Assassin's Creed 1&2, Dead Space, Heavy Rain, MGS4, Infamous, Resistance 1&2, Arkham Asylum, Uncharted 2.
People say Uncharted 2 because the storyline/characters are memorable. Is it the most original thing in the world? Not at all, but even Indiana Jones movies didn't have character arcs quite like the ones presented in Uncharted 2. The only people that ever betrayed Indy die a few seconds later (Like Alfred Molina in Raiders of the Lost Ark), but Nathan Drake gets shafted several times in the course of that series. The storyline isn't original, but the writing between characters and the pacing is something definitely worth a mention when it comes to great stories.
Finally, Killzone 2's second half is done superbly well to the point where it makes the rest of the game's story pick up. While it seems so lackluster at the beginning you realize it's because you're really playing from Sev's perspective. He's just a soldier who doesn't know why he's fighting, just obeying orders and taking names. Near the end, where your actions start to matter, you see how the tide of war can change, the emotions between friends when mistakes are made, and the Helghast seeming not so evil anymore when you start learning a little more about them. Yeah, it seems like a thrown together story, but when you actually put thought into settings and actions (instead of spoken words) it becomes a lot better. It's like, but not near the degree of, Half Life 2. While they don't come out and tell you anything, if you actually look around you you'll learn what's happening. Especially when you ask yourself "Hey, why is the ocean missing?"
Wow... sorry for all that writing. Stories are important to me, so yeah.
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