Looking for a game with a good story...

• Planescape: Torment
• Homeworld
• Deus Ex
• System Shock 2

Fahrenheit has a good story and nice cinematic gameplay

Baldur's Gate 2 if fantasy + RPG is your thing.

Half Life 1/2 if sci-fi, FPS, and awesomeness is your thing.

I am surprised that no one recommended Bioshock. The game has a great story and has great gameplay. Can easily get 20 hours out of the game if you explore everything and really pay attention to the story (20 hours if you beat the game being good and evil). Or you can beat the game in 5 hours playing through really really fast not paying attention to the story or exploring and using the wrench/lightning combo.

Bioshock has an excellent story if you are playing the game purely for the story.

I bought Mass Effect and was not at all impressed with it, the gameplay was very boring and repititive and the story was way to predictable. However it is cool that you can pick and choose what happens to various people and the world as a whole in the game.

Fahrenheit has a good story and nice cinematic gameplay

MrNacaa

fahrenheit, also known as indigo prophecy, excellent game.

jade empire, GTA games main storyline is always entertaining, tes4:oblivion, mass effect, grim fandango, fable..

KOTOR has a nice story.

I'll second Grim Fandango--though it's more the premise/setting and characters are amazing than the story.

Half Life 1 & 2 (episodes as well)

Deus Ex

Monkey Island series etc.

tes4:oblivionfunk_

I hope you are being sarcastic :roll:

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If you didnt play Planescape Torment i recomend it !

[QUOTE="funk_"] tes4:oblivionLidve

I hope you are being sarcastic :roll:

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If you didnt play Planescape Torment i recomend it !

Bioshock

Mass Effect

Thief 1-3

Max Payne 1+2

Deus Ex 1.

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[QUOTE="funk_"] tes4:oblivionNibroc420

I hope you are being sarcastic :roll:

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If you didnt play Planescape Torment i recomend it !

I agree,warcraft universe have great lore,well atleast pre-BC

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="Lidve"]

[QUOTE="funk_"] tes4:oblivionLidve

I hope you are being sarcastic :roll:

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If you didnt play Planescape Torment i recomend it !

I agree,warcraft universe have great lore,well atleast pre-BC

[QUOTE="Lidve"][QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="Lidve"]

[QUOTE="funk_"] tes4:oblivionNibroc420

I hope you are being sarcastic :roll:

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If you didnt play Planescape Torment i recomend it !

I agree,warcraft universe have great lore,well atleast pre-BC

Than you should check out all warcraft games + dosen books that are released on Warcraft universe. Lore is certainly something that was made with lot of effort

While WoW is not story driven you are part of that living world and thats story for itself

The guy who said oblivion,well oblivion is too shallow story wise,morrowind was bether

Try The Witcher. It has a great story line.

KOTOR has a nice story.

jedinat

I'll 2nd this. It didn't rely on existing Star Wars storylines for it's own story, and it's got a crazy plot twist that I didn't see coming at all.

Than you should check out all warcraft games + dosen books that are released on Warcraft universe. Lore is certainly something that was made with lot of effort

While WoW is not story driven you are part of that living world and thats story for itself

The guy who said oblivion,well oblivion is too shallow story wise,morrowind was bether

Lidve

[QUOTE="Lidve"]

Than you should check out all warcraft games + dosen books that are released on Warcraft universe. Lore is certainly something that was made with lot of effort

While WoW is not story driven you are part of that living world and thats story for itself

The guy who said oblivion,well oblivion is too shallow story wise,morrowind was bether

Nibroc420

Computer games

• Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (1994) - real-time strategy game
• Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995)
  • Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal (1996) - expansion pack to Tides of Darkness
  • Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition (1999) - allowed online play of Warcraft II on Battle.net
• Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans - adventure game, cancelled
• Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002)
  • Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (2003) - expansion pack to Reign of Chaos
• World of Warcraft (2004) - MMORPG
  • World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (2007) - expansion pack to World of Warcraft
  • World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (2008) - second expansion to World of Warcraft

