Best PC Game Story???

christ.. you havnt really lived if people think halo has the best story line of all time.... starcraft and warcraft have the best storylines for sure

I thought that the Longuest Journey and Dreamfall was the best. Its maybe what made the games too slow because it concentrates too much on the storyline instead of the actual gameplay. But the graphics looked great. And the story was like watching an actual movie.

*Means it is one of my all time favorites and highly recommend

Mass Effect

*Uncharted Drakes Fortune

*Half Life 1+2+episodes

Bioshock

*Resident Evil 4

Folklore

Killer 7

*Psychonauts

*Shadow of the Collossus

*Metal Gear Solid

Crysis

*Dead Space

Fable

Fallout

*Final Fantasy All of them especially 9 my favorite

*God of War +2

*Golden Sun +2

*Illusion of Gaia

Mega Man Battle Network +Many of them. The older are better

Phoenix Wright

*Professor Layton

*Radiata Stories

*Rogue Galaxy

KOTOR 1

Baulders Gate 1+2+Expansion Pack

Bioshock

All fantastic storylines =)

How could I forget lol..

Starcraft & Mass Effect were super as well

The thing about Planescape is, well, according to most everyone who loves it, it is great like a novel is great. Great story, characters, atmosphere. I tried playing it three times, and got bored each time without getting many hours into it. As a story, as a narrative, it may be great. But as a game it just isn't my thing. And the thing about stories is that they ARE NOT UNIVERSALLY APPRECIATED. There are many "great" novels that I simply despise. I have great taste too! According to me! (same can be said about the rest of humanity). Guess what! I hated Deus Ex and System Shock too! And I love a good narrative! The thing is, games that ride on their narratives alone are like really, really slow novels--in which case one is much better off just reading a good book. That's where gameplay is key, and Planescape's (not to mention Deus ex/System Shock's) essential gameplay is not a timeless achievement of universal bliss, no matter how you spin it. It's an old, clunky affair that rides on waves of nostalgia. jedinat

Ok. I think that there's three kinds of games, the one's that say "F* the storyline" and just focus on the gameplay (Doom), the one's that focus on the storyline more than actual gameplay (adventure games especially) and the one's that are a mix of both (Deus Ex, which btw has amazing gameplay as well if you haven't noticed.) I see games as an interactive storytelling medium, but they can also be pure entertainment. I personally want to see both kinds of games. :)

I personally have never been very interested neither into books nor movies, mostly because they are not interactive. Games are interactive, they are the ultimate entertainment, which is why I want to see them progress in storytelling as well as gameplay.

The thing about Planescape is, well, according to most everyone who loves it, it is great like a novel is great. Great story, characters, atmosphere. I tried playing it three times, and got bored each time without getting many hours into it. As a story, as a narrative, it may be great. But as a game it just isn't my thing. And the thing about stories is that they ARE NOT UNIVERSALLY APPRECIATED. There are many "great" novels that I simply despise. I have great taste too! According to me! (same can be said about the rest of humanity). Guess what! I hated Deus Ex and System Shock too! And I love a good narrative! The thing is, games that ride on their narratives alone are like really, really slow novels--in which case one is much better off just reading a good book. That's where gameplay is key, and Planescape's (not to mention Deus ex/System Shock's) essential gameplay is not a timeless achievement of universal bliss, no matter how you spin it. It's an old, clunky affair that rides on waves of nostalgia.

And what game storyline/gameplay combination you DO like ?

Planescape Quests were great, Exploration was fun and thats the half of RPG gameplay.

and what have you against system shock/deus ex gameplay? They both mix RPG with shooter in interesting way.

christ.. you havnt really lived if people think halo has the best story line of all time.... starcraft and warcraft have the best storylines for sure

Welshmun

Devil may cry 4,i even like crysis,mass effect...

I know it's most recongized as a Playstation game, but MGS 1-4 are all amazing in gameplay and story. I think only MGS and MGS2 are on PC though.

The Riddick games have good stories. I also LOVED Gun.

