Best story in a game ever (besides Bioshock)

We all know and love Bioshock because of its stroy and gameplay but what other games have really good storys that leave u wanting more?

I thimk that The Half-Life series has good story and so does Assassin's Creed.

What about u guys???

I hated the story line for AC but yh bioshock was amazing

Elder Scrolls IV was amazing in terms of story line

Eternal Sonata

DMC4

COD4 was a masterpeice

Ever or just the 360.
Ever Deus Ex, Half Life 1, Planescape Torment were way better than Bioshock
jg4xchamp

Damn. I saw this thread, and was like, "Ooo, I can go on there and talk about how great Deus Ex and Torment are." But, someone beat me to it. Anyway, I agree, with the exception of Half-Life. I didn't think the story in Half-Life was all that incredible; it was basically an elaborate Doom. What made the game intriguing was the manner in which the story was presented, followed by a very interesting ending.

I do agree with your other choices. Deus Ex is still the shooter/RPG hybrid. I'm sure Biosystem Shock fans out there will disagree. Bioshock is barely a hyrbrid; it's a shooter with some RPG elements. The near complete lack of NPCs in Bioshock bothers me when calling it an RPG. And no, someone chattering on your radio, and finding audio tapes do not make NPCs. There's always someone yacking on the radio in Ghost Recon and you find a million audio logs in Doom 3, but that doesn't make them RPGs. Along with, and somewhat due to, the lack of NPCs in Bioshock is a complete lack of optional quests. And no, finding secret areas or doing annoying things for Gamerpoints do not count as side quests. Deus Ex, on the other hand, completely incorporates these elements.

Torment had an incredibly good story and is one of the deepest games ever made. I was reading online that Torment has two million lines of text in the form of conversations with characters and descriptions of items and events. To put that in perspective, The Lord of the Rings has about half a million lines of text. You know in Mass Effect how you have basically three responses (five if you've pumped up your CHA stats)? In Torment, you'll have a dozen possible responses. It's a really incredible game, and I've never played one where your interaction with the main characters was that involved.

Oh, and why is it always "Planescape: Torment" instead of just "Torment"? Planescape is the Dungeons & Dragons setting where the game takes place. Why's it in the title? No one calls Baldur's Gate "The Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate." Whatever, forget it.

Anyone ever play Strife? There's a shooter with a story, long before people knew such a thing was possible.

Xbox 360: Mass Effect or Condemned

PS3: Uncharted

Newer PC: Civ IV (You make your own story how awesome is that?)

Older PC: Space Quest (a janitor saves the galaxy...enough said)

I thought Bioshock's story was bad...

Just my opinion.

Resident Evil, Silent Hill probably have the best stories Ive ever seen.

Both happen to be horror, but hey, they rock.

I thought Mass Effect's story was weak as well as Bioshock's.Shmiity

So what game does have a good story?

Chrono Trigger.

Ever for me goes to the Kingdom Hearts series (go ahead and make fun of me, i love those games).

But on the 360 i think i'm going to say Oblivion

Silent Hill, Resident Evil, LOZ- Ocarina of Time, POP- Sands of time

4 of my favorite video game stories.

Keep in mind, its just my opinion.

and I really liked Bioshock and Mass effect, just thought the stories were meh

[QUOTE="Shmiity"]I thought Mass Effect's story was weak as well as Bioshock's.Palantas

So what game does have a good story?

Bioshock's story was awesome.

I thought Mass Effect's story was weak as well as Bioshock's.Shmiity

So what game does have a good story?Palantas

Resident Evil Shmiity

Resident Evil. I guess it's kinda useless arguing about something that's a matter of personal opinion, but I think Mass Effect has a better story than Resident Evil. I'm not into survival horror games, so I also think that Halo has a better storyline than Doom 3. Mass Effect had a very detailed setting. Someone went to a lot of work coming up with all the background information that's available for you to read. Whoever wrote the sections relating to ground operations certainly knew what they were talking about. I enjoyed the astrophysical stuff too. Of course, some people don't care about background information, I imagine, and like 28 Days Later more than The Lord of the Rings. Then you have the characters in Mass Effect, which you get to know and can influence through your statements and actions, kinda like real people. I was particularly impressed *SPOILER* when it came to the point of having to choose which character lives and which one dies. That's a decision real commanders have to face, and it was impressive seeing it in the game. *END SPOILER* However, some people don't need character interaction, and prefer House of the Dead over Knights of the Old Republic. Finally, there's the plot. I guess that just depends what you're looking for. When you have a big tapestry like the one in Mass Effect, you can have a lot going on. I always liked Babylon 5 better than the Zombie series.

So anyway, it's all a matter of opinion. See above for mine.

Are they only supposed to be 360 games? If not, then Metal Gear Solid. So far Mass Effect has one of the deepest stories of all the 360 games I've played.StreetRacer91

Starcraft: Brood War

that game has the most involving story I have ever read.

Umm Final Fantasy 7 to me is one of the best stories of a game I can think of. I was blown away with how cinematic of a story Devil May Cry 4 was bu tI don't think I could put it up there with the best of all time.

FF7

BioShock

Half Life

Ac is very deep, if you didnt understand the ending theirs a problem.CoreoVII

I can only speak for games I've played, so I can't comment on Mass Effect and Bioshock, since I don't have a 360 yet, but IMO the best stories I can think of were definitely Final Fantasy VII and the 3 Metal Gear Solid games.

"Cruelty brought thee orchids from the bowels of the abyss"

1. Xenogears

The story was by far the most complex, long, very deep, dark and intriguing I've come across in a game. It's unfortunate the developer had to cut the original on the PS1 short due to budgets and time constraints because a large portion of the game is left out with brief descriptions added. I tried playing the PS2 versions of Xenosaga but just couldn't get into it as much as the original.

2. System Shock 2

Shodan one of the all time great villains. The precursor to Bioshock and one of the early games with very brooding atmosphere, dark storyline.

Assassin's Creed & POP. Anything that has the same vibe those 2 games had lol.

I hated the story line for AC but yh bioshock was amazing

Elder Scrolls IV was amazing in terms of story line

Eternal Sonata

DMC4

COD4 was a masterpeice

iboo01

COD4 had amazing gameplay and interactive cutscenes, not story...

Id say HL2 + episodes is the greatest experience ever

The Deus Ex games have a great story. First game has a better gameplay of course but i really loved the direction they took with the story in the sequel, invisible war.

Hitman Bloodmoney properly has one of the coolest endings to a story.

The cnc games with the tiberium universe is great too.