Exceptional single player story/camaign games worth playing?

Legacy of Kain series.

stalker: shadows of chyrnoble and call of pripyat

warhammer 40k: dawn of war 2 + chaos rising (retribution is nice but not worth the investment outside of mp)

Okami on ps2 was pretty good and VERY fun

Cryostasis, winner of Gamespot's 2009 Best Story award.

Planescape: Torment, winner of best story of all time.

This:

stalker: shadow of chernobyl and call of pripyat

ionusX

And this:

Cryostasis, winner of Gamespot's 2009 Best Story award.

Cryostasis and Metro 2033(and soon Metro Last Light) have fantastic campaigns.

PS1

MGS1

PS2

MGS2

MGS3

God of War

God of War II

Final Fantasy X

Devil May Cry 3 (or so I hear/see)

Resident Evil 4

Tales of Symphonia

Tales of the Abyss (I assume)

PC

Portal

Portal 2

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Braid

Darksiders (not mindblowing, but worth playing)

Assassins Creed II (again, not mindblowing but worthplaying)

Mirrors Edge (Far from perfect, but very unique and interesting)

Mass Effect

Mass Effect 2

After reading your whole post :P, I would say of my list, MGS is number one. But Braid, Mass Effect, and maybe others like RE4, AC2, and so on would be a good fit.

Legacy of Kain series.

SovietsUnited

Can be on PSX, PS2 or PC. I'm trying to find memorable, complex, deep, story engaging games to play that will remain in my heart until I die like Xenogears, Suikoden II, FFVIII and so on. On the PC I really enjoyed Crysis 1 and Batman Arkham Asylum. Any other AAA+ single player exceptional game that can compete with any of the games I mentioned above?Kopogero

Planescape Torment is the equivalent of Xenogears, on the PC, in terms of complexity, depth and how memorable everything is. I consider these two games to be the definite height of role playing games, that no game has ever surpassed.

I also love Xenogears, i high recommend Planescape Torment.

Half Life 1,2, episode 1, episode2.I found half life 1 very engaging,because there is just something about taking on a bunch of aliens, marines, and black ops all by yourself while trying to move through the black mesa facility to stop the problem. From part 2 and beyond the story is more detailed but nothing beats the original half life.

How about Elder Scrolls 3 - Morrowind + expansions + MGSO?

Can be on PSX, PS2 or PC. I'm trying to find memorable, complex, deep, story engaging games to play that will remain in my heart until I die like Xenogears, Suikoden II, FFVIII and so on. On the PC I really enjoyed Crysis 1 and Batman Arkham Asylum. Any other AAA+ single player exceptional game that can compete with any of the games I mentioned above?Kopogero

if you like that kind of games you should try dragon quest, specially viii for ps2, i loved that game, almost as much as xenogears, suikoden or ff

stalker: shadows of chyrnoble and call of pripyat

warhammer 40k: dawn of war 2 + chaos rising (retribution is nice but not worth the investment outside of mp)

Okami on ps2 was pretty good and VERY fun

ionusX

i have tried to get into stalker but i cant seem to, is it really worth it?

Well, one i recently played was Dreamfall : The Longest Journey, it's one of the best when it comes to story, imho ofc.GeneralShowzer

Deus ex. It's a masterpiece.

MGS3 has the best story that I have ever seen.

Deus ex. It's a masterpiece.

MGS3 has the best story that I have ever seen.

Am_Confucius

sly cooper and the witcher 2

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Deus ex. It's a masterpiece.

MGS3 has the best story that I have ever seen.

Elann2008

Have to also cast my vote for Legacy of Kain series, it was refreshing playing it first time and the superb voice acting it has is fantastic.

Metro 2033 had imho an epic single player campaign.

I haven't played any of the games you mentioned, so I'll throw out a couple of my favorite singleplayer games with engaging story lines:

PSX:

-Star Ocean

-Legend of Legaia

PC:

-Beyond Good & Evil

-Psychonaughts

World in Conflict is fantastic.