The Final Fantasy series was already mentioned (see what happens when you read the thread instead of just responding to the topic?) but specifically in that series I most enjoyed 7, 8 and 10 (7 and 8 have PC ports that I know about).

Also, I'm suprised nobody's mentioned Jade Empire among the already mentioned Biowares like Mass Effect and KOTOR 1/2.

-Byshop

i really liked Jade Empire's story

Starcraft.

An RTS with characters -A LOT- more interesting than most RPGs out there not to mention the amazing story itself and even more amazing storytelling deserves my vote.

2 WORDS ....... HALF .................. LIFE

Knights of the Old Republic. This game needs to be a movie.

Half-Life and Fallout series!!!!!

[QUOTE="Charles_Dickens"][QUOTE="i_saw_a_mudcrab"]

Planescape: Torment. No other game in existence even comes close.

JangoWuzHere

lol.

Mass Effect had such an epic interactive story. The most epic storyline I've ever played.

Also, Bioshock like many others have noted is shockingly awesome. Those are two good ones to start out with.

Then you have Fallout, Crysis, Dead Space and others.

I actually wasn't really into the Halo stories but played the games anyway cause they were and are so much fun. The stories

were kind of confusing to me. Maybe I'm borderline retard.

(Note: Half-Life has a great story as well:twisted:

If we're talking stories, then I'd have to say The Longest Journey and Dreamfall; the Gabriel Knight series; for rpgs, I'd say The Witcher, especially toward the end.

Mass Effects story isn't very origonal, its just presented so well that it seems origonal and epic. i don't think i've ever got into a story more than in Mass Effect just because it was presented so well.

The Witcher, Mafia, and Cryostasis are the three best i can think of.

Mafia, Max Payne 1 & 2, Deus Ex, Planescape Torment, Grim Fandango

The Baldur's Gate Series.

So far my favorite RPG of all time.

BTW no one mentioned the Diablo Series..... I thought they were very good if not excellent.

I never played Planescape Torment. I just can't get past the dated gameplay.

Mass Effects story isn't very origonal, its just presented so well that it seems origonal and epic. i don't think i've ever got into a story more than in Mass Effect just because it was presented so well.

The Witcher, Mafia, and Cryostasis are the three best i can think of.

with_teeth26

Hmm I like The PoP's story very much :)

Before it was shamelessly copied 1,000,000,001 times by several other companies... KOTOR I.

Kotor II had a good story but a horrible development team (Obsidian who are famous for destroying franchises).

Morrowind but you have to read the books ingame else you will not understand squat. Unfortunatly the game is graphically dated.

Planescape Torment has an interesting story and setting but is more dated than Morrowind.

Baldurs Gate I, II but again very dated games.

to me the list is obvious

1. KOTOR 1

2. Half life 2

3. Bioshock

4. Witcher

5. Mass Effect (on the edge about this one)

bonus coolness goes to grim fandango and portal

Before it was shamelessly copied 1,000,000,001 times by several other companies... KOTOR I.

Kotor II had a good story but a horrible development team (Obsidian who are famous for destroying franchises).

Morrowind but you have to read the books ingame else you will not understand squat. Unfortunatly the game is graphically dated.

Planescape Torment has an interesting story and setting but is more dated than Morrowind.

Baldurs Gate I, II but again very dated games.

marc5477

Funny Kotor 2 was better then Kotor in almost every single way. The only thing holding it back was polish and a lot of bugs. But that is not Obsidian's fault that is Lucasarts fault.

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Before it was shamelessly copied 1,000,000,001 times by several other companies... KOTOR I.

Kotor II had a good story but a horrible development team (Obsidian who are famous for destroying franchises).

Morrowind but you have to read the books ingame else you will not understand squat. Unfortunatly the game is graphically dated.

Planescape Torment has an interesting story and setting but is more dated than Morrowind.

Baldurs Gate I, II but again very dated games.

JangoWuzHere

Funny Kotor 2 was better then Kotor in almost every single way. The only thing holding it back was polish and a lot of bugs. But that is not Obsidian's fault that is Lucasarts fault.

