Best Storyline : Which game do you think had the best storyline?

Homeworld. 

MAfia

Best Storyline: Metal Gear series (Damn Konami for not making MGS3 for PC)

Games with great storylines:

Star Wars Knights of the old republic series ( the second one isn't as good as the first)
Broken Sword series ( the first one is the best, the forth was the worst )
Gabriel Knight series ( the second is the best )
Jade Empire
Marc Ecko's Getting Up
Indigo Prophecy ( it's more like a movie than a game)
Grim Fandango
Syberia 1 & 2
Still Life
Monkey Island series (Funiest series ever)
GUN
True Crime series ( the first is better)
Mafia
Fable: The Lost Chapters
Legacy of Kain series
Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines
Devil May Cry

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wowbagger2004

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Darth_Kane

ooooopsie!

The funny thing is, we are furthering the error by posting in this thread... 

The DIG has a great storyline, and remains one of my favored adventure games.

I also like very much story driven japanese RPGs like the FF series, or even better like Xenogears. The simple evocation of Xenogears makes me want to have a PS1 again...  

Best Storyline: Metal Gear series (Damn Konami for not making MGS3 for PC)

Darth_Kane

my man.

Hideo made me cry @ the end of MGS4!!, it was unlike any game experience i ever had. been following snake sinds operation intrude, and after all this time i kinda feel like family :p. especially when all this bad stuff happens to snake in all these nostalgic places with all these nostalgic characters, you accually feel like you know these people very well.

the whole series as a package makes for the (cinematicly) best told story in a videogame EVER period

'do you feel it snake?, the clash of bone and senew'......

'Ive been waiting for this pain......'

Frank 'Grey Fox' Jeager AKA Cyborg Ninja

On the PC, System Shock 2 - easy. While the scenario itself isn't super duper original (aliens + rampant AI), the characters and writing and voice acting are all superb. There's a great twist, too... and while it's fairly predictable, it happens in such a perfect way.

Including non-PC games, I'd have to say Silent Hill (the original only, not its crappy sequels). The presentation is extremely poor, but the story itself is absolutely spectacular - extremely intelligent and very emotional.

I don't know which game had the best storyline. My favorites though are Deus Ex and Starcraft.

EDIT: And Morrowind. I love Morrowind's story.

oh yeah and (in any particular order),

Final Fantasy (all of them, and i mean ALL of them)

Zelda (idem)

The elder Scrolls III an IV

C&C series (idem :P)

Resident Evil Series (i keep naming complete series :p, but for RE all the survivor and code veronica games i didnt like, as well as outbreak.)

System Shock 2

Mass Effect

Half life Series

Splinter Cell Series

man, there a lot more. ah well you cant name em all......

Mafia

Fahrenheit

Morrowiind and Oblivion

KOTOR

HL1, HL2 & Episodes

Max Payne 1 and 2

The Longest Journey

No One Lives Forever 1 and 2

oh yeah and (in any particular order),

Final Fantasy (all of them, and i mean ALL of them)

Zelda (idem)

The elder Scrolls III an IV

C&C series (idem :P)

Resident Evil Series (i keep naming complete series :p, but for RE all the survivor and code veronica games i didnt like, as well as outbreak.)

System Shock 2

Mass Effect

Half life Series

Splinter Cell Series

man, there a lot more. ah well you cant name em all......

npc-synaxis

Sheesh, FINALLY someone mentioned the best storyline in gaming - Half-Life 2. George Orwell could have written it (Well, he kind of did, but if you can't System Shock as original than you can count HL 2.) Seriously though, my favorite video game story ever.

Planescape Torment

honorable mentions:

The Longest Journey

Fahrenheit

mafia

bioshock would have, but as fatshodan will argue (and he/she is good at it), its straight from ss2.

RPG - 1. Planescape: Torment 2. Witcher

Adventure - 1. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, 2. The Longest Journey

FPS or Hybrid - 1. Thief 2: The Metal Age, 2. Deus Ex

Strategy - 1. Age of Mythology, 2. Rise of Legends

Notable Mention - Freelancer, System Shock 2, No One Lives Forever 2, Syberia

On the PC, System Shock 2 - easy. While the scenario itself isn't super duper original (aliens + rampant AI), the characters and writing and voice acting are all superb. There's a great twist, too... and while it's fairly predictable, it happens in such a perfect way.

