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Video Games with amazing stories
Jeff210
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I can't bring myself to play any video games these days unless they have a good story. I'll start playing, an half an hour later wonder 'why do i care?' then stop.
What are your suggested games with great stories. RPGs preferred, although im open. Same applies with voice acting, preferred but not necessary. PC/PS3/Wii, but mention any for other systems as well.
What are your suggested games with great stories. RPGs preferred, although im open. Same applies with voice acting, preferred but not necessary. PC/PS3/Wii, but mention any for other systems as well.
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Planescape: Motherfucking Torment
Dragon Age is pretty good story wise as well, as are most of the Bioware games.
Batman: Arkham Asylum might have the usual story of Batman vs. the Joker, but it is presented in a very good way that makes you want to continue playing, as there is no real lull.
Also, if you have a DS, all the Phoenix Wright games are pretty good story-wise, save for 2 cases.
Batman AA is basically a more gritty version of a Batman the Animated Series episode: so it's not deep or detailed, but it's highly faithful and entertaining. Same with Uncharted 1 and 2, 1 had better surprises (there is a bit in the start with a sub in a highly illogical place that just sucked me in) but 2 is pure rollercoaster from start to finish.
If you want a semi-decent main story but some of the most beautiful short stories ever written (and presented digitally in an amazingly moving way) then Lost Odyssey on the 360 is good for that.
The bolded part there is pretty much what you want to look for when you're looking to be entertained beyond pure gameplay (in general, not only in Batman).
The story in, say, Uncharted (1 or 2, take your pick!) is so far from original and, to some extent, interesting as you can get, but the presentation and the 'atmosphere' is fantastic.
It's very hard to find video games with compelling and interesting stories, partly because they have to be told in the medium of video games. Even Planescape which, yes, is very good doesn't really compare favourably if you put it up against the full spectrum of film and literature - which isn't fair, anyway.
But it does gain a lot from being interactive, from being in a format where you have to make choices. As a plain old story, it's not really that much better than any given book from a series that starts with F and ends with orgotten Realms. You know, the kind with a map in it. However, it gains a lot from being told to a video game player who's making choices.
Pretty much any bioware game has a good story, you just have to dig for it a little bit.
the original half-life has a pretty awesome narrative coupled with great gunplay and platforming/puzzles
Because it is awesome, and has a fantastic story.
You might think "but portal has almost no story" which is only partly true - it's a pretty kick-ass short story.
The Longest Journey is fantastic, but it's hard to get it to run on newer machines. It flat out won't run on Vista.
Recently, I'll have to go with Dragon Age : Origins as well. Good story, great dialogue and an amazing amount of background material.
Seconding Brutal Legend.
I read through this entire thread and know exactly how many times PS:T was mentioned, but still feel the need to add my input. That is how good it is.
I'd love to find these patches, because my non functioning 2-disc version is staring at me from my "does not run" stack.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.
This in my mind wil always be the real fourth Indy movie.
Also Deus Ex.
Really need to finish Planescape: Torment at some point.
Bioshock
KOTOR
Uncharted 1 & 2
I liked God of War's presentation too. Starting II now, should be just as good.
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First Google result hard to find?
Well, OP. Get The Longest Journey and then use that patch.
Some fantastic writing.
Suikoden 2 Ps1
Odin Sphere Ps2
Okami Ps2/Wii
muramasa demon blade Wii
Super Mario rpg, Snes/Wii market.
I'l put more down when I remember them.
Basically anything made by Bioware will do the trick.
But really, ARCANUM.
Arcanum like 500 times. The only game I've played that can rival (and in my opinion, trounce) Bioware in terms of depth of world and detail.
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
See for me at least, if you have to use cutscenes in a game to advance the story then you lose major points from an interactive storytelling standpoint. Any time I lose control of my character and go into some pre-rendered cutscene, I really lose the whole immersion factor and might as well be watching a movie. That's what makes Portal so great. Portal tells a really interesting story and it does so with zero cutscenes. Same goes for Shadow of the Colossus, which if I remember correctly is virtually cutscene free.
Quick switch your rings around EVERY SINGLE ROUND!
Games with good story? I haven't seen Mass Effect mentioned yet, and it has a fantastically well-told story. The climax is super-amazing, and the entire thing is fully voice-acted.
Aside from that, there's a lot of solid games being mentioned. I won't waste my time gushing over all of 'em.
that's why i said 'traditional storytelling' - but i should have said 'in video games' rather than 'the interactive medium'
it's certainly doing nothing for 'games as art', but it when it comes to traditional craft like plotting, dialogue, narrative framing and satisfying denoument it is unsurpassed in the market
Suikoden 2 is pretty kick ass.
The Mother series is pretty awesome for a more laid back quirky story (I totally wanted to stick around through all of them).
You might want to look at Beyond Good and Evil as well.
KOTOR 2
And it's not out yet but
Alpha Protocol.