Best story in a game ever?

Is there a game with a story more in depth, told as well, and as cool as Bioshock? Maybe im missing it but saving the princess, or killing dracula dont have nearly as awesome a story that everyone i think can truly get into as bioshock. Im really sick of every dev hyping up story so much and 99% of them all fail to even match the quality of an average tv show. Anything you can think of that can touch bioshock?

Was going to go into this thread saying bioshock, but you already said it for me.

Mass Effect has quite a good story to itaswell but not quite in depth (literally, lol:P) as bioshock.

From what i've played it's between these games:

Metal Gear solid 3: Subsistence

Kingdom hearts

God of War

GTA: San Andreas

Was going to go into this thread saying bioshock, but you already said it for me.

Mass Effect has quite a good story to itaswell but not quite in depth (literally, lol:P) as bioshock.

ThatsSimtastic

that horrible driving part of the game made me so frustrated that i quite and returned the game :(((

I feel bad about it now because i want to play it, but seriously the driving part with the giant snake or whatever coming out form under me and 1 shotting me was not fun. The story did seem genuinely quality up to that point

Best STORY in a SINGLE GAME, Ever?

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I would say Metal Gear Solid 4.

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Runner Ups :

Metal Gear Solid 1-3 (Such a great story telling series, amazing, set the bar way too high.)

Final Fantasy 4, 6, 7, 9, and 10.

Persona 3

Mass Effect

Bioshock

Knights of the Old Republic

God of War 1

God of War 2

The Entire Legacy of Kain Games (all 5) together are pretty dang Epic.

Deus Ex (JC Denton FTW!)

From what i've played it's between these games:

Metal Gear solid 3: Subsistence

Kingdom hearts

God of War

GTA: San Andreas

big_

Good call dude! i forgot about how badass god of wars story was, i actually watched interested

The gods at Bioware create games just for this purpose ;) Bioshock can't compare to WRPG's like Baldurs Gate, KotOR and Mass Effect imho... Also, Black Isle.

Best STORY in a SINGLE GAME, Ever?

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I would say Metal Gear Solid 4.

SolidTy

does it get insanely convoluted and ridiculous like metal gear solid 2 did?

KOTOR for me! It was brilliant.

Was going to go into this thread saying bioshock, but you already said it for me.

Mass Effect has quite a good story to itaswell but not quite in depth (literally, lol:P) as bioshock.

ThatsSimtastic

The gods at Bioware crate games just for this purpose ;) Bioshock can't compare to WRPG's like Baldurs Gate, KotOR and Mass Effect imho... Also, Black Isle.angelkimne

KOTORS story was kinda cool, the gameplay was the real winner in that game for me though, decent twist at the end was nice.

[QUOTE="angelkimne"]The gods at Bioware crate games just for this purpose ;) Bioshock can't compare to WRPG's like Baldurs Gate, KotOR and Mass Effect imho... Also, Black Isle.CHRION987

KOTORS story was kinda cool, the gameplay was the real winner in that game for me though, decent twist at the end was nice.

[QUOTE="ThatsSimtastic"]

Was going to go into this thread saying bioshock, but you already said it for me.

Mass Effect has quite a good story to itaswell but not quite in depth (literally, lol:P) as bioshock.

angelkimne

its much more than that, the atmosphere of the game plays into the story and how it comes to a conclusion in an amazing way, also the subtle hints like blood on the wall saying "would you kindly" the audio logs were played as you played the game aswell, which added to the feeling of living the actualy event instead of seeing a cutscene, and the end with the baseball bat to the dome! it was better than some movies IMO

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

Best STORY in a SINGLE GAME, Ever?

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I would say Metal Gear Solid 4.

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Runner Ups :

Metal Gear Solid 1-3 (Such a great story telling series, amazing, set the bar way too high.)

Final Fantasy 4, 6, 7, 9, and 10.

Persona 3

Mass Effect

Bioshock

Knights of the Old Republic

God of War 1 & 2

CHRION987

does it get insanely convoluted and ridiculous like metal gear solid 2 did?

Nope, and it also manages to completely answer all questions we had from the series. It wasn't as concise as Metal Gear Solid 1 (But close), but MGS4 had a lot of questions to solve before the amazing climax to SNAKE's Saga.

MGS2 was a great game, but yes, the story was unnessarily complex.