[QUOTE="Charles_Dickens"][QUOTE="i_saw_a_mudcrab"]

Planescape: Torment. No other game in existence even comes close.

JangoWuzHere

I'm stunned as well....didn't think anyone honestly believed that.

[QUOTE="Charles_Dickens"][QUOTE="i_saw_a_mudcrab"]

Planescape: Torment. No other game in existence even comes close.

claytoma

My thoughts exactly. It's old and decrepit...let it die already. I played a quarter of the way through and thought it was awful. It seems to me like people like to bring up the fact that they've played these old games to appear wise, sanctimonous or something because they think they're the"root" of PC game evolution.

Not at all, I played it in 1999, and I played it last few months, game is a Masterpiece.

It seems to me people like to put it down because they never played it or because its the vogue thing to do.

Always been a Masterpiece.

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[QUOTE="Charles_Dickens"] How did I know somebody was going to write that. Planescape Torment: The single most over-rated piece of garbage I've ever set eyes on. Hellwalkerh

My thoughts exactly. It's old and decrepit...let it die already. I played a quarter of the way through and thought it was awful. It seems to me like people like to bring up the fact that they've played these old games to appear wise, sanctimonous or something because they think they're the"root" of PC game evolution.

I assure you, I sincerely and wholeheartedly enjoyed Planescape, One of the greatest games ever made on any platform. I'll dare and say: never before Planescape, and never after any Game,Book, Movie was able to present story so unique, strange and delicate.

I honestly can not understand how can someone who actually has taste, as a concept, play planescape and at least not acknowledge it's greatness. I mean the STORY, QUESTS,CHARACTERS, the atmosphere you have to be blind not to see all this. The only thing I can assume is that you played with fighter character, never put any points in charisma or intelligence, missed every single side quest and all the great dialogue because of this. If it's what is the case, I encourage you to play the game again, put all your points in intelligence and charisma, even use cheats if necessary just have both of them 18+. and try playing a Mage. Do not use violence unless absolutely necessary. even in the very first location mortuary, do not kill any zombies, talk to them. you will not have to attack a single creature if you play your cards right, and you'll experience some of the most strange and moody quests there is, follow this path through rest of the game and you'll see why planescape is a legendary game. (And why it scored 90+/100 on every gaming site and even got itself on Gamespot's "Best Games Ever list")

Gameplay was good in P:T, it wasn't great like in BG: Shadows of amn, but it was not anything bellow good.

As for forgetting old games that is one more thing I disagree with you on. We will N*E*V*E*R forget legends, and we'll allways keep Arrogantly pointing out to all the next generation of noobies that we've played all of the very best Gaming has to offer. I mean common? How can anyone who played System Shock and Deus Ex stand by and not laugh at someone who thinks bioshock is the first game to combine RPG with Shooter?

Amen

By the way guys, my Final Five Poll is up and it includes some of the games mentioned (sorry Deus Ex :( ), so vote when you can.

[QUOTE="Charles_Dickens"][QUOTE="i_saw_a_mudcrab"]

Planescape: Torment. No other game in existence even comes close.

JangoWuzHere

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On a side note, (and I hate to add this) but I've never played Halo from beginning to end. Does it have a good story? And what about the second?

Baranga

Yes, they do.

The Thief games, Cryostasis and Stalker hace good stories too.

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[QUOTE="Travisty32"]

On a side note, (and I hate to add this) but I've never played Halo from beginning to end. Does it have a good story? And what about the second?

Nibroc420

Yes, they do.

The Thief games, Cryostasis and Stalker hace good stories too.

...and you guys thought i was a troll.

Fallout 3

[QUOTE="Baranga"]

[QUOTE="Travisty32"]

On a side note, (and I hate to add this) but I've never played Halo from beginning to end. Does it have a good story? And what about the second?

Nibroc420

Yes, they do.

The Thief games, Cryostasis and Stalker hace good stories too.

Have you ever played the first two Thief games. Damn games have better gameplay probably than any other game I've ever played. There's so much fail in this thread.