Best storytellers in videogame history?

notable games:

Square -- Xenogears, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI.

Bioware -- Jade Empire, KOTOR, Mass Effect.

Kojima -- Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 3, Snatcher.

Valve -- Portal, Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 2.

Others:

Rockstar North: Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto IV.

Tim Schafer: Psychonauts, Grim Fandango.

Looking Glass/Irrational: Bioshock, System Shock 2.

Bioware hands down.

It's one thing to make a great story, its another thing to make a great story that is dictated by your actions.

tough poll if you ask me. each have their unbeatable strengths.di_sgt_barber

Bioware hands down.

It's one thing to make a great story, its another thing to make a great story that is dictated by your actions.

Blizzard without question. How could you do this poll without them as a option?

i like sqeure and kojima the same but i voted kojima

Michel Ancel for Beyond Good and Evil. The man's an artist

They are all, just, terrible. Stories in games are an afterthought, even if they try.clembo1990

They are all, just, terrible. Stories in games are an afterthought, even if they try.clembo1990

In theory, yes. But that does not automatically make for bad stories by default. Deus Ex is an example of a game with a brilliant story and would make for a brilliant book, if it were to be formatted for a book.

[QUOTE="clembo1990"]They are all, just, terrible. Stories in games are an afterthought, even if they try.organic_machine

In theory, yes. But that does not automatically make for bad stories by default. Deus Ex is an example of a game with a brilliant story and would make for a brilliant book, if it were to be formatted for a book.

Hideo Kojima pwns them all.

Bioware, there stories take turns based on what you do, and they're all freakin' good.

a great story doesn't have to be compatible with an all-text format. the watchmen, portal, and mulholland drive are all perfect examples of this, from different spectrums of storytelling.di_sgt_barber

i'd say valve, but it takes so long for their games to come out I can't even say, I mean its like someone taking me out to a steak restaurant eating the free order of bread and dragging me out because I still haven't had my steak and I really want it. They make incredible games but take their sweet time

I mean I seriously think i'll have kids by the time HL:3 comes out

Valve or Kojima...MKLOL

Bioware, Sakaguchi, Levine, and Rockstar are my favs.

Fumito Ueda is my favourite storyteller.

I love how his games let the story flow through gameplay.

I voted for Bioware, although I'm a MGS fan, but the story is kind of convoluted in a bad sense.

I find that Bioware and Valve games have 'ok' story lines, they just present them very well. I never thought that Mass Effect, Baldur's Gate, KOTOR, Half-Life series had really good stories, it's just how you play through it and make decisions is what's so engrossing. That being said I really liked the stories in the older Square games, not Square-Enix. I also loved the MGS stories, mostly 1 and 3. I didn't care much for 2 and 4 was 'alright'.

I think Square tells the best stories and also Namco with their Tales games and Xenosaga.death919

lucasarts circa 1990 - 1998

[QUOTE="clembo1990"]They are all, just, terrible. Stories in games are an afterthought, even if they try.di_sgt_barber

[QUOTE="death919"]I think Square tells the best stories and also Namco with their Tales games and Xenosaga.TREAL_Since

[QUOTE="death919"]I think Square tells the best stories and also Namco with their Tales games and Xenosaga.TREAL_Since

I find that Bioware and Valve games have 'ok' story lines, they just present them very well. I never thought that Mass Effect, Baldur's Gate, KOTOR, Half-Life series had really good stories, it's just how you play through it and make decisions is what's so engrossing. That being said I really liked the stories in the older Square games, not Square-Enix. I also loved the MGS stories, mostly 1 and 3. I didn't care much for 2 and 4 was 'alright'.

SOedipus

The guy who writes the material for God of War by faaaaaaaaaaar.

Bioware! Jade Empire was an awesome story!

[QUOTE="TREAL_Since"][QUOTE="death919"]I think Square tells the best stories and also Namco with their Tales games and Xenosaga._Pedro_

Bioware! Jade Empire was an awesome story!

SpideR_CentS

Kojima, hands down. Just play MGS4.

Sierra Adventure (Gabriel Knight, King's Quest etc) naval

why is it that one one ever remember the legend of kyrandia... seriously

Voted Kojima. Never played any Bioware games.

HL2 had the only story that i ever actually cared about so valve for me. Bioshock had a good story but it was't as good as Valves.