Yeah, I really enjoy the stories in GTA as well. You would think a series like GTA where the main objective is to just mess around in the sandbox would have a mindless story, if even one at all, but they actually really deliver with their campaigns. One thing Rockstar certainly excels at is making awesome crime drama stories.
I actually enjoyed the story for the most part in Grand theft auto 4. Sam Houser is an incredible writer. The story for 5 was different and … moreI really enjoyed the drama and humor in it.
Red Dead Redemption had a fantastic story and shows Sam as a fantastic writer time and time again.
Tell Tale games almost always have incredible stories
Witcher 2 had a fantastic story all around around I loved Geralt.
The Mass Effect series had a fantastic story and Director's cut gave me a great ending.
My favorite two game stories of all time however are Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite. These showcase why Ken Levine deserves a writer award and why he is my favorite game writer of all time.
I'm gonna throw a curveball here instead of going with the usual..
GTA games. For a series mostly known for the open-world extravaganza a… morend its chaotic environment these games sure as hell have a decent story. No, not at the level of TLOU or anything from TTG, but still fairly enjoyable. The addition of choices is a welcome sight, too.
I appreciate the list! I love a great video game story, and there's quite a few on that list I haven't played, including a few I really wanna play like The Last of Us, Mass Effect and Alpha Protocol.
Salute to you sir. If it wasn't for one particular character the game would of had an absolute perfect story. No, not referring to the main characters either. coughs they tried to put a villain into the game for a while, in a game that honestly shouldn't of had any named villains.
Sally Face, it's similar to Fran Bow. The only problem is it's broken into 5 episodes and episode 2 will come out around this summer.
Well, if we can say games multiple times:
Bioshock franchise
Dishonored 1&2
Fran Bow
Portal 1&2
Half Life 1&2
SOMA
Outlast
GTA San Andreas
GTA V
Murdered:Soul suspect
and I'm now looking forward to The Witcher, Mass Effect, Far Cry 3 and I'm giving Assassin's Creed a chance.
I appreciate you looking out. I have it on Xbox 360 already and when I eventually get to it I'll probably play it there, but I may download it just for the hell of it on Origin if it's still free there.
Red Dead Redemption.
Mass Effect Trilogy.
GTA 4.
Resident Evil Series (it's all intriguing for me)
BlazBlue Series
Metal Gear Solid 3 and V (all I experienced so far)
Fallout 3, New Vegas, 4 (yes, I liked 4)
Those are from the top of my head. I'm sure I have lots more. lol
New to this forum, so thought I start here! My favorite story game has to be Final Fantasy 9. It was one of the Final Fantasy that I felt really developed their characters and forced you to use them at certain points of the game. Games like FF7 and FF8 you could literally never use one of the characters and it does not force you too either, which made those stories boring to me. FF9 did a great job of using everyone and felt all the characters had a good story. :-)
Bastion, Thomas Was Alone, Darksiders 2, SWTOR, Dust (An Elysian Tale), Avatar: The Last Air Bender (the THQ game from way back), Wind Waker, Majora's Mask, Riven, Broken Age, Ghost Trick, AQWorlds, etc.
Games with great simple stories:
20XX, Assault Android Cactus, Mandagon, Journey, Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt, Indivisible (prototype demo), Abe's Oddysee, Trine 2, Costume Quest, Massive Chalice, Card Hunter, Run or Die, MNOG, Dustforce, MySims Kingdom, etc.
I'm sure I'm forgetting several, but these are the ones at the top of my head.
