Games with excellent stories?

Morrowind and Neverwinter Nights had really good story lines.  Titan Quest is another game I have played recently that have a good story line.  Gothic 3 appears to have a good one too.

Planescape: Torment

The best story-driven game to date.

nikolasg

Period.

[QUOTE="nikolasg"]Planescape: Torment

The best story-driven game to date.

Lonezerth

Period.

fallouts, kotors, half lifes, final fantasies, silent hills, resident evils, farenheit, broken swords, pretty much any adventure game the list goes on and on and on

Planescape: Torment

The best story-driven game to date.

nikolasg

Agreed. If you're looking for a story-driven game, Planescape: Torment is simply a must. It's an instant-classic.

I agree with most of the games mentioned but I'm going to add a couple classics that I thought were great for their time... Diablo 2, Starcraft & BroodWar, Baldur's Gate II, Deus Ex, System Shock 2 and Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines.

Just trying to add some that I felt were worth mentioning. :)

Splinter Cell series have excellent stories.

Mafia Dice3

Neverwinter Nights 2 has a great story. While it might not be the biggest mystery (it's pretty straight foward), it is presented with expertly crafted NPC interactions.dnuggs40

[QUOTE="dnuggs40"]Neverwinter Nights 2 has a great story. While it might not be the biggest mystery (it's pretty straight foward), it is presented with expertly crafted NPC interactions.sodiumpentathol

[QUOTE="sodiumpentathol"]

[QUOTE="dnuggs40"]Neverwinter Nights 2 has a great story. While it might not be the biggest mystery (it's pretty straight foward), it is presented with expertly crafted NPC interactions.dnuggs40

Freespace 2.

Grim Fandango

Gabriel Knight 3

Neverwinter Nights (am currently playing the 2nd one, not far enough into it, to judge its storyline yet)

Beyond Good and Evil

Zork Nemesis

The Longest Journey

Halflife series have excellent story, even if the endings always leave you feeling unsatisfied.

And, like everyone else, I like the stories of KOTOR 1 and KOTOR 2, although I thought KOTOR 2's story didnt tie into the story of the first game well enough.

Deus Ex has an amazing story, I loved how it used everything in the game to tell it (emails, conversations, books, news bulletins, NPC-to-NPC conversations, etc).  Also, it gave you the choice to conclude the story three different ways.  Amazing!

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[QUOTE="nikolasg"]Planescape: Torment

The best story-driven game to date.

orchid_boy

Period.

i second that~~

Freespace 2.

mike_baks

Planescape: Torment

The best story-driven game to date.

nikolasg

You win! A Cookie!

The most recent game I've played with good story was Condemned. Maybe the story isn't written by shakespear but at least it has kind of a creepy story compared to most games how doesn't seem to have any other story than "bad guys are coming, blow their heads off".

I also like the story in both of the Max Payne games, they are brilliant.