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Post by castletonsnob on Sept 6, 2023 19:16:51 GMT -5
What games would you say have great stories?
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Post by tirtefaa on Sept 6, 2023 19:26:37 GMT -5
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Post by Zombie Mod on Sept 6, 2023 19:43:20 GMT -5
I'm just going to quote myself from the are games art thread (but remove destiny/destiny 2 as the story for those two got bloated and convoluted.) God of War (2018), God of War: Ragnarok, The Last of Us, The Last of Us part 2, Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West, the last Tomb Raider Trilogy of games Red Dead Redemption 2 I'm also going to add in: Bioshock, Bioshock infinite, gears of war 1-3 (as a whole it's a good story over the course of the three games, it gets interrupted by the shooty grind of the game type.) |
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Sept 6, 2023 21:49:35 GMT -5
I prefer story driven games now, so games I've played recently with good stories
Guardians of the Galaxy
Detroit Become Human
Life is Strange and Life is Strange True Colors
Firewatch
The Forbidden City
Call of Cthulu
Marvel's Midnight Suns
Any of Supermassive's Horror Games--Men of Meden and Little Hope were mediocre, but The Quarry, Until Dawn, Devil in Me and House of Ashes are all solid games.
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Road 96
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2023 21:56:55 GMT -5
Borderlands 2
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Sept 6, 2023 21:57:27 GMT -5
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.
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Post by Renslayer on Sept 6, 2023 21:58:08 GMT -5
I'd put GTA IV on this list
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Sept 7, 2023 2:05:10 GMT -5
The Thief series.
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Post by dirtyoldman on Sept 7, 2023 6:09:41 GMT -5
Have to go with FF7. That was something special.
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Post by Fundertaker on Sept 7, 2023 6:13:45 GMT -5
Suikoden 2
Nier Automata
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Post by EP 54 is banned from Collision on Sept 7, 2023 6:23:32 GMT -5
Hades
Disco Elysium.
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Post by castletonsnob on Sept 7, 2023 7:01:29 GMT -5
I beat NieR: Automata.
I looked up the game on TV Tropes, and spoiled myself, because I had NO IDEA there were multiple endings that you have to beat the game multiple times to see. I thought the message at the end was one of those "play through the game again, but make different choices this time for a different ending" things.
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Post by Heart of fools gold on Sept 7, 2023 7:27:18 GMT -5
Mass effect trilogy
West coast fallout (1,2 and New Vegas)
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Post by government mule on Sept 7, 2023 8:25:05 GMT -5
I am an absolute mark for the entire Metal Gear Solid series chronology.
It is absolute batshit insanity, but I f***ing love it.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Sept 7, 2023 9:53:30 GMT -5
Silent Hill 2 is my go-to answer for this sort of things. I credit this game with making me realize the potential of horror for storytelling and developing themes. It's genuinely one of my favourite pieces of fiction and does a fantastic job of tackling very difficult topics like trauma, depression, abuse or mental/psychological unwellness in meaningful and tactful ways. AND it's still got joke endings. It's the total package!
Final Fantasy VIII is my favourite video game period and again, the story is a huge reason why. And yes, there's a lot you can nitpick about, but no real hole into it. In fact, one reason why I find a lot of criticism towards the game is unwarranted is that a lot of elements that supposedly make no sense actually are explained in the game, or it's not difficult to put it together. Regardless, the themes of the game are excellent. From the importance of memory and history (both personal and general) to one's identity, to trauma, to the moral complexity of war, it's all stuff I find theme extremely relatable, thought-provoking and developed well. I can't help but feel like it's a game that people who disliked it as teens might enjoy more as adults.
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Post by wakko on Sept 7, 2023 11:26:22 GMT -5
Final Fantasy 8
As Dusk Falls
The Last of Us
Gone Home
Silent Hill 2
There are others, but those are the 5 that come to my mind immediately.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2023 12:04:27 GMT -5
Final Fantasy 9 aka the GOAT.
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Post by castletonsnob on Sept 7, 2023 14:26:13 GMT -5
Are the Life is Strange games worth playing?
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Sept 7, 2023 17:23:03 GMT -5
This is a deceptively tricky question to me, because it's hard to take the story out and look at it as its own thing. Like, Disco Elysium and Planescape Torment and Fallout New Vegas all have absolutely gobsmackingly fantastic writing, but I don't know if the stories themselves are the best ever (though they are very good). Likewise, Gone Home and What Remains of Edith Finch and Firewatch and Night in the Woods all have fantastic characters and all tell their stories in hugely creative, effective ways, but what actually happens is not really the point.
It's very easy to make a hugely evocative experience, but the story is barebones or ultimately incoherent or trite. Like, Silent Hill 2 or Yume Nikki or Killer7 or Obra Din or Pathologic aren't unforgettable because of the story they're telling, it's all mood and tone and immersion.
So man, I dunno. Part of me wants to say Disco Elysium anyway. Maybe The Stanley Parable? Hell, or Kings Quest 6? Gabriel Knight 2?
Oh, A Mind Forever Voyaging. Boom, there it is. Infocom, 1985, A Mind Forever Voyaging, it's never been topped.
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Post by darbus alan on Sept 7, 2023 17:59:34 GMT -5
I'll divide my response into different elements.
Best plotline:
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy XIV (especially Shadowbringers and Endwalker, though Heavensward is solid, too)
Final Fantasy Tactics
Deus Ex
Persona 4
Persona 5
Valkyrie Profile
Mass Effect 2
Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
Suikoden III
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
God of War (Dad of Boi)
Silent Hill 2
Best characters:
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy XIV
Vagrant Story
Persona 3
Persona 4
Persona 5
Mass Effect trilogy
Dragon Age series
Genshin Impact
KOTOR2
Best lore:
Ivalice setting (Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy XII, Vagrant Story, etc)
Final Fantasy XIV
Dragon Age series
Mass Effect trilogy
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Genshin Impact
Metroid Prime
Suikoden series
MegaTen franchise in general
Deus Ex
Environmental storytelling:
Super Metroid
Half-Life
Half-Life 2
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Genshin Impact
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Fallout New Vegas
Silent Hill 2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
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