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Title: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: titanic3 on August 14, 2012, 09:58:28 PM
The main thing that gets me hooked on a game is the storyline. What are some of the best? Preferably on PC and with modern graphics (ie, no Fallout 1/2, or Planescape Torment, even though the stories were great).

For me:

Neverwinter Nights with all the expansion packs.
Call of Duty (the stories were great but disappointingly short).
Dragon Age
The Witcher 1 + 2
Dear Esther
Amnesia the Dark Descent
Mass Effect 1+2+3
Skyrim (short main story, but a crap ton of other side quests made it up)
Fallout 3
Metro 2033

Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: Krupinski on August 14, 2012, 10:11:57 PM
Assassins Creed 1 & 2 were fun, but kinda dropped off when they added the extraterrestrial element to the game.

The new one coming out this year looks promising.
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: titanic3 on August 14, 2012, 10:17:43 PM
I'm actually trying to play through the first Assassin Creed now but IMO, the sci fi part just seems out of place. The lack of subtitles also make it hard to follow what anyone is saying since there's so much ambient noise going on, even with headsets on.
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: Latrobe on August 14, 2012, 10:47:43 PM
Call of Duty has a good storyline.
The new Assassin Creed looks like it's going to be awesome!
But the game that I love the most is the Ace Combat series. AC5 has one awesome storyline, AC0 is brilliant, and I loved AC4. AC6 was good too, just not on the same level as the others though.
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: Plawranc on August 14, 2012, 11:05:59 PM
Brothers In Arms Series
Fallout 3 and Vegas
Call of Duty MW 1,2,3
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: branch37 on August 14, 2012, 11:08:19 PM
The Brothers in Arms series, and Metal Gear Solid series.   And Fallout 3 and New Vegas
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Post by: Raphael on August 14, 2012, 11:47:36 PM
Half life series
Halo series
Elder Scrolls...

The old Medal of Honour games
The old Call of Duty games   (don't like any of the new ones, no passion on them in my opinion)

Bioshock
hmmm there are many I forgot right now...
I still have to buy a new dark messiah of might and magic because I lost the one i had before completing it  :o
and also there is this one that I really like the background story, have played the previous version and am waiting for the release:
http://www.chivalrythegame.com/blog/?page_id=83
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: vorticon on August 14, 2012, 11:50:42 PM
metal gear series was always good for me


also these forums contain enough of a story to keep me around  :lol
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: Raphael on August 15, 2012, 12:00:47 AM
Dear esther! hah! I remember playing it when it was free mod, so different! loved it!

Check out the source mod called "the stanley parable"
really cool! :D

Also a really good one is a source mod called "underhell" currently in development but the prologue was out long ago. seriously, it is AMAZING the story is a REALLY creative thing on it!
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: kilo2 on August 15, 2012, 12:13:17 AM
Read Dead Redemption

Mass Effect series.
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: FYB on August 15, 2012, 02:23:35 AM
Call of Duty
Resistance
God of War
Red Dead Redemption
Battlefield 3 (barely making it to my top)
Mario
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: icepac on August 15, 2012, 09:05:52 AM
Castle Wolfstein and Doom
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: stealth on August 15, 2012, 09:21:55 AM
Call of Duty MW 1-2-3
Mass Effect 1-2-3
Metro2033

Skyrim is my favorite game though just not the best story, because your always the "Chosen One".
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: Dead Man Flying on August 15, 2012, 09:34:19 AM
Planescape: Torment
Bioshock
Fallout 1 and 2
Mass Effect 2

Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: JunkyII on August 15, 2012, 09:43:10 AM
God of War
Halo
COD
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: Dragon on August 15, 2012, 10:35:40 AM
Pac-man
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: titanic3 on August 15, 2012, 10:37:29 AM
Pac-man

"Nom nom nom" - Pacman - Best quote ever.

Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: Grayeagle on August 15, 2012, 12:04:00 PM
Dragon Age had me for quite awhile .. loved bein able to run thru all the different 'beginnings' ..and the characters .. and interactions!

Oh ya baby .. lemme show ya what a real man can do for ya
(rooned the lil wood elf's life forever by seducing his girlfriend .. ROFL .. my daughter showed me that!)

Just some hilarious bits thruout.

-GE aka Frank
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Post by: Tracerfi on August 15, 2012, 12:09:44 PM
Destroy All Humans 1-2

Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: katanaso on August 15, 2012, 03:38:29 PM
Some of the old Infocom games were very engrossing, like 'Deadline', where you got physical materials to go along with the text game.

Half-Life, Max Payne, and EQ (the lore that made up the background) were very good.
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: Rob52240 on August 15, 2012, 11:31:53 PM
Strike Commander for Dos 6.0

It's the year 2011 and you own a squadron of F-16s based in Turkey.  You and your fellow mercenary employees have to make ends meet by taking contracts to work for governments and corporations.
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: BoilerDown on August 16, 2012, 07:14:29 PM
No mentions for any Warcraft or Starcraft games?  I'd put every single one of them in the list from Warcraft 1 on to Starcraft 2 and WoW.  I'm guessing Diablo 1-3 should also be on here but I've never played them.

Edit:  Also, Portal.
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: bagrat on August 16, 2012, 07:25:29 PM
forza 4....you are a guy given your choice of a ford fiesta or a nissan leaf and are trying desperately to become a guy who has a better car...but in the end finds out you should have just downloaded a car off live.

Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: Raphael on August 16, 2012, 07:38:11 PM
Ricochet :noid
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Post by: MK-84 on August 16, 2012, 07:43:07 PM
Freespace 2
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Post by: Ack-Ack on August 16, 2012, 08:56:49 PM
Wing Commander 1 through 4.
Full Metal Throttle
Deus Ex
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Chrono Trigger

ack-ack
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: Rob52240 on August 16, 2012, 08:58:24 PM
I remember Full Metal Throttle.  That was a cool game.
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Post by: Bosco123 on August 16, 2012, 11:52:26 PM
The older Resident Evil games had a great story line

Dead Space has an amazing story line

Assassins Creed 1 and 2 are great. I'm on Revolutions right now, and I'm kind of just starting to fall apart because every time you get all the good stuff, you lose it all in the next game.

Dues Ex: short game, amazing story line

Mass Effect will top a lot of games for a very long time

I've been playing Borderlands and I think it's an overall great game, can't wait for the second one to come out.

Can never ever forget any of the Final Fantasy games, every game is a great story line.

Gears of War, another great story line

Halo

That's really all that I can think of right now.



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Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: Midway on August 17, 2012, 12:17:22 AM
Never played any of the games you all mentioned (except pacman). :headscratch:

I liked Blazing Angel's storyline on Wii from initial training to when Joe gets shot down and everything in between.  I really felt a connection with those three guys. :cry
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: ScottyK on August 17, 2012, 12:43:42 AM
 I like the Hitman series. :aok
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: Volron on August 17, 2012, 12:47:22 AM
Freespace/Freespace2
Halo series
Doom
Wing Commander Series
Ace Combat 4/5.  6 was okay, but felt like a mix of 4 and 5 to me.
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: rpm on August 17, 2012, 12:50:51 AM
It's a hundred and six miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.





Hit it!
Title: Re: Best Storyline in a Game?
Post by: MarineUS on August 17, 2012, 01:33:05 AM
Brothers In Arms Series
Amen. I was so very disappointed with the BIA game where they tried to copy that absolute crap movie.....