Best Storyline a game ever had !!!

Deus Ex.

Not only because it was well written, but also because you could change the story. Like the first mission, if you killed the NSA leader in the Statue you would get yelled at. Then if you buged Walton Simons he would treat you poorly.

Even better, if you killed Anna Navarre on the plain, you felt the consquences way down the road. THe first time I played through the game I was just like "Wow, they sure planned that ahead" and it was awesome. OH man, and the endings...three differnt endings, all of which are amazing.

Warcraft 3

The Longest Journey

Shooters: Deus Ex, Max Payne 1&2, Half-Life 2 and Episode 1, Clive Barker's Undying and just about any Silent Hill game for the chill factor.

RPG: KOTOR, NWN2 (for character interaction and influence), Planescape: Torment, Baldur's Gate 2 and the Fallout series.

Strategy: Homeworld, Starcraft & Starcraft Brood War, Warcraft 3 and The Frozen Throne

These games all have something that tends to draw you in and keep you there just to see what happens next and generally end with a good finale, or bad, or good/bad in the case of multiple endings. Probably the one that I've listed that sticks with me the most is Homeworld, havn't cared as much about any other group of people in a game like these, the story was genuinely great and if you havn't played the game, you should try to find it somewhere.

Undying comes in a close second, it's really a shame that more people didn't give the game a run, one of the best shooter horror stories ever (kicks the crap out of F.E.A.R's tidbits of story here and there). Immersive world anda novel-quality story of a doomed family complete with some of the most interesting and dangerous enemies around made it a hard act to follow.

And finally Starcraft and the expansion come in third for me. Some of the most interesting character and one of the best backdrops for a Sci-Fi strategy game while still having a great strategy mechanic to it

I give WC3 a nod although I didn't like the story and ending quite as much as Homeworld or Starcraft, it still had some great characters and some nice new locations for the Warcraft Universe. I also give Max Payne 1&2 a nod, great revenge stories as well as KOTOR for capturing what made Star Wars so great in the form of a game that could have been easily turned into a movie script.

I'm sure I missed a lot of them, but most of these are games that have stuck with me for quite some time, and I enjoyed most of them nearly equally, but some really nice picks so far by everyone, glad a lot of you still keep an eye out for a great story, it's the main thing that elevates games to an art form.

Dreamfall: Longest Journey, don't know about first one because i haven't played it. Max Payne 1 & 2, Prey it least I think it was good. Grand Thefth Auto: Vice City for now the best GTA in the series imo.jaanus147

You should play The Longest Jorney and then play Dreamfall again. You must have missed various finer points of the story.

Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, Deus Ex, System Shock 2, Homeworld, The Longest Journey, and Starcraft.

Pacman was prety good story wise, but gameplay and graphics are lacking.navyseal2101

I'm not so sure.I think Pong had better character development.

if you are as old as I am, most of game stories suck, outright. It's the gameplay and setting that you look for.

I did laugh quite a bit while playing Vampire Bloodlines... Actually some very good dark humor for old, very educated people like me.

Also, Clive Barker's Undying was very well integrated between the story and game.

ElvisNixon

Full of yourself, no?

Anyhow, at teh moment Fallout has been teh deepest fer me. KOTOR 2 also deserves a place in the top. I just bought the games, plus BG II (and expansion), Neverwinter Nihgts, Planescape: Torment and KOTOR (one). Found them at low prices in one of these "buy 3 for the price of one" boxes...

Well I won't complain and will probably not buy any game for a while :P

[QUOTE="ElvisNixon"]

if you are as old as I am, most of game stories suck, outright. It's the gameplay and setting that you look for.

I did laugh quite a bit while playing Vampire Bloodlines... Actually some very good dark humor for old, very educated people like me.

Also, Clive Barker's Undying was very well integrated between the story and game.

Vfanek

Full of yourself, no?

Depends on what he thinks he's educated in.

Oh wait, he said 'integrated'. Us uncultured baffoons can only use that word when talking about soldered-in graphics cards

wow..you guys are disappointing me...have you forgotten SHENMUE? Shenmue hands down had the best story line I've ever played and god I miss that game. Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy VII, Halo. submissions72

lol, PC games only

Well, my favorites are: Fahrenheit, Neverwinter Nights, Max Payne, Mafia and last but not least Fable: TLC, though not a pc exclusive...

if you are as old as I am, most of game stories suck, outright. It's the gameplay and setting that you look for.

