What Game Has The Best Story?

Pick one:

Deus Ex
Planescape Torment
Xenogears
The Longest Journey
Syberia
Sanitarium
Clive Barker's Undying
Max Payne 1
Grim Fandango
Monkey Island
Metal Gear Solid 1
Vampire The Masquarade: Bloodlines
Arcanum
Fallout 1
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Knights of the Old Republic 1
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Persona 2: Innocent Sin
Gothic 2: Gold Edition
System Shock 2
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Wizardry 8
Ultima 7 (both parts)
Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Fallout: New Vegas
Betrayal at Krondor
Suikoden III
Chrono Trigger
Breath of Fire II

I have dozens more examples that have impressed me, but i can't remember all of them at the moment.

Lucianu

NIER this gen. All time... couldn't say.

Pokemon. It has by far the best story told in history. Nothing compares to it.

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This gen, NIER.

TheGuardian03

Amazing story, characters, and one of the greatest, if not thee greatest video game soundtracks of all freakin time. That's where it comes from, atleast for me.

[QUOTE="TheGuardian03"][QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

This gen, NIER.

Master_ShakeXXX

Amazing story, characters, and one of the greatest, if not thee greatest video game soundtracks of all freakin time. That's where it comes from, atleast for me.

ehhh... I have to disagree on the characters part. With the exception of Weiss :P I love Weiss. :3

but yeah, NIER has an amazing soundtrack, story, and the gameplay is pretty good.

More people need to buy this game!

Black Ops. Any other answer is wrong. NerubianWeaver

Actually, the story wasn't half bad, especially considering that it came from a crappy generic FPS. I truthfuly enjoyed it's story. Granted, the whole "numbers" thing got incredibly repetitious and annoying later on.

I like Neir and Enslaved this gen.

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[QUOTE="TheGuardian03"] I still don't get it with the love for this game lol :P.theuncharted34

Amazing story, characters, and one of the greatest, if not thee greatest video game soundtracks of all freakin time. That's where it comes from, atleast for me.

ehhh... I have to disagree on the characters part. With the exception of Weiss :P I love Weiss. :3

but yeah, NIER has an amazing soundtrack, story, and the gameplay is pretty good.

More people need to buy this game!

I thought the characters were great, with the exception of Emil. Good god his stupid voice was so grating I wanted to strangle him! The dialogue between the father, Kaine, and Weiss was ****ing priceless though. :lol:

Probably some of the funniest dialogue I have heard in a video game in a long time.

Grey Matter for this gen.

Gabriel Knight overall.

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[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

Amazing story, characters, and one of the greatest, if not thee greatest video game soundtracks of all freakin time. That's where it comes from, atleast for me.

Master_ShakeXXX

ehhh... I have to disagree on the characters part. With the exception of Weiss :P I love Weiss. :3

but yeah, NIER has an amazing soundtrack, story, and the gameplay is pretty good.

More people need to buy this game!

I thought the characters were great, with the exception of Emil. Good god his stupid voice was so grating I wanted to strangle him! The dialogue between the father, Kaine, and Weiss was ****ing priceless though :lol:

Emil was the whole reason I disagreed. I mean... he's just terrible. like I wanted to throw my TV out the window bad. :P

Kaine was good, the main character was decent, the rest were also decent. No one beats Weiss though :P

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[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

Amazing story, characters, and one of the greatest, if not thee greatest video game soundtracks of all freakin time. That's where it comes from, atleast for me.

TheGuardian03

ehhh... I have to disagree on the characters part. With the exception of Weiss :P I love Weiss. :3

but yeah, NIER has an amazing soundtrack, story, and the gameplay is pretty good.

More people need to buy this game!

It's only $20 now :D

NIER needs a sequel with a much more advanced engine. I'd buy it day 1.

[QUOTE="TheGuardian03"][QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

ehhh... I have to disagree on the characters part. With the exception of Weiss :P I love Weiss. :3

but yeah, NIER has an amazing soundtrack, story, and the gameplay is pretty good.

More people need to buy this game!

theuncharted34

It's only $20 now :D

NIER needs a sequal with a much more advanced engine. I'd buy it day 1.

Nah, how about a reboot with updated graphics, same music, slightly altered voice acting (mainly for Emil), and a totally revamped sidequest system. Holy s***, greatest game ever? It could have teh potential :o

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[QUOTE="TheGuardian03"] I always say i'm getting this game but i just keep forgetting :P.TheGuardian03

It's only $20 now :D

NIER needs a sequal with a much more advanced engine. I'd buy it day 1.

You won't be disappointed!

[spoiler] but if you somehow are disappointed it's shake's fault. :P [/spoiler]

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[QUOTE="TheGuardian03"] I always say i'm getting this game but i just keep forgetting :P.Master_ShakeXXX

It's only $20 now :D

NIER needs a sequal with a much more advanced engine. I'd buy it day 1.

Nah, how about a reboot with updated graphics, same music, slightly altered voice acting (mainly for Emil), and a totally revamped sidequest system. Holy s***, greatest game ever? It could have teh potential :o

all that, and redone cutscenes. It probably would be one of the best games ever!

that said I still want a sequel more. :P

[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

[QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

It's only $20 now :D

NIER needs a sequal with a much more advanced engine. I'd buy it day 1.

theuncharted34

Nah, how about a reboot with updated graphics, same music, slightly altered voice acting (mainly for Emil), and a totally revamped sidequest system. Holy s***, greatest game ever? It could have teh potential :o

all that, and redone cutscenes. It probably would be one of the best games ever!

that said I still want a sequel more. :P

Eh, I'm not sure how they could possibly continue on with the story in a sequel. I mean it ended perfectly, and had actual closure. Either way, it's almost impossible considering it's developer Cavia got absorbed into a bigger company and the game bombed critically.

@theuncharted34

I trusted him on vanquish and bought it :P, great game, now will see about Nier i hope its good :).

TheGuardian03

I think you will like it a lot, just remember it has flaws.

the story, soundtrack and some of the characters more than make up for it though. :)

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[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

Nah, how about a reboot with updated graphics, same music, slightly altered voice acting (mainly for Emil), and a totally revamped sidequest system. Holy s***, greatest game ever? It could have teh potential :o

Master_ShakeXXX

all that, and redone cutscenes. It probably would be one of the best games ever!

that said I still want a sequel more. :P

Eh, I'm not sure how they could possibly continue on with the story in a sequel. I mean it ended perfectly, and had actual closure. Either way, it's almost impossible considering it's developer Cavia got absorbed into a bigger company and the game bombed critically.

Yeah it'll never happen. If only SE poured as much money into NIER as they did with FF XIII, It would have been a masterpiece.

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[QUOTE="TheGuardian03"]

@theuncharted34

I trusted him on vanquish and bought it :P, great game, now will see about Nier i hope its good :).

TheGuardian03

I think you will like it a lot, just remember it has flaws.

the story, soundtrack and some of the characters more than make up for it though. :)

Let me know what you think of it :)

Oh well video games are pretty generally riddled with pretty terrible stories by traditional standards, but there's a good bucket full of greater examples.

That being said the game centric 'narratives', and even some other more traditional ones are pretty remarkable, even if they're not strong on paper.

That being said I'd say MGS3, Fallout, Majoras Mask, Planescape Torment, Shadow of the Colossus, World of Goo, Grim Fandango, Deus Ex, and so on.

Less traditional wise Defcon and X-Com come to mind, pretty sure you could bundle quite a few other games alongside them.