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Best Video Game Story

GorblaxGorblax Registered User regular
edited December 2010 in Games and Technology
Which video games would you say deliver the greatest stories?

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  • G0DG0D Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    The one your avatar picture character is from.

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Most videogame storytelling is utterly vile, consisting of a string of cliches that would shame some B-Movies.

    Pathologic and The Void actually have good stories. Portal and Amnesia have unexceptional stories, but understand how to tell them well. That's pretty much your lot.

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  • jeddy leejeddy lee Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Chrono Trigger & Final Fantasy 6 had fantastic stories. They were told poorly in 90s video game fashion, but the story themselves were pretty good.

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    PS2
    FF X replay

    PS3
    God of War 1&2 HD
    Rachet and Clank Future
    MGS 4
    Prince of Persia

    360
    Bayonetta
    Fable 3

    DS
    FF: 4 heroes of light
  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    The Uncharted games have the most enjoyable stories, though that's mostly due to the character interactions. Their based stories boil down to "Search for the maguffin".

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  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Xenogears was pretty fantastic.
    However, Bad Dudes is really the greatest story ever told.

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Xagarath wrote: »
    Most videogame storytelling is utterly vile, consisting of a string of cliches that would shame some B-Movies.



    yeeeeeeeessssssssssssss but then most movies are as well.

    But Bioshock has the sweetest ending of all time.

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  • Lord YodLord Yod Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Planescape: Torment

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  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited December 2010
    Sorry, we do not allow for poll threads as they don't really engender conversation.

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