Games With A Great Story

The best story ever has to be Mafia (not Mafia 2). If anyone has ever played that will agree with me. The music, the story, and the characters made the whole game an amazing experience. No game has ever captured me from start to finish.

Bioshock is also up there too. I love the story and how it all unravels. The uncharted series story is nothing new, however the characters and acting make the game incredible.

With that said, what are your favorite games for story telling

Also if you enjoy gaming, then do yourself a favor and play Mafia 1. The graphics are outdated (its still great and its not an eyesore) but it does not hamper from the experience.

Fatal Frame 2, Bioshock.

My top 3 would be

1.Planescape Torment

2.Metal Gear Solid

3.Silent hill 2

Metal Gear Solid 2, Final Fantasy 8, Mortal Kombat, Metroid Fusion

All great stories

Arcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, Heroes and Might and Magic series, and of course Warcraft I, II and III :)

Planescape: Torment would like to have a word with you.

Also, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father.

The good thing about storyline discussion is that whenever someone mentions an old game you can't give them the "nostalgia goggles" and scoff at them because storylines are immune to hardware advancement. :lol:

*resisting urge to say Modern Warfare 2 for lol*

Mafia 2 has a fantastic story with great characters and so does Mass Effect, GTA 4 and Red Dead Redemption. Half-Life 2 is another standout.

I loved the story for world in conflict.Nick3306

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Two of my favorite RPGs of all time have some of the best stories I've ever seen in a videogame...

Final Fantasy IV.

Chrono Trigger.

I'm going old-school by mentioning the Golden Sun games on the GBA. Jerell_rast

[QUOTE="Jerell_rast"]I'm going old-school by mentioning the Golden Sun games on the GBA. BranKetra

Another classic Square title with a deep, complex story. Too bad the translation on the PSOne wasn't up to snuff though, but it wasn't hard to get a better understanding of the tale.

Valkyria Chronicles
The World ends with you

[QUOTE="BranKetra"][QUOTE="Jerell_rast"]I'm going old-school by mentioning the Golden Sun games on the GBA. Metamania

Another classic Square title with a deep, complex story. Too bad the translation on the PSOne wasn't up to snuff though, but it wasn't hard to get a better understanding of the tale.

Planescape torment

Vampire-The Masquerade Bloodlines

GuildWars Prophesies

Majora's mask, Knights in the Nightmare, Okami, Silent Hill Shattered Memories... I think there's already a thread about this, but whatever.

Mass Effect, Red dead, and GTA IV.

I've always enjoyed the stories in GTA games. I'm sure theres more. But, I honestly can't think of anymore.

GTA IV and Bioshock.

I'm going old-school by mentioning the Golden Sun games on the GBA. Jerell_rast

Deadly Premonition has an outstanding story.

Mass Effect Series and Red Dead Redemption have one of the best presented stories.

"Dreamfall: The Longest Journey" was an interesting story

My top 3 are...

1. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. Good story that turns out to be more than just a simple quest for inspiration.
2. Planescape Torment. "What can change the nature of a man?" A personal quest where your quest is not to save the world or anything like that.
3. Homeworld.

Bioshock's story is essecially a retelling of System Shock 2 which is a superb story btw. Mass Effect series was a generic mess of sci fi cliches with mostly uninteresting characters. Mother 3 has a great story but some parts feel a bit unnecessary. Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu was shaping up to have a top tier story but the second half of the game was nowhere near as interesting as the first half storywise. Majora's Mask has a brilliant plot but at the same time its subtle storytelling approach means not a lot of people knew the full story.

Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Castlevania Lords of Shadow, Assassins Creed II, Splinter Cell Conviction, Prince of Persia 2008. Other good one's but I can't think now.

Cryostasis - The Sleep of Reason for me, by a pretty long distance as well. It's the only game I know where gameplay and storytelling are so seamlessly interwoven. No aspect of the game feels out of place in regard to the story, and there's plenty of depth, symbolism and philosophical background. The best aspect of the plot is that it gets consistently better as the game progresses, with the game ending in a beautiful climax.This is in contrary to BioShock, which falls apart about 2/3rds in, only to end in one of the most lackluster and out of place endings in recent memory.

Planescape: Torment

Fallout 1 and 2

Silent Hill 2

1. Bioshock

2. Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lions

3. Dragon Quest 1-3: they all tie in together in unexpected ways that made playing them in order a blast.

DEFINITELY ALAN WAKE!

HE'S A WRITER...

Damn did not expect Planescape Torment to get alot of mention. I am gonna go with Okami and of course Metal Gear Solid.

I'm very will known for my loyalty to legacy of kain .....

Valkyria Chronicles
The World ends with you

Hanzoadam

How is the presentation of the story? Still want to try it.

Planescape Torment has the absolute best story I've ever encountered in a game, and I don't see that changing. It's been over a decade since that game released, and I still have yet to see a storyline in a game that's as good or original as the one in Planescape Torment.

Other games with great storylines:

The Longest Journey
Grim Fandango
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Mafia
Knights of the Old Republic
Okami
Silent Hill
Silent Hill 2
System Shock 2
BioShock
Fallout
Fallout 2
Homeworld
Mass Effect 2
Heavy Rain
Clive Barker's Undying
Deus Ex

Grim Fandango is probably still my most loved storyline. Though I will give props to Full Throttle, even if the story was a little odd at times, the ending to it is just killer.

I enjoyed RDR and Mass Effects story