[QUOTE="CHRION987"]

[QUOTE="angelkimne"]The gods at Bioware crate games just for this purpose ;) Bioshock can't compare to WRPG's like Baldurs Gate, KotOR and Mass Effect imho... Also, Black Isle.angelkimne

KOTORS story was kinda cool, the gameplay was the real winner in that game for me though, decent twist at the end was nice.

I know but the combat was sooooo leet in KOTOR I loved the combat engine so much i played through 5 or 6 characters to the end cause i just couldnt stop building up jedis lol

Planescape:Torment

Vampires The Masquerade-Bloodlines

Grim Fandango

Fallout series(especially 2)

Was going to go into this thread saying bioshock, but you already said it for me.

Mass Effect has quite a good story to itaswell but not quite in depth (literally, lol:P) as bioshock.

[QUOTE="CHRION987"]

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

Best STORY in a SINGLE GAME, Ever?

----------------

I would say Metal Gear Solid 4.

--------------------

Runner Ups :

Metal Gear Solid 1-3 (Such a great story telling series, amazing, set the bar way too high.)

Final Fantasy 4, 6, 7, 9, and 10.

Persona 3

Mass Effect

Bioshock

Knights of the Old Republic

God of War 1 & 2

SolidTy

does it get insanely convoluted and ridiculous like metal gear solid 2 did?

Nope, and it also manages to completely answer all questions we had from the series. It wasn't as concise as Metal Gear Solid 1 (But close), but MGS4 had a lot of questions to solve before the amazing climax to SNAKE's Saga.

MGS2 was a great game, but yes, the story was unnessarily complex.

someone should splice all the audio transmitions and cutscenes in proper order to tell the whole story from beginning to end, i wonder how long that would be?

Planescape Torment

Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines

Fallout 1&2

BG series

Grim Fandango

Planescape:Torment

Vampires The Masquerade-Bloodlines

Grim Fandango

Fallout series(especially 2)

froidnite

I sadly missed out on playing each and every one of those games in there hayday, just read about them in magazines and wanted to play them, :( sigh

These 3:

[QUOTE="angelkimne"][QUOTE="ThatsSimtastic"]

Was going to go into this thread saying bioshock, but you already said it for me.

Mass Effect has quite a good story to itaswell but not quite in depth (literally, lol:P) as bioshock.

ThatsSimtastic

Just go and look on the Wiki's for both games and it's pretty clear which universe is deeper.

Mass effect has the most overatted story ever, its blant and generic nothing and new and without depth.....just in case you wanna know what i think.dakan45

Was going to go into this thread saying bioshock, but you already said it for me.

Mass Effect has quite a good story to itaswell but not quite in depth (literally, lol:P) as bioshock.

Mass effect has the most overatted story ever, its blant and generic nothing and new and without depth.....just in case you wanna know what i think.dakan45

[QUOTE="dakan45"]Mass effect has the most overatted story ever, its blant and generic nothing and new and without depth.....just in case you wanna know what i think.angelkimne

[QUOTE="dakan45"]Mass effect has the most overatted story ever, its blant and generic nothing and new and without depth.....just in case you wanna know what i think.Next-Gen-Tec

[QUOTE="Next-Gen-Tec"][QUOTE="dakan45"]Mass effect has the most overatted story ever, its blant and generic nothing and new and without depth.....just in case you wanna know what i think.dakan45

what was grimm fandango about anyway?

what was grimm fandango about anyway?

CHRION987

MASS EFFECT.....

and before that, KOTOR....

Bioware are Kings among men, when it comes to story telling in video games.

Metal Gear Solid 1 - 4 no doubt, especially mgs3!

As a single game - Planescape : Torment. By far the most engrossing and original story told in a single game. Ever.

As a series - Legacy of Kain. This series is the very definition of epic, and add to that the excellent writing, storytelling, and the best voice acting cast ever to grace a video game series, and its hard not to choose Legacy of Kain as the best storyline in all of gaming.

- Planescape Torment (also easily the best characters, dialogues, relationships etc)

- Deus Ex

- Grim Fadango

- Gabriel Knights

- SS 2

what was grimm fandango about anyway?

CHRION987

It's a mix of Aztec beliefs and film noir, following the story of reaper Manny Calavera, a travel agent in the 1940s-ish Land of the Dead. By stealing one of his partner's clients, he starts to uncover a web of murder and corruption that may be cheating souls out of their final resting places...and all that. Awesomeness.

Anyway, I'd pick Planescape Torment over that (and everything else). I can't think of another game that's anywhere near as deep or philosophical as that.

*edit* Ah yes, and I really loved the Gabriel Knight trilogy, too.^^