Including non-PC games, I'd have to say Silent Hill (the original only, not its crappy sequels). The presentation is extremely poor, but the story itself is absolutely spectacular - extremely intelligent and very emotional.

fatshodan

Shodan, though I agree with SS2, Silent Hill 2 also had a very good storyline. To me it has a rather emotional twist to it, and it's good enough for me to say it's even better than the first one.

Seeing alot of these threads

final Fantasy 7, Morrowind, Half life 2, kotor are all strong contenders

I hear planetscape torment is up there but I never played it but lookign for a copy

Fable: The Lost Chapters

[QUOTE="fatshodan"]

On the PC, System Shock 2 - easy. While the scenario itself isn't super duper original (aliens + rampant AI), the characters and writing and voice acting are all superb. There's a great twist, too... and while it's fairly predictable, it happens in such a perfect way.

Including non-PC games, I'd have to say Silent Hill (the original only, not its crappy sequels). The presentation is extremely poor, but the story itself is absolutely spectacular - extremely intelligent and very emotional.

shalashaska88

Shodan, though I agree with SS2, Silent Hill 2 also had a very good storyline. To me it has a rather emotional twist to it, and it's good enough for me to say it's even better than the first one.

I do actually agree with you on that shalashanka (except for it being better). Silent Hill 2 has a great story, but I overanalysed (I played it right after the first game so I was in a very analytical mindset) and I figured out a lot of the story. I mean, the first enemy alone (the straightjacket guy) clearly represents illness and possibly insanity... from there it was pretty straightforward.

My problem with SH2 is that, at least for me, it doesn't have any horror elements at all - it just didn't have anything that made the first game so frightening. Possibly because I played it on a PC and had quicksave. Anyway, point taken - the second game does have a great story.

But the third is ass! And the fourth? Eugh! The SH series reminds me of the Alien series quite a lot. 1 and 2 are great and unique, then 3 is a mediocre remake of 1 and 4 is a mediocre remake of 2.

Max Payne 1&2

Mafia

Dreamfall (TLJ yet to be played, it's still on my list of shame)

Fahrenheit's first half, before it went crazy.

Thief 1-3

Max Payne 1+2.

Baldur's Gate I & II- Sheer epic scale.

Starcraft and Broodwar - For spanning multiple races and dealing with delicate subjects/morals etc. Great character-gallery with tremendous personality. (crosses fingers for SC2!)

Half Life 2 - Such an emotional story. Wasn't into the story of the OC, but EP1 and 2 totally won me over (must have EP3!)

Prey - Somehow I really like how the story unfolded and how it towards the end delt with morals ethic of modern man (spiritual/technological). It was cheesy at times, but I still loved it.

Grim Fandango - Dios Mio!

Monkey Island 1, 2 and 3 - Guybrush, Elaine and LeChuck are some of the most memorable videogame-charecters ever. Also, the series has some excellent and witty dialogue.

Max payne 1 & 2 - I don't think any other games have left me wanting more (and more and more). Possibly the only 2 games ever that have made me want to come back for more constantly.

Just my two cents!

Planescape: Torment had a very interesting story. The strange world added a lot to the story as well. Too bad there were no other games made in the same world.Herrick

yeah. too bad, and probably never will be, see how NWN2 barely holds its ground as classical CRPG these days?

anyway, BG2 has some references to the planes (and an interesting weapon related to Torment). And there's a NPC mod, the character is from the plane. in addition to many well written dialogues concerning the planes, we actaully get to go to Torment maps to do the NPC guest. wonderful fans and mods we have in BG community^^

[QUOTE="Herrick"]Planescape: Torment had a very interesting story. The strange world added a lot to the story as well. Too bad there were no other games made in the same world.teardropmina

yeah. too bad, and probably never will be, see how NWN2 barely holds its ground as classical CRPG these days?

anyway, BG2 has some references to the planes (and an interesting weapon related to Torment). And there's a NPC mod, the character is from the plane. in addition to many well written dialogues concerning the planes, we actaully get to go to Torment maps to do the NPC guest. wonderful fans and mods we have in BG community^^

Barely? NWN2 vanilla was a dieaster in story, gameplay, and performance :x

guys im actually looking for a pc game and what your saying really catches me. is starcraft good? and whats the story line? im guessing its good its made by blizzard! (DUH)alma996

Usual rule of thumb for RTS's is.. Gameplay first//// Story last.