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I did laugh quite a bit while playing Vampire Bloodlines... Actually some very good dark humor for old, very educated people like me.

Also, Clive Barker's Undying was very well integrated between the story and game.

ElvisNixon

if you are as old as I am, most of game stories suck, outright. It's the gameplay and setting that you look for.

I did laugh quite a bit while playing Vampire Bloodlines... Actually some very good dark humor for old, very educated people like me.

Also, Clive Barker's Undying was very well integrated between the story and game.

ElvisNixon

[QUOTE="ElvisNixon"]

if you are as old as I am, most of game stories suck, outright. It's the gameplay and setting that you look for.

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I did laugh quite a bit while playing Vampire Bloodlines... Actually some very good dark humor for old, very educated people like me.

Also, Clive Barker's Undying was very well integrated between the story and game.

ShadyJade

if you are as old as I am, most of game stories suck, outright. It's the gameplay and setting that you look for.

I did laugh quite a bit while playing Vampire Bloodlines... Actually some very good dark humor for old, very educated people like me.

Also, Clive Barker's Undying was very well integrated between the story and game.

ElvisNixon

[QUOTE="ShadyJade"][QUOTE="ElvisNixon"]

if you are as old as I am, most of game stories suck, outright. It's the gameplay and setting that you look for.

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I did laugh quite a bit while playing Vampire Bloodlines... Actually some very good dark humor for old, very educated people like me.

Also, Clive Barker's Undying was very well integrated between the story and game.

ShadyJade

if you are as old as I am, most of game stories suck, outright. It's the gameplay and setting that you look for.

I did laugh quite a bit while playing Vampire Bloodlines... Actually some very good dark humor for old, very educated people like me.

Also, Clive Barker's Undying was very well integrated between the story and game.

ElvisNixon

[QUOTE="submissions72"]wow..you guys are disappointing me...have you forgotten SHENMUE? Shenmue hands down had the best story line I've ever played and god I miss that game. Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy VII, Halo. astor47

lol, PC games only

Well, my favorites are: Fahrenheit, Neverwinter Nights, Max Payne, Mafia and last but not least Fable: TLC, though not a pc exclusive...

The topic says: " Best Storyline a game ever had !!! " , not: " Best Storyline a PC game ever had !!! "

[QUOTE="astor47"]

[QUOTE="submissions72"]wow..you guys are disappointing me...have you forgotten SHENMUE? Shenmue hands down had the best story line I've ever played and god I miss that game. Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy VII, Halo. Darth_Kane

lol, PC games only

Well, my favorites are: Fahrenheit, Neverwinter Nights, Max Payne, Mafia and last but not least Fable: TLC, though not a pc exclusive...

The topic says: " Best Storyline a game ever had !!! " , not: " Best Storyline a PC game ever had !!! "

I think Morrowind ,Fahrenheit and then KOTOR are some of the best....

ShadyJade

IMO (PC) games with greatest storylines were Silent Hill series (except The Room), Legacy Of Kain Series and Broken Sword series. I'm too lazy to go through my list of all PC games, so this is just from top of my head.

[QUOTE="astor47"]

[QUOTE="submissions72"]wow..you guys are disappointing me...have you forgotten SHENMUE? Shenmue hands down had the best story line I've ever played and god I miss that game. Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy VII, Halo. Darth_Kane

lol, PC games only

Well, my favorites are: Fahrenheit, Neverwinter Nights, Max Payne, Mafia and last but not least Fable: TLC, though not a pc exclusive...

The topic says: " Best Storyline a game ever had !!! " , not: " Best Storyline a PC game ever had !!! "

*looks up at the name of the forum*

Yep it does say PC.

The Longest Journey. PLOT TWISTS! That game's story can actually rival that of literature!
Max Payne 2 was down right awesome. The story itself it technically unoriginal but the presentation of it was phenomenal.

best storyline game s ok lets see

HL2,need 4speed:most,FFVIII,Legasy of kain,Scarface,FlatOut2,MGS

story progresses through interaction between characters, hence the actual setting of Morrowind had a no-story, the background story was fenomenal tho.