Area 51 (PS2 version)
Batman Arkham-verse Trilogy
BlazBlue
Broken Sword (Particularly the first two games, & The Serpent's Curse)
Conflict: Denied Ops
Deus Ex (Original)
Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy in the US)
Final Fantasy (Adventure, VII, X, & XV)
Freedom Fighters
Half-Life / Portal series
Halo Trilogy
Hitman: Season One
Journey
Life Is Strange
Max Payne (Only the first two games)
MediEvil
Resistance Trilogy
Rogue Trooper
StarCraft franchise
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed & sequel
Syphon Filter series
Telltale Games (Various, especially Batman, Tales From the Borderlands, The Wolf Among Us, & The Walking Dead - Season One)
The Last of Us (including the Left Behind DLC)
The Mass Effect Trilogy
The Witcher Trilogy
World War Zero: IronStorm
Stories are my bread and butter lol
Uncharted Series
The Last of Us
Danganronpa Series
Mass Effect Series
Metal Gear Solid Series
Ko… moretor Series
Star Wars Dark Forces Series
The Witcher Series
Metro Series
Mark of the Ninja
GTA Series
Outlast
Always Sometimes Monsters
Final Fantasy Series
Telltale Games
Spec Ops: The Line
Zero Escape Series
Her Story
Until Dawn
Heavy Rain
Indigo Prophecy
Fable Series
Sly Cooper Series
Fallout Series
The Elder Scrolls Series
Fate/Stay Night
World End Economica Series
G-Senjou No Maou
Thomas Was Alone
SOMA
Papers, Please
Blackwell Legacy Series
Alpha Protocol
I think that's about it. I just realized that I've basically run out of good story games to play I think
Have you played the first one yet? I played the second one first and still loved it, but when I went back and played the first one and then replayed the second I loved it even more.
I appreciate you looking out. I have it on Xbox 360 already and when I eventually get to it I'll probably play it there, but I may download it just for the hell of it on Origin if it's still free there.
Assassin's Creed has a pretty good story. The historical stories are a lot better than the modern time stories imo, but they allconnect togetehr which is really cool.
Sally Face, it's similar to Fran Bow. The only problem is it's broken into 5 episodes and episode 2 will come out around this summer.
Well,… more if we can say games multiple times:
Bioshock franchise
Dishonored 1&2
Fran Bow
Portal 1&2
Half Life 1&2
SOMA
Outlast
GTA San Andreas
GTA V
Murdered:Soul suspect
and I'm now looking forward to The Witcher, Mass Effect, Far Cry 3 and I'm giving Assassin's Creed a chance.
It manages to keep a consistent quality, Heck the Honest Trailer for it says that the Ace Attorney series manages to deliver on quantity and quality. most people will cite the second game as the worst game in the series but still good (especially its final case which is one of the best in the series), although my personal least favorite is Ace Attorney Investigations 1 mostly because it's pretty OK the whole way through with nothing really standing out aside from its 4th case, however its sequel, Investigations 2, is one of the best in the whole series. Although since it wasn't released in America you'll have to play the fantastic fan translation which is great and keeps all the pun names and Americanisms the other games are known for.
As for playing order you can either play Apollo Justice or the Investigations series after the original trilogy, although I'd definitely recommend playing AAI2 before the 5th game in the main series (Dual Destinies).
Nah not yet. I've considered it, though. I wasn't enjoying the first one all that much. The story's been good so far (though I never made it far so it hasn't really picked up yet where I'm at) but the gameplay doesn't feel all that great to me.
I feel like I'll love the 2nd one when I get to it, but I don't wanna just skip the first game in a series where story is a huge focus.
That being said, I feel the same way about Mass Effect 1 that I did with Fallout 3. The gameplay was probably amazing when it first came out, but playing it in 2015, it felt dated. I skipped Fallout 3 and went straight to Fallout 4, and I loved Fallout 4. The stories in Fallout aren't all that connected, though, so I had no problem doing that.
Have you played the first one yet? I played the second one first and still loved it, but when I went back and played the first one and then replayed the second I loved it even more.
I suppose I'm the one person on this planet that actually liked the modern day story better than the assassins' stories haha now don't get me wrong, Ezio's and Altaïr's stories were awesome, but I always found myself wanting to get to the next modern day segment while playing.
I just wish 3 didn't end things the way it did. All that buildup could've led to an awesome finale, but instead they just did...that.
Assassin's Creed has a pretty good story. The historical stories are a lot better than the modern time stories imo, but they allconnect togetehr which is really cool.
dragon age (series)
mass effect (series)
the last of us
uncharted (series)
the witcher (series)
until dawn
tomb raider (reboot series)
l.a. noire
alan wake
resident evil: revelations
Actually the rebooted Tomb Raider (series). I liked the first one a little better. But Rise is good story wise. Honestly shockingly good for TombRaider. Well acted and produced well worth the time.
I started playing AC III a few days ago and it seemed interesting so I thought maybe it will be good. I also have a fellow that's very obssessed with the franchise and never misses the chance of telling people to go try it xD
Assassin's Creed has a pretty good story. The historical stories are a lot better than the modern time stories imo, but they allconnect togetehr which is really cool.