[edit] Tabletop games

• Warcraft: The Board Game - strategic board game from Fantasy Flight Games, based heavily on Warcraft III
• Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game - role-playing game from Sword & Sorcery
• World of Warcraft: The Board Game - board game based on World of Warcraft, also by Fantasy Flight Games
• World of Warcraft: The Adventure Game - board game based on World of Warcraft, also by Fantasy Flight Games
• World of Warcraft Miniatures Game - an upcoming (November 2008) miniature war game based on World of Warcraft, by Upper Deck Entertainment.

[edit] Collectible card games

• World of Warcraft Trading Card Game - 2006[1]

[edit] Books

• Warcraft: Day of the Dragon
• Warcraft: Lord of the Clans
• Warcraft: Of Blood and Honor
• Warcraft: The Last Guardian
• Warcraft: War of the Ancients Trilogy
• Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy
• World of Warcraft: Cycle of Hatred
• World of Warcraft: Rise of the Horde
• World of Warcraft: Tides of Darkness
• World of Warcraft: Beyond the Dark Portal
• Warcraft: Anthology Vol. 1

[QUOTE="Lidve"]

Than you should check out all warcraft games + dosen books that are released on Warcraft universe. Lore is certainly something that was made with lot of effort

While WoW is not story driven you are part of that living world and thats story for itself

The guy who said oblivion,well oblivion is too shallow story wise,morrowind was bether

Nibroc420

Noone said you have to read them..as i said wow is not story driven , so if you didnt play older Warcraft games - you probably wouldnt understand it.

But if you did than when you actualy enter World of Warcraft and recognise all places you previously heard of ,saw or wanted to visit - its story for itself + there are LOT of story elements that are put in game, but you can SKIP them (unlike games like AGE OF CONAN that tried to be "story driven" and actualy that is boring to listen whan you play your 6-th character and cant skip it)

thanks for the copy/paste from...wikipedia?

EDIT: i've only played the second one, i gave number 3 a shot, and i'm sure thats where i could learn most of the story. But it got boring =P

Removed quote box. Also, please make sure you use the edit post tool next time instead of making a new post :) - G013M.

Grim Fandango

Deus Ex

Max Payne 1+2

Deus Ex and KoTOR.

I am surprised that no one recommended Bioshock. The game has a great story and has great gameplay. Can easily get 20 hours out of the game if you explore everything and really pay attention to the story (20 hours if you beat the game being good and evil). Or you can beat the game in 5 hours playing through really really fast not paying attention to the story or exploring and using the wrench/lightning combo.

Bioshock has an excellent story if you are playing the game purely for the story.

I bought Mass Effect and was not at all impressed with it, the gameplay was very boring and repititive and the story was way to predictable. However it is cool that you can pick and choose what happens to various people and the world as a whole in the game.

Dromare

Bioshock's is okay, but assuming most have played SS2, they know that Bioshock is a re-hash of SS2. Still as a game that stands on its own, the storyline is rather very well told.

Second Sighteclarkdog

[QUOTE="MrNacaa"]

Fahrenheit has a good story and nice cinematic gameplay

funk_

fahrenheit, also known as indigo prophecy, excellent game.

jade empire, GTA games main storyline is always entertaining, tes4:oblivion, mass effect, grim fandango, fable..

I have to disagree with Fahrenheit. It started out strong with an intriguing story and gameplay but it starts to lose steam in the middle and totally falls apart towards the end both in terms of story and gameplay.

Jade empire and Fable dont have great storyline and from what I have played of Mass Effect so far the story is not mind-blowing.

[QUOTE="jedinat"]

KOTOR has a nice story.

G013M

I'll 2nd this. It didn't rely on existing Star Wars storylines for it's own story, and it's got a crazy plot twist that I didn't see coming at all.