GMT
#3
The Baldur's gate and neverwinter nights games kind of have that, in that the expansions continue on the original story.

Though the story is not continuous, the story within the zelda games tend to be linked together.

hmm, and I don't really play it, but.. kingdom hearts?
Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
11961 Posts
August 21 2018 17:49 GMT
#4
Baldur's gate kind of does this. Especially within its own game with expansion. Even if the next game is connected it isn't as direct as you likely ask for.
WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
August 21 2018 21:36 GMT
#5
The Shadowrun games have character profile import throughout, I think.
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[AS]Rattus
Profile Joined March 2017
427 Posts
August 21 2018 21:49 GMT
#6
well i already finished baldurs gate. sadly :[
neverwinter nights wasnt my cup of tea. but thx for the suggestions,

About Valkyrie Profile. Is the second one building upon the first or are they separate stories?
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
August 21 2018 21:59 GMT
#7
If you don't mind playing old school style JRPG's, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky has 3 translated games (1, 2, 3. Both Steam and GOG have them) which were pretty fun and are connected story-wise.
Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States14056 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-21 23:41:19
August 21 2018 23:35 GMT
#8
On August 22 2018 06:59 HolydaKing wrote:
If you don't mind playing old school style JRPG's, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky has 3 translated games (1, 2, 3. Both Steam and GOG have them) which were pretty fun and are connected story-wise.

I was reading this thread and was going to just suggest that. This is exactly what hes looking for and you're somehow selling it shorter then you might think. Legend of heros is a decades spanning property going back to Dragon slayer the legend of heros back in 1989. Which itself is a FF like squeal of a running series that got branched off into a complete narrative dropping the dragon slayer name.

However most of the games haven't had a proper western translation with Trials in the sky being the hope of them translating their back catalog and trials of cold steel being the hope of their continuing games being translated.

Also by the same company trials of cold steel has 4 games with only the first two out in the west and the fourth is coming out at the end of the year thats been announced will feature an appearance of the breeding pair main from trails in the sky.
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Liquid`Zephyr
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
United States996 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-22 01:14:47
August 22 2018 01:13 GMT
#9
On August 22 2018 02:49 travis wrote:
The Baldur's gate and neverwinter nights games kind of have that, in that the expansions continue on the original story.

Though the story is not continuous, the story within the zelda games tend to be linked together.

hmm, and I don't really play it, but.. kingdom hearts?

kingdom hearts is like this. it can be a frustrating series because:

1) it is 7 games long and many of the games were exclusively made for a single system [ps1, ps2, ds, 3ds, psp]...i think with the hd remakes they might be fixing this problem but i really havent kept too up to date with it all.

2) i think a lot of these games were suppose to serve as filler between the release of kh2 and kh3 (kh3 finally coming out this january after a million year wait) so the story has been retcon'd to death and is frequently either extremely convoluted or repetitive.

3) one or two entries in the series are complete garbage (i'm looking at you re: coded).

all that said, its still one of my favorite series and kh2 is probably my favorite game of all time. action rpg done right. good controls, boss fights, customization and music/voice acting. since it exists in the disneyverse the dialog and motivations can be kidlike at times but i found i didnt really care and enjoyed the story well enough anyways.
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Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States14056 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-22 01:29:40
August 22 2018 01:25 GMT
#10
I thought Kingdom hearts had the most convoluted story behind it until FF 15 came along. Its a series that just doesn't make any sense. The games like you said that serve as the filler are just inane world building at the worst and content made for platforms I just don't have and never wanted to get.

I still say KH 1 hollow bastion is the best section of a game I've ever played. + Show Spoiler +
When sora smiles right before he stabs himself in the heart is a height that other games just haven't hit for me ever.


But good god did I love simple and clean when I was young. I have to buy a ps4 for KH3 and thats that.
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Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-22 03:18:37
August 22 2018 02:54 GMT
#11
On August 22 2018 06:49 [AS]Rattus wrote:
well i already finished baldurs gate. sadly :[
neverwinter nights wasnt my cup of tea. but thx for the suggestions,

About Valkyrie Profile. Is the second one building upon the first or are they separate stories?


I think Valkyrie Profile 2 isn't a direct sequel but more of a retelling of the story in an alternate timeline, but I have only done the first.

Appart from that you could go for KOTOR 1 and 2 they are not that connected but it's still a follow up (altought downloading non-official patch for KOTOR 2 is a must the game just isn't finish). You could also go with Banner Saga, I think those are direct sequel.
Shin Megami tensei (Persona) also are all in the same universe but they don' really have a clear story line for all the game, altough there is some episode that are more directly link.

I never played any of it but for what I understand the Ultima series also are sequel but with individual story for each game, I don't really get how much it's actually good or just remember because it came first.
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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6330 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-22 03:55:48
August 22 2018 03:54 GMT
#12
The Mass Effect trilogy is what you need. The stories are directly connected together toward one grand story line and some of the decisions can last from the first game to the 3rd.
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[AS]Rattus
Profile Joined March 2017
427 Posts
August 25 2018 14:29 GMT
#13
i had those patches for Kotor2 but i still got to a dead end :[
I think i'll go for trails in the sky since i already got the first one on GoG.
Thx everybody.
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