Try replaying it.
I loved it at first, for years I was babbeling about how great it is.
Recently I replayed it for the Platinum Trophy, and I hated everything about this piece of crap.
I personally think assassin's creed as a whole isn't very good. I only said black flag because they used actual pirate history and it was very well done. I actually wish it was only a pirate game and not an assassin's creed game. The assassinations and animus sections were bs and dull.
But hanging out with black bead, anne bonney, mary read, and others was just epic.
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Yeah, I really enjoy the stories in GTA as well. You would think a series like GTA where the main objective is to just mess around in the sandbox would have a mindless story, if even one at all, but they actually really deliver with their campaigns. One thing Rockstar certainly excels at is making awesome crime drama stories.
I feel the same way. GTA certainly delivers with their stories. Although I'd say GTA 5 was my favorite all around, GTA 4 probably had the best story.
Witcher 3
Gears of War (series) 3>1>2>4
Assassins Creed II
Red Dead Redemption
Oblivion
KotOR I and II
Jade Empire
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
NWN 2: Mask of the Betrayer
Older stuff, bot worth looking into.
Mass Effect 2 was free on Origin a few days ago, I don't know if it still is, but you could still try
Edit: it's still free.
Salute to you sir. If it wasn't for one particular character the game would of had an absolute perfect story. No, not referring to the main characters either. coughs they tried to put a villain into the game for a while, in a game that honestly shouldn't of had any named villains.
Sally Face, it's similar to Fran Bow. The only problem is it's broken into 5 episodes and episode 2 will come out around this summer.
Well, if we can say games multiple times:
Bioshock franchise
Dishonored 1&2
Fran Bow
Portal 1&2
Half Life 1&2
SOMA
Outlast
GTA San Andreas
GTA V
Murdered:Soul suspect
and I'm now looking forward to The Witcher, Mass Effect, Far Cry 3 and I'm giving Assassin's Creed a chance.
I appreciate you looking out. I have it on Xbox 360 already and when I eventually get to it I'll probably play it there, but I may download it just for the hell of it on Origin if it's still free there.
Red Dead Redemption.
Mass Effect Trilogy.
GTA 4.
Resident Evil Series (it's all intriguing for me)
BlazBlue Series
Metal Gear Solid 3 and V (all I experienced so far)
Fallout 3, New Vegas, 4 (yes, I liked 4)
Those are from the top of my head. I'm sure I have lots more. lol
New to this forum, so thought I start here! My favorite story game has to be Final Fantasy 9. It was one of the Final Fantasy that I felt really developed their characters and forced you to use them at certain points of the game. Games like FF7 and FF8 you could literally never use one of the characters and it does not force you too either, which made those stories boring to me. FF9 did a great job of using everyone and felt all the characters had a good story. :-)
Games with great stories:
Bastion, Thomas Was Alone, Darksiders 2, SWTOR, Dust (An Elysian Tale), Avatar: The Last Air Bender (the THQ game from way back), Wind Waker, Majora's Mask, Riven, Broken Age, Ghost Trick, AQWorlds, etc.
Games with great simple stories:
20XX, Assault Android Cactus, Mandagon, Journey, Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt, Indivisible (prototype demo), Abe's Oddysee, Trine 2, Costume Quest, Massive Chalice, Card Hunter, Run or Die, MNOG, Dustforce, MySims Kingdom, etc.
I'm sure I'm forgetting several, but these are the ones at the top of my head.
The Max Payne series. Max Payne 2 especially.
Assassin's Creed III
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Mafia II
Mafia 2
Dying Light
Dishonored
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series
GTA IV
Gothic series
Assassin's Creed series (especially 1 and 2)
Max Payne
Really dude? It's mediocre at best.
I got really involved in the story for some reason.
Mafia 1 old, but gold
You are tearing me apart LISA!
gameplay gets kinda boring but the story woah man.
