top 3 game stories this gen

the more i play games this gen i notice that stories take a huge backseat this gen. i hate this becouse a great story in a game can make me get immersed in the experience and overall enjoy it much more when done right. but while i noticed this i looked at some of the story's this gen and found some unmatched by anything on the past 2 generations.

what are your top 3?

3: kane and lynch: dead men

(yah yah debate the quality of this game all you want but one thing we should all agree that the story to this game is amazing. it has some of my favorite moments in gameing this gen for how they seemlisley implement tense story moments into gameplay)

2: mgs 4

(i dont want to explain why this is an amazing story beouse that would take up about 5 paragraphs of praiseing this game. all i have to say is everything is handled perfectly in this. even the 90 minuete ending was a blast to watch. this games story is the defenition of perfect)

1: gta 4

(this is without a doubt the best mob story ive ever heard. niko bellic is one of the best video game charecters ever. the story may be slow at the beggining but the second you get to mission 11 "uncle vlad" the story skyrockets to top quality. the ending to this game(revenge ending at the least) is one of my favorite closures to a game ever. i cannot give this games story praise anough let alone this game. this is the second best story ive ever heard in about anything. if this game was a movie trilogy it would be one of the greatest written films ever)

1. Mass Effect & Mass Effect 2- The deepest, most engaging space opera since the original Star Wars trilogy.

2. Assassin's Creed & Assassin's Creed 2- The first game was a little confusing and the gameplay was a bit shallow, but the overall arc is unique and interesting.

3. Uncharted 2- not nearly as deep or unique as the previous 2, but the way it's told is exceptional.

the call of duty's mw and mw2

Gta iv BOGT

AC2 or Red dead redemption

3. inFamous

2. Half Life 2: Episode Two

1. Mass Effect (The story in Mass Effect is miles better than in Mass Effect 2)

id go with dragon age origins, mgs4, and valkyria chronicles. its rare that you get a game with as rigid a mission structure as VC and still have a story that works so well in conjunction with gameplay.

i still have play some big titles this generation though like heavy rain (somebody spoiled it on these boards and im trying to forget it as well as wait for ps move in the hopes that it will be a better way to experience the game) and bioshock though.

The only one i've played with an amazing storyline so far is hotel dusk: room 215

It's sequel will probably have an awesome story too

And maybe i'd add Resident Evil 4 for the wii (even though's a remake)

Uncharted series

Bioshock series

Mass Effect


Bioshock would probably be #1, but it's horribly close. I'm not big on survival horror games. Other than S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Bioshock is the only one of played. The game is intense, and it's like the wrold has feeling. The story line seems pretty basic, but it evolves as you play by including audio journals from people and you learn how they live, and what happened. I thought it was really well done.

Mass Effect was AMAZING. My friend lent me his XBOX 360 so I could play it (and Bioshock to a lesser, but more surprising extent). I didn't like the characters as much as the ones in ME2, but I like the story better. IMO ME2's story isn't finished yet, so I can't really say I've beaten it. Mass Effect kind of had a slow start, but once it got going it was pretty intense.

Uncharted. The first one was impressive. Nothing special though. To me it seemed like it was just to show the capabilities of the PS3. Uncharted 2 was absolutely golden though. I was totlly immersed in the game. I had to force myself to take breaks. And when I wasn't playing it I was thinking what was going to happen next. If more games are made as well as Uncharted 2, the movie industry might be in some trouble.

HM to Valkyrie Chronicles (I haven't beat it yet), Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins.

Heavy Rain

Gta Iv

MGS4

1. MGS4

2. Mass Effect 1 & 2

3. Halo 3

Lots of the ones Id pick are already stated, Id add Half Life 2 (as well as episode 1&2) the writing is simply exceptional.

1. Mass Effect.

2. BioShock

3. Gears of War

Numbers 1, 2 and 3 right here. No contest.

Or is this cheating?

Geometry Wars 1 and 2.

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1. Bioshock series

2. Mass Effect series

3. Alan Wake

Lack of brutal legends is sad.

Lack of brutal legends is sad.

Wolfetan

From what I've played of Brutal Legend, I would have to say the story was going quite well. However, the game was so bad I couldn't even tolerate it enough to continue the tale.

Read Dead Redemption

Metal Gear Solid 4

Uncharted 2

Uncharted 2 wasnt really that much of a new idea, it was almost the same as the first one, but it was really cool how it played out like a movie. Metal Gear Solid 4 was confusing without a doubt, but it was epic. Red Dead Redemption is just number 1.

FFXIII valkyria chronicles MGS4cropcircles

I would say Tales of Vesperia, FFXIII and Mass Effect.

Worse story GTA4 and Fallout 3.

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