For me: KOTOR1

I've never really thought the half-life series was that great in any regards. Bla-story, bla-shooting, bla-characters. I'm pretty sure that next to nobody agrees with me though.

As for games that I like... I really can't think of any games that had a story that knocked me on my arse or made me really feel anything. A couple of "Woah!" moments but I'm at a loss for a game that actually got me thinking. I haven't played a lot of the games mentioned on the list though, probablly should give em a try 8)

Battle Field 2TrailorParkBoy

Because it had a story at all, right?

xenogears has the best story ever IMHO. It pretty much crushes every other games story in the mud. Yes it's a console game, and yes I don't care that it is!onemic

It had a really good atmosphere, especially music.. I really think PC games should learn from console games on how to make really good epic RPG music..

But Planescape Torment is still better.. Much better.. Way better... More better, even.

You can't beat that.. it's 'more better'.

[QUOTE="onemic"]xenogears has the best story ever IMHO. It pretty much crushes every other games story in the mud. Yes it's a console game, and yes I don't care that it is!Dracunos

It had a really good atmosphere, especially music.. I really think PC games should learn from console games on how to make really good epic RPG music..

But Planescape Torment is still better.. Much better.. Way better... More better, even.

You can't beat that.. it's 'more better'.

The music within xenogears was amazing as well. The best music I've ever heard in a game though was shadow of the colossus. It's simply amazing as well as whole-fully unique.

Oh noes! I once again named a console game!

Ultima 7- game starts out your on earth, moongate opens up in your(avatars) backyard... than your in transported into britannia. One small problem after another opens up as you start... bad going ons have been happening since the last time the avatar was in britannia. a religious cult named the fellowship has spread throughout the world and later on you find out is linked with the demon like being called the guardian (who seems to be trying to guide your actions). long story short, avatar finds old friends in britannia, and begins to track down the evil doers lol.

Condemned Criminal Origins had a great story line. Lots of twists and story sequences.

Metal Gear Solid series is my favorite, such a great, comprehensive story with many levels of complexity and meaning.

The Half-Life series also has an amazingly great story because it's so simply told and most of it is left up to player imagination.

Starcraft series also has a great story.

Max Payne series, another of my favorites. With MP it's more style than great plot, but it's so well done you gotta love it.

Zelda Ocarina had an absolutely terrific story, wonderful in that you go through such a complete journey.

I really did like Stalker's story... I love the way Russian tell a story, watch the Night Watch movie to know what I mean:)

Other games; Deus Ex remains the ultimate conspiracy theory type story... pitty the sequel sucked. The Summoning's story was awsome... love Shadow Weaver. I also like the GDI and Brotherhood of NOD story from CnC as well as the story of Dune (Herbert, I think the original author was? Frank Herbert?)...

Strategy: Frozen throne, Warcraft 3

FPS: Metal Gear Solid 2

I really did like Stalker's story... I love the way Russian tell a story, watch the Night Watch movie to know what I mean:)

Other games; Deus Ex remains the ultimate conspiracy theory type story... pitty the sequel sucked. The Summoning's story was awsome... love Shadow Weaver. I also like the GDI and Brotherhood of NOD story from CnC as well as the story of Dune (Herbert, I think the original author was? Frank Herbert?)...

MindlessTeef

If you liked the storyline of STALKER you should really check out the movie that it is loosley based on, STALKER by Andrei Tarkovsky. The game has many of the elements of the movie but a different set of characters.

Planescape , Baldur's Gate , Fallout , KOTOR , MGS , Bloodlines ...

The best storyline a game ever had?

1. Homeworld - Outstanding original story. Grand, on an epic scale. I was totally lost in it all for days at a time.

2. Tie Fighter - How to make everyone willing to fight for the Emperor and the Dark Side. And the worse you get the darker that hand of yours becomes.

3. The Chronicle of Riddick - Who hasn't wanted to be a walking, talking baddass? Well now you can.

Da Worfster

Battle Field 2TrailorParkBoy

Umm... sorry, I must ask... are you on drugs?

Best storylines in my opinion:

Fable (Xbox)

FF7 (Playstation)

Dungeon Siege 2 (PC)

Black (Xbox)