Area 51 (PS2 version)
Batman Arkham-verse Trilogy
BlazBlue
Broken Sword (Particularly the first two games, & The Serpent's Curse)
Conflict: Denied Ops
Deus Ex (Original)
Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy in the US)
Final Fantasy (Adventure, VII, X, & XV)
Freedom Fighters
Half-Life / Portal series
Halo Trilogy
Hitman: Season One
Journey
Life Is Strange
Max Payne (Only the first two games)
MediEvil
Resistance Trilogy
Rogue Trooper
StarCraft franchise
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed & sequel
Syphon Filter series
Telltale Games (Various, especially Batman, Tales From the Borderlands, The Wolf Among Us, & The Walking Dead - Season One)
The Last of Us (including the Left Behind DLC)
The Mass Effect Trilogy
The Witcher Trilogy
World War Zero: IronStorm
Try One Chance and Welcome Back, December, both free.
Heck yeah, have you played the Ace Attorney series?
I played the first one awhile ago and liked it. Is the rest of the series as good or does it eventually crumble?
Have you played the first one yet? I played the second one first and still loved it, but when I went back and played the first one and then replayed the second I loved it even more.
Assassin's Creed has a pretty good story. The historical stories are a lot better than the modern time stories imo, but they allconnect togetehr which is really cool.
It manages to keep a consistent quality, Heck the Honest Trailer for it says that the Ace Attorney series manages to deliver on quantity and quality. most people will cite the second game as the worst game in the series but still good (especially its final case which is one of the best in the series), although my personal least favorite is Ace Attorney Investigations 1 mostly because it's pretty OK the whole way through with nothing really standing out aside from its 4th case, however its sequel, Investigations 2, is one of the best in the whole series. Although since it wasn't released in America you'll have to play the fantastic fan translation which is great and keeps all the pun names and Americanisms the other games are known for.
As for playing order you can either play Apollo Justice or the Investigations series after the original trilogy, although I'd definitely recommend playing AAI2 before the 5th game in the main series (Dual Destinies).
Nah not yet. I've considered it, though. I wasn't enjoying the first one all that much. The story's been good so far (though I never made it far so it hasn't really picked up yet where I'm at) but the gameplay doesn't feel all that great to me.
I feel like I'll love the 2nd one when I get to it, but I don't wanna just skip the first game in a series where story is a huge focus.
That being said, I feel the same way about Mass Effect 1 that I did with Fallout 3. The gameplay was probably amazing when it first came out, but playing it in 2015, it felt dated. I skipped Fallout 3 and went straight to Fallout 4, and I loved Fallout 4. The stories in Fallout aren't all that connected, though, so I had no problem doing that.
What would you recommend?
I suppose I'm the one person on this planet that actually liked the modern day story better than the assassins' stories haha now don't get me wrong, Ezio's and Altaïr's stories were awesome, but I always found myself wanting to get to the next modern day segment while playing.
I just wish 3 didn't end things the way it did. All that buildup could've led to an awesome finale, but instead they just did...that.
KOTOR 1 and 2
Max Payne 1 and 2
FF 6
Bioshock
Metro 2033
The Witcher 2 and 3
South Park The Stick of Truth
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
dragon age (series)
mass effect (series)
the last of us
uncharted (series)
the witcher (series)
until dawn
tomb raider (reboot series)
l.a. noire
alan wake
resident evil: revelations
Actually the rebooted Tomb Raider (series). I liked the first one a little better. But Rise is good story wise. Honestly shockingly good for TombRaider. Well acted and produced well worth the time.
I started playing AC III a few days ago and it seemed interesting so I thought maybe it will be good. I also have a fellow that's very obssessed with the franchise and never misses the chance of telling people to go try it xD
Planescape: Torment
Vampire the masquerade: Bloodlines
The Witcher (1 to 3)
Deus Ex (first)
Assassin's creed: Black flag
King's Quest
The Last of Us
Mafia 3
Try replaying it.
I loved it at first, for years I was babbeling about how great it is.
Recently I replayed it for the Platinum Trophy, and I hated everything about this piece of crap.
Have you played Metro Last Light?
not yet
I would choose Assassin's Creed 4 as the best gameplay, the story was ok and AC 2 had a better story but to each of his own.
I personally think assassin's creed as a whole isn't very good. I only said black flag because they used actual pirate history and it was very well done. I actually wish it was only a pirate game and not an assassin's creed game. The assassinations and animus sections were bs and dull.
But hanging out with black bead, anne bonney, mary read, and others was just epic.
Too bad there won't be a sequel. I like to describe Firewatch as a walking simulator done the right way.